Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Stourbridge
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stourbridge in West Midlands.
Location of West Midlands within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	70,225 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Margot James (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Halesowen & Stourbridge
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Stourbridge 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

Stourbridge is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, covering the south-west of the borough. The constituency includes the town of Stourbridge itself, and also Amblecote and Cradley.

History

The current Stourbridge constituency was formed in 1997, taking in a large part of the former Halesowen and Stourbridge constituency (the remainder forming part of Halesowen and Rowley Regis). Halesowen and Stourbridge had been held by the Conservatives, but both of its replacements were taken by Labour in 1997.

Labour retained the seat by a comfortable margin at the general election in 2001, and retained it again in 2005 though by a reduced majority.

The Tories regained the seat at the 2010 election with Margot James becoming the first Tory MP of the re-established constituency.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

Election		Member	Party
	1918	John William Wilson	Liberal
	1922	Douglas Percival Pielou	Conservative
	1927 by-election	Wilfred Wellock	Labour
	1931	Robert Harry Morgan	Conservative
	1945	Arthur Moyle	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished

MPs since 1997

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Debra Shipley	Labour
	2005	Lynda Waltho	Labour
	2010	Margot James	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Stourbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margot James	20,153	42	+3.4
	Labour	Lynda Waltho	14,989	31.7	-10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Bramall	7,733	16.4	+0.4
	UKIP	Maddy Westrop [1]	2,103	4.5	+1.8
	BNP	Robert Weale	1,696	3.6	+3.6
	Green	Will Duckworth	394	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Alun Nicholas	166	0.4	+0.4
Majority			5,164	10.9
Turnout			47,234	67.8	+3.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Stourbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Waltho	17,089	41.0	−6.1
	Conservative	Diana Coad	16,682	40.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Bramall	6,850	16.4	+4.3
	UKIP	Daniel Pui Chai Mau	1,087	2.6	+0.7
Majority			407	1.0
Turnout			41,708	64.7	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.3

General Election 2001: Stourbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Shipley	18,823	47.1	-0.1
	Conservative	Stephen Eyre	15,011	37.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Bramall	4,833	12.1	-2.2
	UKIP	John Knotts	763	1.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Mick Atherton	494	1.2	N/A
Majority			3,812	9.5
Turnout			39,924	61.8	-14.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Stourbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Shipley	23,452	47.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Warren Hawksley	17,807	35.8	-13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Bramall	7,123	14.3	+2.5
	Referendum Party	P. Quick	1,319	2.7	N/A
Majority			5,645	11.4	N/A
Turnout				76.5	N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 503. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.