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West Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°09′N 2°18′W / 52.15°N 2.30°W / 52.15; -2.30
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Template:UK constituency infobox West Worcestershire is a 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.

Boundaries

West Worcestershire stretches from the Gloucestershire border in the south almost to Shropshire in the north. It takes in Pershore and Bredon Hill on the eastern side.

The major towns are Malvern to the west, Upton-upon-Severn in the centre, and Pershore to the east.

At the next General Election, boundary changes mean that the constituency will include Tenbury Wells.

History

Present constituency

The present constituency of West Worcestershire was created in 1997.

1832-1885 constituency

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An earlier constituency of Worcestershire West (formally, the Western division of Worcestershire) was created for the 1832 general election, by the Reform Act 1832 which radically changed the boundaries of many British parliamentary constituencies. It was created by the division of the old Worcestershire constituency (which had existed since 1290) into two new two-member constituencies: Worcestershire West and East Worcestershire.

The constituency then existed, basically unchanged, until its abolition by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the constituency's territory was variously incorporated into the seats of Bewdley, Droitwich, Evesham, East Worcestershire and North Worcestershire.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832-1885

Worcestershire West
Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Henry Lygon style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" | Hon. Thomas Foley Whig
1833 by-election style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Winnington
1841 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Fredrick Knight
1853 by-election style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Elmley
1863 by-election style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hon. Frederick Lygon Conservative
1866 by-election style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Edward Dowdeswell
1876 by-election style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edmund Lechmere, Bt
1885 constituency abolished

MPs 1997-present

West Worcestershire

The current MP for the seat since 1997 is Sir Michael Spicer of the Conservative Party. He previously represented the former seat of Worcestershire South from 1974, and has been Chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee since 2001. He is standing down at the next general election.

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1997 Sir Michael Spicer Conservative

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Burt
Conservative Harriett Baldwin
UKIP Caroline Bovey
Green Malcolm Victory
English Democrat Frederick Bishop
General Election 2005: West Worcestershire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Michael Spicer 20,959 44.5 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Tom Wells 18,484 39.3 +5.3
Labour Qamar Bhatti 4,945 10.5 −3.5
UKIP Caroline Bovey 1,590 3.4 −0.1
Green Malcolm Victory 1,099 2.3 −0.2
Majority 2,475 5.3
Turnout 47,077 70.3 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing −3.4
General Election 2001: West Worcestershire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Michael Spicer 20,597 46.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Hadley 15,223 34.0
Labour Waquar Azmi 6,275 14.0
UKIP Ian Morris 1,574 3.5
Green Malcolm Victory 1,138 2.5
Majority 5,374 12.0
Turnout 67.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: West Worcestershire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Michael Spicer 22,223 45.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Hadley 18,377 37.2 N/A
Labour Neil Stone 7,738 15.7 N/A
Green S. Cameron 1,006 2.0 N/A
Majority 3,846 N/A
Turnout 76.3 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. ^ Redditch, UKPollingReport

Reference: Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2208 The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 3) Order 1987 [1]

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