Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Walsall North
Borough constituency
Walsall North shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created: 1955
MP: David Winnick
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Midlands
EP constituency: West Midlands

Walsall North 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

Walsall North is one of three constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, covering the northern part of Walsall, as well as the towns of Bloxwich and Willenhall.

[edit] History

The Walsall North constituency was first established in 1955 from Walsall constituency. Its first Member of Parliament was W.T. Wells of the Labour Party, who had previously been MP for Walsall. In 1974 he was succeeded by the controversial John Stonehouse (also Labour), the former Postmaster General who became infamous for faking his own death and was later jailed for fraud. After resigning from the Labour Party in April 1976, he was invited to join the English Nationalist Party, becoming their first (and only) MP, before being forced to resign as an MP in August 1976. The ensuing by-election was won by Robin Hodgson of the Conservative Party.

Labour regained the seat in 1979; their candidate was the former Croydon Central MP David Winnick, who has represented the constituency since then.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1955 William Thomas Wells Labour Party
Feb. 1974 John Stonehouse Labour Co-operative
1976 English Nationalist Party
1976 by-election Robin Hodgson Conservative Party
1979 David Winnick Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Walsall North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Winnick 15,990 47.8 −10.3
Conservative Ian Lucas 9,350 28.0 −1.1
Liberal Democrat Douglas Taylor 4,144 12.4 +3.4
British National Party William Locke 1,992 6.0 N/A
UK Independence Anthony Lenton 1,182 3.5 +1.0
Democratic Labour Peter Smith 770 2.3 N/A
Majority 6,640 19.9
Turnout 33,428 52.8 +3.8
Labour hold Swing −4.6
General Election 2001: Walsall North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Winnick 18,779 58.1 +1.5
Conservative Melvin Pitt 9,388 29.1 +1.5
Liberal Democrat Michael Heap 2,923 9.0 -0.3
UK Independence Jenny Mayo 812 2.5 N/A
Socialist Alliance David Church 410 1.3 N/A
Majority 9,391 29.0
Turnout 32,312 49.0 -15.1
Labour hold Swing

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