Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tamworth
County constituency

Tamworth shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England
Created: 1563, 1997
MP: Brian Jenkins
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Staffordshire
EP constituency: West Midlands

Tamworth is a parliamentary 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

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[edit] History

The present Tamworth Constituency replaced the old South East Staffordshire constituency for the 1997 general election.

A previous Tamworth constituency existed from 1563 until it was abolished for the 1945 general election. It elected two MPs until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one MP by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs before 1660

  • 1588-89 Sir Edward Devereux, 1st Baronet
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[edit] MPs 1660-1885

Year First member First party Second member Second party
1660 Richard Newdigate Thomas Fox
1661 Amos Walrond John Swinfen
1669 John Ferrers
1670 John Boyle, Lord Clifford
Feb 1679 Sir Thomas Thynne, Bt
Aug 1679 Sir Andrew Hacket
1681 John Swinfen
1685 Richard Howe Sir Henry Gough
Jan 1689 Henry Sidney
May 1689 Henry Boyle
1690 Michael Biddulph
1695 Thomas Guy
1698 John Chetwynd
1699 Sir Henry Gough
1701 Henry Thynne
1702 Joseph Girdler
1708 Richard Swinfen
1710 Samuel Bracebridge
1715 William Inge
1722 Francis Willoughby
1723 Richard Swinfen
Jan 1727 Hon. George Compton
Aug 1727 William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin Hon. Thomas Willoughby
1734 Lord John Philip Sackville Hon. George Compton
1735 Charles Cotes
1741 John Floyer
1742 Charles Cotes
1747 Hon. Thomas Villiers Sir Henry Harpur
1748 Sir Robert Burdett
1756 Viscount Villiers
1765 Edward Thurlow
Mar 1768 William de Grey
Nov 1768 Charles Vernon
1774 Thomas de Grey
1778 Anthony Chamier
Sep 1780 John Courtenay
Nov 1780 John Calvert
1784 John Calvert II
1790 Sir Robert Peel
1796 Thomas Carter
1802 William Loftus
1812 Lord Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend
1818 William Yates Peel
1820 Lord Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend
1830 Sir Robert Peel
1835 William Yates Peel
1837 Edward Henry A'Court
Jul 1847 William Yates Peel
Dec 1847 John Townshend
1850 Sir Robert Peel
1856 John Villiers Stuart Townshend
1863 John Peel
1868 Sir Henry Bulwer
1871 John Peel
1872 Robert William Hanbury
1878 Hamar Alfred Bass
1880 Jabez Spencer Balfour

[edit] 1885-1945

Tamworth was reduced to having one member in 1885.

Election Member Party
1885 Sir Philip Albert Muntz
1909 Sir Francis Newdegate
1917 Henry Wilson-Fox
1922 Sir Percy Wilson Newson, Bt
1923 Edward Iliffe Conservative
1929 Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt Conservative
1935 Sir John Mellor, Bt Conservative

The seat was abolished in 1945.

[edit] MPs 1997-present

Election Member Party
1997 Brian Jenkins Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Jenkins 18,801 43.0 -6.0
Conservative Christopher Pincher 16,232 37.1 -0.5
Liberal Democrat Phillip Bennion 6,175 14.1 +2.4
Veritas Patrick Eston 1,320 3.0 N/A
UK Independence Tom Simpson 1,212 2.8 +1.1
Majority 2,569 5.9 -6.5
Turnout 43,740 61.0 +3.2
Labour hold Swing -2.8
General Election 2001: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Jenkins 19,722 49.0 -2.8
Conservative Luise Gunter 15,124 37.6 +0.8
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Pinkett 4,721 11.7 +3.7
UK Independence Paul Sootheran 683 1.7 +1.0
Majority 4,598 11.4
Turnout 40,250 57.8 -16.3
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Jenkins 25,808 51.8 N/A
Conservative Lady Lightbown 18,312 36.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Pinkett 4,025 8.1 N/A
Referendum Party D. Livesey 1,163 2.3 N/A
UK Independence C. A. Lamb 369 0.7 N/A
Liberal C. Twelvetrees 177 0.4 N/A
Majority 7,496 N/A
Turnout 74.2 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
vacant. Last was Newport (Isle of Wight) in 1827		 Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1834 – 1835		 Succeeded by
vacant. Next was this constituency in 1841
Preceded by
vacant. Last was this constituency in 1835		 Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1841 – 1846		 Succeeded by
City of London
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)
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