Warley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main Warley was a constituency^{[n 1]} in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency was represented since its creation in 1997 and until its abolition in 2024 by John Spellar, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

As a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to moderate boundary changes, including expansion to include most of the Blackheath ward, it was reformed as Smethwick, first contested at the 2024 general election.^[1]

Constituency profile

The constituency had 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%.^[2]

Boundaries

Template:Maplink Warley was one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, covering the south and south-east of the borough. It covered much of the former County Borough of Warley, including the town of Smethwick as well as Brandhall and Langley Green.

It consisted of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Abbey, Bristnall, Langley, Old Warley, St Paul's, Smethwick, and Soho and Victoria.

History

Creation and forerunners

The constituency was formed in 1997, and was for the most part the former Warley East constituency. John Spellar of the Labour Party represented Warley since 1997, having previously represented Warley West. Warley East and Warley West had been held by Labour since their creation in 1974. Minor parts of the seat around Oldbury had been in the quite marginal Labour-Conservative seat of Oldbury and Halesowen before 1974.

Results of winning party

The 2015 result made the seat the 34th-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.^[3] The elections have to date resulted in the Labour incumbent, Spellar, gaining more than 50% of votes cast.

Opposition parties

The candidates fielded by the Conservative Party have taken the runner-up position since the seat's creation. Third place has varied between two parties to date in the seat's history.

Turnout

Turnout has ranged from 54.1% in 2001 to 65.1% in 1997.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[4]	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1997	John Spellar	Labour
	2024	Constituency abolished

Election results 1997–2024

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Warley^[5]
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 Spellar	Template:Replace	63.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Christopher Pincher	9,362	24.1
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Jeremy Pursehouse	3,777	9.7
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Krishna Gamre	941	2.4
Majority			15,451	39.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			38,893	65.0	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Warley^[6]
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 Spellar	Template:Replace	60.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mark Pritchard	7,157	22.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ron Cockings	3,315	10.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Harbhajan Dardi	1,936	6.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			11,850	37.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			31,415	54.1	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2005: Warley^[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".	John Spellar	Template:Replace	54.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Karen Bissell	7,315	22.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Tony Ferguson	4,277	13.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Simon Smith	1,761	5.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Malcolm Connigale	637	2.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Matthews	635	2.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			10,147	31.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			32,087	57.1	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Warley^[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".	John Spellar	Template:Replace	52.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Jas Parmar	9,484	24.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Keating^[9]	5,929	15.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Nigel Harvey	2,617	6.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			10,756	28.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			38,270	60.6	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2015: Warley^[10]
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 Spellar	Template:Replace	58.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Tom Williams	7,310	19.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Pete Durnell	6,237	16.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Buckman	1,465	3.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Catherine Smith	805	2.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			14,702	38.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			37,829	59.3	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2017: Warley^[11]^[12]
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 Spellar	Template:Replace	67.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Anthony Mangnall	10,521	26.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Darryl Magher	1,349	3.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Bryan Manley-Green	777	1.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mark Redding	555	1.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			16,483	41.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			40,206	63.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	+9.0

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General election 2019: Warley^[13]^[14]
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 Spellar	Template:Replace	58.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Chandra Kanneganti	10,390	27.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Michael Cooper	2,469	6.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Bryan Manley-Green	1,588	4.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kathryn Downs	891	2.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			11,511	30.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			37,239	59.7	Script error: No such module "String".
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See also

List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

Notes

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↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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.

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References

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External links

Warley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
Warley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK

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