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The '''West Midlands region''' is one of the regions of England, comprising the [[West Midlands]] metropolitan county, plus the counties of [[Herefordshire]], [[Shropshire]], [[Staffordshire]], [[Warwickshire]] and [[Worcestershire]].

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!Map || Ceremonial county || Shire county / unitary || Districts
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| rowspan="8" | [[File:West Midlands counties 2009 map.svg|250px]] || colspan="3" | 1.&nbsp;[[Herefordshire]]
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| rowspan="2" | [[Shropshire]] || colspan="2" | 2.&nbsp;Shropshire
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| colspan="2" | 3.&nbsp;[[Telford and Wrekin]]
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| rowspan="2" | [[Staffordshire]] || 4.&nbsp;Staffordshire&nbsp;† || ''a'')&nbsp;[[Cannock Chase]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[East Staffordshire]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Lichfield]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Newcastle-under-Lyme]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[South Staffordshire]],  ''f'')&nbsp;[[Stafford]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Staffordshire Moorlands]], ''h'')&nbsp;[[Tamworth]]
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| colspan="2" | 5.&nbsp;[[Stoke-on-Trent]]
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| colspan="2" | 6.&nbsp;[[Warwickshire]]&nbsp;† || ''a'')&nbsp;[[North Warwickshire]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Nuneaton and Bedworth]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Rugby]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Stratford-on-Avon]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Warwick]]
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| colspan="2" | 7.&nbsp;[[West Midlands]]&nbsp;* || ''a'')&nbsp;[[Birmingham]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Coventry]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Dudley]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Sandwell]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Solihull]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Walsall]], ''g'')&nbsp;[[Wolverhampton]]
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| colspan="2" | 8.&nbsp;[[Worcestershire]]&nbsp;† || ''a'')&nbsp;[[Bromsgrove]], ''b'')&nbsp;[[Malvern Hills]], ''c'')&nbsp;[[Redditch]], ''d'')&nbsp;[[Worcester]], ''e'')&nbsp;[[Wychavon]], ''f'')&nbsp;[[Wyre Forest]]
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==LGBT history== 

[[Michael Cashman]] has been a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands region since 1999.

==References==
Partly based on a Wikipedia article.
[[Category:English regions]]