Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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**Wolverhampton North East**
Borough constituency

Wolverhampton North East shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Ken Purchase
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Midlands
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Wolverhampton North 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
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

Wolverhampton North East is one of three constituencies covering the city of Wolverhampton, covering the northern and north-eastern parts of the city. The boundaries run east from the city centre towards Willenhall and north-west towards Tettenhall.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England have made minor changes to the constituencies in Wolverhampton, realigning boundaries to match the new ward boundaries introduced in the city in 2004. There are seven wards which form the Wolverhampton North East seat: Bushbury North, Bushbury South and Low Hill, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Oxley, Wednesfield North and Wednesfield South.

[edit] History

Wolverhampton North East was notable in the 1987 General Election for being one of only a small number of seats that the Conservatives gained from Labour. It reverted to type, however, in the 1992 election, when the current Labour MP Ken Purchase first took office.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1950 – 1964: John Baird, Labour
1964 – 1987: Renee Short, Labour
1987 – 1992: Maureen Hicks, Conservative
1992 – present: Ken Purchase, Labour Co-operative

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Purchase	17,948	54.5	-5.8
	Conservative	Alexandra Robson	9,792	29.7	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Jack	3,845	11.7	+3.8
	UK Independence	Lydia Simpson	1,371	4.2	+1.0
Majority			8,156	24.7
Turnout			32,956	54.4	+1.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−3.5

General Election 2001: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Purchase	18,984	60.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Maria Miller	9,019	28.6	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Bourne	2,494	7.9	+2.6
	UK Independence	Thomas McCartney	997	3.2	N/A
Majority			9,965	31.7
Turnout			31,494	52.8	-14.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Purchase	24,534	59.2	+10.3
	Conservative	D.J. Harvey	11,547	27.9	-13.5
	Liberal Democrats	B.W. Niblett	2,214	5.3	-2.0
	Liberal	Colin Hallmark	1,560	3.8	+1.6
	Referendum Party	A.C. Muchall	1,192	2.9	N/A
	National Democrats	M. Wingfield	356	0.9	N/A
Majority			12,987	31.3	+23.2
Turnout			41,403	67.1	-10.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Purchase	24,106	49.3	+7.6
	Conservative	Maureen Hicks	20,167	41.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Gwinnett	3,546	7.3	-8.9
	Liberal	K.E.J. Bullman	1,087	2.2	N/A
Majority			3,939	8.1
Turnout			48,906	78.0	+3.7
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Hicks	19,857	42.1	+2.1
	Labour	Ken Purchase	19,653	41.7	+1.6
	SDP-Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	M.A. Pearson	7,623	16.2	-2.8
Majority			204	0.4
Turnout			47,133	74.3	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1983: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renee Short	17,941	40.1
	Conservative	A.T. Burnside	17,727	39.6
	SDP-Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	R.C. Yarnell	8,524	19.0
	National Front	C. Baugh	585	1.3
Majority			214	0.5
Turnout			44,777	70.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources

United Kingdom Election Results

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)

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