List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
There are 8 Parliamentary constituencies in the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. From 1974 to 1998 the two counties were administratively and ceremonially one, called Hereford and Worcester, and the constituencies crossed the traditional county boundaries. This continued to be the case up to and including the 2005 general election, but since the 2010 general election two constituencies fall entirely within Herefordshire and six within Worcestershire. There are 2 Borough constituencies and 6 County constituencies.
Constituencies
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
Boundary change for the 2010 election
| Name | Pre-2010 boundaries | Current boundaries |
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Wholly or mainly in Herefordshire Wholly in Worcestershire |
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Proposed boundary changes
The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[3]
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 256,014 | 61.8% |  3.7%
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8 | 0 |
| Labour | 90,230 | 21.8% |  7.1%
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0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 47,798 | 11.5% | 5.3%
|
0 | 0 |
| Greens | 18,866 | 4.6% | 2.0%
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0 | 0 |
| Others | 1,222 | 0.3% | 3.9%
|
0 | 0 |
| Total | 414,130 | 100.0 | 8 |
Percentage votes
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 52.3 | 51.8 | 50.8 | 41.0 | 41.1 | 42.9 | 45.9 | 51.7 | 58.1 | 61.8 |
| Labour | 15.3 | 17.9 | 24.6 | 32.6 | 27.4 | 24.5 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 28.9 | 21.8 |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 31.4 | 29.7 | 23.1 | 21.9 | 19.4 | 21.8 | 25.3 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 11.5 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 1.0 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 4.2 | 15.4 | 2.1 | * |
| Other | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
2Dr Richard Taylor, standing as the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate
Maps
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Timeline
Green represents former constituencies, pink is for current ones.
Worcestershire
| Constituency | 1295-1554 | 1554-1604 | 1604-1605 | 1605-1832 | 1832-1885 | 1885-1918 | 1918-1950 | 1950-1974 | 1974-1983 | 1983-1997 | 1997-present |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bewdley | 1605-1950 | ||||||||||
| Bromsgrove | 1950-1974 | 1983-present | |||||||||
| Bromsgrove and Redditch | 1974-1983 | ||||||||||
| Droitwich | 1554-1918 | ||||||||||
| Dudley | 1832-1974 | ||||||||||
| East Worcestershire | 1832-1918 | ||||||||||
| Evesham | 1604-1950 | ||||||||||
| Kidderminster | 1832-1983 | ||||||||||
| Mid Worcestershire | 1983-present | ||||||||||
| North Worcestershire | 1885-1918 | ||||||||||
| Oldbury and Halesowen | 1950-1974 | ||||||||||
| Redditch | 1983-present | ||||||||||
| South Worcestershire | 1950-1997 | ||||||||||
| Stourbridge | 1918-1974 | In West Midlands | |||||||||
| West Worcestershire | 1832-1885 | 1997-present | |||||||||
| Worcester | 1295-present | ||||||||||
| Worcestershire | 1295-1832 | ||||||||||
| Wyre Forest | 1983-present | ||||||||||
Herefordshire
| Constituency | 1295-1628 | 1628-1832 | 1832-1885 | 1885-1918 | 1918-2010 | 2010-present |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford | 1295-2010 | |||||
| Hereford and South Herefordshire | 2010-present | |||||
| Herefordshire | 1295-1832 | |||||
| Leominster | 1295-2010 | |||||
| North Herefordshire | 2010-present | |||||
| Ross | 1885-1918 | |||||
| Weobley | 1628-1832 | |||||
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
1918 to 1950
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal
1950 to 1983
1983 to present
Conservative Health Concern Independent Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
See also
Footnotes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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- ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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