Warley East
UK Parliament constituency (1974–1997)
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Warley East was a parliamentary constituency in the borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England.
| Warley East | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | West Midlands |
| 1974–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Smethwick |
| Replaced by | Warley |
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Warley constituency.
The largest town in the constituency was Smethwick.
History
The constituency's only MP for its 23-year existence was the actor Andrew Faulds, previously Labour MP for the former constituency of Smethwick since 1966.
Boundaries
1974–1983: The County Borough of Warley wards of Abbey, Bearwood, Brandhall, Bristnall, Sandwell, Soho, Uplands, and Victoria.
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Abbey, Bristnall, Old Warley, St Paul's, Smethwick, and Soho and Victoria.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Faulds | 24,789 | 59.02 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Lewis-Smith | 17,209 | 40.98 | ||
| Majority | 7,571 | 18.04 | |||
| Turnout | 41,998 | 73.59 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Faulds | 21,065 | 54.55 | ||
| Conservative | P Holliday | 12,888 | 33.37 | ||
| Liberal | Rodney Smith | 4,664 | 12.08 | New | |
| Majority | 8,177 | 21.18 | |||
| Turnout | 38,617 | 67.12 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Faulds | 21,333 | 55.02 | ||
| Conservative | RK Jones | 16,236 | 41.87 | ||
| National Front | J Worrall | 1,204 | 3.11 | New | |
| Majority | 5,097 | 13.15 | |||
| Turnout | 38,773 | 70.46 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Faulds | 18,036 | 45.55 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Whitby | 14,645 | 36.99 | ||
| SDP | Bryn Hamer | 6,697 | 16.91 | New | |
| Communist | HS Randhawa | 217 | 0.55 | New | |
| Majority | 3,391 | 8.56 | |||
| Turnout | 39,595 | 68.93 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Faulds | 19,428 | 50.24 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Antoniou | 13,843 | 35.80 | ||
| SDP | Jonathan J. Jordan | 5,396 | 13.96 | ||
| Majority | 5,585 | 14.44 | |||
| Turnout | 38,667 | 69.41 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Faulds | 19,891 | 53.6 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Giles Marshall | 12,097 | 32.6 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan R.A. Harrod | 4,547 | 12.3 | −1.7 | |
| Natural Law | Alan T. Groucutt | 561 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 7,794 | 21.0 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 37,096 | 71.7 | +2.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||