Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stourbridge
Borough constituency
Stourbridge shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created: 1918, 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.

Margot James was selected as the Conservative candidate for the seat in December 2006.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Stourbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynda Waltho 17,089 41.0 −6.1
Conservative Diana Coad 16,682 40.0 +2.4
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debra Shipley 18,823 47.1 -0.1
Conservative Stephen Eyre 15,011 37.6 +1.8
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debra Shipley 23,452 47.2 +8.9
Conservative Warren Hawksley 17,807 35.8 -13.0
Liberal Democrat 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

[edit] See also

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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
Liberal Democrat
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