Halesowen (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halesowen is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[3] The constituency is named after the town of Halesowen.
Halesowen | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 69,907 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Halesowen |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Alex Ballinger (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
The constituency comprises the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the following areas of the West Midlands:[5]
Halesowen and Rowley Regis prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Alex Ballinger | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Ballinger | 15,023 | 38.9 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | James Morris | 10,659 | 27.6 | −33.4 | |
Reform UK | Jonathan Oakton | 8,484 | 22.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Ryan Priest | 2,261 | 5.9 | +2.4 | |
Green | Emma Bullard | 2,151 | 5.6 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 4,364 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 38,578 | 56.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
To assess the impact of the boundary changes, various organisations calculated results of the 2019 election if it was conducted under boundaries established by 2023 Periodic review. Below is such assessment from BBC for Halesowen:
Notional result of 2019 election under new (2023) boundaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For more information see Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency.
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