Dudley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dudley
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Dudley (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary of Dudley in West Midlands region
County West Midlands
Electorate 71,083 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Dudley, Sedgley, Dixon's Green
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Sonia Kumar (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from
1832–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created from Worcestershire
Replaced by

Dudley is a constituency centred on the town of Dudley in the West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sonia Kumar, a member of the Labour Party. [n 1] 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 system.

Contents

The constituency existed between 1832 and 1974 and was re-established by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 2024 general election, It is based on the abolished Dudley North, with the addition of one ward from the also abolished Dudley South constituency. [2]

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Dudley, and the parish of Dudley Castle Hill.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Dudley, and the Borough of Stourbridge.

2024–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Brockmoor and Pensnett, Castle and Priory, Gornal, St James's, St Thomas's, Sedgley, and Upper Gornal and Woodsetton (as they existed on 1 December 2020). [3]

The re-established seat comprises the whole of the previous Dudley North constituency with the addition of the Brockmoor and Pensnett ward from Dudley South (abolished), thus bringing the electorate within the permitted range.

History

The borough of Dudley returned two members to Parliament in 1295, Benedict Andrew and Ralph Clerk de Duddlegh, but not to any subsequent one. [4]

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new Dudley East and Dudley West constituencies, which expanded beyond the town's historic boundaries to include Coseley and part of Sedgley in Dudley East (previously in the old Bilston constituency), as well as Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, and the remainder of Sedgley in Dudley West. All of these areas had been incorporated into the Dudley borough in 1966. [5]

In the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was recommended that Dudley should return as a constituency, replacing Dudley North.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1974

ElectionMemberParty
1832 Sir John Campbell Whig [6] [7] [8] [9]
Feb. 1834 Thomas Hawkes Tory [9]
Dec. 1834 Conservative [9]
1844 John Benbow Conservative [9]
1855 Sir Stafford Northcote Conservative
1857 Henry Brinsley Sheridan Independent [10] [11] [12]
1859 Liberal
1886 Brooke Robinson Conservative
1906 Arthur George Hooper Liberal
1910 Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Conservative
1921 James Wilson Labour
1922 Cyril Lloyd Unionist
1929 Oliver Baldwin Labour
1931 Dudley Joel Conservative
1941 Cyril Lloyd Conservative
1945 George Wigg Labour
1968 Donald Williams Conservative
1970 John Gilbert Labour
Feb 1974 Constituency abolished

MPs since 2024

Dudley North prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Sonia Kumar Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Dudley [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sonia Kumar 12,215 34.1 +3.2
Conservative Marco Longhi 10,31528.8−34.3
Reform UK Andrew Southall9,44226.4N/A
Green Zia Qari1,1543.2+1.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Flynn1,0563.0−0.8
Independent Shakeela Bibi8572.4N/A
Workers Party Aftab Hussain6211.7N/A
Independent Dharmanand Mortha1360.4N/A
Majority1,9005.3N/A
Turnout 35,79651.0N/A
Registered electors 70,151
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Gilbert 29,499 50.29
Conservative Donald Williams 29,16349.71
Majority3360.58
Turnout 58,66271.92
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wigg 30,25053.20
Conservative David Howell 19,98035.02
Liberal Robert CS Fowler6,82911.97New
Majority10,27018.18
Turnout 56,87976.53
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wigg 32,693 59.1 +5.9
Conservative Donald Williams 22,67140.9+5.9
Majority10,02218.20.0
Turnout 55,36473.9−2.6
Labour hold Swing
1968 Dudley by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Williams 28,016 58.1 +17.2
Labour John Gilbert 16,36034.0−25.1
Liberal Derek Bird3,8097.9New
Majority11,65624.1N/A
Turnout 48,18563.5−10.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +21.2

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wigg 32,856 54.62
Conservative Roy Farran 19,82532.96
Liberal Bertram Samuel White7,47012.42New
Majority13,03121.66
Turnout 60,15186.83
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wigg 34,376 58.36
Conservative Harold Soref 24,52541.64
Majority9,85116.72
Turnout 58,90183.65
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wigg 31,384 54.87
Conservative Sir Thomas Douglas Wilson, 4th Baronet20,33335.55
Liberal Wallace Lawler 5,4799.58New
Majority11,05119.32
Turnout 57,19679.83
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wigg 31,826 54.94
Conservative Frank E. Spiller26,10145.06
Majority5,7259.88
Turnout 57,92779.54
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

1941 Dudley by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Lloyd 6,234 56.1 +1.3
Independent Noel Pemberton Billing 4,86943.9New
Majority1,36512.2+2.6
Turnout 11,10334.7−40.6
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Wigg 15,439 62.77
Conservative Tatton Brinton 9,15637.23
Majority6,28325.54N/A
Turnout 24,59573.81
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Joel 16,009 56.94
Labour W Hodgkiss12,10543.06
Majority3,90413.88N/A
Turnout 28,11480.75
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Dudley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Joel 13,958 54.81
Labour William Wedgwood Benn 11,50945.19
Majority2,4499.62
Turnout 25,46775.29
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1921 Dudley by-election [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Wilson 10,244 50.7 +10.9
C Unionist Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 9,96849.3−10.9
Majority2761.4N/A
Turnout 20,21279.9+19.5
Registered electors 25,305
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +10.9
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1922: Dudley [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cyril Lloyd 12,876 60.2 0.0
Labour James Wilson 8,52239.80.0
Majority4,35420.40.0
Turnout 21,39882.5+22.1
Registered electors 25,923
Unionist hold Swing 0.0
General election 1923: Dudley [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cyril Lloyd 10,227 49.4 −10.8
Liberal Francis James Ballard8,51041.1New
Labour Richard Fowler Smith1,9589.5−30.3
Majority1,7178.3−12.1
Turnout 20,69678.9−3.6
Registered electors 26,257
Unionist hold Swing +9.8
General election 1924: Dudley [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cyril Lloyd 11,199 52.1 +2.7
Labour Oliver Baldwin 10,31447.9+38.4
Majority8854.2−4.1
Turnout 21,51380.2+1.3
Registered electors 26,826
Unionist hold Swing −17.9
General election 1929: Dudley [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Oliver Baldwin 13,551 47.6 −0.3
Unionist Cyril Lloyd 10,50836.9−15.2
Liberal Thomas Illingworth Clough4,39915.5New
Majority3,04310.7N/A
Turnout 28,45881.6+1.4
Registered electors 34,883
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.6

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Dudley [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arthur George Hooper 8,342 50.6 −1.8
Conservative Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 8,15549.4+1.8
Majority1871.2−3.6
Turnout 16,49794.4+4.2
Liberal hold Swing
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Griffith-Boscawen
General election December 1910: Dudley [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 8,260 51.1 +1.7
Liberal Arthur George Hooper 7,90048.9−1.7
Majority3602.2N/A
Turnout 16,16092.4−2.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.7

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Dudley [15] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 9,12660.2+9.1
Labour William Bridgland Steer 6,04639.8New
Majority3,08020.4+18.2
Turnout 15,17460.4−32.0
Registered electors 25,103
Unionist hold Swing +9.1
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1900s

Belcher William Belcher.jpg
Belcher
General election 1900: Dudley [16] [19] [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brooke Robinson 6,461 52.4 −0.6
Lib-Lab William Belcher5,87647.6+0.6
Majority5854.8−1.2
Turnout 12,33777.8−5.3
Registered electors 15,859
Conservative hold Swing −0.6
A.G. Hooper Arthur George Hooper.jpg
A.G. Hooper
General election 1906: Dudley [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arthur George Hooper 8,296 52.4 +4.8
Conservative Gilbert Claughton 7,54247.6−4.8
Majority7544.8N/A
Turnout 15,83890.2+12.4
Registered electors 17,564
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.8

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Dudley [16] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brooke Robinson 6,668 54.3 −4.5
Liberal Howard Spensley 5,61945.7+4.5
Majority1,0498.6−9.0
Turnout 12,28780.3+6.4
Registered electors 15,303
Conservative hold Swing −4.5
General election 1895: Dudley [16] [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brooke Robinson 6,536 53.0 −1.3
Liberal Charles James Fleming 5,79547.0+1.3
Majority7416.0−2.6
Turnout 12,33183.1+2.8
Registered electors 14,831
Conservative hold Swing -1.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brinsley Sheridan 6,948 62.5 +7.3
Conservative Alfred Waterman [24] 4,16337.5−7.3
Majority2,78525.0+14.6
Turnout 11,11174.1+10.2
Registered electors 15,000
Liberal hold Swing +7.3
General election 1885: Dudley [16] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brinsley Sheridan 6,377 55.0 −7.5
Conservative Brooke Robinson 5,21145.0+7.5
Majority1,16610.0−15.0
Turnout 11,58877.7+3.6
Registered electors 14,918
Liberal hold Swing −7.5
General election 1886: Dudley [16] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brooke Robinson 6,475 58.8 +13.8
Liberal Henry Brinsley Sheridan 4,54541.2−13.8
Majority1,93017.6N/A
Turnout 11,02073.9−3.8
Registered electors 14,918
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +13.8

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brinsley Sheridan 5,149 55.2 N/A
Conservative Frederick Smith-Shenstone [25] 4,18144.8New
Majority96810.4N/A
Turnout 9,33063.9N/A
Registered electors 14,593
Liberal hold Swing N/A

The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 May 1874: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brinsley Sheridan 5,607 53.4 −1.8
Conservative Noah Hingley 4,88946.6+1.8
Majority7186.8−3.6
Turnout 10,49671.9+8.0
Registered electors 14,593
Liberal hold Swing −1.8

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brinsley Sheridan 526 65.7 +11.2
Conservative Francis Wyatt Truscott [26] 27534.3−11.2
Majority25131.4+22.4
Turnout 80159.0−20.9
Registered electors 1,358
Liberal hold Swing +11.2
General election 1868: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brinsley Sheridan Unopposed
Registered electors 11,847
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Benbow 400 63.4 N/A
Radical James Baldwin [27] [28] [29] 23136.6New
Majority16926.8N/A
Turnout 63169.2N/A
Registered electors 912
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Benbow's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 8 March 1855: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stafford Northcote 346 99.1 +35.7
Radical James Baldwin30.9−35.7
Majority34398.2+71.4
Turnout 34938.5−30.7
Registered electors 907
Conservative hold Swing +35.7
General election 1857: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Henry Brinsley Sheridan Unopposed
Registered electors 884
Independent gain from Conservative
General election 1859: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brinsley Sheridan 432 54.5 New
Conservative Charles Monck 36145.5New
Majority719.0N/A
Turnout 79379.9N/A
Registered electors 992
Liberal gain from Independent Swing N/A

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Dudley [23] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Hawkes 436 69.8 +12.7
Whig William Adams Smith18930.2−12.7
Majority24739.6+25.4
Turnout 62564.4−15.5
Registered electors 971
Conservative hold Swing +12.7

Hawkes resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 8 August 1844: Dudley [23] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Benbow 388 68.9 −0.9
Radical William Rawson17531.1+0.9
Majority21337.8−1.8
Turnout 56361.8−2.6
Registered electors 911
Conservative hold Swing −0.9
General election 1847: Dudley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Benbow Unopposed
Registered electors 791
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Dudley [23] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Campbell 318 58.1
Tory Horace St Paul 22941.9
Majority8916.2
Turnout 54781.6
Registered electors 670
Whig win (new seat)

Campbell was appointed as Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 28 February 1834: Dudley [23] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Thomas Hawkes 322 55.9 +14.0
Whig John Campbell 25444.1−14.0
Majority6811.8N/A
Turnout 57680.6−1.0
Registered electors 715
Tory gain from Whig Swing +14.0
General election 1835: Dudley [23] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Hawkes 360 56.3 +14.4
Whig John Forbes27943.7−14.4
Majority8112.6N/A
Turnout 63987.9+6.3
Registered electors 727
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +14.4
General election 1837: Dudley [23] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Hawkes 385 57.1 +0.8
Whig William Merryweather Turner28942.9−0.8
Majority9614.2+1.6
Turnout 67479.9−8.0
Registered electors 844
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  4. ↑ Treadway Russell Nash, History and Antiquities of the County of Worcester I (1781), introduction, xxxii.
  5. ↑ "Dudley CB/MB through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Campbell, John Campbell, Baron"  . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  7. ↑ "On Affairs in General". Dublin University Magazine, Volume 3. W. Curry, Jun., and Company. 1834. p. 481. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Fisher, David R. (2009). "CAMPBELL, John II (1779–1861), of 9 New Street, Spring Gardens and 14 Paper Buildings, Temple, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 131. Retrieved 5 November 2018– via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Clark, C. F. G., ed. (1881). The Curiosities of Dudley AND THE Black Country, From 1800 to 1860. Birmingham: Buckler Brothers. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Election Proceedings" . Worcester Journal. 28 March 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 7 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Dudley" . Evening Mail. 25 March 1857. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 7 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "Dudley". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  14. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  17. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  18. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  20. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  21. ↑ Vincent, J (1971). McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book (8th ed.). Brighton, UK: The Harvester Press. p. 72 (Section II). ISBN   0855270004.
  22. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  24. ↑ "The General Election" . London Evening Standard . 31 March 1880. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 25 November 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ↑ "Dudley" . Staffordshire Advertiser. 27 October 1877. p. 5. Retrieved 29 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ↑ "Dudley Election" . Aris's Birmingham Gazette . 15 July 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 10 February 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ↑ "The Elections" . Worcestershire Chronicle. 14 July 1852. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 7 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ↑ "Dudley" . Globe. 8 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ↑ "Election Intelligence" . Morning Chronicle. 8 July 1852. pp. 2–6. Retrieved 7 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.

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