WOLVERHAMPTON SOUTH WEST (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Wolverhampton South West' 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.

Contents

Boundaries

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

See also

Sources

Boundaries

Wolverhampton South West is one of three constituencies covering the city of Wolverhampton, covering the city centre (including the University and Civic Centre) as well as western and south-western parts of the city.
The boundaries run south from the city centre towards Penn and north-west towards Tettenhall. There are seven wards in the seat: Graiseley, Merry Hill, Park, Penn, St Peter's, Tettenhall Regis and Tettenhall Wightwick.
St Peter's, Graiseley and the east of Park are inner city wards. Park and Merry Hill are suburban. Penn, Tettenhall Regis and Tettenhall Wightwick are affluent suburbs on the western fringe of the West Midlands conurbation.

History

Wolverhampton South West was once thought of as a Conservative safe seat until Labour gained it in their 1997 landslide.
The constituency is heavily associated with the controversial Conservative politician Enoch Powell who was MP for the seat from 1950 until 1974. He was succeeded by fellow Conservative Nicholas Budgen, who held the seat until 1997. Budgen is best known as one of the Maastricht rebels of the mid 1990s. He was defeated in the 1997 election by Labour's Jenny Jones, the seat being one of many gained by Labour from the Conservatives in that election. She announced that she would not be seeking re-election, and since the 2001 general election, the constituency has been represented by Rob Marris of the Labour Party. Of trivial note, both Rob Marris and Nicholas Budgen attended the same school, St. Edwards in Oxford.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Enoch Powell	Conservative
	Feb. 1974	Nicholas Budgen	Conservative
	1997	Jenny Jones	Labour
	2001	Rob Marris	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

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Elections in the 1970s

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Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

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See also

★ Former Wolverhampton MPs

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wolverhampton

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

Sources

★ United Kingdom Election Results

★ United Kingdom General Election results since 1832