Election 97

West Bromwich East

Current MP Peter Snape
Conservative 97 10,126
Labour 97 23,710
LibDem 97 6,179
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 0
Elected party
West Bromwich East

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency West Bromwich East
Conservative 92 18,797
Labour 92 23,782
LibDem 92 6,591
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 477
Elected party Labour

A working-class industrial seat at the heart of the West Midlands' Black Country, West Bromwich East has been a genuine marginal for two decades (it was created in 1974) although the Tories have never won it. The closest shave was in Labour's dark days of 1983, when they retained the constituency by a mere 296 votes. This time however, the middle-class owner occupiers to the northeast of the site are more thoroughly outgunned, with the arrival of a Labour ward from West Bromwich West. Labour's Peter Snape seems assured of a comfortable victory.


Super Profiles

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1,535 4.38 11.17 39
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2,007 5.72 14.70 39
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10,965 31.27 15.25 205
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