Halesowen and Stourbridge

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Halesowen and Stourbridge
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Midlands
February 1974–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Oldbury & Halesowen
Replaced by Stourbridge, Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Halesowen and Stourbridge 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 February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Contents

Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Halesowen & Rowley Regis and Stourbridge, both of which were held by Labour upon creation, until 2010 when the Conservatives won both seats back and have continued to retain them to date.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The Boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge.

1983–1997: The Borough of Dudley wards of Belle Vale and Hasbury, Halesowen North, Halesowen South, Hayley Green, Lye and Wollescote, Norton, Pedmore and Stourbridge East, and Wollaston and Stourbridge West.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
Feb 1974 Sir John Stokes Conservative
1992 Warren Hawksley Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Stourbridge & Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Halesowen and Stourbridge [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Warren Hawksley 32,312 50.6 +0.5
Labour Alan Hankon22,73035.6+7.8
Liberal Democrats Vinod Sharma7,94112.4−9.7
Green Tim Weller9081.4New
Majority 9,58215.0−7.3
Turnout 63,89182.3+2.9
Conservative hold Swing −3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Halesowen and Stourbridge [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stokes 31,037 50.12 +1.73
Labour Timothy Sunter17,22927.82+2.79
SDP Dominic Simon13,65822.06−3.53
Majority 13,80822.30
Turnout 61,92479.37
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Halesowen and Stourbridge [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stokes 28,520 48.39 −2.99
SDP Thomas Clitheroe14,93425.58+13.54
Labour Colin Ellison14,61125.03−10.17
Ecology Derek Rudd5821.00New
Majority 13,31622.81
Turnout 58,37776.41
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Halesowen and Stourbridge [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stokes 33,247 49.59 +10.63
Labour Richard Alfred Etheridge24,28236.22−1.39
Liberal Christopher Harvey8,59712.82−10.62
National Front Stanley Frederick Goodwin9211.37New
Majority 8,96513.37
Turnout 67,04779.31
Conservative hold Swing +6.01
General election October 1974: Halesowen and Stourbridge [4] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stokes 24,387 38.96 −0.94
Labour Dennis Turner 23,53737.60+3.79
Liberal Leonard Thomas Eden14,67223.44−2.85
Majority 8501.36
Turnout 62,59676.18
Conservative hold Swing -2.37
General election February 1974: Halesowen and Stourbridge [4] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stokes 26,514 39.90
Labour Dennis Turner 22,46533.81
Liberal Leonard Thomas Eden17,47126.29
Majority 4,0496.09
Turnout 66,45081.39
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  2. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 "'Halesowen and Stourbridge', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "'Halesowen and Stourbridge', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1979". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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