Wolverhampton West (constituency)
UK Parliament constituency (1885–1950, 2024 onwards)
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Wolverhampton West is a borough constituency in the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England which was re-established for the 2024 general election following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and which is formed largely from the former Wolverhampton South West constituency. It has been represented in the House of Commons since 2024 by Warinder Juss.
| Wolverhampton West | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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Boundary of Wolverhampton West in West Midlands region | |
| County | West Midlands county |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Warinder Juss (Labour) |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Wolverhampton South West |
| 1885–1950 | |
| Created from | Wolverhampton |
| Replaced by | Wolverhampton North East and Wolverhampton South West |
Boundaries
1885–1918
The original boundaries of the constituency were set in the sixth schedule of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The seat comprised five wards of the municipal borough of Wolverhampton (St. Mark's, St. Paul's, St. John's, St. George's and St. Matthew's) and the neighbouring Ettingshall area which lay outside the borough boundaries.[1]
1918–1950
Constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland were redrawn by the Representation of the People Act 1918. Wolverhampton's municipal boundaries had been enlarged and it had become a county borough in the period since 1885. The Wolverhampton West seat was redefined to reflect this, and was described as comprising nine wards of the county borough: Blakenhall, Dunstall, Graiseley, Merridale, Park, St. George's, St. John's, St. Mark's and St. Matthew's.[2]
2024–present
Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place on 1 December 2020, and taking into account the local government boundary review in the City of Wolverhampton which came into effect in May 2023,[3][4] the re-established constituency comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
- The City of Wolverhampton wards of: Blakenhall; Graiseley; Merry Hill; Oxley (most); Park; Penn; St Peter's (most); Tettenhall Regis; Tettenhall Wightwick; and a small part of Bushbury North ward.[5]
The seat comprises the whole of the current Wolverhampton South West constituency, with the addition of the Blakenhall ward from Wolverhampton South East and the Oxley ward from Wolverhampton North East (as they existed in 2020).
History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the former two-seat Wolverhampton constituency was divided into three single-member constituencies.
It was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Wolverhampton South West constituency.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Alfred Hickman | Conservative | |
| 1886 | Sir William Chichele Plowden | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Sir Alfred Hickman | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Thomas Frederick Richards | Labour | |
| 1910 | Sir Alfred Bird | Conservative | |
| 1922 by-election | Sir Robert Bird, Bt. | Conservative | |
| 1929 | William Brown 1 | Labour | |
| 1929 | Independent Labour | ||
| 1931 | Sir Robert Bird, Bt. | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Billy Hughes | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Wolverhampton South West | ||
1 Brown was elected in 1929, as a Labour Party candidate, but later sat as an "Independent Labour" MP. He sought re-election in 1931 and 1935 as an Independent Labour candidate, opposed in 1935 by an official Labour Party candidate, but lost on both occasions
MPs 2024–
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Warinder Juss | Labour | |
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alfred Hickman | 3,722 | 51.0 | ||
| Liberal | William Chichele Plowden | 3,569 | 49.0 | ||
| Majority | 153 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 7,291 | 86.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,391 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Chichele Plowden | 3,706 | 50.8 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Alfred Hickman | 3,583 | 49.2 | −1.8 | |
| Majority | 123 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,289 | 86.9 | 0.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,391 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alfred Hickman | 4,772 | 56.6 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal | William Chichele Plowden | 3,656 | 43.4 | −7.4 | |
| Majority | 1,116 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,428 | 89.4 | +2.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,424 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alfred Hickman | 4,770 | 54.7 | −1.9 | |
| Liberal | George Rennie Thorne | 3,947 | 45.3 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 823 | 9.4 | −3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 8,717 | 86.6 | −2.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,070 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alfred Hickman | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Repr. Cmte. | Thomas Frederick Richards | 5,756 | 50.8 | New | |
| Conservative | Alfred Hickman | 5,585 | 49.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 171 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 11,341 | 89.3 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 12,707 | ||||
| Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alfred Bird | 6,382 | 52.4 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | Thomas Frederick Richards | 5,790 | 47.6 | −3.2 | |
| Majority | 592 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 12,172 | 92.4 | +3.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,170 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alfred Bird | 5,925 | 51.3 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal | P. Lewis | 5,631 | 48.7 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 294 | 2.6 | −2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 11,556 | 87.7 | −4.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,170 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Alfred Bird | 13,329 | 56.8 | +5.5 |
| Labour | Alexander Walkden | 10,158 | 43.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,171 | 13.6 | +11.0 | ||
| Turnout | 23,487 | 63.3 | −24.4 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Robert Bird | 16,790 | 54.9 | −1.9 |
| Labour | Alexander Walkden | 13,799 | 45.1 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 2,991 | 9.8 | −3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 30,589 | 80.0 | +16.7 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Robert Bird | 17,738 | 53.9 | −2.9 | |
| Labour | Alexander Walkden | 15,190 | 46.1 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 2,548 | 7.8 | −5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 32,928 | 83.5 | +17.2 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Robert Bird | 15,990 | 50.4 | −3.5 | |
| Labour | William Brown | 15,749 | 49.6 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 241 | 0.8 | −7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 31,739 | 79.5 | −4.0 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −3.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Robert Bird | 17,886 | 51.2 | +0.8 | |
| Labour | William Brown | 17,046 | 48.8 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 840 | 2.4 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 34,932 | 85.9 | +6.4 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Brown | 21,103 | 49.1 | +0.3 | |
| Unionist | Robert Bird | 17,237 | 40.2 | −11.0 | |
| Liberal | George H Roberts | 4,580 | 10.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,866 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,920 | 84.1 | −1.8 | ||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Bird | 26,181 | 60.5 | +20.3 | |
| Independent Labour | William Brown | 17,090 | 39.5 | −9.6 | |
| Majority | 9,091 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 43,271 | 84.3 | +0.2 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +15.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Bird | 19,697 | 54.9 | −5.6 | |
| Independent Labour | William Brown | 14,867 | 41.4 | +0.9 | |
| Labour | R. Lee | 1,325 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,830 | 13.5 | −7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 35,889 | 72.4 | −11.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Billy Hughes | 21,186 | 59.9 | +56.2 | |
| Conservative | James Beattie | 14,176 | 40.1 | −14.8 | |
| Majority | 7,010 | 19.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,362 | 74.8 | +2.4 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Warinder Juss | 19,331 | 44.3 |  1.3 | |
| Conservative | Mike Newton | 11,463 | 26.3 | 21.1 | |
| Reform | Donald Brookes | 6,078 | 13.9 |  11.4 | |
| Green | Andrea Cantrill | 2,550 | 5.8 | 5.6 | |
| Ind. Network | Celia Hibbert | 1,395 | 3.2 | new | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phillip Howells | 1,376 | 3.2 | 1.2 | |
| Independent | Zahid Shah | 888 | 2.0 | new | |
| Workers Party | Vikas Choprar | 576 | 1.3 | new | |
| Majority | 7,868 | 18.0 | |||
| Turnout | 43,657 | 56.1 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.9 |
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Previous results are notional.