Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stourbridge shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England | |
| Created: | 1945, 1997 |
| MP: | Lynda Waltho |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Midlands |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Stourbridge is a 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Stourbridge is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, covering the south-west of the borough. The constituency includes the town of Stourbridge itself, and also Amblecote and Cradley.
[edit] History
The current Stourbridge constituency was formed in 1997, taking in a large part of the former Halesowen and Stourbridge constituency (the remainder forming part of Halesowen and Rowley Regis). Halesowen and Stourbridge had been held by the Conservatives, but both of its replacements were taken by Labour in 1997.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 – 2005: Debra Shipley, Labour
- 2005 – present: Lynda Waltho, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Stourbridge | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lynda Waltho | 17,089 | 41.0 | −6.1 | |
| Conservative | Diana Coad | 16,682 | 40.0 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Bramall | 6,850 | 16.4 | +4.3 | |
| UK Independence | Daniel Pui Chai Mau | 1,087 | 2.6 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 407 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 41,708 | 64.7 | +2.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stourbridge | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Debra Shipley | 18,823 | 47.1 | -0.1 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Eyre | 15,011 | 37.6 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Bramall | 4,833 | 12.1 | -2.2 | |
| UK Independence | John Knotts | 763 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Mick Atherton | 494 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,812 | 9.5 | |||
| Turnout | 39,924 | 61.8 | -14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Stourbridge | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Debra Shipley | 23,452 | 47.2 | +8.9 | |
| Conservative | Warren Hawksley | 17,807 | 35.8 | -13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Bramall | 7,123 | 14.3 | +2.5 | |
| Referendum Party | P. Quick | 1,319 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,645 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 76.5 | N/A | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
