South Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Worcestershire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Worcestershire
1950–1997
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.

Boundaries

1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Evesham, the Urban District of Malvern, and the Rural Districts of Evesham (the civil parishes of Abbots Morton, Aldington, Ashton under Hill, Aston Somerville, Badsey, Beckford, Bickmarsh, Bretforton, Broadway, Childs Wickham, Church Honeybourne, Church Lench, Cleeve Priors, Conderton, Cow Honeybourne, Harvington, Hinton on the Green, Honeybourne, Inkberrow, Kemerton, North and Middle Littleton, Norton and Lenchwick, Offenham, Overbury, Pebworth, Rous Lench, Sedgeberrow, South Littleton, and Wickhamford), Pershore, and Upton-upon-Severn.

1983-1997: The District of Malvern Hills wards of Chase, Kempsey, Langland, Link, Longdon, Morton, Powyke, Priory, Ripple, The Hanleys, Trinity, Upton-upon-Severn, Wells, and West, and the District of Wychavon wards of Badsey, Bredon, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway, Eckington, Elmley Castle, Evesham East, Evesham Hampton, Evesham North, Evesham South, Evesham West, Fladbury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Pershore Holy Cross, Pershore St Andrew's, Somerville, South Bredon Hill, The Littletons, and Wickhamford.

The main settlements in the seat were Great Malvern, Pershore, and the market town of Evesham. At the 1997 general election, Great Malvern and Pershore were transferred to the new seat of West Worcestershire and Evesham was transferred to the redrawn seat of Mid Worcestershire.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[1]PartyNotes
1950 Rupert de la Bère Conservative Previously MP for Evesham from 1935
1955 Peter Agnew Conservative
1966 Gerald Nabarro Conservative Died in office November 1973; no by-election held
Feb 1974 Michael Spicer Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Mid Worcestershire & West Worcestershire

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: South Worcestershire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rupert de la Bère 26,948
Labour John Patrick Tennyson Hopwood 15,668
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: South Worcestershire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rupert de la Bère 27,229
Labour John Patrick Tennyson Hopwood 14,434
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: South Worcestershire[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Garnett Agnew 26,811
Labour Eric L J Thorne 13,831
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: South Worcestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Peter Garnett Agnew 25,824
Labour David W Young 10,884
Liberal Dr. Emrys Hilary L Harries 6,890
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: South Worcestershire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Peter Garnett Agnew 23,740
Liberal Stephen Patrick William Drewer 11,503
Labour Anthony J Batchelor 11,137
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966: South Worcestershire[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth A Gulleford 13,114
Conservative Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro 24,198
Liberal Robin G Otter 9,476
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Worcestershire South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro 30,648 60.39
Labour Adrian Edward Bailey 12,839 25.30
Liberal John C Hall 7,262 14.31
Majority 17,809 35.09
Turnout 70,395 72.09
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Worcestershire South[9]
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. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  5. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  6. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  9. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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