West Bromwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Bromwich
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–February 1974
SeatsOne
Created from Wednesbury
Replaced by West Bromwich East,
West Bromwich West
2024–present
Created from West Bromwich East,
West Bromwich West

West Bromwich was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1974. It centred on West Bromwich, in the West Midlands. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election. [1]

History

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.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The municipal borough of West Bromwich. [2]

1918-1950: The County Borough of West Bromwich. [3]

Proposed

The re-established constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It will comprise the majority of the (to be 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 to be abolished). [5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
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

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: West Bromwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Horton Blades 3,988 55.7
Conservative Ernest Spencer 3,17144.3
Majority81711.4
Turnout 7,15981.8
Registered electors 8,749
Liberal win (new seat)
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Ernest Spencer
General election 1886: West Bromwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Spencer 3,660 54.2 +9.9
Liberal Thomas James Moore [7] 3,09145.8−9.9
Majority5698.4N/A
Turnout 6,75177.2−4.6
Registered electors 8,749
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.9

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: West Bromwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Spencer 4,474 56.6 +2.4
Liberal Thomas Lee Roberts [8] 3,42943.4−2.4
Majority1,04513.2+4.8
Turnout 7,90386.1+8.9
Registered electors 9,174
Conservative hold Swing +2.4
General election 1895: West Bromwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Spencer Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: West Bromwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Spencer Unopposed
Conservative hold
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Alfred Hazel
General election 1906: West Bromwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Hazel 5,475 56.2 New
Conservative William Legge 4,25943.8N/A
Majority1,21612.4N/A
Turnout 9,73490.8N/A
Registered electors 10,726
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: West Bromwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Legge 5,672 53.5 +9.7
Liberal Alfred Hazel 4,93746.5−9.7
Majority7357.0N/A
Turnout 10,60993.9+3.1
Registered electors 11,299
Conservative hold Swing +9.7
General election December 1910: West Bromwich [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Legge 5,010 50.0 −3.5
Liberal Alfred Hazel 5,00850.0+3.5
Majority20.0−7.0
Turnout 10,01888.7−5.2
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;

General election 1918: West Bromwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Roberts 11,572 54.0 New
C Unionist William Legge 9,86346.0−4.0
Majority1,7098.0N/A
Turnout 21,43565.4−23.3
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

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: West Bromwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Roberts 14,210 50.6 −3.4
Unionist Herbert Edgar Parkes11,26340.1−4.9
Liberal Aneurin Edwards 2,6229.3New
Majority2,94710.5+2.5
Turnout 28,09585.7+20.3
Registered electors 32,768
Labour hold Swing +0.8
General election 1923: West Bromwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Roberts 12,910 44.8 −5.8
Unionist Herbert Edgar Parkes11,14638.7−1.4
Liberal Aneurin Edwards 4,74916.5+7.2
Majority1,7646.1−4.4
Turnout 28,80585.0−0.7
Registered electors 33,898
Labour hold Swing −2.2
General election 1924: West Bromwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Roberts 15,384 51.6 +6.8
Unionist Henry Archibald Roger Graham14,41348.4+9.7
Majority9713.2−2.9
Turnout 29,79786.5+1.5
Registered electors 34,503
Labour hold Swing −1.5
General election 1929: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Roberts 19,621 52.1 +0.5
Unionist J I Chesshire10,94329.0−19.4
Liberal William Ramage7,11918.9New
Majority8,67823.1+19.9
Turnout 37,68383.1−3.4
Registered electors 45,371
Labour hold Swing +10.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Ramsay 17,72945.71
Labour Frederick Roberts 17,20444.36
Liberal William Ramage3,8519.93
Majority5251.35N/A
Turnout 38,78481.66
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Roberts 19,11351.26
Conservative Robert Ashton18,17548.74
Majority9382.52N/A
Turnout 37,28874.80
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1941 West Bromwich by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Dugdale Unopposed N/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Dugdale 27,979 69.9 +18.6
Conservative Gerald Nabarro 12,02830.1−18.6
Majority15,95139.8+37.3
Turnout 40,00772.5−2.3
Labour hold Swing +18.6

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Dugdale 31,56465.40
Conservative William Ward 16,69734.60
Majority14,86730.80
Turnout 48,26182.84
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Dugdale 30,84564.22
Conservative Gordon D Johnstone17,18635.78
Majority13,65928.44
Turnout 48,03180.51
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Dugdale 26,24261.80
Conservative Francis John Vernon Hereward Dashwood, 11th Baronet16,22238.20
Majority10,02023.60
Turnout 42,46470.21
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Dugdale 26,702 57.4 −4.4
Conservative Anthony Hubert Windrum19,80942.6+4.4
Majority6,89314.8−8.8
Turnout 46,51172.6+2.4
Labour hold Swing −4.2

Elections in the 1960s

1963 West Bromwich by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Foley 20,510 58.7 +1.3
Conservative George Hawkins8,24626.5−16.1
Liberal N. R. W. Mawle6,16117.6New
Majority12,26435.2+20.4
Turnout 34,917
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Foley 22,942 55.1 -2.3
Conservative George Hawkins18,66444.9+2.3
Majority4,27810.2-4.6
Turnout 41,60664.7-7.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Foley 25,287 57.9 +2.8
Conservative George Hawkins18,41342.1−2.8
Majority6,87415.8+5.6
Turnout 43,70068.8+4.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Foley 23,412 55.2 −2.7
Conservative George Hawkins18,97644.8+2.7
Majority4,43610.4-5.4
Turnout 42,38862.07-6.7
Labour hold Swing
By-election 1973: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Betty Boothroyd 15,90753.21−2.0
Conservative David Bell7,58225.36−19.4
National Front Martin Webster 4,78916.02New
Independent Joshua Churchman1,6165.41New
Majority8,32527.85
Turnout 29,894
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Coombes [11]
Conservative Will Goodhand [12]
Reform UK Ray Nock [13]
Majority
Turnout

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