Skip to content

West Midlands · Former constituency (1955–2019) · E14001012

Walsall South

Every general election in Walsall South since 1955 (until 2019). Latest: Valerie Vaz, Labour, majority 3,456.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Valerie Vaz Elected sitting MPLabour20,87249.1%
Gurjit BainsConservative17,41641.0%
Gary HughesBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		1,6603.9%
Paul HarrisLiberal Democrats1,6023.8%
John MacefieldGreen6341.5%
Akheil MehboobIndependent2880.7%
Valid votes42,472
Majority3,4568.1%

Lab hold Turnout 62.4% of 68,024 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%195519641970O1974198319922001201020172019Labour, 1955: 47.4%Labour, 1959: 41.6%Labour, 1964: 42.9%Labour, 1966: 46.6%Labour, 1970: 40.5%Labour, February 1974: 45.2%Labour, October 1974: 48.0%Labour, 1979: 50.9%Labour, 1983: 43.5%Labour, 1987: 44.9%Labour, 1992: 48.2%Labour, 1997: 57.9%Labour, 2001: 59.0%Labour, 2005: 49.9%Labour, 2010: 39.7%Labour, 2015: 47.2%Labour, 2017: 57.4%Labour, 2019: 49.1%Conservative, 1955: 52.7%Conservative, 1959: 58.4%Conservative, 1964: 57.1%Conservative, 1966: 53.4%Conservative, 1970: 59.5%Conservative, February 1974: 41.7%Conservative, October 1974: 37.3%Conservative, 1979: 47.3%Conservative, 1983: 42.1%Conservative, 1987: 42.7%Conservative, 1992: 41.9%Conservative, 1997: 31.7%Conservative, 2001: 30.5%Conservative, 2005: 27.4%Conservative, 2010: 35.4%Conservative, 2015: 32.8%Conservative, 2017: 37.2%Conservative, 2019: 41.0%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 8.3%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 6.2%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 6.8%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 9.2%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 14.4%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 1.6%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 1.3%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 3.8%Others, October 1974: 3.2%Others, 1979: 1.8%Others, 1983: 1.3%Others, 1992: 1.7%Others, 1997: 4.2%Others, 2001: 3.8%Others, 2005: 13.5%UK Independence Party, 2010: 8.4%UK Independence Party, 2015: 15.6%UK Independence Party, 2017: 4.1%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 13.2%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 12.4%Liberal, February 1974: 13.1%Liberal, October 1974: 11.5%
Vote share in Walsall South at each general election Lab Con LD Oth UKIP Alliance Lib

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Walsall South (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

Download CSV
ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Lab Valerie VazCon3,4568.162.4%Lab hold
2017Lab Valerie VazCon8,89220.265.4%Lab hold
2015Lab Valerie VazCon6,00714.461.8%Lab hold
2010Lab Valerie VazCon1,7554.363.5%Lab hold
2005LabCon7,94622.558.7%
2001LabCon9,93128.555.7%Lab hold
1997LabCon11,31226.267.3%
1992LabCon3,1786.476.3%Lab hold
1987LabCon1,1162.275.5%Lab hold
1983LabCon7021.473.4%
1979LabCon1,5883.676.7%Lab hold
October 1974LabCon4,66210.773.6%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon1,5803.478.3%
1970ConLab11,34919.073.0%Con hold
1966ConLab3,8816.977.2%Con hold
1964ConLab8,07014.179.1%Con hold
1959ConLab8,78216.883.1%Con hold
1955ConLab2,4265.380.2%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Walsall South?

Valerie Vaz (Labour) won Walsall South at the 2019 general election with a majority of 3,456.

Which parties have won Walsall South?

At the 18 general elections held under this name since 1955: Labour 13, Conservative 5.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

Report an error on this page