Halesowen and Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Halesowen and Stourbridge was a parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Halesowen and Stourbridge
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyWest Midlands
February 1974–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromOldbury & Halesowen
Replaced byStourbridge, Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Halesowen & Rowley Regis and Stourbridge, both of which were held by Labour upon creation, until 2010 when the Conservatives won both seats back and have continued to retain them to date.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The Boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge.

1983–1997: The Borough of Dudley wards of Belle Vale and Hasbury, Halesowen North, Halesowen South, Hayley Green, Lye and Wollescote, Norton, Pedmore and Stourbridge East, and Wollaston and Stourbridge West.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[1]Party
Feb 1974 Sir John Stokes Conservative
1992 Warren Hawksley Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Stourbridge & Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Elections

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Halesowen and Stourbridge[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Warren Hawksley 32,312 50.6 +0.5
Labour Alan Hankon 22,730 35.6 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Vinod Sharma 7,941 12.4 −9.7
Green Tim Weller 908 1.4 New
Majority 9,582 15.0 −7.3
Turnout 63,891 82.3 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing −3.7

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1987: Halesowen and Stourbridge[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stokes 31,037 50.1 +1.73
Labour Timothy Sunter 17,229 27.82 +2.79
SDP Dominic Simon 13,658 22.06 -3.53
Majority 13,808 22.3
Turnout 61,924 79.37
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Halesowen and Stourbridge[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stokes 28,520 48.39 -2.99
SDP Thomas Clitheroe 14,934 25.58 +13.54
Labour Colin Ellison 14,611 25.03 -10.17
Ecology Derek Rudd 582 1.00 New
Majority 13,316 22.81
Turnout 58,377 76.41
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1979: Halesowen and Stourbridge[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stokes 33,247 49.59 +10.63
Labour Richard Alfred Etheridge 24,282 36.22 -1.39
Liberal Christopher Harvey 8,597 12.82 -10.62
National Front Stanley Frederick Goodwin 921 1.37 New
Majority 8,965 13.37
Turnout 67,047 79.31
Conservative hold Swing +6.01
General election October 1974: Halesowen and Stourbridge[4][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stokes 24,387 38.96 -0.94
Labour Dennis Turner 23,537 37.60 +3.79
Liberal Leonard Thomas Eden 14,672 23.44 -2.85
Majority 850 1.36
Turnout 62,596 76.18
Conservative hold Swing -2.37
General election February 1974: Halesowen and Stourbridge[4][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stokes 26,514 39.90
Labour Dennis Turner 22,465 33.81
Liberal Leonard Thomas Eden 17,471 26.29
Majority 4,049 6.09
Turnout 66,450 81.39
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  2. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  3. "'Halesowen and Stourbridge', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. "'Halesowen and Stourbridge', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  5. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1979". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  6. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  7. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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