Warley East (UK Parliament constituency)

Warley East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	West Midlands
1974 (1974)–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Smethwick
Replaced by	Warley

Warley East was a parliamentary constituency in the borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England.

It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Warley constituency.

The largest town in the constituency was Smethwick.

History

The constituency's only MP for its 23-year existence was the actor Andrew Faulds, previously Labour MP for the former constituency of Smethwick since 1966.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The County Borough of Warley wards of Abbey, Bearwood, Brandhall, Bristnall, Sandwell, Soho, Uplands, and Victoria.

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Abbey, Bristnall, Old Warley, St Paul's, Smethwick, and Soho and Victoria.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Andrew Faulds	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Warley

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

February 1974 general election: Warley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Faulds	24,789	59.02
	Conservative	Susan Lewis-Smith	17,209	40.98
Majority			7,571	18.04
Turnout			41,998	73.59
	Labour win (new seat)

October 1974 general election: Warley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Faulds	21,065	54.55
	Conservative	P Holliday	12,888	33.37
	Liberal	Rodney Smith	4,664	12.08	New
Majority			8,177	21.18
Turnout			38,617	67.12
	Labour hold		Swing

1979 general election: Warley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Faulds	21,333	55.02
	Conservative	RK Jones	16,236	41.87
	National Front	J Worrall	1,204	3.11	New
Majority			5,097	13.15
Turnout			38,773	70.46
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1983 general election: Warley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Faulds	18,036	45.55
	Conservative	Michael Whitby	14,645	36.99
	SDP	Bryn Hamer	6,697	16.91	New
	Communist	HS Randhawa	217	0.55	New
Majority			3,391	8.56
Turnout			39,595	68.93
	Labour hold		Swing

1987 general election: Warley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Faulds	19,428	50.24
	Conservative	Anthony Antoniou	13,843	35.80
	SDP	Jonathan J. Jordan	5,396	13.96
Majority			5,585	14.44
Turnout			38,667	69.41
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

1992 general election: Warley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Faulds	19,891	53.6	+3.4
	Conservative	Giles Marshall	12,097	32.6	–3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan R.A. Harrod	4,547	12.3	–1.7
	Natural Law	Alan T. Groucutt	561	1.5	New
Majority			7,794	21.0	+6.6
Turnout			37,096	71.7	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3