# Halesowen and Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Halesowen and Stourbridge was a parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Halesowen & Rowley Regis and Stourbridge, both of which were held by Labour upon creation, until 2010 when the Conservatives won both seats back and have continued to retain them to date.

## Boundaries

1974–1983: The Boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge.
1983–1997: The Borough of Dudley wards of Belle Vale and Hasbury, Halesowen North, Halesowen South, Hayley Green, Lye and Wollescote, Norton, Pedmore and Stourbridge East, and Wollaston and Stourbridge West.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| Feb 1974 | Sir John Stokes | Conservative |
| 1992 | Warren Hawksley | Conservative |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Stourbridge & Halesowen and Rowley Regis | constituency abolished: see Stourbridge & Halesowen and Rowley Regis |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Halesowen and Stourbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Warren Hawksley | 32,312 | 50.6 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | Alan Hankon | 22,730 | 35.6 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vinod Sharma | 7,941 | 12.4 | −9.7 |
| | Green | Tim Weller | 908 | 1.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,582 | 15.0 | −7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,891 | 82.3 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −3.7 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Halesowen and Stourbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Stokes | 31,037 | 50.12 | +1.73 |
| | Labour | Timothy Sunter | 17,229 | 27.82 | +2.79 |
| | SDP | Dominic Simon | 13,658 | 22.06 | −3.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,808 | 22.30 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,924 | 79.37 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1983: Halesowen and Stourbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Stokes | 28,520 | 48.39 | −2.99 |
| | SDP | Thomas Clitheroe | 14,934 | 25.58 | +13.54 |
| | Labour | Colin Ellison | 14,611 | 25.03 | −10.17 |
| | Ecology | Derek Rudd | 582 | 1.00 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,316 | 22.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,377 | 76.41 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Halesowen and Stourbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Stokes | 33,247 | 49.59 | +10.63 |
| | Labour | Richard Alfred Etheridge | 24,282 | 36.22 | −1.39 |
| | Liberal | Christopher Harvey | 8,597 | 12.82 | −10.62 |
| | National Front | Stanley Frederick Goodwin | 921 | 1.37 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,965 | 13.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,047 | 79.31 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.01 | |
General election October 1974: Halesowen and Stourbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Stokes | 24,387 | 38.96 | −0.94 |
| | Labour | Dennis Turner | 23,537 | 37.60 | +3.79 |
| | Liberal | Leonard Thomas Eden | 14,672 | 23.44 | −2.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 850 | 1.36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,596 | 76.18 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.37 | |
General election February 1974: Halesowen and Stourbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Stokes | 26,514 | 39.90 | |
| | Labour | Dennis Turner | 22,465 | 33.81 | |
| | Liberal | Leonard Thomas Eden | 17,471 | 26.29 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,049 | 6.09 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,450 | 81.39 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |