Halesowen and Stourbridge
UK Parliament constituency (1974–1997)
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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 | |
| County | West Midlands |
| February 1974–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Oldbury & Halesowen |
| Replaced by | Stourbridge, 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
| Election | Member[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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Stokes | 31,037 | 50.12 | +1.73 | |
| Labour | Timothy Sunter | 17,229 | 27.82 | +2.79 | |
| SDP | Dominic Simon | 13,658 | 22.06 | −3.53 | |
| Majority | 13,808 | 22.30 | |||
| Turnout | 61,924 | 79.37 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 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
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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) | |||||