West Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Worcestershire
County constituency

West Worcestershire shown within Worcestershire, and Worcestershire shown within England
Created: 1832, 1997
MP: 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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[edit] Boundaries

West Worcestershire covers the south and the west of Worcestershire. It does not include Worcester. It is largely rural and is sparsely populated compared to Worcester and much of the north of the county.

The largest town in the constituency is Malvern. Others towns include: Upton-upon-Severn, Pershore

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[edit] History

The constituency of West Worcestershire was first created in 1997 and is currently represented by Sir Michael Spicer, who is best known as the chairman of the Conservative's group of backbench MPs the 1922 Committee.

Worcestershire West
County constituency
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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1832-1885

Worcestershire West
Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 Henry Lygon Thomas Foley Whig
1833 by-election Henry Winnington
1841 Fredrick Knight
1853 by-election Henry Lygon
1863 by-election Frederick Lygon Conservative
1866 by-election William Edward Dowdeswell
1876 by-election Sir Edmund Lechmere
1885 constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1997-present

West Worcestershire

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: West Worcestershire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 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
UK Independence 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Spicer 20,597 46.0
Liberal Democrat Michael Hadley 15,223 34.0
Labour Waquar Azmi 6,275 14.0
UK Independence Ian Morris 1,574 3.5
Green Malcolm Victory 1,138 2.5
Majority 5,374 12.0
Turnout 67.1
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: West Worcestershire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Reference: Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2208 The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 3) Order 1987 [1]

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