| Walsall North | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:WalsallNorth2007Constituency.svg) Boundary of Walsall North in West Midlands | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:EnglandWestMidlandsCounty.svg) Location of West Midlands within England | |
| County | West Midlands |
| Electorate | 65,468 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Willenhall, Bloxwich and Walsall (part) |
| 1955–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Walsall |
| Replaced by | Walsall and Bloxwich |
Walsall North was a constituency[n 1] in the West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, created in 1955.[n 2]
The local electorate returned a Labour MP in the constituency's first seventeen general elections; in the following election Eddie Hughes became its second Conservative MP, following an earlier by-election win by his party in 1976.[2] The constituency consisted of green-buffered urban areas across one half of the formerly metalworking- and manufacturing-centred town of Walsall, and the main other settlement within its boundaries, Bloxwich.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes, it was reformed as Walsall and Bloxwich, first contested at the 2024 general election.[3]
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Hughes's gain was one of six gains offset by greater losses (13 net seats lost) for his party in the 2017 results nationwide. The two largest parties increased their share of the vote in 2017, largely in England at the expense of UKIP.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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