South Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Worcestershire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Worcestershire
1950 (1950)–1997 (1997)
Number of members One
Replaced by West Worcestershire, Mid Worcestershire

South Worcestershire was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Contents

History

Boundaries

The main settlements in the seat were Great Malvern and the market town of Evesham, which were transferred to the new seats of West Worcestershire and Mid Worcestershire respectively in 1997.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1950 Sir Rupert de la Bère Conservative
1955 Sir Peter Agnew Conservative
1966 Sir Gerald Nabarro Conservative
Feb 1974 Sir Michael Spicer Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see West Worcestershire, Mid Worcestershire

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Worcestershire South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Spicer 34,792 54.1 -1.2
Liberal Democrat PJ Chandler 18,641 29.0 -2.9
Labour N Knowles 9,727 15.1 +4.2
Green GHM Woodford 1,178 1.8 0.0
Majority 16,151 25.1 +1.7
Turnout 64,338 80.3 +4.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.9

Notes and references

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  2. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.