Warley West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Warley West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Midlands
Major settlements Oldbury, Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath
1974 (1974)–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Oldbury and Halesowen
Replaced by Warley
Halesowen & Rowley Regis

Warley West was a parliamentary constituency in the borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England. It was initially centred on the towns of Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath, and from 1983 also incorporated parts of Oldbury.

Contents

It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

The bulk of Warley West, namely the area around Oldbury, became part of the new Warley constituency, while the area around Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath was absorbed into the new Halesowen and Rowley Regis constituency, which is split between two local authorities (Dudley and Sandwell). Meanwhile, the Tividale section of the constituency (previously split between Dudley and Rowley Regis and Tipton), was incorporated into West Bromwich West.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The County Borough of Warley wards of Cradley Heath, Langley, Old Hill and Blackheath, Rounds Green, Rowley, St Paul's, and Tividale.

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, Langley, Oldbury, Rowley, and Tividale.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
Feb 1974 Peter Archer Labour
1992 John Spellar Labour
1997 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Warley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Archer 28,89166.94
Conservative A. Soskin14,26733.06
Majority14,62433.88
Turnout 43,15871.03
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Warley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Archer 24,76160.35
Conservative Roger Evans 9,90424.14
Liberal D. Owen6,36315.51New
Majority14,85736.21
Turnout 41,02866.96
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Warley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Archer 25,17558.39
Conservative Roger Evans 15,07434.96
Liberal F. M. Fisher2,8646.64
Majority10,10123.43
Turnout 43,11370.75
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Warley West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Archer 18,27247.14
Conservative Anthea McIntyre 13,00433.55
Alliance Anthony Baines7,48519.31
Majority5,26813.59
Turnout 38,76167.81
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Warley West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Archer 19,82549.21
Conservative Wallace Williams14,43235.83
Alliance Elaine Todd6,02714.96
Majority5,39313.38
Turnout 40,28470.03
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Warley West [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Spellar 21,386 50.6 +1.4
Conservative SA Whitehouse15,91437.7+1.9
Liberal Democrats E Todd4,94511.7–3.3
Majority5,47212.9–0.5
Turnout 42,24573.9+3.9
Labour hold Swing –0.2

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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