Halesowen | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 69,907 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Halesowen, Cradley Heath |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Alex Ballinger (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Halesowen is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] It is represented by Alex Ballinger of the Labour Party.
The constituency is named after the town of Halesowen.
The constituency comprises the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:
It covers the following areas of the West Midlands:
Halesowen and Rowley Regis prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Alex Ballinger | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Ballinger | 15,023 | 38.9 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | James Morris | 10,659 | 27.6 | −32.6 | |
Reform UK | Jonathan Oakton | 8,484 | 22.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ryan Priest | 2,261 | 5.9 | +2.4 | |
Green | Emma Bullard | 2,151 | 5.6 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 4,364 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 38,578 | 56.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
To assess the impact of the boundary changes, various organisations calculated results of the 2019 election if it was conducted under boundaries established by 2023 Periodic review. Below is such assessment from BBC for Halesowen:
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For more information see Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency .
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