Aldridge-Brownhills (UK Parliament constituency)

Aldridge-Brownhills
Aldridge-Brownhills
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Aldridge-Brownhills in West Midlands for the 2005 general election
	Location of West Midlands within England
County	West Midlands
Population	76,974 (2011 census)
Electorate	60,251 (December 2015)
Major settlements	Aldridge and Brownhills
Current constituency
Created	February 1974
Member of Parliament	Wendy Morton (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Walsall North and Walsall South

Aldridge-Brownhills /ˈɔːldrɪdʒ braʊnhɪlz/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} in the West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Wendy Morton, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile[]

Geoff Edge of the Labour Party served the constituency from its formation in February 1974 until 1979, when it was gained by Richard Shepherd of the Conservative Party; who was to represent the constituency for thirty-six years, even withstanding the 1997 Labour landslide on a below average Conservative-to-Labour swing. In 2014 Sir Richard Shepherd announced he would not stand for re-election at the 2015 general election. Wendy Morton, was selected to replace him as the Conservative candidate, and secured the seat with a safe majority of 11,723 votes.

Boundaries[]

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Boundary map

1974–1983: The Urban District of Aldridge-Brownhills.

1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall wards of Aldridge Central and South, Aldridge North and Walsall Wood, Brownhills, Hatherton Rushall, Pelsall, and Streetly.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall wards of Aldridge Central and South, Aldridge North and Walsall Wood, Brownhills, Pelsall, Rushall-Shelfield, and Streetly.

Aldridge-Brownhills constituency was created in 1974 from parts of the seats of Walsall North and Walsall South. It is one of three constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. It covers the north-east and east of the borough. When held by the Labour Party, the constituency included most of Pheasey, a ward of the same name, then a stronger area for Labour than much of the rest,^{[citation needed]} which was moved into Walsall South to account for population expansion in the seat.

Members of Parliament[]

	Member^[3]	Party
Feb 1974	Geoff Edge	Labour
1979	Richard Shepherd	Conservative
2015	Wendy Morton	Conservative

Elections[]

Aldridge-Brownhills election results

Elections in the 2010s[]

General election 2019: Aldridge-Brownhills^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Morton	27,850	70.8	5.4
	Labour	David Morgan	8,014	20.4	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	2,371	6.0	2.7
	Green	Bill McComish	771	2.0	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Mark Beech	336	0.9	0.5
Majority			19,836	50.4	14.8
Turnout			39,342	65.4	2.1
Registered electors			60,138
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

General election 2017: Aldridge-Brownhills^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Morton	26,317	65.4	13.4
	Labour	John Fisher	12,010	29.8	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	1,343	3.3	0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Mark Beech	565	1.4	0.9
Majority			14,307	35.6	6.0
Turnout			40,235	67.5	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.96

Wendy Morton was elected for the seat in 2015.

General election 2015: Aldridge-Brownhills^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Morton	20,558	52.0	−7.3
	Labour	John Fisher	8,835	22.4	+2.6
	UKIP	Anthony Thompson	7,751	19.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	1,330	3.4	−14.3
	Green	Martyn Curzey	826	2.1	−0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Mark Beech	197	0.5	New
Majority			11,723	29.6	-9.9
Turnout			39,497	65.8	+0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.9

General election 2010: Aldridge-Brownhills^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	22,913	59.3	+11.1
	Labour	Ashiq Hussain	7,647	19.8	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	6,833	17.7	+5.8
	Green	Karl Macnaughton	847	2.2	New
	Christian	Sue Gray	394	1.0	New
Majority			15,256	39.5	+25.6
Turnout			38,644	65.1	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.0

Elections in the 2000s[]

General election 2005: Aldridge-Brownhills^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	18,744	47.4	−2.8
	Labour	John D. Phillips	13,237	33.5	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roy M. Sheward	4,862	12.3	+3.7
	BNP	William R. Vaughan	1,620	4.1	New
	UKIP	Graham Eardley	1,093	2.8	New
Majority			5,507	13.9	+3.9
Turnout			39,556	64.0	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

General election 2001: Aldridge-Brownhills^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	18,974	50.2	+3.1
	Labour	Ian D. Geary	15,206	40.2	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Howes	3,251	8.6	−2.6
	Socialist Alliance	John D. Rothery	379	1.0	New
Majority			3,768	10.0	+4.6
Turnout			37,810	60.6	−13.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.25

Elections in the 1990s[]

General election 1997: Aldridge-Brownhills^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	21,856	47.1	−7.2
	Labour	Janos Toth	19,330	41.7	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Celia M. Downie	5,184	11.2	−1.2
Majority			2,526	5.4	-15.6
Turnout			46,370	74.3	−8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.8

General election 1992: Aldridge-Brownhills^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	28,431	54.3	+0.9
	Labour	Neil E. Fawcett	17,407	33.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Reynolds	6,503	12.4	−5.9
Majority			11,024	21.0	−3.9
Turnout			52,341	82.6	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.0

Elections in the 1980s[]

General election 1987: Aldridge-Brownhills^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	26,434	53.4	+2.7
	Labour	Clive Duncan	14,038	28.3	+3.4
	SDP	Glynn Betteridge	9,084	18.3	−6.1
Majority			12,936	25.1	−0.7
Turnout			49,556	79.8	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

General election 1983: Aldridge-Brownhills^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	24,148	50.7	+0.4
	Labour	R.T. Burford	11,864	24.9	−14.5
	SDP	P.G. Gunn	11,599	24.4	New
Majority			12,284	25.8	+15.0
Turnout			47,611	78.3	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.45

Elections in the 1970s[]

General election 1979: Aldridge-Brownhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	26,289	50.3	+11.9
	Labour	Geoff Edge	20,621	39.4	−4.1
	Liberal	John Aldridge	5,398	10.3	−7.4
Majority			5,668	10.8	N/A
Turnout			52,308	82.5	+2.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.0

General election October 1974: Aldridge-Brownhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Edge	21,403	43.5	+4.8
	Conservative	A.J.M. Teacher	18,884	38.4	+0.5
	Liberal	J.A. Crofton	8,693	17.7	−5.7
	More Prosperous Britain	Tom Keen	210	0.4	New
Majority			2,519	5.1	+4.3
Turnout			49,190	79.7	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.2

General election February 1974: Aldridge-Brownhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoff Edge	19,642	38.7
	Conservative	Patricia Hornsby-Smith	19,276	37.9
	Liberal	J.A. Crofton	11,883	23.4
Majority			366	0.8
Turnout			50,801	83.2
	Labour win (new seat)

External links[]

Notes and references[]

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

^ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). elections.walsall.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll" (DOC). Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "1992 general election results". Election 1992. Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 52°37′N 1°56′W / 52.61°N 1.93°W / 52.61; -1.93

[3] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[4] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[1] "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[2] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[5] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)

[6] "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). elections.walsall.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[7] "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll" (DOC). Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[electoralcalculus2015-8] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-9] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2005-10] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-11] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-12] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-13] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[14] "1992 general election results". Election 1992. Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[electoralcalculus1987-15] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-16] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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