Bromsgrove and Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)
Bromsgrove and Redditch | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
February 1974–1983 | |
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.
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Bromsgrove and Redditch, and the Rural District of Bromsgrove (the civil parishes of Alvechurch, Belbroughton, Bentley Pauncefoot, Beoley, Clent, Cofton Hackett, Dodford with Grafton, Dodderhill, Frankley, Hagley, Hunnington, North Bromsgrove, Romsley, Stoke Prior, Tutnall and Cobley, Upton Warren, and Wythall).
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Hal Miller | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove & Mid Worcestershire |
Election results
General Election 1979: Bromsgrove and Redditch | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hal Miller | 44,621 | 54.30 | ||
Labour | Terry Davis | 28,736 | 34.97 | ||
Liberal | Nigel Philips | 8,066 | 9.82 | ||
National Front | BA Deakin | 752 | 0.92 | ||
Majority | 15,885 | 19.33 | |||
Turnout | 78.73 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hal Miller | 31,153 | 44.56 | ||
Labour | Terry Davis | 29,085 | 41.60 | ||
Liberal | P Kelway | 9,679 | 13.84 | ||
Majority | 2,068 | 2.96 | |||
Turnout | 79.59 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hal Miller | 33,125 | 45.14 | ||
Labour | Terry Davis | 29,536 | 40.25 | ||
Liberal | GE Cartwright | 10,726 | 14.62 | ||
Majority | 3,589 | 4.89 | |||
Turnout | 84.28 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
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