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== Constituency profile==
== Constituency profile==
The constituency is one of two covering the [[Metropolitan Borough of Solihull]]. It covers the rural area, known as the [[Meriden Gap]], between the [[West Midlands conurbation]] and [[Coventry]], which contains villages such as [[Balsall Common]], [[Hampton-in-Arden]] and [[Meriden, West Midlands|Meriden]] itself, with some towns, particularly [[Castle Bromwich]] and [[Chelmsley Wood]] (a large area of 1960s [[council housing]] on the eastern edge of [[Birmingham]], some of which since acquired privately under the [[right to buy]] others of which being remaining [[social housing]]), higher than average national income and affluent areas particular examples being [[Hockley Heath]], [[Bentley Heath]], [[Temple Balsall]], [[Catherine-de-Barnes]], [[Dorridge]] and [[Knowle, West Midlands|Knowle]].<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk 2001 Census]</ref> Incidence of home ownership in this area is high, as opposed to the rented sector.<ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html 2011 census interactive maps]</ref><ref>{{UK SI
The constituency is one of two covering the [[Metropolitan Borough of Solihull]]. It covers the rural area, known as the [[Meriden Gap]], between the [[West Midlands conurbation]] and [[Coventry]], which contains villages such as [[Balsall Common]], [[Hampton-in-Arden]] and [[Meriden, West Midlands|Meriden]] itself, with some towns, particularly [[Castle Bromwich]] and [[Chelmsley Wood]] (a large area of 1960s [[council housing]] on the eastern edge of [[Birmingham]], some of which since acquired privately under the [[right to buy]] others of which being remaining [[social housing]]), higher than average national income and affluent areas particular examples being [[Hockley Heath]], [[Bentley Heath]], [[Temple Balsall]], [[Catherine-de-Barnes]], [[Dorridge]] and [[Knowle, West Midlands|Knowle]].<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk 2001 Census]</ref> Incidence of home ownership in this area is high, as opposed to the rented sector.<ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html 2011 census interactive maps] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129132219/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html |date=2016-01-29 }}</ref><ref>{{UK SI
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Meriden
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Meriden in the West Midlands for the 2007 general election
Outline map
Location of the West Midlands within England
CountyWest Midlands
Electorate83,428 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsBalsall Common, Hampton-in-Arden, Meriden and Chelmsley Wood
Current constituency
Created1955
Member of ParliamentCaroline Spelman (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromSutton Coldfield and Nuneaton

Meriden is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Caroline Spelman, a Conservative.[n 2] It is named after the village of Meriden which lies around halfway inbetween Solihull's Urban Fringe and Coventry's.

Members of Parliament

The current MP since 1997 is the Conservative Caroline Spelman.

Election Member[2] Party Notes
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1997 Caroline Spelman Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1979 Iain Mills Conservative Died January 1997; no by-election held due to imminent general election
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Feb 1974 John Tomlinson Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1968 by-election Keith Speed Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1964 Christopher Rowland Labour Died November 1967
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1959 Gordon Matthews Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1955 Reginald Moss Labour

Constituency profile

The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It covers the rural area, known as the Meriden Gap, between the West Midlands conurbation and Coventry, which contains villages such as Balsall Common, Hampton-in-Arden and Meriden itself, with some towns, particularly Castle Bromwich and Chelmsley Wood (a large area of 1960s council housing on the eastern edge of Birmingham, some of which since acquired privately under the right to buy others of which being remaining social housing), higher than average national income and affluent areas particular examples being Hockley Heath, Bentley Heath, Temple Balsall, Catherine-de-Barnes, Dorridge and Knowle.[3] Incidence of home ownership in this area is high, as opposed to the rented sector.[4][5]

History

Meriden is the largest geographical constituency in the West Midlands metropolitan area. It was created for the 1955 general election.

The 1983 boundary changes and landslide electoral success of Mrs Thatcher that year transformed the constituency into a Conservative safe seat, with the Labour-leaning areas becoming part of the new Warwickshire North constituency (which was also won by the Conservatives). Iain Mills held this seat until he died in office in January 1997, with the seat remaining vacant until the dissolution of Parliament that March (and therefore no by-election being held). Caroline Spelman was victorious in the 1997 general election, though on that occasion only by a marginal majority, and has held the seat since, with the challenge from Labour becoming more distant.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1955 following a review of parliamentary seats in Warwickshire by the Boundary Commission appointed under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. The constituency's area was transferred from the neighbouring constituencies of Nuneaton and Sutton Coldfield.[6]

Tamworth Rural District was abolished in 1965, with most of its area redistributed between the two neighbouring rural districts. Accordingly, this resulted in only a minor boundary change to the constituency in 1974.[7]

Until 1983 the seat was a Labour-Conservative marginal, covering the coal mining areas of northern Warwickshire and the more affluent area near Solihull. It changed hands between the two parties several times, including in a by-election in 1968, which was won by Keith Speed of the Conservatives.

In 1983, reflecting the major local government boundary changes effected by the Local Government Act 1972, a new Meriden County Constituency was created as part of the parliamentary county of West Midlands. There were no boundary changes in 1997.[8]

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull wards of Bickenhill, Blythe, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Dorridge and Hockley Heath, Kingshurst and Fordbridge, Knowle, Meriden, and Smith’s Wood.

1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull wards of Bickenhill, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Fordbridge, Kingshurst, Knowle, Meriden, Packwood, and Smith's Wood.

1974-1983: The Rural Districts of Atherstone and Meriden.

1955-1974: The Rural Districts of Atherstone, Meriden, and Tamworth.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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General Election 2017: Meriden[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alison Gavin
UKIP Les Kaye
Labour Tom McNeil
Liberal Democrats Antony Rogers
Conservative Caroline Spelman
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
General Election 2015: Meriden[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Spelman 28,791 54.7 Increase 3.1
Labour Tom McNeil[11] 9,996 19.0 Decrease 1.5
UKIP Mick Gee 8,908 16.9 Increase 14.3
Liberal Democrats Ade Adeyemo 2,638 5.0 Decrease 12.8
Green Alison Gavin[12] 2,170 4.1 Increase 2.8
Independence from Europe Chris Booth 100 0.2 Increase 0.2
Majority 18,795 35.7 Increase 4.5
Turnout 52,603 64.9 Increase 1.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2010: Meriden[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Spelman 26,956 51.7 Increase 4.0
Labour Ed Williams 10,703 20.5 Decrease 11.7
Liberal Democrats Simon Slater 9,278 17.8 Increase 1.0
BNP Frank O'Brien 2,511 4.8 N/A
UKIP Barry Allcock 1,378 2.6 Decrease 0.7
Green Elly Stanton 678 1.3 N/A
Solihull and Meriden Residents' Association Nikki Sinclaire 658 1.3 N/A
Majority 16,253 31.2 Increase 15.7
Turnout 52,162 63.3 Increase 3.2
Conservative hold Swing Increase 7.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Spelman 22,416 48.2 Increase 0.5
Labour Jim Brown 15,407 33.1 Decrease 6.1
Liberal Democrats William Laitinen 7,113 15.3 Increase 4.2
UKIP Denis Brookes 1,567 3.4 Increase 1.4
Majority 7,009 15.1 Increase 6.6
Turnout 46,503 60.1 Decrease 0.3
Conservative hold Swing Increase 3.3
General Election 2001: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Spelman 21,246 47.7 Increase 5.7
Labour Christine Shawcroft 17,462 39.2 Decrease 1.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Hicks 4,941 11.1 Decrease 1.9
UKIP Richard Adams 910 2.0 N/A
Majority 3,784 8.5 Increase 7.4
Turnout 44,559 60.4 Decrease 11.3
Conservative hold Swing Increase 3.7

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Meriden[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Spelman 22,997 42.0 Decrease 13.1
Labour Brian Seymour-Smith 22,415 41.0 Increase 10.1
Liberal Democrats Tony Dupont 7,098 13.0 Decrease 1.0
Referendum Paul Gilbert 2,208 4.0 N/A
Majority 582 1.1 Decrease 23.1
Turnout 54,718 71.7 −7.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 11.6
General Election 1992: Meriden[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Mills 33,462 55.1 Steady
Labour NJ Stephens 18,763 30.9 Increase 4.8
Liberal Democrats Mrs JA Morris 8,489 14.0 Decrease 4.8
Majority 14,699 24.2 Decrease 4.8
Turnout 60,714 78.8 Increase 5.0
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 2.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Mills 31,935 55.11
Labour Richard Burden 15,115 26.08
SDP Christine Parkinson 10,896 18.80
Majority 16,820 29.03
Turnout 73.87
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Mills 28,474 53.66
Labour John Sever 13,456 25.36
SDP PM Dunbar 10,674 20.12
National Front CL Collins 460 0.87
Majority 15,018 28.30
Turnout 71.55
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Mills 37,151 48.77
Labour John Tomlinson 33,024 43.35
Liberal D Spurling 4,976 6.53
National Front A Parkes 1,032 1.35
Majority 4,127 5.42
Turnout 77.02
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election October 1974: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Tomlinson 34,641 47.39
Conservative Christopher Horne 25,675 35.12
Liberal D Minnis 12,782 17.49
Majority 8,966 12.27
Turnout 75.08
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Tomlinson 40,541 52.93
Conservative Keith Speed 36,056 47.07
Majority 4,485 5.86
Turnout 79.47
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1970: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Speed 40,077 53.13
Labour NP Lister 35,353 46.87
Majority 4,724 6.26
Turnout 75.59
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Meriden by-election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Speed 33,344 64.8 Increase 18.4
Labour Roderick MacFarquhar 18,081 35.2 Decrease 18.4
Majority 15,263 29.6 N/A
Turnout 51,425 66.0 Decrease 19.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase 18.4
General Election 1966: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Rowland 33,831 53.6
Conservative Jonathan Aitken 29,250 46.4
Majority 4,581 7.2
Turnout 63,081 85.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1964: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Rowland 29,425 50.31
Conservative Gordon Matthews 29,062 49.69
Majority 363 0.62
Turnout 83.45
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Meriden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Matthews 26,498 50.25
Labour Reginald Moss 26,235 49.75
Majority 263 0.50
Turnout 84.44
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1955: Meriden [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Moss 22,796 51.24
Conservative William Peel 21,691 48.76
Majority 1,105 2.48
Turnout 81.48
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  3. ^ 2001 Census
  4. ^ 2011 census interactive maps Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 1681 (section Schedule) The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 (Coming into force 27 June 2007)
  6. ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991
  7. ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/1674)
  8. ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1626)
  9. ^ "Meriden Parliamentary constituency". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ^ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/meriden-2015.html
  12. ^ http://westmidlands.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2015/01/29/greens-select-meriden-parliamentary-candidate/
  13. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
  14. ^ http://www.solihull.gov.uk/Attachments/SOPN.pdf[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
  16. ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.118 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  17. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
  18. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.

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