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UK Parliament - Wolverhampton South West

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Office

Parliament

Honorific

Member of Parliament - Abbr: MP

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

April 20, 2010 - 06:00pm Central

Polls Open

May 06, 2010 - 01:00am Central

Polls Close

May 06, 2010 - 04:00pm Central

Term Start

May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm

Term End

May 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Ralphie

Last Modified

Ralphie May 08, 2010 12:52pm

Data Sources

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Description

BBC Profile:
The seat was held by the Conservatives from 1950, when it was represented by Enoch Powell, to 1997, when it was taken by Labour.

In 2005, it was won by Labour's Rob Marris with a 44.4% share of the vote, and a majority of 2,879.

At the election, the constituency has been scaled down to the benefit of its north-easterly neighbour. Wolverhampton South West lost parts of three wards Oxley, Heath Town, and Bushbury South and Low Hill in its north-eastern corner, among other part-wards. It also consolidated the whole of St Peter's ward within its boundaries. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

This seat is the most prosperous of the three Wolverhampton seats, stretching out from the city centre into the residential, predominantly middle-class south-west part of the city. Wolverhampton South West is more prosperous than the two neighbouring seats.

Fewer people work in manufacturing than in the other Wolverhampton seats. The constituency contains the principal Wolverhampton University campus, and so plays host to a large student population.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
Lab 17,288 (43.44%)
C 15,174 (38.13%)
LD 5,364 (13.48%)
UKIP 984 (2.47%)
Others 983 (2.47%)