West Bromwich | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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![]() Boundary of West Bromwich in West Midlands region | |
1885–February 1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Wednesbury |
Replaced by | West Bromwich East, West Bromwich West |
2024–present | |
Created from | West Bromwich East, West Bromwich West |
West Bromwich is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Sarah Coombes of the Labour Party since 2024.
The seat centres on West Bromwich, in the West Midlands. It was originally established in 1885 but was abolished in 1974. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election. [1] Its boundaries are similar to those of the 1997-2010 version and replace the Lancaster and Fleetwood.
1885–1918: The municipal borough of West Bromwich. [2]
1918-1950: The County Borough of West Bromwich. [3]
2024- The re-established constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The revived seat comprises the majority of the (abolished) West Bromwich East seat, together with the Oldbury and Tividale wards from West Bromwich West and the Rowley ward from Halesowen and Rowley Regis (both also abolished). [5]
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was divided into West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West. Most of the original West Bromwich constituency formed the new West Bromwich East constituency, while the new West Bromwich West constituency consisted largely of Tipton and Wednesbury - both of which had been added to an expanded West Bromwich borough in 1966. In 1974, just after the February general election, the borough of West Bromwich ceased to exist when it merged with the short-lived County Borough of Warley (which was centred on Oldbury, Smethwick and Rowley Regis) to form Sandwell.
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1885 | John Horton Blades | Liberal | ||
1886 | Sir Ernest Spencer | Conservative | ||
1906 | Alfred Hazel | Liberal | ||
Jan 1910 | William Legge | Conservative | ||
1918 | Frederick Roberts | Labour | ||
1931 | Alexander Ramsay | Conservative | ||
1935 | Frederick Roberts | Labour | Resigned 1941 | |
1941 by-election | John Dugdale | Labour | Died March 1963 | |
1963 by-election | Maurice Foley | Labour | Resigned 1973 | |
1973 by-election | Betty Boothroyd | Labour | Subsequently, MP for West Bromwich West; later Speaker of the House of Commons | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sarah Coombes | 16,872 | 46.2 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Will Goodhand | 7,318 | 20.1 | −27.3 | |
Reform UK | Ray Nock | 7,101 | 19.5 | +15.7 | |
Green | Gita Joshi | 2,036 | 5.6 | +3.7 | |
Independent | Mohammed Yasin | 1,707 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Parmjit Singh Gill | 1,314 | 3.6 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Sam Harding | 133 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 9,554 | 26.1 | |||
Turnout | 36,481 | 49.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Horton Blades | 3,988 | 55.7 | ||
Conservative | Ernest Spencer | 3,171 | 44.3 | ||
Majority | 817 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,159 | 81.8 | |||
Registered electors | 8,749 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest Spencer | 3,660 | 54.2 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas James Moore [8] | 3,091 | 45.8 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 569 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,751 | 77.2 | −4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 8,749 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Spencer | 4,474 | 56.6 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas Lee Roberts [9] | 3,429 | 43.4 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 1,045 | 13.2 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,903 | 86.1 | +8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,174 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest Spencer | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Spencer | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alfred Hazel | 5,475 | 56.2 | New | |
Conservative | William Legge | 4,259 | 43.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,216 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,734 | 90.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,726 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Legge | 5,672 | 53.5 | +9.7 | |
Liberal | Alfred Hazel | 4,937 | 46.5 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 735 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,609 | 93.9 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,299 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Legge | 5,010 | 50.0 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Hazel | 5,008 | 50.0 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.0 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,018 | 88.7 | −5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,299 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.5 |
A petition was lodged regarding this election but was later dismissed. The first count had Legge on 5,046 votes, while Hazel had 5,041 votes. A recount put Legge on 5,029 votes, while Hazel had 4,987 votes. Further scrutiny led to the above results.
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frederick Roberts | 11,572 | 54.0 | New | |
C | Unionist | William Legge | 9,863 | 46.0 | −4.0 |
Majority | 1,709 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,435 | 65.4 | −23.3 | ||
Registered electors | 32,777 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Liberal candidate Alfred Hazel withdrew at the last minute
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Roberts | 14,210 | 50.6 | −3.4 | |
Unionist | Herbert Edgar Parkes | 11,263 | 40.1 | −4.9 | |
Liberal | Aneurin Edwards | 2,622 | 9.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,947 | 10.5 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,095 | 85.7 | +20.3 | ||
Registered electors | 32,768 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Roberts | 12,910 | 44.8 | −5.8 | |
Unionist | Herbert Edgar Parkes | 11,146 | 38.7 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Aneurin Edwards | 4,749 | 16.5 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 1,764 | 6.1 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,805 | 85.0 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 33,898 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frederick Roberts | 15,384 | 51.6 | +6.8 | |
Unionist | Henry Archibald Roger Graham | 14,413 | 48.4 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 971 | 3.2 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,797 | 86.5 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 34,503 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Roberts | 19,621 | 52.1 | +0.5 | |
Unionist | J I Chesshire | 10,943 | 29.0 | −19.4 | |
Liberal | William Ramage | 7,119 | 18.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,678 | 23.1 | +19.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,683 | 83.1 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 45,371 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Ramsay | 17,729 | 45.71 | ||
Labour | Frederick Roberts | 17,204 | 44.36 | ||
Liberal | William Ramage | 3,851 | 9.93 | ||
Majority | 525 | 1.35 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,784 | 81.66 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Roberts | 19,113 | 51.26 | ||
Conservative | Robert Ashton | 18,175 | 48.74 | ||
Majority | 938 | 2.52 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,288 | 74.80 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dugdale | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dugdale | 27,979 | 69.9 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | Gerald Nabarro | 12,028 | 30.1 | −18.6 | |
Majority | 15,951 | 39.8 | +37.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,007 | 72.5 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dugdale | 31,564 | 65.40 | ||
Conservative | William Ward | 16,697 | 34.60 | ||
Majority | 14,867 | 30.80 | |||
Turnout | 48,261 | 82.84 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dugdale | 30,845 | 64.22 | ||
Conservative | Gordon D Johnstone | 17,186 | 35.78 | ||
Majority | 13,659 | 28.44 | |||
Turnout | 48,031 | 80.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dugdale | 26,242 | 61.80 | ||
Conservative | Francis John Vernon Hereward Dashwood, 11th Baronet | 16,222 | 38.20 | ||
Majority | 10,020 | 23.60 | |||
Turnout | 42,464 | 70.21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dugdale | 26,702 | 57.4 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hubert Windrum | 19,809 | 42.6 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 6,893 | 14.8 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,511 | 72.6 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Foley | 20,510 | 58.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | George Hawkins | 8,246 | 26.5 | −16.1 | |
Liberal | N. R. W. Mawle | 6,161 | 17.6 | New | |
Majority | 12,264 | 35.2 | +20.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,917 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Foley | 22,942 | 55.1 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | George Hawkins | 18,664 | 44.9 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 4,278 | 10.2 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,606 | 64.7 | −7.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Foley | 25,287 | 57.9 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | George Hawkins | 18,413 | 42.1 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 6,874 | 15.8 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 43,700 | 68.8 | +4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Foley | 23,412 | 55.2 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | George Hawkins | 18,976 | 44.8 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 4,436 | 10.4 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,388 | 62.07 | −6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Betty Boothroyd | 15,907 | 53.21 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | David Bell | 7,582 | 25.36 | −19.4 | |
National Front | Martin Webster | 4,789 | 16.02 | New | |
Independent | Joshua Churchman | 1,616 | 5.41 | New | |
Majority | 8,325 | 27.85 | |||
Turnout | 29,894 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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