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West Midlands

Meriden and Solihull East

7th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,385 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)

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Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Meriden and Solihull East yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
336/543
health
282/543
income
303/543
housing
434/543
education
336/543
employment
277/543
environment
355/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

849 registered charities

849
Charities
£13,051,512
Grants to HQ'd charities
7,035
Employees
28,598
Volunteers
21.0%
Govt funded
LOW
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

JOSEPH GUEST
ROBERT SAUNDBY BEQUEST FUND
CHARITY OF MISS SARAH LETTICIA BERROW
ST JAMES THE LESS CHURCH FUND

356 staff
PERSEHOUSE PENSIONS FUND
E G WILCOX CHARITABLE TRUST
RING AND RIDE WEST MIDLANDS LIMITED

921 staff
CHRIST THE KING PLAYSCHOOL COVENTRY
TRUST PROPERTY ADMINISTERED ICW BEARWOOD GOSPEL HALL
MUSLIM KHALIFA SUNNAT JAMAT (WOLVERHAMPTON AND BILSTON)

GP and primary care

7
GP practices
48
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,385
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). This constituency is 185 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Meriden and Solihull East, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 8,600
NHS / Healthcare 3,500
Education 3,500
Construction 3,100
Social Care 3,000
Environment / Green 135

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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