Halesowen and Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Halesowen and Stourbridge
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Midlands
February 1974–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by Stourbridge, Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Created from Oldbury & Halesowen

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

Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Halesowen & Rowley Regis and Stourbridge, both of which were initially held by Labour.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge.

1983-1997: The Metropolitan 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 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 Bryan Hankon 22,730 35.6 +7.8
Liberal Democrat Vinod Sharma 7,941 12.4 −9.6
Green Tim Weller 908 1.4 N/A
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 Heydon Romaine Stokes 31,037 50.12 +1.73
Labour Timothy John Sunter 17,229 27.82 +2.79
Social Democratic Dominic Crispin Adam 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 Heydon Romaine Stokes 28,520 48.39 -2.99
Social Democratic Thomas William Clitheroe 14,934 25.58 +13.54
Labour Colin Ellison 14,611 25.03 -10.17
Ecology Derek John Rudd 582 1.00 N/A
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 Heydon Romaine 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
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 Heydon Romaine 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 Heydon Romaine 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. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
  3. 1 2 "'Halesowen and Stourbridge', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "'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. 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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