Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency Smethwick is a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Smethwick in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, abolished for the February 1974 general election, and re-established for the 2024 general election, when it was formed from the abolished Warley constituency, with the addition of most of the Blackheath ward.[1] It is currently represented by Gurinder Josan of the Labour Party.

Boundaries

=== 1918

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Template:R protected1974 === The County Borough of Smethwick.

=== 2024

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Template:R protectedpresent === The re-established constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of: Abbey; Blackheath (polling districts BLA, BLB, BLC, BLD, BLE, BLF and BLH); Bristnall; Langley; Old Warley; St. Pauls; Smethwick; Soho and Victoria.[2]

It comprises the whole of the former Warley constituency, with the addition of the bulk of the Blackheath ward from the abolished constituency of Halesowen and Rowley Regis, thus bringing its electorate within the permitted range.

History

The constituency gained national interest during the 1918 general election when the Suffragette leader Christabel Pankhurst decided to stand as a Woman's Party candidate supporting the Coalition. She was one of 17 women candidates standing for Parliament at the first opportunity. This was her one and only parliamentary campaign which she lost to the Labour candidate.[3]

In 1945 the constituency held the first post-war by-election when the winning Labour candidate, Alfred Dobbs, was killed in a road traffic accident less than twenty four hours after the count.[4] The constituency was the subject of national media coverage during the 1964 general election when Peter Griffiths, the Conservative Party candidate, gained the seat against the national trend, unseating the Labour Party sitting member, Patrick Gordon Walker, a front bench opposition spokesman in the previous Parliament, in a campaign with racial overtones.[5]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1888–1999

Election Member Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1918 John Davison Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1926 Sir Oswald Mosley Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | 1931 New Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1931 Roy Wise Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1945 Alfred Dobbs Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1945 Patrick Gordon Walker Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1964 Peter Griffiths Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1966 Andrew Faulds Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Warley East

MPs since 2024

Warley prior to 2024

Election Member Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2024 Gurinder Josan Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Smethwick[6]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Pete Durnell 5,670 16.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Kate Fairhurst 4,546 12.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rod MacRorie 2,741 7.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Nahim Rubani 2,449 7.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jay Anandou 1,322 3.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Oliver Patrick 1,018 2.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christopher Graham 348 1.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ravaldeep Bath 163 0.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,188 31.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 35,115 48.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Smethwick
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Brian Rathbone 13,968 45.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mihir Gupta 747 2.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,109 6.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 30,792 68.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Smethwick
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Griffiths 14,950 44.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". R. Stanley 508 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,490 10.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 33,898 75.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1964: Smethwick
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Patrick Gordon Walker 14,916 42.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Hugill 3,172 9.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Dudley Trevor Davies 262 0.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,774 5.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 35,040 74.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Smethwick
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Griffiths 17,126 45.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,544 9.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 37,796 75.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1955: Smethwick
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Wells 16,656 41.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,495 16.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 39,807 75.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -2.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1951: Smethwick
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". A. Norman Giles 18,012 39.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,727 21.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 45,751 83.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -1.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1950: Smethwick
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". J. Fallon 17,553 37.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,197 24.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 46,303 86.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1940s

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1945 Smethwick by-election[7]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Gilbert Harold Samuel Edgar 8,762 31.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 10,602 37.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 43,020 65.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −2.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1945: Smethwick[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gilbert Harold Samuel Edgar 10,637 34.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,885 31.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 31,159 72.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Smethwick[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Charles Wortham Brook 15,023 47.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,552 5.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 31,598 70.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1931: Smethwick[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". W. Ernest Lawrence 13,927 39.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 7,018 20.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 34,872 74.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Smethwick[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roy Wise 12,210 34.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Maude Egerton Marshall 3,909 11.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 7,340 20.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 35,669 78.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -1.4

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1926 Smethwick by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marshall James Pike 9,495 33.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edwin Bayliss 2,600 9.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,582 23.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 35,862 78.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −9.4

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1924: Smethwick[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marshall James Pike 13,238 47.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,253 4.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 27,729 78.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -2.4

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1923: Smethwick[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edmund Brocklebank 11,217 45.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,333 9.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 24,767 71.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −4.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1922: Smethwick[7]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Arthur Henry Addenbrooke Simcox 12,759 49.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 382 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 25,900 75.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -1.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1910s

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Pankhurst
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General election 1918: Smethwick[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christabel Pankhurst 8,614 47.8
Majority 775 4.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 18,003 54.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

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See also

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Hallam, David J.A. Taking on the Men: the first women parliamentary candidates 1918, Studley 2018, chapter two "Pankhurst in Smethwick".
  4. ↑ Ibid page 24, footnote.
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Smethwick
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench

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External links

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