| West Worcestershire County constituency |
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| West Worcestershire shown within Worcestershire, and Worcestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1832, 1997 |
| MP: | Sir Michael Spicer |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Worcestershire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
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.
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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.
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History
Present constituency
The present constituency of West Worcestershire was created in 1997.
1832-1885 constituency
| Worcestershire West County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
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 | ||
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| 1832 | Hon. Henry Lygon | Hon. Thomas Foley | Whig | |||
| 1833 by-election | Henry Winnington | |||||
| 1841 | Fredrick Knight | |||||
| 1853 by-election | Viscount Elmley | |||||
| 1863 by-election | Hon. Frederick Lygon | Conservative | ||||
| 1866 by-election | William Edward Dowdeswell | |||||
| 1876 by-election | 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 | |
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| 1997 | Sir Michael Spicer | Conservative | |
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Burt | ||||
| Conservative | Harriett Baldwin | ||||
| UKIP | Caroline Bovey | ||||
| Green | Malcolm Victory | ||||
| English Democrats | Frederick Bishop | ||||
| General Election 2005: West Worcestershire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Michael Spicer | 20,959 | 44.5 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Michael Spicer | 20,597 | 46.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Michael Spicer | 22,223 | 45.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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
Reference: Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2208 The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 3) Order 1987 [1]
External links
- West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats
- Official website of Richard Burt, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate
- West Worcestershire Conservative Association
- West Worcestershire Conservative Future
- Official website of MP Sir Michael Spicer
- Official website of Harriett Baldwin, Parliamentary Candidate
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