| Wolverhampton North East | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Electorate: | 60,354 (December 2010)[1] |
| Region: | England |
| Party: | Labour |
Wolverhampton North East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is represented by Sureena Brackenridge of the Labour Party, who was elected at the 2024 general election.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Dunstall, Heath Town, Low Hill, Park, St James', St Mary's, and St Peter's.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Dunstall, Heath Town, Low Hill, St James', St Mary's, and St Peter's.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Eastfield, Low Hill, Oxley, Wednesfield Heath, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South.
1983–2000: The Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Low Hill, Oxley, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South.
2000–2024: The City of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury North, Bushbury South and Low Hill, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South and part of the City of Wolverhampton wards of Oxley and St Peter's. (prior to 2023 ward changes: The City of Wolverhampton wards of Bushbury North, Bushbury South and Low Hill, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Oxley, Wednesfield North, and Wednesfield South).
2024–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall wards of: Short Heath; Willenhall North. The City of Wolverhampton wards of: Bushbury North; Bushbury South and Low Hill; Fallings Park; Heath Town; Wednesfield North; Wednesfield South.[2]
The constituency lost the Oxley ward (as defined in 2020) to Wolverhampton West and gain Short Heath and the Willenhall North ward (encompassing the community of New Invention) from Walsall North.[3]
Wolverhampton North East is one of three constituencies covering the city of Wolverhampton, covering the northern and north-eastern parts of the city. The boundaries run east from the city centre towards Willenhall and north-west towards Tettenhall. The Conservatives are strongest in Bushbury North and the two Wednesfield wards, with the remaining areas more favourable to Labour.
Wolverhampton North East was notable in the 1987 general election for being one of only a small number of seats that the Conservatives gained from Labour. It reverted to type, however, at the 1992 general election, when the Labour MP Ken Purchase first took office. It is one of the 'traditional' Labour seats that elected a Conservative MP at the 2019 general election, helping then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson achieve a majority of 80.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | John Baird | Labour | ||
| 1964 | Renée Short | Labour | ||
| 1987 | Maureen Hicks | Conservative | ||
| 1992 | Ken Purchase | Labour Co-op | ||
| 2010 | Emma Reynolds | Labour | ||
| 2019 | Jane Stevenson | Conservative | ||
| 2024 | Sureena Brackenridge | Labour | ||
Wolverhampton North East had the 16th lowest turnout of any UK constituency in the 2019 General Election.[4]
UKIP originally selected Simon Ellis as candidate in 2015.[5]