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| Halesowen and Rowley Regis | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Halesowen and Rowley Regis in West Midlands | |
 Location of West Midlands within England | |
| County | West Midlands |
| Electorate | 67,656 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Halesowen |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | James Morris (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Halesowen & Stourbridge, Warley West |
Halesowen and Rowley Regis is a constituency[n 1] in the West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by James Morris, a Conservative.[n 2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will entail the loss of the town of Rowley Regis to the new seat of West Bromwich. Accordingly, it will be renamed Halesowen, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sylvia Heal | Labour | |
| 2010 | James Morris | Conservative | |
Boundaries
Halesowen and Rowley Regis straddles the borders of Dudley and Sandwell.[n 3] It covers the south-east part of the Dudley borough.
2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Belle Vale, Halesowen North, Halesowen South, and Hayley Green and Cradley South, and the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and Rowley.
1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Belle Vale and Hasbury, Halesowen North, Halesowen South, and Hayley Green, and the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and Rowley.
History
The constituency was formed for the 1997 general election, taking in the eastern part of the former Halesowen and Stourbridge constituency[n 4] and the western part of the former Warley West seat. Halesowen and Stourbridge had been held by a Conservative but Labour candidates took its two replacements in 1997.[n 5]
The area formerly in the Halesowen and Stourbridge constituency is in the Dudley borough, while the area formerly in Warley West is within the Sandwell borough (which in turn had formed part of the boroughs of Warley and originally Rowley Regis).
From 1997 until she stood down before the 2010 general election, the seat's MP was Sylvia Heal of the Labour Party. Heal held Mid Staffordshire from a 1990 by-election until she was defeated by the Conservatives in 1992. On becoming the MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, she gained more than half of the votes in 1997 and 2001, before her popularity dipped slightly in 2005, still managing to hold on to the constituency comfortably.
James Morris of the Conservative Party won the seat in the 2010 general election. With approximately half of the constituency situated within Sandwell borough, it was the first time that any part of the borough had been represented by a Conservative MP since its creation in 1974.[4] Morris was voted by the local party as Conservative candidate for the seat after previous candidate Nigel Hastilow stepped down in November 2007 following a public outcry over his claims that Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech had been proven correct.[5]
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Morris | 25,607 | 60.5 |  8.6
| |
| Labour | Ian Cooper | 13,533 | 32.0 |  8.1
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Priest | 1,738 | 4.1 | 2.2
| |
| Green | James Windridge | 934 | 2.2 | 1.2
| |
| Independent | Jon Cross | 232 | 0.5 | New | |
| Independent | Ian Fleming | 190 | 0.4 | New | |
| Independent | Tim Weller | 111 | 0.3 | 0.2
| |
| Majority | 12,074 | 28.5 | 16.6
| ||
| Turnout | 42,345 | 62.0 | 2.5
| ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 8.35
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Morris | 23,012 | 51.9 | 8.7
| |
| Labour | Ian Cooper | 17,759 | 40.0 | 3.8
| |
| UKIP | Stuart Henley | 2,126 | 4.8 | 11.8
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Scott | 859 | 1.9 | 0.2
| |
| Green | James Robertson | 440 | 1.0 | 0.9
| |
| Independent | Tim Weller | 183 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 5,253 | 11.9 | 4.9
| ||
| Turnout | 38,982 | 64.5 | 5.4
| ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 2.4
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Morris | 18,933 | 43.2 | 2.0
| |
| Labour | Stephanie Peacock | 15,851 | 36.2 | 0.4
| |
| UKIP | Dean Perks | 7,280 | 16.6 | 10.2
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Tyzack | 905 | 2.1 | 12.7
| |
| Green | John Payne[11] | 849 | 1.9 | New | |
| Majority | 3,082 | 7.0 | 2.4
| ||
| Turnout | 43,818 | 59.1 | 9.9
| ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Morris | 18,115 | 41.2 | 4.6
| |
| Labour | Sue Hayman | 16,092 | 36.6 | 9.7
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Tibbetts | 6,515 | 14.8 | 2.3
| |
| UKIP | Derek Baddeley | 2,824 | 6.4 | 1.7
| |
| Independent | Derek Thompson | 433 | 1.0 | New | |
| Majority | 2,023 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 43,979 | 69.0 | 5.9
| ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 7.1
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Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sylvia Heal | 19,243 | 46.6 | 6.4
| |
| Conservative | Leslie Jones | 14,906 | 36.1 | 1.9
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Turner | 5,204 | 12.6 | 2.2
| |
| UKIP | Nikki Sinclaire | 1,974 | 4.8 | 2.4
| |
| Majority | 4,337 | 10.5 | 10.3
| ||
| Turnout | 41,327 | 62.9 | 3.1
| ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.2
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