Halesowen and Rowley Regis (UK Parliament constituency)

Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Halesowen and Rowley Regis in West Midlands
Location of West Midlands within England
County	West Midlands
Electorate	67,656 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Halesowen
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	James Morris (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Halesowen & Stourbridge, Warley West

Halesowen and Rowley Regis is a constituency ^{[n 1]} in the West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by James Morris, a Conservative. ^{[n 2]}

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will entail the loss of the town of Rowley Regis. Accordingly, it will be renamed Halesowen , to be first contested at the next general election. ^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [3]	Party
	1997	Sylvia Heal	Labour
	2010	James Morris	Conservative

Boundaries

Map of present boundaries

Halesowen and Rowley Regis straddles the borders of Dudley and Sandwell. ^{[n 3]} It covers the south-east part of the Dudley borough.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Belle Vale, Halesowen North, Halesowen South, and Hayley Green and Cradley South, and the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and Rowley.

1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Belle Vale and Hasbury, Halesowen North, Halesowen South, and Hayley Green, and the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and Rowley.

History

The constituency was formed for the 1997 general election, taking in the eastern part of the former Halesowen and Stourbridge constituency ^{[n 4]} and the western part of the former Warley West seat. Halesowen and Stourbridge had been held by a Conservative but Labour candidates took its two replacements in 1997. ^{[n 5]}

The area formerly in the Halesowen and Stourbridge constituency is in the Dudley borough, while the area formerly in Warley West is within the Sandwell borough (which in turn had formed part of the boroughs of Warley and originally Rowley Regis).

From 1997 until she stood down before the 2010 general election, the seat's MP was Sylvia Heal of the Labour Party. Heal held Mid Staffordshire from a 1990 by-election until she was defeated by the Conservatives in 1992. On becoming the MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, she gained more than half of the votes in 1997 and 2001, before her popularity dipped slightly in 2005, still managing to hold on to the constituency comfortably.

James Morris of the Conservative Party won the seat in the 2010 general election. With approximately half of the constituency situated within Sandwell borough, it was the first time that any part of the borough had been represented by a Conservative MP since its creation in 1974. ^[4] Morris was voted by the local party as Conservative candidate for the seat after previous candidate Nigel Hastilow stepped down in November 2007 following a public outcry over his claims that Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech had been proven correct. ^[5]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Morris	25,607	60.5	8.6
	Labour	Ian Cooper	13,533	32.0	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Priest	1,738	4.1	2.2
	Green	James Windridge	934	2.2	1.2
	Independent	Jon Cross	232	0.5	New
	Independent	Ian Fleming	190	0.4	New
	Independent	Tim Weller	111	0.3	0.1
Majority			12,074	28.5	16.6
Turnout			42,345	62.0	2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.35

General election 2017: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Morris	23,012	51.9	8.7
	Labour	Ian Cooper	17,759	40.0	3.8
	UKIP	Stuart Henley	2,126	4.8	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Scott	859	1.9	0.2
	Green	James Robertson	440	1.0	0.9
	Independent	Tim Weller	183	0.4	New
Majority			5,253	11.9	4.9
Turnout			38,982	64.5	5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

General election 2015: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Morris	18,933	43.2	2.0
	Labour	Stephanie Peacock	15,851	36.2	0.4
	UKIP	Dean Perks	7,280	16.6	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Tyzack	905	2.1	12.7
	Green	John Payne [10]	849	1.9	New
Majority			3,082	7.0	2.4
Turnout			43,818	59.1	9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

General election 2010: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Morris	18,115	41.2	4.6
	Labour	Sue Hayman	16,092	36.6	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Tibbetts	6,515	14.8	2.3
	UKIP	Derek Baddeley	2,824	6.4	1.7
	Independent	Derek Thompson	433	1.0	New
Majority			2,023	4.6	N/A
Turnout			43,979	69.0	5.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	7.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	19,243	46.6	6.4
	Conservative	Leslie Jones	14,906	36.1	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Turner	5,204	12.6	2.2
	UKIP	Nikki Sinclaire	1,974	4.8	2.4
Majority			4,337	10.5	10.3
Turnout			41,327	62.9	3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

General election 2001: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	20,804	53.0	1.1
	Conservative	Leslie Jones	13,445	34.2	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Harley	4,089	10.4	1.9
	UKIP	Alan Sheath	936	2.4	New
Majority			7,359	18.8	2.4
Turnout			39,274	59.8	13.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Halesowen and Rowley Regis ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	26,366	54.1
	Conservative	John Kennedy	16,029	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Todd	4,169	8.5
	Referendum	Alan White	1,244	2.6
	National Democrats	Karen Meads	592	1.2
	Green	Tim Weller	361	0.7
Majority			10,337	21.2
Turnout			48,761	73.6
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.
3. Adding to the three seats in each of the two boroughs
4. The western part recreated the Stourbridge seat
5. Warley West in 1997 remained held by Labour Party

References

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
4. "Historic Tory win in Halesowen and Rowley Regis". Halesowen News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
5. Watson, Nick (7 November 2007). "Enoch Powell's ghost". BBC News.
6. https://www.dudley.gov.uk/media/13650/halesowen-rowley-regis-statement-of-persons-nominated-and-notice-of-poll.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
7. "Nominations are now closed and all Dudley General Election candidates are now confirmed". 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
8. "Halesowen & Rowley Regis results". BBC News . Retrieved 9 June 2017.
9. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
10. "general-election.html". Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
11. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
12. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

• BBC (2005). Election 2005 - Halesowen & Rowley Regis. Retrieved May 9, 2005.

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