Comments on: Warley

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:03:45 +0000

He was for a time Solicitor-General in the 1970s Labour government.

By: Andy JS

Andy JS — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:21:20 +0000

Happy 84th birthday to Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, Labour MP for Rowley Regis & Tipton 1966-74 and Warley West 1974-92.

By: Andy JS

Andy JS — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:55:05 +0000

The shortest serving MP since the war was Alfred Dobbs who was elected MP for Smethwick on 26th July 1945 but was killed in a car crash the next day.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:55:39 +0000

Rowley Regis was part of the Kingswinford seat before 1950 and the last Conservative MP for that seat was defeated in 1935. Parts of this area of Sandwell though (basically Blackheath) were represented by a Tory MP when John Stokes won Oldbury & Halesowen in 1970

By: H.Hemmelig

H.Hemmelig — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:30:55 +0000

Which put Rowley Regis in a Tory seat for the first time in decades in 2010.

When was the last time Rowley Regis had a Tory MP?

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:01:18 +0000

Warley West was made up of: Blackheath, Cradley Heath & Old Hill, Langley, Oldbury, Rowley and Tividale.
In 1997 Langley was added to Warley East which was renamed Warley. Oldbury and Tividale were added to West Bromwich West which in turm lost Greets Green & Lyng to West Bromwich East and the other three wards were merged with four Dudley wards to form Halesowen & Rowley Regis

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:41:05 +0000

From 1983 to 1997: Abbey, Bristnall, Old Warley, St Pauls, Smethwick, Soho & Victoria
I think the same wards from 1974 to 1983 but there were ward boundary changes in 1982

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:46:36 +0000

What were the wards of the old seats of Warley East and Warley West from 1974 to 1997?

By: Andy JS

Andy JS — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:01:32 +0000

The Liberals put up a candidate in Smethwick in 1970 but they only polled 747 votes or 2.43%.

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:25:11 +0000

I did say – across more than one party.
but,
I was heartened recently by a very positive debate in Parliament earlier this month about getting a lot more apprenticeships,
with practical and original suggestions from
that new MP for Gloucester, also Robert Halfon, Margot James, and Ian Lucas for Labour.
Good ideas about making it worthwhile for the employer aswell, who often fears people will leave after they are trained.