West Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Worcestershire County constituency
West Worcestershire shown within Worcestershire, and Worcestershire shown within England
Created:	1832, 1997
MP:	Michael Spicer
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Worcestershire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

West Worcestershire is a 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 system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Boundaries

West Worcestershire covers the south and the west of Worcestershire. It does not include Worcester. It is largely rural and is sparsely populated compared to Worcester and much of the north of the county.

The largest town in the constituency is Malvern. Others towns include: Upton-upon-Severn, Pershore

[edit] History

The constituency of West Worcestershire was first created in 1997 and is currently represented by Sir Michael Spicer, who is best known as the chairman of the Conservative's group of backbench MPs the 1922 Committee.

An earlier constituency of Worcestershire West was created in 1832 following the Reform Act which radically changed the boundaries of many British parliametary constituencies. It was created by the division of the old of Worcestershire (which had existed since 1660) into Worcestershire West and Worcestershire East. The seat then existed, basically unchanged, until 1885. In that year it was abolished and the constituency was variously incorporated into the seats of Bewdley, Droitwich, Evesham, Worcestershire East and Worcestershire North.Throughout the period 1832 to 1885 it was a two member constituency (meaning that as a constituency it returned two MPs).

[edit] Members of Parliament

Worcestershire West

• 1832 – 1853: Henry Lygon, later 4th Earl Beauchamp
• 1832 – 1833: Thomas Foley, later 4th Baron Foley
• 1833 – 1841: Henry Winnington
• 1841 – 1885: Fredrick Knight
• 1853 – 1863: Henry Lygon, later 5th Earl Beauchamp
• 1863 – 1866: Frederick Lygon, later 6th Earl Beauchamp
• 1866 – 1876: William Edward Dowdeswell
• 1876 – 1885: Sir Edmund Lechmere

Seat abolished

West Worcestershire

• 1997 – present: Sir Michael Spicer, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: West Worcestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Spicer	20,959	44.5	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Wells	18,484	39.3	+5.3
	Labour	Qamar Bhatti	4,945	10.5	−3.5
	UK Independence	Caroline Bovey	1,590	3.4	−0.1
	Green	Malcolm Victory	1,099	2.3	−0.2
Majority			2,475	5.3
Turnout			47,077	70.3	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.4

General Election 2001: West Worcestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Spicer	20,597	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hadley	15,223	34.0
	Labour	Waquar Azmi	6,275	14.0
	UK Independence	Ian Morris	1,574	3.5
	Green	Malcolm Victory	1,138	2.5
Majority			5,374	12.0
Turnout				67.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: West Worcestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Spicer	22,223	45.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hadley	18,377	37.2	N/A
	Labour	Neil Stone	7,738	15.7	N/A
	Green	S. Cameron	1,006	2.0	N/A
Majority			3,846		N/A
Turnout				76.3	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

[edit] References

Reference: Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2208 The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 3) Order 1987 [1]

[edit] External links

• West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats
• West Worcestershire Conservative Association
• West Worcestershire Conservative Future
• Official website of MP Sir Michael Spicer
• Official website of Harriett Baldwin, Parliamentary Candidate

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston | Birmingham, Erdington | Birmingham Hall Green | Birmingham Hodge Hill | Birmingham Northfield | Birmingham Perry Barr | Birmingham Selly Oak | Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Burton | Cannock Chase | Coventry North East | Coventry North West | Coventry South | Dudley North | Dudley South | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton | Redditch | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Stoke-on-Trent North | Stoke-on-Trent South | Stourbridge | Tamworth | Telford | Walsall North | Walsall South | Warley | Warwick and Leamington | West Bromwich East | West Bromwich West | Wolverhampton North East | Wolverhampton South East | Wolverhampton South West | Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills | Bromsgrove | Leominster | Lichfield | Ludlow | Meriden | Mid Worcestershire | North Shropshire | Rugby and Kenilworth | Shrewsbury and Atcham | South Staffordshire | Stone | Stratford-on-Avon | Sutton Coldfield | The Wrekin | West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley | Hereford | Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (2) | UKIP (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)