Comments on: Wolverhampton South West

By: Nokia

Nokia — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:24:11 +0000

Uppal very quiet on these boundary changes. I have heard it said before that he doesn’t want to be an MP anymore.

By: John Chanin

John Chanin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:09:11 +0000

Proposed new boundaries as expected make life very difficult for Paul Uppal, and there don’t seem to be any realistic alternatives. I suppose you could swap Oxley for Ettingshall although I doubt this helps much (I haven’t checked).

By: Wulfrunian

Wulfrunian — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:30:48 +0000

Easy win for Labour in the Graiseley by-election. In spite of the fact that the tories picked a popular local candidate who has won here previously.

By: Wulfrunian

Wulfrunian — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:09:02 +0000

Graisely ward by-election here in September after the death of Dr. Passi.

Normally a very high number of postal votes in this ward so the turnout should be high.

By: Wulfrunian

Wulfrunian — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:14:31 +0000

Helene Middleweek is the daughter of a Wolverhampton dentist and went to Wolverhampton Girls High School. So not such a surprise that she stood in Wolverhampton.

If anyone knows the gigantic houses on Penn Road near the Royal School, her parents used to live in one of those. I doubt if there any that haven’t been turned into flats or bedsits now.

By: Votedave

Votedave — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:20:44 +0000

I was very surprised indeed when I saw that 16%+ swing reported on Andy’s YouTube channel – the like of which I thought only occured in some of Labour’s very best results in 1997.

“Interesting that Helene Middleweek stood here (later MP for Welwyn & Hatfield).”

Did you spot Margaret Jackson trying to unseat Dick Taverne? God, she looked young!

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:41:44 +0000

Thanks for these explanations.
It does look rather odd on the surface,
the boundary changes must have been more substantial than I realised as you say.

By: Andy JS

Andy JS — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:37:04 +0000

Yes when you have a seat where the Liberals didn’t stand you can have quite a significant Labour vote but still an enormous Tory majority which is difficult to comprehend at first sight these days when you almost always have at least 3 candidates.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:39:38 +0000

5% for Liberals etc

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:34:16 +0000

It implies a Conservative lead in 1970 on the new boundaries of 47% which probably equates to something like 71% Conservative 24% Labour with 55 for Liberals and others. This seems extreme but the boundary changes in 1974 were extensive and very pro-Tory. I only discovered recently (there was some discussion upthread) that Tettenhall was not in this seat before 1974 (it was in Brierly Hill) and that as you will know is very heavily Tory, probably monolitically so in 1970. Furthermore the seat before 1974 included much poorer areas which are now in Wolverhampton SE. I can well believe that the notional result in 1970 was as reported and really it is a derisory Liberal vote in 1970 rather than a derisory Labour vote