Election 97

Aldridge Brownhills

Current MP Richard Shepherd
Conservative 97 21,856
Labour 97 19,330
LibDem 97 5,184
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 0
Elected party
Aldridge Brownhills

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Aldridge Brownhills
Conservative 92 28,431
Labour 92 17,407
LibDem 92 6,503
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Conservative

Aldridge-Brownhills, in the north-east of the West Midlands Borough of Walsall, contains both the ex-mining town of Brownhills and also the electorally more populous Aldridge with more middle-class, postwar housing estates. This part of the country has drifted towards the Conservatives over the past two decades and now looks pretty safe for its independently minded Conservative MP Richard Shepherd. It would take more than a 10 per cent swing to Labour for the seat to fall.


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