West Midlands

A complete list of orders affecting West Midlands County from 1973 to the present.

Where possible, a link has been provided to a copy of the order.

• County of West Midlands (Electoral Divisions and Wards) Order 1973

• The Metropolitan District (Names) Order 1973  

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Walsall District 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Solihull District 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Coventry District 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Wolverhampton District 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Sandwell District 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Dudley District 1974

• Order in Council Granting of Borough Charter to Birmingham District 1974

• Formation of New County of West Midlands 1974

• The Borough of Sandwell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

• The Borough of Solihull (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

• The City of Coventry (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

• The Borough of Walsall (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

• The Borough of Wolverhampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

• The Borough of Dudley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

• The City of Birmingham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

• The County of West Midlands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982  

• Local Government Act 1985 (West Midlands) Abolition of all EDs  

• The Solihull (Parishes) Order 1987

• The West Midlands (District Boundaries) Order 1988

• Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (Birmingham Dist)

• Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993

• The Hereford and Worcester, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County & Met Bor, Bdys) Order 1993

• The Hereford and Worcester and West Midlands (County Bdys) Order 1993

• The Birmingham (Parishes) Order 1999

• The City of Wolverhampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

• The City of Coventry (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

• The Borough of Sandwell (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

• The Borough of Solihull (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

• The Borough of Walsall (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

• The City of Birmingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

• The Borough of Dudley (Electoral Changes) Order 2003

• The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (Hockley Heath Parish) (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2009

• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Balsall Parish) (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2013

• The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull - Parish name change from Bickenhill to Bickenhill and Marston Green Parish Council

• The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Parish of Cheswick Green) Order 2015

• The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Parish of Hampton-in-Arden) Order 2015

• The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Parish of Dickens Heath) Order 2015

• The Birmingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2016

• The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (parish of Hampton in Arden) Order 2018

• The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Parish of Tidbury Green) Order 2020