Warley (UK Parliament constituency)

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**Warley**
Borough constituency

Warley shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	John Spellar
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Midlands
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Warley 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 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Warley is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, covering the south and south-east of the borough. It covers much of the former County Borough of Warley, including the town of Smethwick as well as Brandhall and Langley Green.

There are seven wards in the seat: Abbey, Bristnall, Langley, Old Warley, St Paul's, Smethwick, and Soho & Victoria.

[edit] History

The constituency was formed in 1997, and is basically an expansion of the former Warley East constituency. John Spellar of the Labour Party has represented Warley since 1997, having previously represented Warley West. Both Warley East and Warley West had been held by Labour since their creation in 1974.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997-present: John Spellar, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Warley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	17,462	54.4	−6.1
	Conservative	Karen Bissell	7,315	22.8	0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Ferguson	4,277	13.3	+2.7
	British National Party	Simon Smith	1,761	5.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Malcolm Connigale	637	2.0	−4.2
	UK Independence	David Matthews	635	2.0	N/A
Majority			10,147	31.6
Turnout			32,087	57.1	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.0

General Election 2001: Warley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	19,007	60.5	-3.3
	Conservative	Mark Pritchard	7,157	22.8	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Cockings	3,315	10.6	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Harbhajan Dardi	1,936	6.2	N/A
Majority			11,850	37.7
Turnout			31,415	54.1	-10.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Warley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	24,813	63.8	N/A
	Conservative	Christopher Pincher	9,362	24.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Pursehouse	3,777	9.7	N/A
	Referendum Party	K. Gamre	941	2.4	N/A
Majority			15,451		N/A
Turnout				65.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

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)