# Warley West (UK Parliament constituency)

Warley West was a parliamentary constituency in the borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England. It was initially centred on the towns of Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath, and from 1983 also incorporated parts of Oldbury.
It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
The bulk of Warley West, namely the area around Oldbury, became part of the new Warley constituency, while the area around Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath was absorbed into the new Halesowen and Rowley Regis constituency, which is split between two local authorities (Dudley and Sandwell). Meanwhile, the Tividale section of the constituency (previously split between Dudley and Rowley Regis and Tipton), was incorporated into West Bromwich West.

## Boundaries

1974–1983: The County Borough of Warley wards of Cradley Heath, Langley, Old Hill and Blackheath, Rounds Green, Rowley, St Paul's, and Tividale.
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, Langley, Oldbury, Rowley, and Tividale.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| Feb 1974 | Peter Archer | Labour |
| 1992 | John Spellar | Labour |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Warley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Archer | 28,891 | 66.94 |
| | Conservative | A. Soskin | 14,267 | 33.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,624 | 33.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,158 | 71.03 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election October 1974: Warley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Archer | 24,761 | 60.35 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Evans | 9,904 | 24.14 | |
| | Liberal | D. Owen | 6,363 | 15.51 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,857 | 36.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,028 | 66.96 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1979: Warley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Archer | 25,175 | 58.39 |
| | Conservative | Roger Evans | 15,074 | 34.96 |
| | Liberal | F. M. Fisher | 2,864 | 6.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,101 | 23.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,113 | 70.75 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Warley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Archer | 18,272 | 47.14 |
| | Conservative | Anthea McIntyre | 13,004 | 33.55 |
| | Alliance | Anthony Baines | 7,485 | 19.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,268 | 13.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,761 | 67.81 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1987: Warley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Archer | 19,825 | 49.21 |
| | Conservative | Wallace Williams | 14,432 | 35.83 |
| | Alliance | Elaine Todd | 6,027 | 14.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,393 | 13.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,284 | 70.03 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Warley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Spellar | 21,386 | 50.6 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | SA Whitehouse | 15,914 | 37.7 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | E Todd | 4,945 | 11.7 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,472 | 12.9 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,245 | 73.9 | +3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −0.2 | |