Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Walsall North shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England | |
| Created: | 1955 |
| MP: | David Winnick |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Midlands |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Walsall North is a 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Walsall North is one of three constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, covering the northern part of Walsall, as well as the towns of Bloxwich and Willenhall.
[edit] History
The Walsall North constituency was first established in 1955 from Walsall constituency. Its first Member of Parliament was W.T. Wells of the Labour Party, who had previously been MP for Walsall. In 1974 he was succeeded by the controversial John Stonehouse (also Labour), the former Postmaster General who became infamous for faking his own death and was later jailed for fraud. After resigning from the Labour Party in April 1976, he was invited to join the English Nationalist Party, becoming their first (and only) MP, before being forced to resign as an MP in August 1976. The ensuing by-election was won by Robin Hodgson of the Conservative Party.
Labour regained the seat in 1979; their candidate was the former Croydon Central MP David Winnick, who has represented the constituency since then.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1955 – 1974: W.T. Wells, Labour Party
- 1974 – 1976: John Stonehouse, Labour Co-operative, then English Nationalist Party
- 1976 – 1979: Robin Hodgson, Conservative Party
- 1979 – present: David Winnick, Labour Party
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Walsall North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Winnick | 15,990 | 47.8 | −10.3 | |
| Conservative | Ian Lucas | 9,350 | 28.0 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas Taylor | 4,144 | 12.4 | +3.4 | |
| British National | William Locke | 1,992 | 6.0 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Anthony Lenton | 1,182 | 3.5 | +1.0 | |
| Democratic Labour | Peter Smith | 770 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,640 | 19.9 | |||
| Turnout | 33,428 | 52.8 | +3.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: Walsall North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Winnick | 18,779 | 58.1 | +1.5 | |
| Conservative | Melvin Pitt | 9,388 | 29.1 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Heap | 2,923 | 9.0 | -0.3 | |
| UK Independence | Jenny Mayo | 812 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | David Church | 410 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,391 | 29.0 | |||
| Turnout | 32,312 | 49.0 | -15.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
