Dudley_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Dudley East
Dudley East
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
County	West Midlands
February 1974–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Brierley Hill; Dudley
Replaced by	Dudley North; Dudley South; Stourbridge

Dudley East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–1997

Dudley East was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Dudley in the West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system.

Quick Facts County, February 1974–1997 ...

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

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Election		Member^[1]	Party
	Feb 1974	John Gilbert	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Dudley North, Dudley South and Stourbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gilbert	29,806	52.8	+6.9
	Conservative	CJ Holland	20,606	36.5	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	IC Jenkins	5,400	9.6	-5.0
	National Front	GE Cartwright	675	1.2	New
Majority			9,200	16.3	+9.9
Turnout			56,487	75.0	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gilbert	24,942	45.87	+0.05
	Conservative	Elisabeth Jones	21,469	39.48	+4.56
	SDP	Kevin Monks	7,965	14.65	-4.61
Majority			3,473	6.39
Turnout			54,376	72.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gilbert	24,441	45.82	-7.86
	Conservative	Susan Gillies	18,625	34.92	-0.18
	SDP	Dominic Simon	10,272	19.26	+9.8
Majority			5,816	10.90
Turnout			53,338	71.34
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gilbert	22,521	53.83	-3.47
	Conservative	Donald Williams	14,834	35.46	+7.73
	Liberal	Gerald Patrick Thomas Lewis	3,639	8.70	-3.44
	National Front	Albert James Baker	844	2.02	-0.82
Majority			7,687	18.37
Turnout			41,838	70.13
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.60

Dudley East (UK Parliament constituency)

Dudley East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	West Midlands
February 1974–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Brierley Hill Dudley
Replaced by	Dudley North Dudley South Stourbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gilbert	23,621	57.30	-6.15
	Conservative	John Taylor	11,430	27.73	-8.83
	Liberal	Owen Glyn Hopkins	5,003	12.14	New
	National Front	Charles Rex Knott	1,171	2.84	New
Majority			12,191	29.57
Turnout			41,225	68.29
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.34

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Gilbert	27,417	63.45
	Conservative	John Taylor	15,795	36.55
Majority			11,622	26.90
Turnout			43,212	72.12
	Labour win (new seat)