Lichfield and Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Lichfield and Tamworth | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Lichfield and Tamworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Lichfield and Tamworth in Staffordshire. It 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 system.
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Mid Staffordshire constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Julian Snow | Labour | |
1970 | James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid | Conservative | |
Oct 1974 | Bruce Grocott | Labour | |
1979 | John Heddle | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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General election, May 1979 [1] Electorate: 101,343 Turnout: 81.25% | Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 8,448 (10.36%) | John Heddle | Conservative | 41,454 | 50.34 | |||
Bruce Grocott | Labour | 33,006 | 40.08 | |||||
P Rule | Liberal | 7,408 | 9.00 | |||||
P Wallace | National Front | 475 | 0.58 | |||||
General election, October 1974 [2] Electorate: 89,752 Turnout: 78.16% | Labour gain from Conservatives Majority: 331 (0.47%) | Bruce Grocott | Labour | 29,872 | 42.58 | |||
James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid | Conservative | 29,541 | 42.11 | |||||
P Rule | Liberal | 10,741 | 15.31 | |||||
General election, May 1974 [2] Electorate: 89,000 Turnout: 82.77% | Conservative hold Majority: 1,807 (2.45%) | James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid | Conservative | 30,659 | 41.62 | |||
Bruce Grocott | Labour | 28,852 | 39.17 | |||||
D Elliot | Liberal | 14,151 | 19.21 | |||||
General election, June 1970 [2] Electorate: 82.257 Turnout: 74.18% | Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 1,976 (3.98%) | James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid | Conservative | 31,724 | 51.99 | |||
Terry Pitt | Labour | 29,298 | 48.01 | |||||
General election, March 1966 [2] Electorate: 65,728 Turnout: 78.82% | Labour hold Majority: 4,134 (7.98%) | Julian Snow | Labour | 27,971 | 53.99 | |||
BA Webb | Conservative | 23,837 | 46.01 | |||||
General election, October 1964 [2] Electorate: 57,679 Turnout: 80.93% | Labour hold Majority: 3,816 (8.18%) | Julian Snow | Labour | 22,644 | 48.51 | |||
K Dunkley | Conservative | 18,828 | 40.34 | |||||
AH Extance | Liberal | 5,206 | 11.15 | |||||
General election, October 1959 [2] Electorate: 50,240 Turnout: 81.87% | Labour hold Majority: 1,550 (3.77%) | Julian Snow | Labour | 21,341 | 51.88 | |||
FR Roberts | Conservative | 19,791 | 48.12 | |||||
General election, May 1955 [2] Electorate: 48,250 Turnout: 80.91% | Labour hold Majority: 3,105 (7.95%) | Julian Snow | Labour | 21,071 | 53.98 | |||
JOT Blow | Conservative | 17,966 | 46.02 | |||||
General election, October 1951 [2] Electorate: 64,045 Turnout: 85.51% | Labour hold Majority: 2,885 (5.27%) | Julian Snow | Labour | 28,826 | 52.63 | |||
G Hampson | Conservative | 25,941 | 47.37 | |||||
General election, February 1950 [2] New constituency Electorate: 62,452 Turnout: 86.27% | Labour win Majority: 4,518 (8.39%) | Julian Snow | Labour | 29,199 | 54.19 | |||
SA Ward | Conservative | 24,681 | 45.81 |