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| Bromsgrove County constituency |
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| Bromsgrove shown within Worcestershire, and Worcestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Julie Kirkbride |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Worcestershire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Bromsgrove is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Boundaries
It covers the same area as Bromsgrove District Council. The constituency extends through North Worcestershire including the villages of Alvechurch, Barnt Green, Belbroughton, Clent, Cofton Hackett, Hagley, Hollywood, Tardebigge, and Wythall.
History
The borough of Bromsgrove returned two members to Parliament in 1294, Thomas Rassall and Thomas Barneford, but not to any subsequent one.[1]
Since its split with neighbouring Redditch, it has always returned a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
The current MP, Julie Kirkbride announced on 28 May 2009 that she would be standing down as an MP at the next General Election in the light of the expenses scandal and a petition against her.[1] She later announced that if cleared by Sir Thomas Legg, she intended to contest her seat as the Conservative candidate at the next General Election.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Michael Higgs | Conservative | |
| 1955 | James Dance | Conservative | |
| 1971 by-election | Terry Davis | Labour | |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove and Redditch | ||
| 1983 | constituency re-created | ||
| 1983 | Sir Hal Miller | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Roy Thomason | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Julie Kirkbride | Conservative | |
Election results
| General Election 2010: Bromsgrove | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | TBC | ||||
| Labour | Sam Burden | ||||
| UKIP | Steve Morson | ||||
| Green | Jill Harvey | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | TBC | ||||
| General Election 2005: Bromsgrove | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julie Kirkbride | 24,387 | 51.0 | −0.7 | |
| Labour | David Jones | 14,307 | 29.9 | −4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sue Haswell | 7,197 | 15.1 | +3.2 | |
| UKIP | Paul Buckingham | 1,919 | 4.0 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 10,080 | 21.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,810 | 67.6 | +0.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Bromsgrove | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julie Kirkbride | 23,640 | 51.7 | +4.6 | |
| Labour | Peter McDonald | 15,502 | 33.9 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Margaret Rowley | 5,430 | 11.9 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Ian Gregory | 1,112 | 2.4 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 8,138 | 17.8 | |||
| Turnout | 45,684 | 67.1 | −10.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980's
| General Election 1983: Bromsgrove | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Conservative | Hal Miller | 19,497 | 37.5 | N/A | ||
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | Peter Davley | 18,996 | 36.0 | N/A | ||
| Labour | Karen Trentom | 1,488 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
| National Front | William Young | 1,389 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 501 | 1.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 41,370 | 85 | N/A | |||
| Conservative win (new constituency) | ||||||
References
- ^ T. R. Nash, History and Antiquities of the County of Worcester I (1781), introduction, xxxii.
See also
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