Aldridge-Brownhills (UK Parliament constituency)

**Aldridge-Brownhills**
Borough constituency

Aldridge-Brownhills shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created:	1974
MP:	Richard Shepherd
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Midlands
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Aldridge-Brownhills 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. Labour held the constituency from 1974 to 1979, but it has been held by the Conservatives since, even at their landslide defeat of 1997.

[edit] Boundaries

Aldridge-Brownhills is one of three constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. It covers the north-east and east of the borough, and in addition to Aldridge and Brownhills, it covers the areas of Rushall, Streetly, Pelsall and Walsall Wood and reaches the edge of Walsall town centre.

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashiq Hussain
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd

General Election 2005: Aldridge-Brownhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	18,744	47.4	-2.8
	Labour	John Phillips	13,237	33.5	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Sheward	4,862	12.3	+3.7
	British National Party	William Vaughan	1,620	4.1	N/A
	UK Independence	Graham Eardley	1,093	2.8	N/A
Majority			5,507	13.9
Turnout			39,556	64.0	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election 2001: Aldridge-Brownhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	18,974	50.2	+3.0
	Labour	Ian Geary	15,206	40.2	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Monica Howes	3,251	8.6	-2.6
	Socialist Alliance	John Rothery	379	1.0	N/A
Majority			3,768	10.0
Turnout			37,810	60.6	-13.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

v • d • e 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)