Wolverhampton North East
2010 Results:
Conservative: 11964 (34.29%)
Labour: 14448 (41.41%)
Liberal Democrat: 4711 (13.5%)
BNP: 2296 (6.58%)
UKIP: 1138 (3.26%)
Socialist Labour: 337 (0.97%)
Majority: 2484 (7.12%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 18562 (54.6%)
Conservative: 10048 (29.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 3965 (11.7%)
Other: 1443 (4.2%)
Majority: 8514 (25%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 9792 (29.7%)
Labour: 17948 (54.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 3845 (11.7%)
UKIP: 1371 (4.2%)
Majority: 8156 (24.7%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 9019 (28.6%)
Labour: 18984 (60.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 2494 (7.9%)
UKIP: 997 (3.2%)
Majority: 9965 (31.6%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 11547 (27.9%)
Labour: 24534 (59.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 2214 (5.3%)
Referendum: 1192 (2.9%)
Other: 1916 (4.6%)
Majority: 12987 (31.4%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Emma Reynolds (Labour) Former special advisor to Geoff Hoon.
Julie Rook (Conservative) Emma Reynolds (Labour) Former special advisor to Geoff Hoon.Colin Ross (Liberal Democrat)Paul Valdmanis (UKIP)Simon Patten (BNP)Shangara Singh (Socialist Labour) 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 84063
Male: 48.7%
Female: 51.3%
Under 18: 25.5%
Over 60: 20.8%
Born outside UK: 7.6%
White: 85.1%
Black: 4.7%
Asian: 6.9%
Mixed: 3.1%
Other: 0.3%
Christian: 72.6%
Hindu: 1.4%
Muslim: 0.6%
Sikh: 4.4%
Full time students: 3%
Graduates 16-74: 9.1%
No Qualifications 16-74: 45%
Owner-Occupied: 57.5%
Social Housing: 34.3% (Council: 31%, Housing Ass.: 3.3%)
Privately Rented: 4.5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 15.3%
In Wolverhampton North East Constituency, the following happened in Friday’s local elections:
Bushbury South & Low Hill – Labour Hold
Bushbury North – Labour gain from Conservative
Fallings Park – Labour gain from Conservative
Heath Town – Labour gain from Conservative
Oxley – Labour gain from Conservative
Wednesfield North – Labour gain from Conservative
Wednesfield South – Labour gain from Conservative
Obviously it was appalling for Labour to allow themselves to get down to one ward in the first place. Totality however can’t be improved upon.
Well, the Labour Party may not be finished demolishing the WNE Tories yet. In 2014, the Tories are defending:
Bushbury North – Tory Leader, current leader of the opposition and former Council Leader (2008 – 2010) Neville Patten
Wednesfield South – 1 seat left to be taken
Wednesfield North – 1 seat left to be taken
It is perfectly possible that if the Liberals and backbench Tories don’t allow boundary changes through, that when Emma Reynolds comes to defend WNE in 2015, she will have 21 Labour Councillors and their support teams to be campaigning for her!