Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Wolverhampton North East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wolverhampton North East in West Midlands.
Location of West Midlands within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	60,354 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Wolverhampton North East is a borough 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.

Boundaries

1950-1974: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Eastfield, Low Hill, Oxley, Wednesfield Heath, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Dunstall, Heath Town, Low Hill, St James', St Mary's, and St Peter's.

1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Low Hill, Oxley, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury North, Bushbury South and Low Hill, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Oxley, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South.

Wolverhampton North East is one of three constituencies covering the city of Wolverhampton, covering the northern and north-eastern parts of the city. The boundaries run east from the city centre towards Willenhall and north-west towards Tettenhall. The Conservatives are strongest in Bushbury North and the two Wednesfield wards, with the remaining areas more favourable to Labour.

History

Wolverhampton North East was notable in the 1987 general election for being one of only a small number of seats that the Conservatives gained from Labour. It reverted to type, however, in the 1992 election, when the Labour MP Ken Purchase first took office.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1950	John Baird	Labour
1964	Renee Short	Labour
1987	Maureen Hicks	Conservative
1992	Ken Purchase	Labour Co-op
2010	Emma Reynolds	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Wolverhampton North East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Becky Cooper
	UKIP	Star Etheridge^[4]
	Conservative	Darren Henry
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jenkins
	Labour	Emma Reynolds

UKIP originally selected Simon Ellis as candidate in 2015.^[5]

General Election 2010: Wolverhampton North East^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Reynolds	14,448	41.4	−13.3
	Conservative	Julie A. Rook	11,964	34.3	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Colin A. Ross	4,711	13.5	+1.9
	BNP	Simon G. Patten	2,296	6.6	+6.6
	UKIP	Paul Valdmanis	1,138	3.3	−0.8
	Socialist Labour	Shangara Singh Bhatoe	337	1.0	+1.0
Majority			2,484	7.1
Turnout			34,894	58.8	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Purchase	17,948	54.5	−5.8
	Conservative	Alexandra E.K. Robson	9,792	29.7	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	David R. Jack	3,845	11.7	+3.8
	UKIP	Ms. Lydia P. Simpson	1,371	4.2	+1.0
Majority			8,156	24.7
Turnout			32,956	54.4	+1.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−3.5

General Election 2001: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Purchase	18,984	60.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Maria Miller	9,019	28.6	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Bourne	2,494	7.9	+2.6
	UKIP	Thomas McCartney	997	3.2	N/A
Majority			9,965	31.7
Turnout			31,494	52.8	−14.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Purchase	24,534	59.2	+10.3
	Conservative	David J. Harvey	11,547	27.9	−13.5
	Liberal Democrat	Brian W. Niblett	2,214	5.3	−2.0
	Liberal	Colin G. Hallmark	1,560	3.8	+1.6
	Referendum Party	Andrew C. Muchall	1,192	2.9	N/A
	National Democrats	Martin Wingfield	356	0.9	N/A
Majority			12,987	31.3	+23.2
Turnout			41,403	67.1	−10.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Wolverhampton North East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Purchase	24,106	49.3	+7.2
	Conservative	Maureen Hicks	20,167	41.2	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm J. Gwinnett	3,546	7.3	−8.9
	Liberal	Kenneth Edward John Bullman	1,087	2.2	N/A
Majority			3,939	8.1	+7.7
Turnout			48,906	78.0	+3.7
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Hicks	19,857	42.1	+2.1
	Labour	Ken Purchase	19,653	41.7	+1.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	Malcolm Andrew Pearson	7,623	16.2	−2.8
Majority			204	0.4
Turnout			47,133	74.3	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1983: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renee Short	17,941	40.1
	Conservative	A.T. Burnside	17,727	39.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal)	R.C. Yarnell	8,524	19.0
	National Front	Charles Baugh	585	1.3
Majority			214	0.5
Turnout			44,777	70.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renee Short	24,046	50.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Peter Evans	17,986	37.4
	Liberal	L. McLean	4,760	9.90
	National Front	G Cooper	1,283	2.67
Majority			6,060	12.61
Turnout			48,075	70.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renee Short	25,788	56.05
	Conservative	Philip Warren Hawksley	11,135	24.20
	Liberal	John Frederick Porter	7,156	15.55
	National Front	Anthony David Canvin Webber	1,928	4.19
Majority			14,653	31.85
Turnout				66.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renee Short	28,935	59.7	+
	Conservative	Philip Warren Hawksley	16,318	33.6	−
	National Front	Anthony David Canvin Webber	2,548	5.3
	British Movement	John Campbell Colin Jordan	711	1.4
Majority			12,617	26.01
Turnout			48,512	70.5
	Labour hold		Swing	10.6

General Election 1970: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renee Short	16,851	49.85
	Conservative	G.I. Wright	15,358	45.44
	National Front	S. Wright	1,592	4.71
Majority			1,493	4.42
Turnout				65.88
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renee Short	21,067	61.90
	Conservative	GI Wright	12,965	38.10
Majority			8,102	23.81
Turnout				69.30
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Renee Short	18,997	56.02
	Conservative	MMM Greenaway	14,914	43.98
Majority			4,083	12.04
Turnout				68.04
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Baird	20,436	55.12
	Conservative	OA Pomeroy	16,639	44.88
Majority			3,797	10.24
Turnout				72.39
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Baird	23,596	62.12
	Conservative	F Hardman	14,387	37.88
Majority			9,209	24.25
Turnout				71.44
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Baird	30,643	62.3
	Liberal National	J.P.J. Ellis	18,563	37.7
Majority			12,080	24.6
Turnout				80.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Wolverhampton North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Baird	29,235	59.3	N/A
	Conservative	A.G.H. Holland	14,592	29.6	N/A
	Liberal	Arthur Brown	5,482	11.1	N/A
Majority			14,643	29.7	N/A
Turnout			49,309	83.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/wolverhamptonnortheast/
↑ http://www.staretheridge.uk/
↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/5013/simon-ellis
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/wolverhamptonnortheast
↑ "UK > England > West Midlands > Wolverhampton North East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

External links

United Kingdom Election Results

Constituencies in the West Midlands (59)

Conservative (33)	Aldridge-Brownhills Bromsgrove Burton Cannock Chase Dudley South Halesowen and Rowley Regis Hereford and South Herefordshire Kenilworth and Southam Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire North Herefordshire North Shropshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Rugby Shrewsbury and Atcham South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stone Stourbridge Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield Tamworth The Wrekin Warwick and Leamington West Worcestershire Wolverhampton South West Worcester Wyre Forest

Labour (24)	Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Telford Walsall North Walsall South Warley West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East

Liberal Democrats (2)	Birmingham, Yardley Solihull

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 52°37′N 2°07′W / 52.61°N 2.11°W / 52.61; -2.11