Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary within the West Midlands region
County Staffordshire
Electorate 71,896 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Kingswinford, Wombourne, Codsall, Perton
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Mike Wood (Conservative)
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Kingswinford and South Staffordshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, represented since its establishment for the 2024 general election by Mike Wood of the Conservative Party. The constituency is one of multiple constituencies created by 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which span multiple counties. The constituency name refers to town of Kingswinford and the South Staffordshire District. [2]

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020: [3] [4]

1 Renamed Wordsley North following a local government boundary review in Dudley which became effective from May 2024. [6]

The seat was created from the following areas: [5]

Members of Parliament

South Staffordshire and Dudley South prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Mike Wood Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Kingswinford and South Staffordshire [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Wood 18,199 40.3 −34.0
Labour Sally Benton11,89626.3+9.5
Reform UK Gary Dale9,92822.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Gully Bansal2,0804.6−0.7
Green Claire McIlvenna2,0774.6+1.1
Independent Shaz Saleem1,0002.2N/A
Majority 6,30314.0−43.5
Turnout 45,32663.2−7.8
Registered electors 71,662
Conservative hold Swing −21.8

Changes are from the notional results of the 2019 election on the new boundaries. [8]

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [9]
PartyVote %
Conservative 37,94274.3
Labour 8,58716.8
Liberal Democrats 2,7155.3
Green 1,8033.5
Turnout51,04771.0
Electorate71,896

See also

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. Madeley, Peter (2021-06-08). "In detail: Proposed boundary changes for the Black Country and Staffordshire". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  3. LGBCE. "South Staffordshire | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  4. "The South Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  5. 1 2 "New Seat Details – Kingswinford and South Staffordshire". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  6. LGBCE. "Dudley | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  7. "Kingswinford and South Staffordshire – General Election 2024 Results". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. "Notional election for the constituency of Kingswinford and South Staffordshire". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  9. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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