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The earliest known settlement in the Shirley area was at Berry Mound Camp at what is now Solihull Lodge, in the west of Shirley. This was the site of an Iron Age Hill Fort, which may have been the scene of a battle between the forces of King Alfred and besieged Danes [1] (and with archaeological evidence which would indicate defense of the site during this period).
Solihull West and Shirley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. The constituency was created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and was first contested at the 2024 general election. [2] It is represented by Neil Shastri-Hurst of the Conservative Party.
Boundaries of Solihull West and Shirley — constituency of UK Parliament — since 2024: Source No source specified. Please edit this file description and provide a source. Date 24 May 2024 Author Rcsprinter123. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
English: Map showing the location of the Solihill West and Shirley constituency in the West Midlands county, under the boundaries created by the 2023 Boundary Review which took effect at the 2024 UK general election
It covered the town of Solihull itself, as well as Shirley and Olton. It is a largely well-off, residential area, in the south-east of the West Midlands conurbation. 1945–1950: The part of the County Borough of Birmingham in the present Tamworth constituency, and the urban district of Solihull. [5] 1950–1974: The Urban District of Solihull. [6]
Monkspath is a large residential community and light-industrial area of Solihull, West Midlands, England, southeast of the town's Shirley district (and served by Junction 4 of the M42 motorway). Monkspath is in the Blythe ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. Monkspath Hall Road
Solihull West and Shirley BC: 71,813 4,620 Neil Shastri-Hurst† Deirdre Fox‡ West Midlands: South Shropshire CC: 76,723 1,624 Stuart Anderson† Matthew Green¤ Shropshire: Stafford CC: 70,608 4,595 Leigh Ingham‡ Theo Clarke† Staffordshire: Staffordshire Moorlands CC: 69,892 1,175 Karen Bradley† Alistair Watson‡ Staffordshire
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the West Midlands county with Staffordshire as a sub-region of the West Midlands Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary ...