Wolverhampton South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wolverhampton South West
Borough constituency
Wolverhampton South West shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created: 1950
MP: Rob Marris
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Midlands
EP constituency: West Midlands

Wolverhampton South West 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

Wolverhampton South West is one of three constituencies covering the city of Wolverhampton, covering the city centre (including the University and Civic Centre) as well as western and south-western parts of the city.

The boundaries run south from the city centre towards Penn and north-west towards Tettenhall. There are seven wards in the seat: Graiseley, Merry Hill, Park, Penn, St Peter's, Tettenhall Regis and Tettenhall Wightwick.

St Peter's, Graiseley and the east of Park are inner city wards. Park and Merry Hill are suburban. Penn, Tettenhall Regis and Tettenhall Wightwick are affluent suburbs on the western fringe of the West Midlands conurbation.

[edit] History

Wolverhampton South West was once thought of as a Conservative safe seat until Labour gained it in their 1997 landslide.

The constituency is heavily associated with the controversial Conservative politician Enoch Powell who was MP for the seat from 1950 until 1974. He was succeeded by fellow Conservative Nicholas Budgen, who held the seat until 1997. Budgen is best known as one of the Maastricht rebels of the mid 1990s. He was defeated in the 1997 election by Labour's Jenny Jones, the seat being one of many gained by Labour from the Conservatives in that election. She announced that she would not be seeking re-election, and since the 2001 general election, the constituency has been represented by Rob Marris of the Labour Party. Of trivial note, both Rob Marris and Nicholas Budgen attended the same school, St. Edwards in Oxford.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1950 Enoch Powell Conservative
Feb. 1974 Nicholas Budgen Conservative
1997 Jenny Jones Labour
2001 Rob Marris Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UK Independence Doug Hope
Labour Rob Marris
Conservative Paul Uppal
General Election 2005: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Marris 18,489 44.4 −3.9
Conservative Sandip Verma 15,610 37.5 −2.2
Liberal Democrat Colin Ross 5,568 13.4 +5.0
UK Independence Douglas Hope 1,029 2.5 +0.8
British National Party Edward Mullins 983 2.4 N/A
Majority 2,879 6.9
Turnout 41,679 62.1 0.0
Labour hold Swing −0.8
General Election 2001: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Marris 19,735 48.3 -2.1
Conservative David Chambers 16,248 39.7 -0.2
Liberal Democrat Mike Dixon 3,425 8.4 +0.2
Green Wendy Walker 805 2.0 N/A
UK Independence Doug Hope 684 1.7 N/A
Majority 3,487 8.6
Turnout 40,897 62.1 -10.4
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Jones 24,657 50.4 +10.5
Conservative Nicholas Budgen 19,539 39.9 -9.4
Liberal Democrat Matthew Green 4,012 8.2 -0.3
Liberal Mike Hyde 713 1.5 -0.8
Majority 5,118 10.5
Turnout 48,921 72.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1992: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Budgen 25,969 49.3 -1.4
Labour Simon Murphy 21,003 39.9 +9.2
Liberal Democrat Mark Wiggin 4,470 8.5 -10.1
Liberal Colin Hallmark 1,237 2.3 +2.3
Majority 4,966 9.4 -10.6
Turnout 52,679 78.2
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Budgen 26,235 50.7 +0.1
Labour Roger Lawrence 15,917 30.7 +3.2
SDP-Liberal Alliance (Social Democrat) Beris Lamb 9,616 18.6 -2.9
Majority 10,318 20.0 -3.1
Turnout 51,768 75.5 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Budgen 25,214 50.6 -1.1
Labour Robert Jones 13,694 27.5 -4.7
SDP-Liberal Alliance (Social Democrat) Edgar Harwood 10,724 21.5 (+8.0)
Anti-Common Market John Deary 201 0.4
Majority 11,520 23.1
Turnout 49,833 72.4
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Budgen 26,587 52.5 +8.3
Labour Ivan Geffen 15,827 31.2 -1.8
Liberal Joseph Wernick 6,939 13.7 -5.8
National Front June Lees 912 1.8 -1.5
Anti-Common Market John Deary 401 0.8
Majority 10,760 21.2
Turnout 50,666 76.6 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1974 (October): Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Budgen 20,854 44.2 -1.5
Labour Ivan Geffen 15,554 33.0 +0.9
Liberal Joseph Wernick 9,215 19.5 +0.3
National Front Garth Cooper 1,573 3.3 +0.3
Majority 5,300 11.2
Turnout 47,196 73.7 -5.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1974 (February): Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Budgen 23,123 45.7
Labour Helene Middleweek 16,222 32.1
Liberal Joseph Wernick 9,691 19.2
National Front Garth Cooper 1,523 3.0
Majority 6,901 13.6
Turnout 50,559 79.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enoch Powell 26,220 64.3 +5.2
Labour Joshua Bamfield 11,753 28.8 -12.1
Liberal Eric Robinson 2,459 6.0
Communist Peter Carter 189 0.5
Independent Rowan Menzies 77 0.2
Independent Dharam Dass 52 0.1
Majority 14,467 35.5
Turnout 40,750 76.0 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enoch Powell 21,466 59.1 +1.7
Labour Alexander Collier 14,881 40.9 +9.5
Majority 6,585 18.1
Turnout 36,347 73.6 -1.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enoch Powell 21,736 57.4 -6.5
Labour Antony Gardner 11,880 31.4 -4.7
Liberal Nick Lloyd 4,233 11.2
Majority 9,856 26.0
Turnout 37,849 75.3 -3.1
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enoch Powell 25,696 63.9 +3.9
Labour Eric Thorne 14,529 36.1 -3.9
Majority 11,167 27.8
Turnout 40,225 78.4 +0.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enoch Powell 25,318 60.0
Labour Lewis Burgess 16,898 40.0
Majority 8,420 20.0
Turnout 42,216 77.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enoch Powell 23,660 53.6 +7.6
Labour Mrs. Llewellin Davies 20,464 46.4 +2.0
Majority 3,196 7.2
Turnout 44,124 86.3 -0.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Wolverhampton South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Enoch Powell 20,239 46.0
Labour Herbert Hughes 19,548 44.4
Liberal W.F.H. Rollason 4,229 9.6
Majority 691 1.6
Turnout 44,016 87.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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