Dudley North (UK Parliament constituency)
At the Dudley by-election in March of that year, Donald Williams, the Conservative candidate, gained the seat with a swing of 20%.Gilbert served as a Minister of State under both James Callaghan and (as a peer) Tony Blair.In 2010, Austin held onto his seat with 38.7% of the vote, a narrow 1.7% ahead of Conservative candidate Graeme Brown, at the first general election in 36 years which resulted in a hung parliament.)[4] In 2019, the Conservatives gained the seat for the first time, with their candidate Marco Longhi winning a majority of more than 11,000 votes.[6] The original Conservative candidate for the 2015 election Afzal Amin was suspended after allegations he persuaded the English Defence League to announce a march against a mosque in the constituency[17]