Halesowen and Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Halesowen and Stourbridge
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	West Midlands
February 1974–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Stourbridge, Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Halesowen and Stourbridge was a parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Halesowen & Rowley Regis and Stourbridge, both of which were initially held by Labour.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge.

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Belle Vale and Hasbury, Halesowen North, Halesowen South, Hayley Green, Lye and Wollescote, Norton, Pedmore and Stourbridge East, and Wollaston and Stourbridge West.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
Feb 1974	John Stokes	Conservative
1992	Warren Hawksley	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished: see Stourbridge & Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Halesowen and Stourbridge^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Warren Hawksley	32,312	50.6	+0.5
	Labour	AB Hankon	22,730	35.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	V Sharma	7,941	12.4	−9.6
	Green	T Weller	908	1.4	N/A
Majority			9,582	15.0	−7.3
Turnout			63,891	82.3	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.7

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