Skip to content

West Midlands · Former constituency (1950–2019) · E14001051

Wolverhampton South West

Every general election in Wolverhampton South West since 1950 (until 2019). Latest: Stuart Anderson, Conservative, majority 1,661.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Stuart Anderson ElectedConservative19,86448.3%
Eleanor Smith sitting MPLabour18,20344.3%
Bart RickettsLiberal Democrats2,0415.0%
Leo GrandisonBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		1,0282.5%
Valid votes41,136
Majority1,6614.0%

Con gain from Lab Turnout 68.0% of 60,534 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1950195519641970198319922001201020172019Conservative, 1950: 46.0%Conservative, 1951: 53.6%Conservative, 1955: 60.0%Conservative, 1959: 63.9%Conservative, 1964: 57.4%Conservative, 1966: 59.1%Conservative, 1970: 64.3%Conservative, February 1974: 45.7%Conservative, 1983: 50.6%Conservative, 1987: 50.7%Conservative, 1992: 49.3%Conservative, 1997: 39.9%Conservative, 2001: 39.7%Conservative, 2005: 37.5%Conservative, 2010: 40.7%Conservative, 2015: 41.2%Conservative, 2017: 44.2%Conservative, 2019: 48.3%Labour, 1950: 44.4%Labour, 1951: 46.4%Labour, 1955: 40.0%Labour, 1959: 36.1%Labour, 1964: 31.4%Labour, 1966: 40.9%Labour, 1970: 28.8%Labour, February 1974: 32.1%Labour, 1983: 27.5%Labour, 1987: 30.8%Labour, 1992: 39.9%Labour, 1997: 50.4%Labour, 2001: 48.3%Labour, 2005: 44.4%Labour, 2010: 39.0%Labour, 2015: 43.2%Labour, 2017: 49.4%Labour, 2019: 44.3%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 8.5%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 8.2%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 8.4%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 13.4%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 16.0%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 2.1%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 1.9%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 5.0%Liberal, 1950: 9.6%Liberal, 1964: 11.2%Liberal, 1970: 6.0%Liberal, February 1974: 19.2%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 21.5%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 18.6%UK Independence Party, 2010: 3.7%UK Independence Party, 2015: 10.7%UK Independence Party, 2017: 2.4%
Vote share in Wolverhampton South West at each general election Con Lab LD Lib Alliance UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Wolverhampton South West (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
2019Con Stuart AndersonLab1,6614.068.0%Con gain from Lab
2017Lab Eleanor SmithCon2,1855.270.6%Lab hold
2015Lab Rob MarrisCon8012.066.6%Lab gain from Con
2010Con Paul UppalLab6911.768.2%Con gain from Lab
2005LabCon2,8796.962.9%
2001LabCon3,4878.562.1%Lab hold
1997LabCon5,11810.572.4%
1992ConLab4,9669.478.3%Con hold
1987ConLab10,31819.975.5%Con hold
1983ConLab11,52023.171.6%
February 1974ConLab6,90113.779.6%
1970ConLab14,46735.576.0%Con hold
1966ConLab6,58518.173.6%Con hold
1964ConLab9,85626.075.3%Con hold
1959ConLab11,16727.878.4%Con hold
1955ConLab8,42020.077.7%
1951ConLab3,1967.286.3%Con hold
1950ConLab6911.687.2%

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 Wolverhampton South West?

Stuart Anderson (Conservative) won Wolverhampton South West at the 2019 general election with a majority of 1,661.

Which parties have won Wolverhampton South West?

At the 18 general elections held under this name since 1950: Conservative 13, Labour 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