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. It was created in 1997 following major changes to the Mid Worcestershire constituency.

The current incumbent is the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

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[edit] Boundaries

This seat contains the whole of the borough of Redditch. To make the size of the constituency suitable, the nearby villages of Inkberrow, Cookhill and Feckenham were included upon the constituency's creation[1] in 1997.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Lumley
UK Independence Jonathan Oakton
Labour Jacqui Smith


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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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

v • d • e
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
Liberal Democrat
Health Concern
Independent
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (2) • UKIP (1) • Liberal Democrats (1)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Letter from Jacqui Smith to the Boundary Commission
  2. ^ Redditch, UKPollingReport
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