Dudley South (UK Parliament constituency)

Dudley South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dudley South in West Midlands.
Location of West Midlands within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	61,308 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Dudley
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Mike Wood (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Dudley West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Dudley South is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Mike Wood of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Brierley Hill, Brockmoor and Pensnett, Kingswinford North and Wall Heath, Kingswinford South, Netherton and Woodside, St Andrews, and Wordsley.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Brierley Hill, Brockmoor and Pensnett, Kingswinford North and Wall Heath, Kingswinford South, Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews, and Wordsley.

Dudley South is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, and covers the central part of the borough to the south of the town centre.

History

Before the 1997 election, Dudley was divided into East and West constituencies, rather than North and South. Dudley South covers most of the area previously covered by Dudley West, which included Sedgley but excluded Netherton.

Dudley West was the scene of a by-election in 1994, held after the death of the Conservative John Blackburn who had represented the constituency since 1979. The by-election was won by Labour's Ian Pearson, who stood for Dudley South in 1997 and held the seat, winning by a comfortable margin each time, until he stood down in 2010.

The Conservative candidate, Chris Kelly, gained the seat in the subsequent general election. However, he decided to stand down in 2015.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1997	Ian Pearson	Labour
2010	Chris Kelly	Conservative
2015	Mike Wood	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Dudley South ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Wood^[4]	16,723	43.8	+0.7
	Labour	Natasha Millward^[5]	12,453	32.6	-0.4
	UKIP	Paul Brothwood^[6]	7,236	18.9	+10.7
	Green	Vicky Duckworth^[5]	970	2.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Turner^[7]	828	2.2	-13.5
Majority			4,270	11.2	+1.1
Turnout			38,210	63.3	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.54

General Election 2010: Dudley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Kelly	16,450	43.1	+8.1
	Labour	Rachel Harris	12,594	33.0	-11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Bramall	5,989	15.7	+3.0
	UKIP	Philip Rowe	3,132	8.2	+5.0
Majority			3,856	10.1
Turnout			38,165	63.0	+2.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Dudley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Pearson	17,800	45.3	−4.5
	Conservative	Marco Longhi	13,556	34.5	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Bramall	4,808	12.2	−2.7
	BNP	John Salvage	1,841	4.7	N/A
	UKIP	Andrew Benion	1,271	3.2	+0.8
Majority			4,244	10.8
Turnout			39,276	60.2	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

General Election 2001: Dudley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Pearson	18,109	49.8	-6.8
	Conservative	Jason Sugarman	11,292	31.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Lorely Burt	5,421	14.9	+4.0
	UKIP	John Westwood	859	2.4	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Angela Thompson	663	1.8	N/A
Majority			6,817	18.7
Turnout			36,344	55.4	-16.3
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Dudley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Pearson	27,124	56.6	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Simpson	14,097	29.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Burt	5,214	10.9	N/A
	Referendum	C. Birch	1,467	3.1	N/A
Majority			13,027		N/A
Turnout			47,902	71.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Notes and references

Notes

↑ 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.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/dudleysouth/
↑ http://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-news/2014/11/28/tory-eurosceptic-to-fight-for-power-in-dudley/
1 2 http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/dudley-south-2015.html
↑ http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/11770837.Borough_s_UKIP_leader_hopes_to_turn_Dudley_South_purple/
↑ https://www.facebook.com/MartinTurnerLibDem

Constituencies in the West Midlands (59)

Conservative (34)	Aldridge-Brownhills Bromsgrove Burton Cannock Chase Dudley South Halesowen and Rowley Regis Hereford and South Herefordshire Kenilworth and Southam Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire North Herefordshire North Shropshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Rugby Shrewsbury and Atcham Solihull South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stone Stourbridge Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield Tamworth Telford The Wrekin Warwick and Leamington West Worcestershire Worcester Wyre Forest

Labour (25)	Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham, Yardley Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Walsall North Walsall South Warley West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 52°29′N 2°08′W / 52.49°N 2.13°W / 52.49; -2.13

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