West Bromwich East (UK Parliament constituency)

West Bromwich East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of West Bromwich East in West Midlands.
Location of West Midlands within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	63,008 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Tom Watson (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	West Bromwich
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

West Bromwich East is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Tom Watson, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1974-1983: The County Borough of West Bromwich wards of Charlemont, Friar Park, Great Barr, Hateley Heath, Newton, Sandwell, and Tantany.

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Charlemont, Friar Park, Great Barr, Hateley Heath, Newton, and West Bromwich Central.

1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Charlemont, Friar Park, Great Barr, Greets Green and Lyng, Hateley Heath, Newton, and West Bromwich Central.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Charlemont with Grove Vale, Friar Park, Great Barr with Yew Tree, Greets Green and Lyng, Hateley Heath, Newton, and West Bromwich Central.

West Bromwich East is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, covering the east and north-east of the borough. It includes most of the town of West Bromwich and the part of Great Barr that is in Sandwell.

The seat formerly shared some wards with West Bromwich West: before 2010 instead placed in the latter seat were a small minority of 1,697 electors in the west of the wards of Friar Park and Greets Green and Lyng, also a negligible portion of Wednesbury South was contained in West Bromwich East.^{[n 3]}^[2]

History

The constituency was formed in 1974 and took its present wards in 1997 (small parts of which remained shared until 2010, see above).

Political history

Since its formation the constituency has only elected Labour MPs. Most recent electoral results present a safe seat for the Labour Party, who won the seat with large majorities in the 1990s and 2000s, although this was not the case in the 1980s when the Conservative Party came close to winning the seat.

Constituency profile

West Bromwich itself is the main town, which has West Bromwich Albion F.C. and a historic centre, with a programme of investment in 21st century apartments as with nearby Birmingham. Since the recessions of the 1970s and early 1980s, West Bromwich East has suffered from high unemployment, and as a result of the current recession which began in 2008 unemployment peaked at 14.3%. Only Birmingham, Ladywood nearby had higher unemployment rates in all of Britain.^[3]

Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 7.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian, however this was lower than in West Bromwich West with 8.1% of its constituents of working age in receipt of this benefit, which is seen as the lower gauge of the breadth of unemployment.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[5]	Party
	Feb 1974	Peter Snape	Labour
	2001	Tom Watson	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: West Bromwich East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Watson	18,817	50.2	+3.7
	Conservative	Olivia Seccombe	9,347	24.9	-4.0
	UKIP	Steve Latham^[7]	7,949	21.2	+18.6
	Liberal Democrat	Flo Clucas	751	2.0	-11.2
	Green	Barry Lim	628	1.7	+1.7
Majority			9,470	25.3
Turnout			37,492	58.9	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

General Election 2010: West Bromwich East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Watson	17,657	46.5	-9.2
	Conservative	Alistair Thompson	10,961	28.9	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Garrett	4,993	13.2	+0.8
	BNP	Terry Lewin	2,205	5.8	-0.6
	English Democrats	Mark Cowles	1,150	3.0	+3.0
	UKIP	Steve Grey	984	2.6	+0.9
Majority			6,696	17.6
Turnout			37,950	60.4	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Watson	19,741	55.6	−0.3
	Conservative	Rosemary Bromwich	8,089	22.8	−3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Garrett	4,386	12.4	−1.4
	BNP	Carl Butler	2,329	6.6	N/A
	UKIP	Steven Grey	607	1.7	−0.9
	Socialist Labour	Judith Sambrook	200	0.6	−1.2
	Independent	Margaret Macklin	160	0.5	N/A
Majority			11,652	32.8
Turnout			35,512	58.6	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

General Election 2001: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Watson	18,250	55.9	-1.3
	Conservative	David McFarlane	8,487	26.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Garrett	4,507	13.8	-1.1
	UKIP	Steven Gray	835	2.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Satbir Johal	585	1.8	N/A
Majority			9,763	29.9
Turnout			32,664	53.4	-12.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Snape	23,710	57.2	+10.0
	Conservative	Brian Matsell	10,126	22.4	-17.3
	Liberal Democrat	Martyn G Smith	6,179	14.9	+1.8
	Referendum	Graham Mulley	1,472	3.5	N/A
Majority			13,584	32.7	+26.2
Turnout			41,487	65.4	-10.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.6

General Election 1992: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Snape	19,913	46.2	+3.6
	Conservative	Crispin Blunt	17,100	39.7	−0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Martyn G Smith	5,630	13.1	−4.0
	National Front	John Lord	477	1.1	N/A
Majority			2,813	6.5	+4.2
Turnout			43,120	75.7	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Snape	18,162	42.64
	Conservative	RF Woodhouse	17,179	40.32
	Liberal	Martyn G Smith	7,268	17.06
Majority			983	2.31
Turnout				73.16
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Snape	15,894	38.12
	Conservative	C Cole	15,596	37.41
	Liberal	Martyn G Smith	10,200	24.47
Majority			298	0.71
Turnout				70.20
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Snape	19,279	47.03
	Conservative	J Wright	17,308	42.22
	Liberal	Martyn G Smith	3,228	7.88
	National Front	C Allsopp	1,175	2.87
Majority			1,971	4.81
Turnout				71.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Snape	19,942	50.50
	Conservative	David Mellor	12,413	31.43
	Liberal	JPT Hunt	5,442	13.78
	National Front	G Bowen	1,692	4.28
Majority			7,529	19.07
Turnout				67.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: West Bromwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Snape	21,895	52.77
	Conservative	DW Bell	16,686	40.22
	Liberal	M Webster	2,907	7.01
Majority			5,209	12.56
Turnout				71.86
	Labour hold		Swing

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.
↑ Consisting of 48 electors at the time of reassessment.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England
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↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/westbromwicheast/
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/westbromwicheast/
↑ West Bromwich East, UKPollingReport

External links

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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°32′N 1°59′W / 52.54°N 1.98°W / 52.54; -1.98

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