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Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency)
UK Parliament constituency (1918–1974; 2024–)
UK Parliament constituency (1918–1974; 2024–)
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Smethwick | ||
| parliament | uk | ||
| image | |||
| caption | Boundaries since 2024 | ||
| image2 | [[File:West Midlands - Smethwick constituency.svg | 215px | alt=Map of constituency]] |
| caption2 | Boundary of Smethwick in West Midlands region | ||
| year | 2024 | ||
| type | Borough | ||
| elects_howmany | One | ||
| previous | Warley | ||
| year2 | 1918 | ||
| abolished2 | 1974 | ||
| elects_howmany2 | One | ||
| previous2 | Handsworth | ||
| next2 | Warley East | ||
| region | England | ||
| county | West Midlands | ||
| towns | Smethwick, Brandhall, Langley Green, Blackheath | ||
| mp | Gurinder Josan | ||
| party | Labour | ||
| electorate | 71,195 (2023){{cite web | url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-west-midlands/#lg_smethwick-bc-71195 | |
| title | The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands | ||
| publisher | Boundary Commission for England | ||
| access-date | 31 August 2024 | ||
| df | dmy |
|access-date=31 August 2024 |}} Smethwick is a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Smethwick in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, abolished for the February 1974 general election, and re-established for the 2024 general election, when it was formed from the abolished Warley constituency, with the addition of most of the Blackheath ward. It is currently represented by Gurinder Josan of the Labour Party.
Boundaries
1918{{Endash}}1974
The County Borough of Smethwick.
2024{{Endash}}present
The re-established constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of: Abbey; Blackheath (polling districts BLA, BLB, BLC, BLD, BLE, BLF and BLH); Bristnall; Langley; Old Warley; St. Pauls; Smethwick; Soho and Victoria.
It comprises the whole of the former Warley constituency, with the addition of the bulk of the Blackheath ward from the abolished constituency of Halesowen and Rowley Regis, thus bringing its electorate within the permitted range.
History
The constituency gained national interest during the 1918 general election when the Suffragette leader Christabel Pankhurst decided to stand as a Woman's Party candidate supporting the Coalition. She was one of 17 women candidates standing for Parliament at the first opportunity. This was her one and only parliamentary campaign which she lost to the Labour candidate.
In 1945 the constituency held the first post-war by-election when the winning Labour candidate, Alfred Dobbs, was killed in a road traffic accident less than twenty four hours after the count. The constituency was the subject of national media coverage during the 1964 general election when Peter Griffiths, the Conservative Party candidate, gained the seat against the national trend, unseating the Labour Party sitting member, Patrick Gordon Walker, a front bench opposition spokesman in the previous Parliament, in a campaign with racial overtones.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1888–1999
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1918 | John Davison | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1926 | Sir Oswald Mosley | |
| New Party (UK)}}" | 1931 | New Party | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1931 | Roy Wise | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1945 | Alfred Dobbs | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1945 | Patrick Gordon Walker | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1964 | Peter Griffiths | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1966 | Andrew Faulds | |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Warley East |
MPs since 2024
Warley prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 2024 | Gurinder Josan |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Main article: Smethwick in the 1964 general election
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
References
References
- "West Midlands {{!}} Boundary Commission for England".
- "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023".
- [http://www.brewinbooks.com/taking_on_the_men Hallam, David J.A. Taking on the Men: the first women parliamentary candidates 1918], Studley 2018, chapter two "Pankhurst in Smethwick".
- [http://www.brewinbooks.com/taking_on_the_men Ibid] page 24, footnote.
- Jeffries, Stuart. (2014-10-15). "Britain's most racist election: the story of Smethwick, 50 years on". The Guardian.
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001478 Smethwick]
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN. 0-900178-06-X.
- Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
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