West Bromwich East (UK Parliament constituency)

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**West Bromwich East**
Borough constituency

West Bromwich East shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created:	1974
MP:	Tom Watson
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Midlands
EP constituency:	West Midlands

West Bromwich East 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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

West Bromwich East is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, covering the east and north-east of the borough. It includes most of the town of West Bromwich and the part of Great Barr that is in Sandwell.

There are seven wards in the constituency: Charlemont and Grove Vale, Friar Park, Great Barr with Yew Tree, Greets Green, Hateley Heath, Newton and West Bromwich Central.

[edit] History

The constituency was first formed in 1974 and took its present boundaries in 1997. From 1974 it was the constituency of Peter Snape of the Labour Party, who stood down in 2001 and was succeeded by Tom Watson, also Labour.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1974-2001: Peter Snape, Labour Party
2001-present: Tom Watson, Labour Party

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Watson	19,741	55.6	−0.3
	Conservative	Rosemary Bromwich	8,089	22.8	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	4,386	12.4	−1.4
	British National	Carl Butler	2,329	6.6	N/A
	UK Independence	Steven Grey	607	1.7	−0.9
	Socialist Labour	Judith Sambrook	200	0.6	−1.2
	Independent (politician)	Margaret Macklin	160	0.5	N/A
Majority			11,652	32.8
Turnout			35,512	58.6	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

General Election 2001: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Watson	18,250	55.9	-1.3
	Conservative	David McFarlane	8,487	26.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	4,507	13.8	-1.1
	UK Independence	Steven Gray	835	2.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Satbir Johal	585	1.8	N/A
Majority			9,763	29.9
Turnout			32,664	53.4	-12.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.5

General Election 1997: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Snape	23,710	57.2	N/A
	Conservative	Elizabeth Pitman	10,126	22.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Smith	6,179	14.9	N/A
	Referendum Party	Graham Mulley	1,472	3.5	N/A
Majority			13,584	32.7	N/A
Turnout			41,487	65.4	N/A

Note: The changes from the election previous to 1997 are available, but not available on the BBC's website.

[edit] Sources

[edit] See also

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)