Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)
| Bromsgrove | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. |
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 Location of Worcestershire within England. |
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| County | Worcestershire |
| Electorate | 73,279 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Sajid Javid (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Bromsgrove & Redditch |
| 1950–1974 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Replaced by | Bromsgrove & Redditch |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
Bromsgrove is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. The current MP is Sajid Javid of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2010 general election.
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[edit] Boundaries
It covers the same area as Bromsgrove District Council, North Worcestershire with its twenty parishes. The constituency includes the villages of Alvechurch, Barnt Green, Belbroughton, Blackwell, Clent, Cofton Hackett, Hagley, Hollywood, Lickey, Tardebigge, and Wythall.
[edit] History
The borough of Bromsgrove returned two members to Parliament in 1294, Thomas Rassall and Thomas Barneford, but not to any subsequent one.[2]
Since its split with neighbouring Redditch in 1983 (by which time the population of both towns had grown significantly over the previous 20 years), it has always returned a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
The MP from 1997 to 2010, Julie Kirkbride, announced on 28 May 2009 that she would be standing down as an MP at the next General Election in the light of the expenses scandal and a petition against her.[1] Her resignation was confirmed in December 2009, after an attempt to withdraw it.[3]
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1950–1974
| Election | Member [4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Michael Higgs | Conservative | |
| 1955 | James Dance | Conservative | |
| 1971 by-election | Terry Davis | Labour | |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove & Redditch | ||
[edit] MPs since 1983
| Election | Member [4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sir Hal Miller | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Roy Thomason | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Julie Kirkbride | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Sajid Javid | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Bromsgrove [5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sajid Javid | 22,558 | 43.7 | -7.3 | |
| Labour | Sam Burden | 11,250 | 21.8 | -8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Philip Ling | 10,124 | 19.6 | +4.6 | |
| UKIP | Steven Morson | 2,950 | 5.7 | +1.7 | |
| Bromsgrove Independent Conservative | Adrian Kriss | 2,182 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| BNP | Elizabeth Wainwright | 1,923 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mark France | 336 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ken Wheatley | 307 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,308 | 21.9 | |||
| Turnout | 51,630 | 70.6 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Bromsgrove | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julie Kirkbride | 24,387 | 51.0 | −0.7 | |
| Labour | David Jones | 14,307 | 29.9 | −4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sue Haswell | 7,197 | 15.1 | +3.2 | |
| UKIP | Paul Buckingham | 1,919 | 4.0 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 10,080 | 21.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,810 | 67.6 | +0.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Bromsgrove | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julie Kirkbride | 23,640 | 51.7 | +4.6 | |
| Labour | Peter McDonald | 15,502 | 33.9 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Margaret Rowley | 5,430 | 11.9 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Ian Gregory | 1,112 | 2.4 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 8,138 | 17.8 | |||
| Turnout | 45,684 | 67.1 | −10.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Bromsgrove[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roy Thomason | 31,709 | 54.1 | −0.7 | |
| Labour | Ms. CMV Mole | 18,007 | 30.7 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ms. AJ Cassin | 8,090 | 13.8 | −8.2 | |
| Green | JC Churchman | 856 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,702 | 23.4 | −8.1 | ||
| Turnout | 58,662 | 82.5 | +6.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1983: Bromsgrove | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Hal Miller | 19,497 | 37.5 | N/A | |
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | Peter Davley | 18,996 | 36.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Karen Trentom | 1,488 | 10.1 | N/A | |
| National Front | William Young | 1,389 | 3.35 | N/A | |
| Majority | 501 | 1.5 | |||
| Turnout | 41,370 | 85 | N/A | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Treadway Russell Nash, History and Antiquities of the County of Worcester I (1781), introduction, xxxii.
- ^ Times online
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
- ^ Bromsgrove UK Polling
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
