Bromsgrove and Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Bromsgrove and Redditch
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
February 1974 (February 1974)–1983 (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, when it was largely replaced by the new Bromsgrove constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Hal Miller	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove

Election results

General Election 1979: Bromsgrove and Redditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	18,326	44.7	−1.4
	Liberal	Peter Davley	17,896	38.0	+10.9
	Labour	Sarah Pillard	5,702	13.9	-10.9
	National Front	William Young	1,383	4.4	+3.0
Majority			430	6.7
Turnout			43,307	98.0	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

General Election October 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	27,005	49.9	+1.4
	Labour	Sarah Pillard	11,541	31.0	-0.9
	Liberal	Peter Davley	2,659	8.9	+0.7
	National Front	William Young	972	1.4	0.0
Majority			15,464	9.8
Turnout			42,177	91.2	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)