Bromsgrove and Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Bromsgrove and Redditch
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
February 1974 (February 1974)–1983 (1983)
Number of members one

Bromsgrove and Redditch was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Bromsgrove and Redditch in Worcestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Bromsgrove constituency.

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Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
Feb 1974 Hal Miller Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove

Election results

General Election 1979: Bromsgrove and Redditch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hal Miller 18,326 44.7 −1.4
Liberal Peter Davley 17,896 38.0 +10.9
Labour Sarah Pillard 5,702 13.9 -10.9
National Front William Young 1,383 4.4 +3.0
Majority 430 6.7
Turnout 43,307 98.0 +3.6
Conservative hold Swing 0.0
General Election October 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hal Miller 27,005 49.9 +1.4
Labour Sarah Pillard 11,541 31.0 -0.9
Liberal Peter Davley 2,659 8.9 +0.7
National Front William Young 972 1.4 0.0
Majority 15,464 9.8
Turnout 42,177 91.2 0.0
Conservative hold Swing 0.0

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