Halesowen and Rowley Regis (UK Parliament constituency)

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Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Borough constituency
Halesowen and Rowley Regis shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Sylvia Heal
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Midlands
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Halesowen and Rowley Regis 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 General Election 2005 4.2 General Election 2001 4.3 General Election 1997 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

Halesowen and Rowley Regis straddles the border between the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley and Sandwell, being one of four constituencies covering Dudley and also one of four covering Sandwell. It covers the south-east part of Dudley borough (including the town of Halesowen) and the south-west part of Sandwell (covering Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath).

[edit] History

The constituency was formed in 1997, taking in the eastern part of the former Halesowen and Stourbridge constituency (the remainder forming the Stourbridge constituency) and the western part of the former Warley West constituency. Halesowen and Stourbridge had been held by the Conservatives, but both of its replacements were taken by Labour in 1997. Warley West had been held by Labour.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 – present: Sylvia Heal, Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] General Election 2005

General Election 2005: Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	19,243	46.6	-6.4
	Conservative	Les Jones	14,906	36.1	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Turner	5,204	12.6	+2.2
	UK Independence	Nikki Sinclaire	1,974	4.8	+2.4
Majority			4,337	10.5
Turnout			41,327	62.9	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2
Source BBC (2005)

[edit] General Election 2001

General Election 2001: Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	20,804	53.0	-1.1
	Conservative	Leslie Jones	13,445	34.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Harley	4,089	10.4	+1.9
	UK Independence	Alan Sheath	936	2.4	N/A
Majority			7,359	18.8
Turnout			39,274	59.8	-13.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] General Election 1997

General Election 1997: Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Heal	26,366	54.1	N/A
	Conservative	John Kennedy	16,029	32.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Todd	4,169	8.5	N/A
	Referendum Party	Alan Sheath	1,244	2.6	N/A
	National Democrats	K. Meads	592	1.2	N/A
	Green	Tim Weller	361	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,337		N/A
Turnout				73.6	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

[edit] References

• BBC (2005). Election 2005 - Halesowen & Rowley Regis. Retrieved May 9, 2005.

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston | Birmingham, Erdington | Birmingham Hall Green | Birmingham Hodge Hill | Birmingham Northfield | Birmingham Perry Barr | Birmingham Selly Oak | Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Burton | Cannock Chase | Coventry North East | Coventry North West | Coventry South | Dudley North | Dudley South | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton | Redditch | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Stoke-on-Trent North | Stoke-on-Trent South | Stourbridge | Tamworth | Telford | Walsall North | Walsall South | Warley | Warwick and Leamington | West Bromwich East | West Bromwich West | Wolverhampton North East | Wolverhampton South East | Wolverhampton South West | Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills | Bromsgrove | Leominster | Lichfield | Ludlow | Meriden | Mid Worcestershire | North Shropshire | Rugby and Kenilworth | Shrewsbury and Atcham | South Staffordshire | Stone | Stratford-on-Avon | Sutton Coldfield | The Wrekin | West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley | Hereford | Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (2) | UKIP (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)