# Warley East (UK Parliament constituency)

Warley East was a parliamentary constituency in the borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Warley constituency.
The largest town in the constituency was Smethwick.

## History

The constituency's only MP for its 23-year existence was the actor Andrew Faulds, previously Labour MP for the former constituency of Smethwick since 1966.

## Boundaries

1974–1983: The County Borough of Warley wards of Abbey, Bearwood, Brandhall, Bristnall, Sandwell, Soho, Uplands, and Victoria.
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Abbey, Bristnall, Old Warley, St Paul's, Smethwick, and Soho and Victoria.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | Feb 1974 | Andrew Faulds | Labour |
| | 1997 | constituency abolished: see Warley | constituency abolished: see Warley |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1970s

February 1974 general election: Warley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Faulds | 24,789 | 59.02 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Lewis-Smith | 17,209 | 40.98 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,571 | 18.04 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,998 | 73.59 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
October 1974 general election: Warley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Faulds | 21,065 | 54.55 | |
| | Conservative | P Holliday | 12,888 | 33.37 | |
| | Liberal | Rodney Smith | 4,664 | 12.08 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,177 | 21.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,617 | 67.12 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1979 general election: Warley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Faulds | 21,333 | 55.02 | |
| | Conservative | RK Jones | 16,236 | 41.87 | |
| | National Front | J Worrall | 1,204 | 3.11 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,097 | 13.15 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,773 | 70.46 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1980s

1983 general election: Warley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Faulds | 18,036 | 45.55 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Whitby | 14,645 | 36.99 | |
| | SDP | Bryn Hamer | 6,697 | 16.91 | New |
| | Communist | HS Randhawa | 217 | 0.55 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,391 | 8.56 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,595 | 68.93 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1987 general election: Warley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew Faulds | 19,428 | 50.24 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Antoniou | 13,843 | 35.80 |
| | SDP | Jonathan J. Jordan | 5,396 | 13.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,585 | 14.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,667 | 69.41 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1990s

1992 general election: Warley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Faulds | 19,891 | 53.6 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Giles Marshall | 12,097 | 32.6 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan R.A. Harrod | 4,547 | 12.3 | −1.7 |
| | Natural Law | Alan T. Groucutt | 561 | 1.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,794 | 21.0 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,096 | 71.7 | +2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |