Warley East (UK Parliament constituency)

Warley East was a parliamentary constituency in the borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England.

Warley East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyWest Midlands
1974 (1974)–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromSmethwick
Replaced byWarley

It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Warley constituency.

The largest town in the constituency was Smethwick.

History

The constituency's only MP for its 23-year existence was the actor Andrew Faulds, previously Labour MP for the former constituency of Smethwick since 1966.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The County Borough of Warley wards of Abbey, Bearwood, Brandhall, Bristnall, Sandwell, Soho, Uplands, and Victoria.

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Abbey, Bristnall, Old Warley, St Paul's, Smethwick, and Soho and Victoria.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[1]Party
Feb 1974Andrew FauldsLabour
1997 constituency abolished: see Warley

Elections

Elections in the 1970s
February 1974 general election: Warley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Faulds 24,789 59.02
Conservative S Lewis-Smith 17,209 40.98
Majority 7,571 18.04
Turnout 41,998 73.59
Labour win (new seat)
October 1974 general election: Warley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Faulds 21,065 54.55
Conservative P Holliday 12,888 33.37
Liberal R Smith 4,664 12.08 New
Majority 8,177 21.18
Turnout 38,617 67.12
Labour hold Swing
1979 general election: Warley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Faulds 21,333 55.02
Conservative RK Jones 16,236 41.87
National Front J Worrall 1,204 3.11 New
Majority 5,097 13.15
Turnout 38,773 70.46
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s
1983 general election: Warley East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Faulds 18,036 45.55
Conservative M Whitby 14,645 36.99
SDP B Hamer 6,697 16.91 New
Communist HS Randhawa 217 0.55 New
Majority 3,391 8.56
Turnout 39,595 68.93
Labour hold Swing
1987 general election: Warley East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Faulds 19,428 50.24
Conservative Anthony Antoniou 13,843 35.80
SDP Jonathan J. Jordan 5,396 13.96
Majority 5,585 14.44
Turnout 38,667 69.41
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s
1992 general election: Warley East[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Faulds 19,891 53.6 +3.4
Conservative Giles Marshall 12,097 32.6 –3.2
Liberal Democrats Alan R.A. Harrod 4,547 12.3 –1.7
Natural Law Alan T. Groucutt 561 1.5 New
Majority 7,794 21.0 +6.6
Turnout 37,096 71.7 +2.3
Labour hold Swing +3.3

Notes and references
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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