|
|
|
Walsall South
|
|
gain
from Labour
|
|
Bruce George
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
13,712 (31.7%)
|
|
25,024 (57.9%)
|
|
2,698 ( 6.2%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,806 ( 4.2%)
|
|
|
|
64,221
|
|
43,240 (67.3%)
|
|
Bruce George
|
|
Walsall South
|
|
3,178 ( 6.3%)
|
|
20,955 (41.9%)
|
|
24,133 (48.2%)
|
|
4,132 ( 8.3%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
840 ( 1.7%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
66,338
|
|
50,060 (75.5%)
|
|
|
-10.1%
|
|
+9.7%
|
|
-2.0%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+2.5%
|
|
-3.2%
|
|
-8.1%
|
|
|
|
|
Unlike Walsall North, a homogeneous white working-class area, Walsall South is sharply divided. It has a non-white population of 20 per cent concentrated in three wards - unusually, these are not reliably Labour in local elections. On the other hand, the constituency contains some very solidly Conservative wards. But, even in the party's darkest days, Labour's tough campaigner Bruce George has managed to hang on, albeit with sometimes slim majorities. He should remain the favourite to retain this grudging seat.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,141
|
8.64
|
9.03
|
96
|
|
|
2,502
|
6.88
|
11.17
|
62
|
|
|
1,069
|
2.94
|
11.25
|
26
|
|
|
3,494
|
9.61
|
14.70
|
65
|
|
|
8,877
|
24.42
|
10.45
|
234
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
2.81
|
0
|
|
|
677
|
1.86
|
8.01
|
23
|
|
|
6,371
|
17.53
|
15.25
|
115
|
|
|
5,338
|
14.68
|
7.13
|
206
|
|
|
4,499
|
12.38
|
10.17
|
122
|
|
|
