Warley (UK Parliament constituency)

Warley
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Warley in West Midlands.
Location of West Midlands within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	63,024 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Smethwick, Brandhall, Langley Green
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	John Spellar (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Warley East, Warley West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Warley is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency was established in 1997, and has been represented since that date by John Spellar, a member of the Labour Party.

Boundaries

Warley is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, covering the south and south-east of the borough. It covers much of the former County Borough of Warley, namely the towns of Oldbury and Smethwick as well as Brandhall and Langley Green.

There are seven wards in the seat: Abbey, Bristnall, Langley, Old Warley, St Paul's, Smethwick, and Soho & Victoria.

History

The constituency was formed in 1997, and is for the most part the former Warley East constituency. John Spellar of the Labour Party has represented Warley since 1997, having previously represented Warley West. Both Warley East and Warley West had been held by Labour since their creation in 1974. All four elections have so far seen the Labour share of the vote exceed 50%, presenting a safe seat.

Constituency profile

The constituency has a wide range of housing on the gently hilly West Midlands terrain, with fast transport links to Birmingham, Dudley and Wolverhampton. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 7.7% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian however female unemployment, reflecting a central West Midlands pattern, perhaps with more women homemakers, unusually exceeded male unemployment at 10.1%.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	John Spellar	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	22,012	58.2	+5.3
	Conservative	Tom Williams	7,310	19.3	-5.5
	UKIP	Pete Durnell	6,237	16.5	+9.6
	Green	Robert Buckman	1,465	3.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Smith	805	2.1	-13.4
Majority			14,702	38.9
Turnout			37,829	59.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.4

General Election 2010: Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	20,240	52.9	-2.0
	Conservative	Jas Parmer	9,484	24.8	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Keating	5,929	15.5	+2.3
	UKIP	Nigel Harvey	2,617	6.8	+4.7
Majority			10,756	28.1
Turnout			38,270	60.6	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	17,462	54.4	−6.1
	Conservative	Karen Bissell	7,315	22.8	0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Ferguson	4,277	13.3	+2.7
	BNP	Simon Smith	1,761	5.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Malcolm Connigale	637	2.0	−4.2
	UKIP	David Matthews	635	2.0	N/A
Majority			10,147	31.6
Turnout			32,087	57.1	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.0

General Election 2001: Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	19,007	60.5	-3.3
	Conservative	Mark Pritchard	7,157	22.8	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Cockings	3,315	10.6	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Harbhajan Dardi	1,936	6.2	N/A
Majority			11,850	37.7
Turnout			31,415	54.1	-10.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Spellar	24,813	63.8	N/A
	Conservative	Christopher Pincher	9,362	24.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Pursehouse	3,777	9.7	N/A
	Referendum	K. Gamre	941	2.4	N/A
Majority			15,451	39.7	N/A
Turnout				65.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

See also

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

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