Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)
Walsall North is a constituency created in 1955 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Eddie Hughes, a member of the Conservative Party.
| Walsall North | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Walsall North in West Midlands | |
Location of West Midlands within England | |
| County | West Midlands |
| Electorate | 65,468 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Willenhall, Bloxwich and Walsall (part) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1955 |
| Member of Parliament | Eddie Hughes (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Walsall |
The local electorate returned a Labour MP in the constituency's first seventeen general elections; in the following election Eddie Hughes became its second Conservative MP, following an earlier by-election win by his party in 1976. The constituency consists of green-buffered urban areas across one half of the formerly metalworking- and manufacturing-centred town of Walsall, and the main other settlement within its boundaries, Bloxwich.
The seat is due to be abolished for the next general election.
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