Walsall South (UK Parliament constituency)

**Walsall South**
Borough constituency

Walsall South shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created:	1955
MP:	Bruce George
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Midlands
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Walsall South 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.

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Walsall South is one of three constituencies covering the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, covering the southern part of Walsall, as well as Darlaston and Pheasey.

The constituency was first established in 1955 from Walsall constituency, and was represented by the Conservative Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid until 1974. The present MP is Bruce George of the Labour Party, who won the seat in the February 1974 election and has held it ever since.

General Election 2005: Walsall South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce George	17,633	49.9	−9.1
	Conservative	Kabir Sabar	9,687	27.4	−3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mohamed Hanif Asmal	3,240	9.2	+2.4
	UK Independence	Derek Bennett	1,883	5.3	+2.5
	British National Party	Kevin Smith	1,776	5.0	N/A
	Respect	Nadia Fazal	1,146	3.2	N/A
Majority			7,946	22.5
Turnout			35,365	58.5	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.0

General Election 2001: Walsall South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce George	20,574	59.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Michael Bird	10,643	30.5	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Tomlinson	2,365	6.8	+0.5
	UK Independence	Derek Bennett	974	2.8	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Smith	343	1.0	N/A
Majority			9,931	28.5
Turnout			34,899	55.7	-11.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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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	Aldridge-Brownhills • Bromsgrove • Leominster • Lichfield • Ludlow • Meriden • Mid Worcestershire • North Shropshire • Rugby and Kenilworth • Shrewsbury and Atcham • South Staffordshire • Stone • Stratford-on-Avon • Sutton Coldfield • The Wrekin • West Worcestershire

Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley • Hereford • Solihull

Health Concern	Wyre Forest

Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (2) • UKIP (1) • Liberal Democrats (1)