Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walsall North was a constituency[n 1] in the West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, created in 1955.[n 2]
Walsall North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 65,468 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Willenhall, Bloxwich and Walsall (part) |
1955ā2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Walsall |
Replaced by | Walsall and Bloxwich |
The local electorate returned a Labour MP in the constituency's first seventeen general elections; in the following election Eddie Hughes became its second Conservative MP, following an earlier by-election win by his party in 1976.[2] The constituency consisted of green-buffered urban areas across one half of the formerly metalworking- and manufacturing-centred town of Walsall, and the main other settlement within its boundaries, Bloxwich.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes, it will be reformed as Walsall and Bloxwich, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[3]