- Dudley West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dudley West Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons County West Midlands February 1974–1997 Number of members One Replaced by Dudley South, Dudley North and Stourbridge Created from Dudley and Brierley Hill Dudley West was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Dudley in the West Midlands. It existed from 1974 to 1997, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.
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History
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, from the old Dudley constituency (which was created following the Reform Act in 1832) along with the Brierley Hill constituency, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was a 'bellwether' constituency where the winner of each general election throughout its existence matched the party which won the election.
Boundaries
Dudley West, as can be inferred from the name, contained the eastern areas of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. As well as parts of the town of Dudley, the constituency included Brierley Hill and parts of Sedgley. At abolition in 1997, both Dudley West and Dudley East were replaced by two new constituencies: Dudley North and Dudley South, with some constituents being transferred to Stourbridge. .
Members of Parliament
Election Member[1] Party Feb 1974 Colin Phipps Labour 1979 John Blackburn Conservative 1994 by-election Ian Pearson Labour 1997 constituency abolished: see Dudley South, Dudley North and Stourbridge Elections
Elections in the 1990s
1994 by-election: Dudley West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ian Pearson 28,400 68.8 +28.0 Conservative Graham Postles 7,706 18.7 -30.2 Liberal Democrat Mike Hadley 3,154 7.6 -2.8 UKIP Malcolm Floyd 590 1.4 N/A National Front Andy Carmichael 561 1.4 N/A Liberal Mike Hyde 548 1.3 N/A New Britain Mike Nattrass 146 0.3 N/A FOREST - Freedom of Choice for Smokers Marjorie Nicholson 77 0.2 N/A Natural Law John Oldbury 70 0.2 N/A 21st Century Conservatives Party Colin Palmer 55 0.1 N/A Majority 20,694 50.1 +42.0 Turnout 47.0 -32.0 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +29.1 General Election 1992: Dudley West[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Blackburn 34,729 48.8 -1.0 Labour KJ Lomax 28,940 40.7 +6.7 Liberal Democrat GPT Lewis 7,446 10.5 -5.7 Majority 5,789 8.1 -7.7 Turnout 71,115 82.1 +3.0 Conservative hold Swing -3.8 See also
Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
Categories:- Politics of Dudley
- Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county) (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997
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