Boundaries
West Bromwich West is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, covering the west and north-west of the borough. It includes the towns of Tipton and Wednesbury, as well as the villages of Great Bridge, Princes End and Tividale.
There are presently seven wards in the constituency: Great Bridge, Oldbury, Princes End, Tipton Green, Tividale, Wednesbury North and Wednesbury South.
From 1983 to 1997, the constituency consisted of six wards of the Borough of Sandwell: Great Bridge, Greets Green and Lyng, Princes End, Tipton Green, Wednesbury North and Wednesbury South. In boundary changes in 1997, Tividale ward was added from the now-abolished constituency of Warley West.
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