| Lichfield County constituency |
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| Lichfield shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1305, 1997 |
| MP: | Michael Fabricant |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Lichfield 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.
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Boundaries
The constituency includes the northern and central parts of the Lichfield local government district, including the city of Lichfield itself, plus the south-western portion of East Staffordshire district around Yoxall and Abbots Bromley.
In boundary changes which will come into force at the 2010 general election, the constituency will be enlarged with the addition of the Needwood ward of East Staffordshire Borough Council, currently located in the Burton constituency; the main settlement in the Needwood ward is the village of Barton-under-Needwood. The effect of this change is estimated to be relatively small, making the seat slightly more Conservative than before.
In previous times, Lichfield was a borough constituency for the city.
Members of Parliament
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MPs pre-1660
- 1604 Thomas Crewe
- 1621 Richard Weston
- 1640-1640 Richard Dyott of Freeford, a royalist (short parliament)
- 1640-1641 Sir Walter Devereux, a parliamentarian the natural son of the Earl of Essex (Short and Long parliament) died 1641
- 1640-1649 Michael Noble, puritan town clerk (Long parliament)
- 1641-1642 Sir Richard Cave, a royalist chosen by Prince Rupert and removed by resolution of the House of Commons
- 1642- Michael Biddulph of Elmhurst, a supporter of parliament (father of Michael Biddulph MP 1660-1661)
- 1654-1660 Thomas Minors. Presbyterian mercer
- 1659-1660 Daniel Watson of Burton upon Trent[1]
MPs 1660-1868
| Year | First member | Second member |
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| 1660 Apr | Michael Biddulph (MP) | Daniel Watson |
| 1660 May | Thomas Minors | |
| 1661 | John Lane | Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bt |
| 1667 | Richard Dyott (1619-1677) | |
| 1678 | Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Bt | |
| 1679 Feb | Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt | |
| 1679 Aug | Daniel Finch, later 2nd Earl of Nottingham |
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| 1685 | Thomas Orme | Richard Leveson |
| 1689 | Robert Burdett | Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt |
| 1690 | Richard Dyott (1667-1719) | |
| 1695 | Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt | |
| 1698 | Richard Dyott (1667-1719) | |
| 1701 Jan | William Walmisley | |
| 1701 | Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt | |
| 1705 | Sir Henry Gough | |
| 1708 | John Cotes | Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt |
| 1710 | Richard Dyott (1667-1719) | |
| 1715 | Walter Chetwynd | Samuel Hill (1691-1758) |
| 1718 Apr | William Sneyd | |
| 1718 Dec | Walter Chetwynd | |
| 1722 | Richard Plumer | |
| 1731 | George Venables-Vernon, later Baron Vernon | |
| 1734 | Sir Rowland Hill (1705-83) | |
| 1741 | Sir Lister Holte, Bt | |
| 1747 | Richard Leveson-Gower | Thomas Anson |
| 1753 Nov | Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Bt | |
| 1754 Jan | Henry Vernon | |
| 1754 Apr | Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham, later Marquess of Stafford |
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| 1755 | Henry Vernon | |
| 1761 | John Levett | |
| 1762 | Hugo Meynell | |
| 1768 | Thomas Gilbert | |
| 1770 | George Adams then Anson | |
| 1789 | Thomas Anson,later Viscount Anson | |
| 1795 | Lord Granville Leveson-Gower,later Earl Granville | |
| 1799 | Sir John Wrottesley, Bt, created Baron Wrottesley 1838 |
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| 1806 Feb | Sir George Anson | |
| 1806 Aug | George Granville Venables Vernon | |
| 1831 | Sir Edward Dolman Scott, Bt | |
| 1837 | Lord Alfred Henry Paget | |
| 1841 | Granville George Leveson-Gower, Baron Leveson, later Earl Granville |
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| 1846 | Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn,later Baron Mostyn | |
| 1847 | Thomas George Anson,Viscount Anson, later 2nd Earl of Lichfield |
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| 1854 | Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark | |
| 1856 | Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder,Viscount Sandon, later Earl of Harrowby |
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| 1859 | Augustus Henry Archibald Anson | |
| 1865 | Richard Dyott (1808-1891) |
MPs 1868-1950
one MP
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1868 | Richard Dyott (1808-1891) continuing | ||
| 1880 | Theophilus John Levett | ||
| 1885 | Sir John Swinburne | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Leonard Darwin | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1895 | Henry Charles Fulford | Liberal | |
| 1896 | Sir Courtenay Warner, Bt | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Coalition Liberal | ||
| 1922 | National Liberal | ||
| 1923 | Frank Hodges | Labour | |
| 1924 | Roderick Roy Wilson | Conservative | |
| 1929 | James Alexander Lovat-Fraser | Labour | |
| 1931 | National Labour | ||
| 1938 | Cecil Charles Poole | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
MPs 1997-present
The Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has represented this constituency since it was re-established in 1997. He was first elected for Mid Staffordshire, the constituency which formerly contained the city of Lichfield (in addition to Rugeley and Stone), in 1992.
Election results
| General Election 2005: Lichfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Fabricant | 21,274 | 48.6 | -0.5 | |
| Labour | Nigel Gardner | 14,194 | 32.4 | -6.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ian Jackson | 6,804 | 15.6 | +4.9 | |
| UKIP | Malcolm McKenzie | 1,472 | 3.4 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 7,080 | 16.2 | +5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 43,744 | 66.7 | +0.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Lichfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Fabricant | 20,480 | 49.1 | +6.2 | |
| Labour | Martin Machray | 16,054 | 38.5 | -3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Philip Bennion | 4,462 | 10.7 | -0.6 | |
| UKIP | John Phazey | 684 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,426 | 10.6 | |||
| Turnout | 41,680 | 65.9 | -11.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Lichfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Fabricant | 20,853 | 42.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Susan Woodward | 20,615 | 42.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Philip Bennion | 5,473 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | G. Seward | 1,652 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 238 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 77.5 | N/A | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
See also
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