Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Wolverhampton North East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Wolverhampton North East in West Midlands | |
![]() Location of West Midlands within England | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 60,354 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Jane Stevenson (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Wolverhampton East and Wolverhampton West |
Wolverhampton North East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is currently represented by Jane Stevenson of the Conservative Party, who was elected at the 2019 general election.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1950 | John Baird | Labour | |
1964 | Renée Short | Labour | |
1987 | Maureen Hicks | Conservative | |
1992 | Ken Purchase | Labour Co-op | |
2010 | Emma Reynolds | Labour | |
2019 | Jane Stevenson | Conservative |
Boundaries[]
Wolverhampton North East is one of three constituencies covering the city of Wolverhampton, covering the northern and north-eastern parts of the city. The boundaries run east from the city centre towards Willenhall and north-west towards Tettenhall. The Conservatives are strongest in Oxley, Bushbury North and the two Wednesfield wards, with the remaining areas more favourable to Labour.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Dunstall, Heath Town, Low Hill, Park, St James', St Mary's, and St Peter's.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Dunstall, Heath Town, Low Hill, St James', St Mary's, and St Peter's.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Eastfield, Low Hill, Oxley, Wednesfield Heath, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South.
1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Low Hill, Oxley, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South.
2010–present: The City of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury North, Bushbury South and Low Hill, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Oxley, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South.
History[]
Wolverhampton North East was notable in the 1987 general election for being one of only a small number of seats that the Conservatives gained from Labour. It reverted to type, however, at the 1992 general election, when the Labour MP Ken Purchase first took office. It is one of the 'traditional' Labour seats that elected a Conservative MP at the 2019 general election, helping Prime Minister Boris Johnson achieve a majority of 80.
Elections[]
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Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Baird | 29,235 | 59.3 | ||
Conservative | A.G.H. Holland | 14,592 | 29.6 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Brown | 5,482 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 14,643 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 49,309 | 83.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Baird | 30,643 | 62.3 | +3.0 | |
Conservative and National Liberal | John PJ Ellis | 18,563 | 37.7 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 12,080 | 24.6 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,206 | 80.9 | -2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Baird | 23,596 | 62.1 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Fred Hardman | 14,387 | 37.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 9,209 | 24.2 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,983 | 71.4 | -9.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Baird | 20,436 | 55.1 | -7.0 | |
Conservative | Oscar A Pomeroy | 16,639 | 44.9 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 3,797 | 10.2 | -14.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,075 | 72.4 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Renée Short | 18,997 | 56.0 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Miranda Greenaway | 14,914 | 43.98 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 4,083 | 12.0 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,911 | 68.0 | -2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Renée Short | 21,067 | 61.9 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Wright | 12,965 | 38.1 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 8,102 | 23.8 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,032 | 69.3 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Renée Short | 16,851 | 49.9 | −12.0 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Ian Wright | 15,358 | 45.4 | +7.3 | |
National Front | Sheila Mary Wright | 1,592 | 4.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,493 | 4.5 | -19.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,801 | 65.9 | -3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Renée Short | 28,935 | 59.7 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Warren Hawksley | 16,318 | 33.6 | −11.7 | |
National Front | Anthony Webber | 2,548 | 5.3 | +0.6 | |
British Movement | John Colin Jordan | 711 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 12,617 | 26.1 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,512 | 70.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Renée Short | 25,788 | 56.1 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Warren Hawksley | 11,135 | 24.2 | -9.4 | |
Liberal | John Porter | 7,156 | 15.6 | New | |
National Front | Anthony Webber | 1,928 | 4.2 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 14,653 | 31.9 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,007 | 66.2 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Renée Short | 24,046 | 50.0 | -6.1 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Evans | 17,986 | 37.4 | +13.2 | |
Liberal | L. McLean | 4,760 | 9.9 | -5.7 | |
National Front | G Cooper | 1,283 | 2.7 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 6,060 | 12.6 | -19.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,075 | 70.7 | +4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Renée Short | 17,941 | 40.1 | ||
Conservative | A.T. Burnside | 17,727 | 39.6 | ||
SDP–Liberal_Alliance (Liberal) | R.C. Yarnell | 8,524 | 19.0 | ||
National Front | Charles Baugh | 585 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 214 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 44,777 | 70.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maureen Hicks | 19,857 | 42.1 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Ken Purchase | 19,653 | 41.7 | +1.6 | |
SDP–Liberal_Alliance (Liberal) | Malcolm Pearson | 7,623 | 16.2 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 204 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,133 | 74.3 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Purchase | 24,106 | 49.3 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Maureen Hicks | 20,167 | 41.2 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Gwinnett | 3,546 | 7.3 | −8.9 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Bullman | 1,087 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,939 | 8.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,906 | 78.0 | +3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Purchase | 24,534 | 59.2 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | David Harvey | 11,547 | 27.9 | -13.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Niblett | 2,214 | 5.3 | -2.0 | |
Liberal | Colin Hallmark | 1,560 | 3.8 | +1.6 | |
Referendum | Andrew Muchall | 1,192 | 2.9 | New | |
National Democrats | Martin Wingfield | 356 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 12,987 | 31.3 | +23.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,403 | 67.1 | -10.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Purchase | 18,984 | 60.3 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Maria Miller | 9,019 | 28.6 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Bourne | 2,494 | 7.9 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Thomas McCartney | 997 | 3.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,965 | 31.7 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 31,494 | 52.8 | -14.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Purchase | 17,948 | 54.5 | -5.8 | |
Conservative | Alexandra E.K. Robson | 9,792 | 29.7 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David R. Jack | 3,845 | 11.7 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Lydia P. Simpson | 1,371 | 4.2 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 8,156 | 24.8 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 32,956 | 54.4 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emma Reynolds | 14,448 | 41.4 | -13.3 | |
Conservative | Julie A. Rook | 11,964 | 34.3 | +4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin A. Ross | 4,711 | 13.5 | +1.9 | |
BNP | Simon G. Patten | 2,296 | 6.6 | New | |
UKIP | Paul Valdmanis | 1,138 | 3.3 | -0.8 | |
Socialist Labour | Shangara Singh Bhatoe | 337 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,484 | 7.1 | -17.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,894 | 58.8 | +3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emma Reynolds | 15,669 | 46.1 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Darren Henry | 10,174 | 29.9 | -4.4 | |
UKIP | Star Etheridge | 6,524 | 19.2 | +15.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Jenkins | 935 | 2.7 | -10.8 | |
Green | Becky Cooper | 701 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 5,495 | 16.2 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,003 | 55.7 | -3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.6 |
UKIP originally selected Simon Ellis as candidate in 2015.[19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emma Reynolds | 19,282 | 52.8 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Sarah Macken | 14,695 | 40.3 | +10.4 | |
UKIP | Graham Eardley | 1,479 | 4.1 | -15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Jenkins | 570 | 1.6 | -1.1 | |
Green | Clive Wood | 482 | 1.3 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 4,587 | 12.5 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,508 | 60.0 | +4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Stevenson | 17,722 | 51.7 | +11.4 | |
Labour | Emma Reynolds | 13,642 | 39.8 | -13.0 | |
Brexit Party | Vishal Khatri | 1,354 | 3.9 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Maxwell | 960 | 2.8 | +1.2 | |
Green | Andrea Cantrill | 603 | 1.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 4,080 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,281 | 55.4 | -4.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.2 |
See also[]
- List of Members of Parliament for Wolverhampton
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
References[]
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
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- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1955_marked_up.txt
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1959_marked_up.txt
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1964_marked_up.txt
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1966_marked_up.txt
- ^ http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1970_marked_up.txt
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". 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.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". 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 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Wolverhampton North East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Simon Ellis". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Shrewsbury & Atcham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Wolverhampton North East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
External links[]
- Parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton
- Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950