Walsall and Bloxwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Walsall and Bloxwich
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Walsall and Bloxwich (UK Parliament constituency)
West Midlands - Walsall and Bloxwich constituency.svg
Boundary of Walsall and Bloxwich in West Midlands region
County West Midlands county
Major settlements Walsall and Bloxwich
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Valerie Vaz (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Walsall North and Walsall South

Walsall and Bloxwich is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [2] The constituency is currently held by Valerie Vaz of the Labour Party. Before the boundary changes came into effect, Vaz held the former Walsall South constituency from 2010 to 2024.

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Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It is formed from the majority of both the abolished Walsall North and Walsall South seats. It comprises the following areas: [4]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Walsall and Bloxwich [5] [6] [note 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Vaz 12,514 33.5 −10.8
Independent Aftab Nawaz7,60020.4N/A
Reform UK Elaine Williams7,29319.5+18.3
Conservative Shannon Lloyd6,67917.9−31.2
Green Sadat Hussain2,2886.1+4.7
Liberal Democrats Patrick Stillman8172.2−0.7
Majority 4,91413.2
Rejected ballots1410.4
Turnout 37,19149.6
Registered electors 74,951
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Sources such as the BBC describe the 2024 election result as a Labour gain from Conservative, [7] based on notional results had the 2024 constituency boundaries been in place in the 2019 general election. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Madeley, Peter (2023-06-29). "Boundary Commission review: Which seats are changing in the Black Country and Staffordshire?". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  4. ↑ "New Seat Details - Walsall and Bloxwich". Electoral Calculus . Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  5. ↑ "2024 General Election results for Walsall Borough". Walsall Council. 5 July 2024. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "General Election 2024 Declaration of result for Walsall" (PDF). Walsall Council. 5 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Walsall and Bloxwich - General election results 2024 - BBC News". BBC News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "How the BBC reports the UK general election 2024 - BBC News". BBC News . BBC. July 2024. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024. To calculate if an individual seat has changed hands or how many seats a party has gained or lost in the election it is important to have an idea of how people would have voted if the new boundaries were in place in 2019. These are called notional results. The BBC and other media organisations use these notional results to calculate change.
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