Warley West (UK Parliament constituency)

Warley West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	West Midlands
Major settlements	Oldbury, Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath
1974 (1974)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Warley Halesowen & Rowley Regis

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

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

The bulk of Warley West, namely the area around Oldbury, became part of the new Warley constituency, while the area around Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath was absorbed into the new Halesowen and Rowley Regis constituency, which is split between two local authorities (Dudley and Sandwell). Meanwhile, the Tividale section of the constituency (previously split between Dudley and Rowley Regis and Tipton), was incorporated into West Bromwich West.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Peter Archer	Labour
	1992	John Spellar	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Warley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	21,386	50.6	+1.4
	Conservative	Mrs SA Whitehouse	15,914	37.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Miss E Todd	4,945	11.7	−3.3
Majority			5,472	13.0	−0.4
Turnout			42,245	73.9	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2