He was backed by
Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton (Con) and Solihull MP Julian Knight (Con), who also criticised the plans.
"We don't want a Marxist Corbyn in charge and we certainly don't want to be governed by the EU."
Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton said Mr Johnson would bring "real energy, vision and determination" to the role of PM and added: "Now he must get on and deliver Brexit, and importantly get it done by October 31.
Amanda Milling, MP for Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, and Wendy Morton, MP for
Aldridge-Brownhills in the Black Country, both joined the government as junior whips.
Its members include Lord Morris of Handsworth - better known as former union boss Bill Morris - and Richard Shepherd, the Tory MP for
Aldridge-Brownhills. Shepherd is also a member of the Guantanamo Bay Group, not to be confused with the Goombay Dance Band.
Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton and Cannock Chase MP Amanda Milling are prohibited from doing so as they both hold jobs in the whips office, although Ms Milling is a long time ally of Mr Johnson's.
Mr Watson is the clear choice of many West Midlands constituency Labour parties and was nominated by several, including
Aldridge-Brownhills, Birmingham Hodge Hill, Birmingham Perry Barr, and Birmingham Yardley.
Wendy Morton, the Conservative MP for
Aldridge-Brownhills, has written to Walsall Council to object to what she calls an "unacceptable" move to increase the use of a natural burial ground at Winterley Lane, Rushall.
Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton, who will debate the issue in Parliament in the week commencing October 9, has said: "The latest traveller incursion at Aldridge Airport is yet another in a series of unauthorised encampments which have caused undoubted nuisance and distress.
Conservative MPs who opposed the Bill included Bill Cash (Stone), Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest), Andrew Griffiths (Burton), Marcus Jones (Nuneaton), Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford), Karen Lumley (Redditch), James Morris (Halesowen & Rowley Regis), Owen Paterson (Shropshire North), Mark Pawsey (Rugby), Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin), Sir Richard Shepherd (
Aldridge-Brownhills), Bill Wiggin (Herefordshire North), Gavin Williamson (Staffordshire South) and Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth & Southam).
Aldridge station was earmarked for closure more than a year ago by police bosses, but
Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton says little has happened since.
Streetly was in
Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District until the creation of West Midlands County, in 1974.
Toth, a member of the Labour Party for over 30 years, previously stood for Parliament in 1997 at
Aldridge-Brownhills, when he fell 2,526 votes short of ousting Tory MP Richard Shepherd.