Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Tamworth | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Tamworth in Staffordshire | |
![]() Location of Staffordshire within England | |
County | Staffordshire |
Electorate | 72,544 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Christopher Pincher (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South East Staffordshire |
1885–1945 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
1567–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Tamworth is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Christopher Pincher, a Conservative.[n 2]
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Birmingham, the Sessional Divisions of Birmingham and Solihull, part of the Sessional Divisions of Atherstone and Coleshill, and part of the Municipal Borough of Tamworth.
1918-1945: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, the Rural Districts of Meriden and Solihull, and part of the Rural District of Tamworth.
1997-2010: The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, and Tame.
2010-present: The Borough of Tamworth (the wards of Amington, Belgrave, Bolehall, Castle, Glascote, Mercian, Spital, Stonydelph, Trinity, and Wilnecote), and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease and Tame, Shenstone, and Stonnall.
History
The present Tamworth Constituency replaced the old South East Staffordshire constituency for the 1997 general election.
A previous Tamworth constituency existed from 1563 until it was abolished for the 1945 general election. It elected two MPs until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one MP by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
- Political history
Since its 1997 recreation the seat has been a bellwether, reflecting the largest party in terms of seats in the House of Commons with the largest share of the vote for the candidate locally.
- Prominent members
The Prime Minister and leader of the breakaway Tory group, the Peelites, Sir Robert Peel, represented the area for a long period 1830-1850, as did his father, brother and son at different periods. His father and son, also named Robert, also shared the baronetcy gained by his father, which gave them the automatic right to the style "Sir".
Constituency profile
The constituency is convenient for all of the West Midlands conurbation and has considerable local employment. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.9% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]
Members of Parliament
MPs before 1660
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1275–1559 | No representation or records[3] | |
1563–1567 | Michael Harcourt | Robert Harcourt |
1571 | Edward Lewknor | John Bullock |
1572–1583 | Lancelot Bostock | John Nuttall |
1584–1585 | John Breton | Clement Fisher |
1586–1587 | Walter Bagot | John Ferrers |
1588–1589 | Sir Edward Devereux | Robert Wright |
1593 | John Ferrers | Thomas Smith |
1597–1598 | William Temple[4] | George Hyde |
1601 | George Egeock | Robert Burdett |
1604 | Sir Percival Willoughby replaced in by-election in 1604 by Sir Thomas Beaumont |
John Ferrers |
1614 | Sir Thomas Roe | Sir Percival Willoughby |
1621 | Sir Thomas Puckering | John Ferrar |
1624–1625 | John Woodford | John Wightwick |
1625 | Sir Thomas Puckering | Sir Richard Skeffington |
1626 | Sir Thomas Puckering | Sir Walter Devereux |
1628–1629 | Sir Thomas Puckering | Sir Walter Devereux |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640 (Apr) | Sir Simon Archer[5] | George Abbot |
1640 (Nov) | Ferdinando Stanhope (Royalist), killed 1643[6] | Henry Wilmot (Royalist), expelled 1641.[7] |
1645 | George Abbot (Parliamentarian) | Sir Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian) |
1648 | George Abbot (Parliamentarian) | Sir Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian) |
1653 | Tamworth not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
1654 | Tamworth not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament | |
1656 | Tamworth not represented in 2nd Protectorate Parliament | |
1659 | Maj. Gen. Tobias Bridge | Edward Keeling |
MPs 1660–1885
Year | First member[8] | First party | Second member[8] | Second party | ||
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style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1660 | Richard Newdigate | Thomas Fox | ||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| | 1661 | Amos Walrond | John Swinfen | ||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1669 | John Ferrers | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1670 | John Boyle, Lord Clifford | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="3"| | Feb 1679 | Sir Thomas Thynne, Bt | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Aug 1679 | Sir Andrew Hacket | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1681 | John Swinfen | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="5" | | 1685 | Richard Howe | Sir Henry Gough | ||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jan 1689 | Henry Sidney | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | May 1689 | Henry Boyle | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1690 | Michael Biddulph | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="5" | | 1695 | Thomas Guy | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1698 | John Chetwynd | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1699 | Sir Henry Gough | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1701 | Henry Thynne | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="3"| | 1702 | Joseph Girdler | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1708 | Richard Swinfen | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="3"| | 1710 | Samuel Bracebridge | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1715 | William Inge | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="3"| | 1722 | Francis Willoughby | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1723 | Richard Swinfen | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jan 1727 | Hon. George Compton | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Aug 1727 | William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin | Hon. Thomas Willoughby | ||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1734 | Lord John Philip Sackville | Hon. George Compton | ||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1735 | Charles Cotes | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1741 | John Floyer | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1742 | Charles Cotes | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1747 | Hon. Thomas Villiers | Sir Henry Harpur | ||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1748 | Sir Robert Burdett | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1756 | Viscount Villiers | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| | 1765 | Edward Thurlow | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Mar 1768 | William de Grey | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Nov 1768 | Charles Vernon | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| | 1774 | Thomas de Grey | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| | 1778 | Anthony Chamier | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| | Sep 1780 | John Courtenay | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Nov 1780 | John Calvert | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1784 | John Calvert II | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="5"| | 1790 | Sir Robert Peel | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1796 | Thomas Carter | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1802 | William Loftus | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1812 | Lord Charles Townshend | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| | 1818 | William Yates Peel | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| | 1820 | Lord Charles Townshend | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="5"| | 1830 | Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt | Tory | |||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1835 | William Yates Peel | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1837 | Edward Henry A'Court | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Jul 1847 | William Yates Peel | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| | Dec 1847 | John Townshend | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="7"| | 1850 | Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt | Liberal | |||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1856 | John Villiers Stuart Townshend | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1863 | John Peel | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1868 | Sir Henry Bulwer | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1871 | John Peel | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1872 | Robert William Hanbury | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| | 1878 | Hamar Alfred Bass | ||||
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1880 | Jabez Spencer Balfour |
1885–1945
Tamworth was reduced to having one member in 1885.
Year | Member | Whip | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Philip Muntz | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1909 | Sir Francis Newdegate | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1917 | Henry Wilson-Fox | Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Sir Percy Newson | Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1923 | Sir Edward Iliffe | Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1929 | Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland | Unionist |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1935 | Sir John Mellor | Conservative |
The seat was abolished in 1945.
MPs 1997–present
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Brian Jenkins | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Christopher Pincher | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Pincher[10] | 23,606 | 50.0 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Carol Dean[10] | 12,304 | 26.1 | -6.6 | |
UKIP | Janet Higgins[10] | 8,727 | 18.5 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Pinkett[10] | 1,427 | 3.0 | -13.2 | |
Green | Nicola Holmes[10] | 1,110 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 11,302 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 65.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Pincher | 21,238 | 45.8 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Brian Jenkins | 15,148 | 32.7 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Pinkett[13] | 7,516 | 16.2 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Steven Fowler | 2,253 | 4.9 | +2.1 | |
Christian | Charlene Detheridge | 235 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,090 | 13.1 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,390 | 63.8 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +9.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Jenkins | 18,801 | 43.0 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher Pincher | 16,232 | 37.1 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Bennion | 6,175 | 14.1 | +2.4 | |
Veritas | Patrick Eston | 1,320 | 3.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Tom Simpson | 1,212 | 2.8 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 2,569 | 5.9 | −6.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,740 | 61.0 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Jenkins | 19,722 | 49.0 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Luise Gunter | 15,124 | 37.6 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Pinkett | 4,721 | 11.7 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Sootheran | 683 | 1.7 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 4,598 | 11.4 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,250 | 57.8 | −16.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Jenkins | 25,808 | 51.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lady Lightbown | 18,312 | 36.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Pinkett | 4,025 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Referendum | D. Livesey | 1,163 | 2.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | C. A. Lamb | 369 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | C. Twelvetrees | 177 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,496 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,854 | 74.2 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Sir John Serocold Mellor
- Liberal: Sir Robert Peel
- Labour: Michael Patrick Fogarty[17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir John Mellor, Bt | 42,675 | 79.47 | ||
Labour | J Yates | 11,026 | 20.53 | ||
Majority | 31,649 | 58.94 | |||
Turnout | 64.72 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt | 41,571 | 84.67 | ||
Labour | J Willbery | 7,525 | 15.33 | ||
Majority | 34,046 | 69.35 | |||
Turnout | 73.92 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Edward Mauger Iliffe | 29,807 | 67.4 | ||
Labour | George Horwill | 14,402 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 15,405 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 73.6 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Edward Mauger Iliffe | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "Tamworth Parliamentary Borough 1275–1832". The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ Richard Cust, ‘Archer, Sir Simon (1581–1662)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http||//www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/626], accessed 8 November 2008
- ^ Collin's Peerage of England by Sir Egerton Brydges, K.J.|| in nine volumes|| VOL. III 1812|| Earl of Chesterfield p. 423
- ^ Oswald Barron, 'The Wild Wilmots', The Ancestor XI (1904), 5.
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ ‘FOGARTY, Michael Patrick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 29 September 2014
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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