Oldbury and Halesowen (UK Parliament constituency)

Oldbury and Halesowen
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Halesowen & Stourbridge, Warley West

Oldbury and Halesowen was a parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

It was created from the eastern section of the Stourbridge constituency, which was reduced substantially in size, as a result of the recent population growth in both Oldbury and Halesowen.

It was then partly replaced by the new Halesowen and Stourbridge constituency, with the Oldbury area becoming part of Warley West.

Boundaries

The Municipal Boroughs of Halesowen and Oldbury.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Arthur Moyle	Labour
	1964	John Horner	Labour
	1970	John Stokes	Conservative
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Oldbury and Halesowen [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Moyle	28,379	50.42	n/a
	Conservative	Laurence Cecil Baxter	17,281	30.71	n/a
	Liberal	Ralph Kilner Brown	10,620	18.87	n/a
Majority			11,098	19.72	n/a
Turnout				86.28	n/a
	Labour win

General Election 1951: Oldbury and Halesowen [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Moyle	30,610	55.71
	Conservative	Walter Lionel Osborne Somers	24,338	44.29
Majority			6,272	11.41
Turnout				83.29
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Oldbury and Halesowen [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Moyle	24,123	46.07
	Conservative	Peter A Bridger	19,068	36.42
	Liberal	Derick Mirfin	9,171	17.51
Majority			5,055	9.65
Turnout				78.60
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Oldbury and Halesowen [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Moyle	23,861	42.85
	Conservative	John Fane Vernon	21,478	38.57
	Liberal	Derick Mirfin	10,343	18.58
Majority			2,383	4.28
Turnout				80.83
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Oldbury and Halesowen [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Horner	22,099	40.56
	Conservative	Philip Harrison Lugg	21,182	38.87
	Liberal	Christopher Frederick Floris	11,210	20.57
Majority			917	1.68
Turnout				78.85
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Oldbury and Halesowen [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Horner	28,490	53.24
	Conservative	Philip Harrison Lugg	25,020	46.76
Majority			3,470	6.48
Turnout				76.68
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Oldbury and Halesowen [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Heydon Romaine Stokes	29,403	52.60
	Labour	Frederick John Horner	26,499	47.40
Majority			2,904	5.19
Turnout				72.09
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
2. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
3. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
4. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
5. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
6. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
7. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"