Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dudley North
Borough constituency
Dudley North shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created: 1997
MP: Ian Austin
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Midlands
EP constituency: West Midlands

Dudley North is a parliamentary 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.

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[edit] Boundaries

Dudley North is one of four constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, covering the northern part of the borough. The constituency includes Dudley town centre, and also Coseley, Gornal and Sedgley.

[edit] History

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

The earlier Dudley constituency, consisting of Dudley and Netherton, was more prominent a generation ago. Colonel George Wigg (later Lord Wigg), Prime Minister Harold Wilson's adviser on security matters and later a Minister of State, held the seat for many years until elevated to the peerage in 1968. At a famous by-election in March of that year, Don Williams (Conservative) won the seat with a swing of 20%. In 1970, however, the seat reverted to Labour with the election of Dr John Gilbert, who subsequently represented Dudley East from February 1974 until 1997. Gilbert served as a Minister of State under both James Callaghan and (as a peer) Tony Blair.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1997 Ross Cranston Labour
2001
2005 Ian Austin Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Dudley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Austin 18,306 44.2 −7.9
Conservative Ian Hillas 12,874 31.1 −3.4
Liberal Democrat Gerry Lewis 4,257 10.3 +1.6
British National Party Simon Darby 4,022 9.7 +5.0
UK Independence Malcolm Davis 1,949 4.7 N/A
Majority 5,432 13.1
Turnout 41,408 60.2 +4.3
Labour hold Swing −2.2
General Election 2001: Dudley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ross Cranston 20,095 52.1 +0.9
Conservative Andrew Griffiths 13,295 34.5 +3.1
Liberal Democrat Richard Burt 3,352 8.7 +0.5
British National Party Simon Darby 1,822 4.7 N/A
Majority 6,800 17.6
Turnout 38,564 55.9 -13.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Dudley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ross Cranston 24,471 54.2 N/A
Conservative Charles MacNamara 15,014 31.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat Gerry Lewis 3,939 8.2 N/A
Socialist Labour M. Atherton 2,155 4.5 N/A
Referendum Party S. Bavester 1,201 4.7 N/A
National Front G. Cartwright 559 1.2 N/A
National Democrats Simon Darby 469 1.0 N/A
Majority 9,457 N/A
Turnout 69.5 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

[edit] See also

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Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour
Birmingham Edgbaston • Birmingham, Erdington • Birmingham Hall Green • Birmingham Hodge Hill • Birmingham Northfield • Birmingham Perry Barr • Birmingham Selly Oak • Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath • Burton • Cannock Chase • Coventry North East • Coventry North West • Coventry South • Dudley North • Dudley South • Halesowen and Rowley Regis • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton • Redditch • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent Central • Stoke-on-Trent North • Stoke-on-Trent South • Stourbridge • Tamworth • Telford • Walsall North • Walsall South • Warley • Warwick and Leamington • West Bromwich East • West Bromwich West • Wolverhampton North East • Wolverhampton South East • Wolverhampton South West • Worcester
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Health Concern
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West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (2) • UKIP (1) • Liberal Democrats (1)
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