Dudley (UK Parliament constituency)


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Dudley is a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Dudley in Worcestershire (now in the West Midlands). 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 system.

Dudley
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Interactive map of boundaries from 2024

Map of constituency

Boundary of Dudley in West Midlands region

CountyWest Midlands
Electorate71,083 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsDudley
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentSonia Kumar (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from
1832–1974
SeatsOne
Created fromWorcestershire
Replaced by

The constituency existed between 1832 and 1974 and was re-established by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 2024 general election. The new constituency is based on the abolished Dudley North, with the addition of one ward from the also abolished Dudley South constituency.[2]

1918–1950: The County Borough of Dudley, and the parish of Dudley Castle Hill.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Dudley, and the Borough of Stourbridge.

2024–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley wards of Brockmoor & Pensnett, Castle & Priory, Gornal, St James's, St Thomas's, Sedgley, and Upper Gornal & Woodsetton.[3]

The seat comprises the whole of the previous Dudley North constituency with the addition of the Brockmoor and Pensnett ward from Dudley South (abolished), thus bringing the electorate within the permitted range.

The borough of Dudley returned two members to Parliament in 1295, Benedict Andrew and Ralph Clerk de Duddlegh, but not to any subsequent one.[4]

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was replaced by the new Dudley East and Dudley West constituencies, which expanded beyond the town's historic boundaries to include Coseley and part of Sedgley in Dudley East (previously in the old Bilston constituency), as well as Kingswinford, Brierley Hill, and the remainder of Sedgley in Dudley West. All of these areas had been incorporated into the Dudley borough in 1966.[5]

In the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was recommended that Dudley should return as a constituency, replacing Dudley North.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1832 Sir John Campbell Whig[6][7][8][9]
Feb. 1834 Thomas Hawkes Tory[9]
Dec. 1834 Conservative[9]
1844 John Benbow Conservative[9]
1855 Sir Stafford Northcote Conservative
1857 Henry Brinsley Sheridan Independent[10][11][12]
1859 Liberal
1886 Brooke Robinson Conservative
1906 Arthur George Hooper Liberal
1910 Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Conservative
1921 James Wilson Labour
1922 Cyril Lloyd Unionist
1929 Oliver Baldwin Labour
1931 Dudley Joel Conservative
1941 Cyril Lloyd Conservative
1945 George Wigg Labour
1968 Donald Williams Conservative
1970 John Gilbert Labour
Feb 1974 Constituency abolished

Dudley North prior to 2024

Election Member Party
2024 Sonia Kumar Labour

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 1970s

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Elections in the 1960s

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Elections in the 1950s

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Elections in the 1940s

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General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1930s

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Elections in the 1920s

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Elections in the 1910s

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Griffith-Boscawen

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1900s

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Belcher
 
A.G. Hooper

Elections in the 1890s

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Elections in the 1880s

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Elections in the 1870s

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The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

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Elections in the 1850s

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Benbow's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

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Hawkes resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1830s

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Campbell was appointed as Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

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  2. ^ "West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  4. ^ Treadway Russell Nash, History and Antiquities of the County of Worcester I (1781), introduction, xxxii.
  5. ^ "Dudley CB/MB through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  6. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Campbell, John Campbell, Baron" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  7. ^ "On Affairs in General". Dublin University Magazine, Volume 3. W. Curry, Jun., and Company. 1834. p. 481. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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  10. ^ Clark, C. F. G., ed. (1881). The Curiosities of Dudley AND THE Black Country, From 1800 to 1860. Birmingham: Buckler Brothers. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Election Proceedings". Worcester Journal. 28 March 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Dudley". Evening Mail. 25 March 1857. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Dudley". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  14. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  15. ^ a b c d e f British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  16. ^ a b c d e f g British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  17. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  18. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
  19. ^ a b c d e The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  20. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  21. ^ Vincent, J (1971). McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book (8th ed.). Brighton, UK: The Harvester Press. p. 72 (Section II). ISBN 0855270004.
  22. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  24. ^ "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 31 March 1880. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ "Dudley". Staffordshire Advertiser. 27 October 1877. p. 5. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ^ "Dudley Election". Aris's Birmingham Gazette. 15 July 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ "The Elections". Worcestershire Chronicle. 14 July 1852. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ^ "Dudley". Globe. 8 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ^ "Election Intelligence". Morning Chronicle. 8 July 1852. pp. 2–6. Retrieved 7 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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