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Alex Ballinger | |
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| Member of Parliament for Halesowen | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 4,364 (11.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Alex Ballinger is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halesowen since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he gained the seat from James Morris,a member of the Conservative Party. [1]
Ballinger is a former Royal Marine. [2] [3]
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory,and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council defines the borough as the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury,Rowley Regis,Smethwick,Tipton,Wednesbury and West Bromwich. Rowley Regis includes the towns of Blackheath and Cradley Heath.
Halesowen is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley,in the county of West Midlands,England.
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands,England. It was created in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972,through a merger of the existing Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen.
Halesowen Town Football Club is a football club based in Halesowen,West Midlands,England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at the Grove Recreation Ground.
Halesowen and Rowley Regis was a House of Commons constituency in the West Midlands represented in the of the UK Parliament from 1997 until 2024.
Stourbridge is a constituency in West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Cat Eccles from the Labour Party. Until then it was held since 2019 by Suzanne Webb,a member of the Conservative Party. The seat was previously held by Margot James,a Conservative who lost the whip in September and October 2019 and did not run for re-election.
Warley was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency was represented since its creation in 1997 and until its abolition in 2024 by John Spellar,a member of the Labour Party.
Halesowen College is a further and higher education college in Whittingham Road,Halesowen,West Midlands. It was established in 1982 as a tertiary college. The college also has a Business Centre about a mile away at Coombswood that opened in September 1999.
Oldbury and Halesowen was a parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands,which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Smethwick is a parliamentary constituency,centred on the town of Smethwick in Staffordshire. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election,abolished for the February 1974 general election,and re-established for the 2024 general election. It is formed from the abolished Warley constituency,with the addition of most of the Blackheath ward.
The Halesowen News is a local free newspaper serving the Halesowen area of the West Midlands,England. It circulates in the town of Halesowen and its surrounding communities,as well as the neighbouring area of Rowley Regis. It has been in circulation since February 1985.
Midlands West was a constituency of the European Parliament in the United Kingdom which existed from 1979 to 1999,prior to the adoption of proportional representation in England,Scotland and Wales. It elected one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system.
James George Morris is a British politician who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Patient Safety from July to September 2022. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Halesowen and Rowley Regis in the West Midlands since 2010. He also served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2021 to 2022. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
The 2010 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2011 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2012 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands,England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. In the ward of Great Bridge,the Conservative Party was criticised for fielding a candidate who had the same name as the Labour Party councillor.
The 2022 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors—24 out of 72—on Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were elected,with 1 ward electing 2 councillors. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 24 of the 72 seats were up for election.
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