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Encyclopedia > Walsall South (UK Parliament constituency)

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. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

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Election results

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 Democrats Mohamed Hanif Asmal 3,240 9.2 +2.4
UKIP Derek Bennett 1,883 5.3 +2.5
BNP 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 Democrats Bill Tomlinson 2,365 6.8 +0.5
UKIP 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

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Bruce Thomas George (born June 1, 1942) is the English member of Parliament for Walsall South. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The British National Party (BNP) is the largest political party of the far-right in the United Kingdom. ... RESPECT The Unity Coalition is a British political party founded on 25 January 2004 in London. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Bruce Thomas George (born June 1, 1942) is the English member of Parliament for Walsall South. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
Walsall: Parliamentary history | British History Online (533 words)
Walsall Wood and Shelfield were excluded from the constituency, the boundary of which was otherwise that of the parish.
Brownhills urban district, including Walsall Wood, was transferred from Cannock constituency to Walsall North, and Aldridge urban district from Lichfield and Tamworth constituency to Walsall South.
Walsall's first member was C. Forster, a Tory and a local banker and former mayor.
Wolverhampton South East Information (194 words)
Wolverhampton South East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Wolverhampton South East is one of three constituencies covering the city of Wolverhampton, covering eastern and south-eastern parts of the city.
The constituency was established in 1974, in part replacing the former Bilston constituency.
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