Mid Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Mid Worcestershire County constituency |
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| Mid Worcestershire shown within Worcestershire, and Worcestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Peter Luff |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Worcestershire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Mid 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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[edit] Boundaries
The present Mid Worcestershire constituency, which has existed since 1997, covers central and south-eastern parts of the county of Worcestershire. It covers most of the Wychavon district, including Broadway, Droitwich and Evesham, but excluding the areas around Pershore (which is in the Worcestershire West constituency) and around Inkberrow (in the Redditch constituency).
The original constituency, which was established in 1983, covered a much different area. Situated to the north of Worcester, it contained the towns of Droitwich and Redditch.
[edit] History
Eric Forth of the Conservative Party represented the original Mid Worcestershire constituency from 1983 until 1997. Following the considerable boundary changes (described above) that took effect at the 1997 general election, Peter Luff (whose Worcester constituency considerably overlapped the new seat) was selected as the Conservative candidate. (Eric Forth was subsequently elected for Bromley and Chislehurst.) Peter Luff has remained as MP since then.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 1997: Eric Forth, Conservative
- 1997 – present: Peter Luff, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Mid Worcestershire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Luff | 24,783 | 51.5 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | Matthew Gregson | 11,456 | 23.8 | −3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Rowley | 9,796 | 20.4 | +1.6 | |
| UK Independence | Anthony Eaves | 2,092 | 4.3 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 13,327 | 27.7 | |||
| Turnout | 48,127 | 67.3 | +5.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Mid Worcestershire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Luff | 22,937 | 51.1 | ||
| Labour | David Bannister | 12,310 | 27.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Browne | 8,420 | 18.8 | ||
| UK Independence | Anthony Eaves | 1,230 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 10,627 | 23.7 | |||
| Turnout | 62.4 | ||||
