Kingswinford and South Staffordshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Staffordshire |
Electorate | 71,896 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Kingswinford, Wombourne, Codsall, Perton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Mike Wood (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
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 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which span multiple counties. The constituency name refers to town of Kingswinford and the South Staffordshire District. [2]
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]
South Staffordshire and Dudley South prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Mike Wood | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Wood | 18,199 | 40.3 | −34.0 | |
Labour | Sally Benton | 11,896 | 26.3 | +9.5 | |
Reform UK | Gary Dale | 9,928 | 22.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Gully Bansal | 2,080 | 4.6 | −0.7 | |
Green | Claire McIlvenna | 2,077 | 4.6 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Shaz Saleem | 1,000 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,303 | 14.0 | −43.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,326 | 63.2 | −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]
2019 notional result [9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 37,942 | 74.3 | |
Labour | 8,587 | 16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,715 | 5.3 | |
Green | 1,803 | 3.5 | |
Turnout | 51,047 | 71.0 | |
Electorate | 71,896 |
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