Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)

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Redditch Borough constituency

Redditch shown within Worcestershire, and Worcestershire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Jacqui Smith
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Worcestershire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Redditch 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This seat contains the whole of the borough of Redditch, and in 1997 was expanded to include nearby Tory-voting villages of Inkberrow, Cookhill and Feckenham. Labour will have to rely on the new town of Redditch itself to retain the seat.

[edit] Members of Parliament

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1997 — present: Jacqui Smith, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Redditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Smith	18,012	44.7	−0.9
	Conservative	Karen Lumley	15,296	38.0	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Hicks	5,602	13.9	+3.6
	UK Independence	John Paul Ison	1,381	3.4	0.0
Majority			2,716	6.7
Turnout			40,291	62.8	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	0.0

General Election 2001: Redditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Smith	16,899	45.6	-4.2
	Conservative	Karen Lumley	14,415	38.9	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ashall	3,808	10.3	-0.7
	UK Independence	George Flynn	1,259	3.4	N/A
	Green	Richard Armstrong	651	1.8	N/A
Majority			2,484	6.7
Turnout			37,032	59.2	-14.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Redditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Smith	22,280	49.8	N/A
	Conservative	Anthea McIntyre	16,155	36.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Hall	4,935	11.0	N/A
	Referendum Party	R. Cox	1,151	3.4	N/A
	Natural Law	P. Davis	227	0.5	N/A
Majority			6,125		N/A
Turnout				73.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston \| Birmingham, Erdington \| Birmingham Hall Green \| \|Birmingham Hodge Hill \| Birmingham Northfield \| Birmingham Perry Barr \| Birmingham Selly Oak \| Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath \| Burton \| Cannock Chase \| Coventry North East \| Coventry North West \| Coventry South \| Dudley North \| Dudley South \| Halesowen and Rowley Regis \| Newcastle-under-Lyme \| North Warwickshire \| Nuneaton \| Redditch \| Stafford \| Staffordshire Moorlands \| Stoke-on-Trent Central \| Stoke-on-Trent North \| Stoke-on-Trent South \| Stourbridge \| Tamworth \| Telford \| Walsall North \| Walsall South \| Warley \| Warwick and Leamington \| West Bromwich East \| West Bromwich West \| Wolverhampton North East \| Wolverhampton South East \| Wolverhampton South West \| Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills \| Bromsgrove \| Leominster \| Lichfield \| Ludlow \| Meriden \| Mid Worcestershire \| North Shropshire \| Rugby and Kenilworth \| Shrewsbury and Atcham \| South Staffordshire \| Stone \| Stratford-on-Avon \| Sutton Coldfield \| The Wrekin \| West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley \| Hereford \| Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (2) \| UKIP (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)