Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards}}

{{For|the Australian constituency|Electoral district of Tamworth}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Tamworth

|parliament = uk

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}

|caption = Boundaries since 2024

|image2 = File:West Midlands - Tamworth constituency.svg

|caption2 = Boundary of Tamworth in West Midlands region

|year = 1997

|abolished =

|type = County

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = South East Staffordshire

|next =

|year2 = 1885

|abolished2 = 1945

|type2 = County

|elects_howmany2 = One

|previous2 =

|next2 =

|year3 = 1567

|abolished3 = 1885

|type3 = Borough

|previous3 =

|next3 =

|elects_howmany3 = Two

|electorate = 72,544 (December 2010){{cite web|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|title=Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England|date=4 March 2011|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|access-date=13 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|archive-date=6 November 2010}}

|region = England

|county = Staffordshire

|mp = Sarah Edwards

|party =

|towns = Tamworth, Fazeley, Wilnecote

}}

Tamworth is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, based on the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. The seat is currently represented by Sarah Edwards of the Labour Party, re-elected in the UK 2024 general election.

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.

2010–2024: The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease and Tame, Shenstone, and Stonnall.

2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency comprises the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The District of Lichfield wards of: Bourne Vale; Fazeley; Little Aston & Stonnall; Mease Valley; Shenstone; Whittington & Streethay (excluding the parish of Streethay).
The Borough of Tamworth.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region}}

Minor adjustments to the boundary with Lichfield.{{Clarify|date=October 2024}}

History

The present Tamworth Constituency, a county constituency,{{Cite legislation UK |type=si |year=2007 |number=1681 |si=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 |schedule=0|date=13 June 2007 |accessdate=7 September 2023 }} 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 was a borough constituency that elected two MPs until the 1885 general election, when it was reincarnated as a single-MP constituency in the county of Warwickshire 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. However, the seat has heavily trended towards the Conservatives in the general elections up to 2019, with majorities in excess of 10,000 in both 2015 and 2017 and almost 20,000 in 2019.

In the October 2023 by-election caused by the resignation of Chris Pincher (Conservative), Sarah Edwards (Labour) was elected. The results were videoed.{{cite web |title= Video of Declaration of Result of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament for Tamworth on Thursday 19 October 2023 | date=22 October 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjpvh26Ip94|publisher=JAmedia.uk}} Whilst it was a 24% swing to Labour, the turnout was a comparatively low 35%.

In the 2024 general election, Eddie Hughes stood as the Conservative candidate; he was the incumbent MP for Walsall North, which had been abolished as a result of the 2023 boundary review. Edwards retained the seat with a slightly increased margin in numerical terms, but a lower percentage margin (3.1% versus 5.1%) due to the higher turnout.

=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

Income and wealth are around average for the UK. The area voted strongly for Brexit in 2016.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Tamworth

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.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] The Guardian

Members of Parliament

=MPs before 1660=

Parliament	First member	Second member
class="wikitable"
1275–1559	colspan = "2"\| No representation or records{{cite web \|url= http://www.the-staffordshire-encyclopaedia.co.uk/view.php?id=207\|title = Tamworth Parliamentary Borough 1275–1832\|publisher= The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia\|access-date= 25 October 2010}}
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{{Cite DNB\|wstitle=Temple, William (1555-1627)\|display=Temple, William (1555–1627)}}	George Hyde
1601	George Egeock	Robert Burdett
1604	Sir Percival Willoughby Chose to sit for Nottinghamshire, replaced 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	colspan = "2"\|No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	Sir Simon Archer{{cite ODNB\|first=Richard \|last=Cust \|title=Archer, Sir Simon (1581–1662) \|id=626 \|year=2004}}	George Abbot
1640 (Nov)	Ferdinando Stanhope (Royalist), killed 1643{{cite book \|title=Collin's Peerage of England \|first=Sir Egerton \|last=Brydges \|edition=nine volumes\|volume=III \|year=1812 \|chapter=Earl of Chesterfield \|page=423}}	Henry Wilmot (Royalist), expelled 1641.Oswald Barron, 'The Wild Wilmots', The Ancestor XI (1904), 5.
1645	George Abbot (Parliamentarian)	Sir Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian)
1648	George Abbot (Parliamentarian)	Sir Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian)
1653	colspan = "2"\| Tamworth not represented in Barebone's Parliament
1654	colspan = "2"\| Tamworth not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament
1656	colspan = "2"\| Tamworth not represented in 2nd Protectorate Parliament
1659	Maj. Gen. Tobias Bridge	Edward Keeling

=MPs 1660–1885=

class="wikitable"
Year	colspan="2"\|First member	First party	colspan="2"\|Second member	Second party{{Rayment-hc\|t\|1\|date=March 2012}}
1660 \| \|Richard Newdigate \| \| \| Thomas Fox \|
1661 \|	Amos Walrond \| \| rowspan="4" \| \| rowspan="4"\|John Swinfen \|rowspan="4"\|
1669 \| \|John Ferrers \|
1670 \| \|John Boyle, Lord Clifford \|
Feb 1679 \|rowspan="3" \| \|rowspan="3" \| Sir Thomas Thynne, Bt \|rowspan="3"\|
Aug 1679 \| \|Sir Andrew Hacket \|
1681 \| \|John Swinfen \|
1685 \| \|Richard Howe \| \|rowspan="5"\| \|rowspan="5" \| Sir Henry Gough \|rowspan="5"\|
Jan 1689 \| \|Henry Sidney \|
May 1689 \| \|Henry Boyle \|
1690 \| \|Michael Biddulph \|
1695 \|rowspan="5" \| \|rowspan="5" \|Thomas Guy \|rowspan="5" \|
1698 \| \|John Chetwynd \|
1699 \| \|Sir Henry Gough \|
1701 \| \|Henry Thynne \|
1702 \|rowspan="3"\| \|rowspan="3"\| Joseph Girdler \|rowspan="3"\|
1708 \| \|Richard Swinfen \|
1710 \|rowspan="3"\| \|rowspan="3"\| Samuel Bracebridge \|rowspan="3"\|
1715 \| \|William Inge \|
1722 \|rowspan="3"\| \|rowspan="3" \| Francis Willoughby \|rowspan="3"\|
1723 \| \|Richard Swinfen \|
Jan 1727 \| \|Hon. George Compton \|
Aug 1727 \|style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin \| Whig \| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|Hon. Thomas Willoughby \| Tory
1734 \|rowspan="4"\| \|rowspan="4"\|Lord John Sackville \|rowspan="4"\| \| \| Hon. George Compton \|
1735 \| \|Charles Cotes \|
1741 \| \|John Floyer \|
1742 \| \|Charles Cotes \|
1747 \|rowspan="4"\| \|rowspan="4" \| Hon. Thomas Villiers \|rowspan="4"\| \| \|Sir Henry Harpur \|
1748 \| \|Sir Robert Burdett \|
1756 \| \|Viscount Villiers \|
1765 \|rowspan="4"\| \|rowspan="4" \| Edward Thurlow \|rowspan="4"\|
Mar 1768 \| \|William de Grey \|
Nov 1768 \| \|Charles Vernon \|
1774 \|rowspan="2"\| \|rowspan="2"\| Thomas de Grey \|rowspan="2"\|
1778 \|rowspan="2"\| \|rowspan="2"\|Anthony Chamier \|rowspan="2"\|
Sep 1780 \|rowspan="4"\| \|rowspan="4"\| John Courtenay \|rowspan="4"\|
Nov 1780 \| \| John Calvert \|
1784 \| \|John Calvert II \|
1790 \|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|rowspan="5"\|Sir Robert Peel \|rowspan="5"\| Tory{{cite book \|last1=Stooks Smith \|first1=Henry \|title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive \|date=1845 \|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. \|location=London \|pages=48–50 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48 }}
1796 \| \|Thomas Carter \|
1802 \| \|William Loftus \|
1812 \| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|Lord Charles Townshend \| Whig
1818 \|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \|rowspan="2"\|William Yates Peel \|rowspan="2"\| Tory
1820 \|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|rowspan="3"\|Lord Charles Townshend \|rowspan="3"\| Whig
1830 \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}"\| \|rowspan="7"\| Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt \|Tory
1834 \|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}"\| \|rowspan="3" \| Conservative
1835 \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}"\| \|William Yates Peel \| Conservative
1837 \|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}"\| \|rowspan="2" \|Edward Henry A'Court \|rowspan="2" \| Conservative
1846 \|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Peelite}}" \| \|rowspan="3" \| Peelite{{cite ODNB\| title=Peel, Sir Robert, second baronet (1788–1850) \|last=Prest \|first=John \|id=21764 \|date=21 May 2009 \|orig-year=2004 \|freearticle=y}}
Jul 1847 \|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|William Yates Peel \| Conservative
Dec 1847 \|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|rowspan="2"\| John Townshend \|rowspan="2"\| Whig{{cite news \|title=Electioneering Intelligence \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000365/18471224/019/0003\|work=Carlisle Patriot \|date=24 December 1847 \|page=3 \|via = British Newspaper Archive\|url-access=subscription}}
1850 \|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Peelite}}" \| \|rowspan="8"\| Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt \|rowspan="2"\| Peelite{{cite DNB \|wstitle=Peel, Robert (1822-1895) \|last=Boase \|first=George Clement \|author-link=George Clement Boase \|volume= 44}}
1856 \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \|rowspan="2" \| John Townshend \|Whig{{cite news \|title=Leeds Intelligencer \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000193/18560209/092/0005 \|date=9 February 1856 \|page=5 \|via = British Newspaper Archive\|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news \|title=Money Market and City Intelligence \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18560208/021/0004\|work=London Evening Standard \|date=8 February 1856 \|page=4 \|via = British Newspaper Archive\|url-access=subscription}}
1859 \|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \| rowspan="6" \| Liberal \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \| Liberal
1863 \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \|John Peel \| Liberal
1868 \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \|Sir Henry Bulwer \| Liberal
1871 \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \|John Peel \| Liberal
1872 \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|Robert William Hanbury \| Conservative
1878 \|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}"\| \|rowspan="2"\|Hamar Bass \|rowspan="2"\| Liberal
1880 \| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \|Jabez Balfour \| Liberal

class="wikitable"

Year

colspan="2"|First member

First party

colspan="2"|Second member

Second party{{Rayment-hc|t|1|date=March 2012}}

1660

|Richard Newdigate

| Thomas Fox

1661

Amos Walrond

| rowspan="4" |

| rowspan="4"|John Swinfen

|rowspan="4"|

1669

|John Ferrers

1670

|John Boyle, Lord Clifford

Feb 1679

|rowspan="3" |

|rowspan="3" | Sir Thomas Thynne, Bt

|rowspan="3"|

Aug 1679

|Sir Andrew Hacket

1681

|John Swinfen

1685

|Richard Howe

|rowspan="5"|

|rowspan="5" | Sir Henry Gough

|rowspan="5"|

Jan 1689

|Henry Sidney

May 1689

|Henry Boyle

1690

|Michael Biddulph

1695

|rowspan="5" |

|rowspan="5" |Thomas Guy

|rowspan="5" |

1698

|John Chetwynd

1699

|Sir Henry Gough

1701

|Henry Thynne

1702

|rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3"| Joseph Girdler

|rowspan="3"|

1708

|Richard Swinfen

1710

|rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3"| Samuel Bracebridge

|rowspan="3"|

1715

|William Inge

1722

|rowspan="3"|

|rowspan="3" | Francis Willoughby

|rowspan="3"|

1723

|Richard Swinfen

Jan 1727

|Hon. George Compton

Aug 1727

|style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin

| Whig

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|Hon. Thomas Willoughby

| Tory

1734

|rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4"|Lord John Sackville

|rowspan="4"|

| Hon. George Compton

1735

|Charles Cotes

1741

|John Floyer

1742

|Charles Cotes

1747

|rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4" | Hon. Thomas Villiers

|rowspan="4"|

|Sir Henry Harpur

1748

|Sir Robert Burdett

1756

|Viscount Villiers

1765

|rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4" | Edward Thurlow

|rowspan="4"|

Mar 1768

|William de Grey

Nov 1768

|Charles Vernon

1774

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"| Thomas de Grey

|rowspan="2"|

1778

|rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"|Anthony Chamier

|rowspan="2"|

Sep 1780

|rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4"| John Courtenay

|rowspan="4"|

Nov 1780

| John Calvert

1784

|John Calvert II

1790

|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="5"|Sir Robert Peel

|rowspan="5"| Tory{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=48–50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48 }}

1796

|Thomas Carter

1802

|William Loftus

1812

| style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|Lord Charles Townshend

| Whig

1818

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"|William Yates Peel

|rowspan="2"| Tory

1820

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"|Lord Charles Townshend

|rowspan="3"| Whig

1830

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}"|

|rowspan="7"| Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt

|Tory

1834

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|rowspan="3" | Conservative

1835

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|William Yates Peel

| Conservative

1837

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|rowspan="2" |Edward Henry A'Court

|rowspan="2" | Conservative

1846

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Peelite}}" |

|rowspan="3" | Peelite{{cite ODNB| title=Peel, Sir Robert, second baronet (1788–1850) |last=Prest |first=John |id=21764 |date=21 May 2009 |orig-year=2004 |freearticle=y}}

Jul 1847

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|William Yates Peel

| Conservative

Dec 1847

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| John Townshend

|rowspan="2"| Whig{{cite news |title=Electioneering Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000365/18471224/019/0003|work=Carlisle Patriot |date=24 December 1847 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

1850

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Peelite}}" |

|rowspan="8"| Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt

|rowspan="2"| Peelite{{cite DNB |wstitle=Peel, Robert (1822-1895) |last=Boase |first=George Clement |author-link=George Clement Boase |volume= 44}}

1856

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2" | John Townshend

|Whig{{cite news |title=Leeds Intelligencer |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000193/18560209/092/0005 |date=9 February 1856 |page=5 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |title=Money Market and City Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18560208/021/0004|work=London Evening Standard |date=8 February 1856 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

1859

|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="6" | Liberal

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Liberal

1863

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|John Peel

| Liberal

1868

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|Sir Henry Bulwer

| Liberal

1871

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|John Peel

| Liberal

1872

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Robert William Hanbury

| Conservative

1878

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}"|

|rowspan="2"|Hamar Bass

|rowspan="2"| Liberal

1880

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

|Jabez Balfour

| Liberal

=MPs 1885–1945=

Tamworth was reduced to having one member in 1885.

colspan="2"\|Year	Member	Whip
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|1885 \|Philip Muntz	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|1909 \|Sir Francis Newdegate	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Unionist Party (UK)}}" \| \|1917 \|Henry Wilson-Fox	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Unionist Party (UK)}}" \| \|1922 \|Sir Percy Newson	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Unionist Party (UK)}}" \| \|1923 \|Sir Edward Iliffe	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Unionist Party (UK)}}" \| \|1929 \|Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|1935 \|Sir John Mellor	Conservative

The seat was abolished in 1945.

=MPs since 1997=

South East Staffordshire prior to 1997

colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1997 2001 2005 \| Brian Jenkins \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2010 2015 2017 2019 \| rowspan=2 \|Chris Pincher \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Independent politician}}" \| \| 2022{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62014765\|work=BBC News\|title=Chris Pincher suspended as Tory MP after groping allegation\|date=1 July 2022}} \|Independent
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2023 by-election 2024 \| \|Sarah Edwards \| Labour

Elections

=Elections in the 2020s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Tamworth{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001538 |title=Tamworth |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |language=en-gb |access-date=3 July 2024}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Sarah Edwards

|votes = 15,338

|percentage = 35.0

|change = +11.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eddie Hughes|votes=13,956|percentage=31.9|change=-34.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Ian Cooper|votes=11,004|percentage=25.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Sue Howarth|votes=1,579|percentage=3.6|change=+1.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jed Marson|votes=1,451|percentage=3.3|change=-2.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Robert Bilcliff|votes=290|percentage=0.7|change=-1.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Adam Goodfellow|votes=170|percentage=0.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=43,788|percentage=58.3|change={{decrease}} 6.5}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}} 23.4}}

Changes in vote share are based on the 2019 general election result, not the 2023 by–election result.

{{Election box begin

|title=2023 Tamworth by-election{{cite news |title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL & SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS |url=https://www.tamworth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/news/03%20Combined%20statement%20of%20persons%20nominated%20notice%20of%20poll%20and%20situation%20of%20polling%20stations%20%28003%29.pdf |access-date=22 September 2023 |publisher=Tamworth Borough Council |date=22 September 2023}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Sarah Edwards|votes=11,719|percentage=45.8|change={{increase}} 22.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew Cooper|votes=10,403|percentage=40.7|change={{decrease}} 25.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Ian Cooper|votes=1,373|percentage=5.4|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Britain First|candidate=Ashlea Simon|votes=580|percentage=2.3|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Robert Bilcliff|votes=436|percentage=1.7|change={{decrease}} 0.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Sue Howarth|votes=417|percentage=1.6|change={{decrease}} 0.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Sunny Virk|votes=417|percentage=1.6|change={{decrease}} 3.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party|candidate=Howling Laud Hope|votes=155|percentage=0.6|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Peter Longman|votes=86|percentage=0.3|change=New}}

{{Election box majority|votes=1,316|percentage=5.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=25,586|percentage=35.9|change={{decrease}} 28.4}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner = Labour Party (UK)|loser = Conservative Party (UK)|swing = {{increase}} 23.9}}

=Elections in the 2010s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Tamworth{{cite news |title=Tamworth Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000986 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 November 2019}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Pincher

|votes = 30,542

|percentage = 66.3

|change = {{increase}} 5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour and Co-operative

|candidate = Chris Bain

|votes = 10,908

|percentage = 23.7

|change = {{decrease}} 11.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Rob Wheway

|votes = 2,426

|percentage = 5.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Andrew Tilley

|votes = 935

|percentage = 2.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UKIP

|candidate = Robert Bilcliff

|votes = 814

|percentage = 1.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = John Wright

|votes = 431

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 19,634

|percentage = 42.6

|change = {{increase}} 16.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 46,066

|percentage = 64.3

|change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}} 8.2

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2017: Tamworth{{cite web|title=Elections 2017|url=http://www.tamworth.gov.uk/elections-2017|publisher=Tamworth Borough Council|access-date=15 May 2017}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Pincher

|votes = 28,748

|percentage = 61.0

|change = {{increase}} 11.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Hammond

|votes = 16,401

|percentage = 34.8

|change = {{increase}} 8.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jennifer Pinkett

|votes = 1,961

|percentage = 4.2

|change = {{increase}} 1.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 12,347

|percentage = 26.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,110

|percentage = 66.1

|change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Tamworth{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Pincher{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/tamworth/|title=UK Polling Report|work=ukpollingreport.co.uk}}

|votes = 23,606

|percentage = 50.0

|change = {{increase}} 4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Carol Dean

|votes = 12,304

|percentage = 26.1

|change = {{decrease}} 6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Janet Higgins

|votes = 8,727

|percentage = 18.5

|change = {{increase}} 13.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jennifer Pinkett

|votes = 1,427

|percentage = 3.0

|change = {{decrease}} 13.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Nicola Holmes

|votes = 1,110

|percentage = 2.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11,302

|percentage = 23.9

|change = {{increase}} 10.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,174

|percentage = 65.6

|change = {{increase}} 1.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}} 5.4

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2010: Tamworth{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e61.stm|title=BBC News – Election 2010 – Constituency – Tamworth|work=bbc.co.uk}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Pincher

|votes = 21,238

|percentage = 45.8

|change = {{increase}} 8.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Brian Jenkins

|votes = 15,148

|percentage = 32.7

|change = {{decrease}} 10.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jennifer Pinkett{{cite web |url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/people_detail.aspx?name=Jenny_Pinkett&pPK=554b7447-5145-4c3f-8b28-80dfd4272077 |title=Jenny Pinkett – PPC for Tamworth |publisher=libdems.org.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415032520/http://www.libdems.org.uk/people_detail.aspx?name=Jenny_Pinkett&pPK=554b7447-5145-4c3f-8b28-80dfd4272077 |archive-date=15 April 2010}}

|votes = 7,516

|percentage = 16.2

|change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Steven Fowler

|votes = 2,253

|percentage = 4.9

|change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Party (UK)

|candidate = Charlene Detheridge

|votes = 235

|percentage = 0.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,090

|percentage = 13.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 46,390

|percentage = 63.8

|change = {{increase}} 2.8

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = {{increase}} 9.5

}}

=Elections in the 2000s=

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2005: Tamworth{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Brian Jenkins

|votes = 18,801

|percentage = 43.0

|change = {{decrease}} 6.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Pincher

|votes = 16,232

|percentage = 37.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Phil Bennion

|votes = 6,175

|percentage = 14.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Veritas (political party)

|candidate = Patrick Eston

|votes = 1,320

|percentage = 3.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Tom Simpson

|votes = 1,212

|percentage = 2.8

|change = {{increase}} 1.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,569

|percentage = 5.9

|change = {{decrease}} 6.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 43,740

|percentage = 61.0

|change = {{increase}} 3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = {{decrease}} 2.8

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2001: Tamworth{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Brian Jenkins

|votes = 19,722

|percentage = 49.0

|change = {{decrease}} 2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Luise Gunter

|votes = 15,124

|percentage = 37.6

|change = {{increase}} 0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jennifer Pinkett

|votes = 4,721

|percentage = 11.7

|change = {{increase}} 3.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Paul Sootheran

|votes = 683

|percentage = 1.7

|change = {{increase}} 1.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,598

|percentage = 11.4

|change = {{decrease}} 3.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 40,250

|percentage = 57.8

|change = {{decrease}} 16.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

=Elections in the 1990s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Tamworth{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Brian Jenkins

|votes = 25,808

|percentage = 51.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lady Lightbown

|votes = 18,312

|percentage = 36.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jennifer Pinkett

|votes = 4,025

|percentage = 8.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Dianne Livesey

|votes = 1,163

|percentage = 2.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Christopher Lamb

|votes = 369

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)

|candidate = Catherine Twelvetrees

|votes = 177

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,496

|percentage = 15.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 49,854

|percentage = 74.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win

| winner = Labour Party (UK)

}}

Elections 1918–1945

=Elections in the 1930s=

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: John Mellor
Labour: Michael Patrick Fogarty{{cite book |chapter=Fogarty, Michael Patrick |title=Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc |edition=online |publisher=Oxford University Press |date= April 2014 |chapter-url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U15998 |access-date=29 September 2014|chapter-url-access=subscription}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1935: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Mellor

|votes = 42,675

|percentage = 79.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Yates

|votes = 11,026

|percentage = 20.53

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 31,649

|percentage = 58.94

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 53,701

|percentage = 64.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin

|title=1935 Tamworth by-election{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig |editor1-first=F.W.S. |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |year=1983 |orig-year=1969 |location=London |publisher=Political Reference Publications |isbn=0-900178-06-X |pages=18–49}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=John Mellor

|votes= Unopposed

|percentage= N/A

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1931: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Steel-Maitland

|votes = 41,571

|percentage = 84.67

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Willbery

|votes = 7,525

|percentage = 15.33

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 34,046

|percentage = 69.34

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 49,096

|percentage = 73.92

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

=Elections in the 1920s=

{{Election box begin

|title = 1929 Tamworth by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Steel-Maitland

|votes = 23,495

|percentage = 64.8

|change = –2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = George Horwill

|votes = 12,759

|percentage = 35.2

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,736

|percentage = 29.6

|change = –5.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 36,254

|percentage = 60.3

|change = –13.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 60,087

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = –2.6

}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1929: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Iliffe

|votes = 29,807

|percentage = 67.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = George Horwill

|votes = 14,402

|percentage = 32.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 15,405

|percentage = 34.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 44,209

|percentage = 73.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1924: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Edward Iliffe

|votes= Unopposed

|percentage= N/A

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1923: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Iliffe

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1922: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Percy Newson

|votes= Unopposed

|percentage= N/A

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin | title=1922 Tamworth by-electionDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922 p. {{page needed|date=October 2017}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Percy Newson

|votes = 14,732

|percentage = 68.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = George Henry Jones

|votes = 6,671

|percentage = 31.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,061

|percentage = 17.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,403

|percentage = 60.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

=Elections in the 1910s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1918: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link coalition 1918

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Henry Wilson-Fox

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Unionist Party (UK)

}}

Elections 1885–1918

=Elections in the 1910s=

{{Election box begin| title=1917 Tamworth by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party =Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =Henry Wilson-Fox

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner =Unionist Party (UK)

}}

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:

Unionist: Francis Newdegate
Liberal:

{{Election box begin

|title=General election December 1910: Tamworth{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916 p. {{page needed|date=October 2017}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Francis Newdegate

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election January 1910: Tamworth}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Francis Newdegate

|votes =10,313

|percentage =68.2

|change = +7.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Charles Henry Brampton

|votes =4,799

|percentage =31.8

|change = –7.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes =5,514

|percentage =36.4

|change = +14.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 15,112

|percentage =82.9

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,228

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +7.2

}}

=Elections in the 1900s=

{{Election box begin| title=1909 Tamworth by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Francis Newdegate

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1906: TamworthThe Liberal Year Book, 1907

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Philip Muntz

|votes =7,561

|percentage =61.0

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =John Seymour Keay

|votes =4,842

|percentage =39.0

|change =New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes =2,719

|percentage =22.0

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =12,403

|percentage =80.1

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 15,491

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1900: TamworthDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901 p. {{page needed|date=October 2017}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Philip Muntz

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

=Elections in the 1890s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1895: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Philip Muntz

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

File:William Johnson 1905.JPG

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1892: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Philip Muntz

|votes =5,128

|percentage =65.5

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate =William Johnson

|votes =2,702

|percentage =34.5

|change =New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes =2,426

|percentage =31.0

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =7,830

|percentage =78.6

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,968

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

}}

=Elections in the 1880s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1886: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip Muntz

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1885: TamworthDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886 p. {{page needed|date=October 2017}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Philip Muntz

|votes =4,338

|percentage =52.9

|change = +25.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =William Beale

|votes =3,858

|percentage =47.1

|change = –25.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes =480

|percentage =5.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 8,196

|percentage =81.6

|change = –16.8 (est)

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 10,046

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +25.9

}}

Elections 1868–1885

=Elections in the 1880s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Tamworth (2 seats){{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st}}{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18800331/004/0003|work=London Evening Standard|date=31 March 1880|pages=2–3}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hamar Bass

|votes = 1,409

|percentage = 41.4

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Jabez Balfour

|votes = 1,074

|percentage = 31.6

|change = +24.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Henry Worthington

|votes = 920

|percentage = 27.0

|change = -11.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 154

|percentage = 4.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,329 (est)

|percentage = 98.4 (est)

|change = +21.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 2,368

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +4.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +14.9

}}

=Elections in the 1870s=

{{Election box begin| title=1878 Tamworth by-election (1 seat)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hamar Bass

|votes = 1,186

|percentage = 66.1

|change = +20.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Bridgeman

|votes = 607

|percentage = 33.9

|change =-4.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 579

|percentage = 32.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,793

|percentage = 85.5

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 2,096

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +12.3

}}

Caused by Hanbury's resignation in order to contest the 1878 North Staffordshire by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

|votes = 1,089

|percentage = 38.5

|change = –2.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert William Hanbury

|votes = 1,086

|percentage = 38.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate = Henry Hawkes{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18740129/003/0002|work=The Morning Post|date=29 January 1874|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000350/18740131/006/0003|work=Worcestershire Chronicle|date=31 January 1874|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 448

|percentage =15.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Parker Butt{{cite news|title=Tamworth Parliamentary Election, 1874|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000484/18740214/049/0004|work=Tamworth Herald|date=14 February 1874|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 209

|percentage =7.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,416 (est)

|percentage = 76.5 (est)

|change = –2.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,850

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3

|percentage =0.2

|change = –0.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 638

|percentage =22.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 16 Apr 1872: Tamworth (1 seat)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert William Hanbury

|votes = 946

|percentage = 74.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Spencer Robinson{{cite news|title=Parliamentary Borough of Tamworth|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000484/18720420/045/0004|work=Tamworth Herald|date=20 April 1872|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 323

|percentage = 25.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 623

|percentage = 49.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,269

|percentage = 72.6

|change = –6.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,747

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

Caused by John Peel's death.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 28 Mar 1871: Tamworth (1 seat)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Peel

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

Caused by Butler's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Dalling and Bulwer.

=Elections in the 1860s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

|votes = 1,136

|percentage = 41.1

|change = –10.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Bulwer

|votes = 827

|percentage = 30.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Peel

|votes = 798

|percentage =28.9

|change = –6.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 29

|percentage = 1.1

|change = –21.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,381 (est)

|percentage = 78.8 (est)

|change = –6.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,753

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

Elections 1832–1868

=Elections in the 1860s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

|votes = 416

|percentage = 51.6

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Peel

|votes = 287

|percentage = 35.6

|change = –4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Thomas Shave Daniel

|votes = 103

|percentage = 12.8

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 184

|percentage = 22.8

|change = –7.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 455 (est)

|percentage = 85.4 (est)

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 532

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = –2.8

}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 12 October 1863: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Peel

|votes = 224

|percentage = 57.3

|change = –31.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cowper{{cite news|title=The Tamworth Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000099/18631017/015/0004|work=Preston Chronicle|date=17 October 1863|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 167

|percentage = 42.7

|change = +31.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 57

|percentage = 14.6

|change = –14.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 391

|percentage = 84.4

|change = –0.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 463

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = –31.4

}}

Caused by Townshend's succession to the peerage, becoming 5th Marquess Townshend.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 31 July 1861: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

Caused by Peel's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

=Elections in the 1850s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

|votes = 341

|percentage = 48.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party =Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Townshend

|votes = 285

|percentage = 40.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Thomas Shave Daniel

|votes = 80

|percentage = 11.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 205

|percentage = 29.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 393 (est)

|percentage = 84.5 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 465

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Peelite

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Townshend jnr.

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 419

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Peelite

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 7 February 1856: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Townshend jnr.

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

Caused by Townshend's elevation to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Townshend

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 14 March 1855: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Peelite

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Peelite

}}

Caused by Peel's appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Peelite

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Townshend snr.

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 382

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Peelite

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 19 July 1850: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Peelite

|candidate = Robert Peel (3rd)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Peelite

}}

Caused by Robert Peel's death.

=Elections in the 1840s=

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 18 December 1847: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Townshend snr.

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

Caused by William Yates Peel's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Peelite

|candidate = Robert Peel (2nd)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Yates Peel

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 393

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Peelite

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 13 September 1841: Tamworth

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (2nd)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

Caused by Peel's appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Lord of the Treasury

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (2nd)

|votes = 365

|percentage = 48.5

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Henry A'Court

|votes = 241

|percentage = 32.0

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Townshend snr.

|votes = 147

|percentage = 19.5

|change = –3.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 94

|percentage = 12.5

|change = +5.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 377 (est)

|percentage = 77.6 (est)

|change = {{circa|–11.7}}

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 485

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.8

}}

=Elections in the 1830s=

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (2nd)

|votes = 387

|percentage = 47.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Henry A'Court

|votes = 245

|percentage = 30.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Townshend snr.

|votes = 185

|percentage = 22.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 60

|percentage = 7.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = 444

|percentage = 89.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 497

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Peel (2nd)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Yates Peel

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 505

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Peel (2nd)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Townshend

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 586

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1831: Tamworth (2 seats){{cite web |last1=Salmon |first1=Philip |title=Tamworth |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/tamworth |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=26 April 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Peel (2nd)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Townshend

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1830: Tamworth (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Peel (2nd)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Townshend

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

}}

Notes

References

External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13406.html Tamworth UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65880.html Tamworth UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168868.html Tamworth UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

{{s-ttl|title=Constituency represented by the prime minister|years=1834–1835}}

{{s-ttl|title=Constituency represented by the prime minister|years=1841–1846}}

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1563

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1945

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997

Category:Politics of Tamworth, Staffordshire

colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1997 2001 2005 \| Brian Jenkins \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2010 2015 2017 2019 \| rowspan=2 \|Chris Pincher \| Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Independent politician}}" \| \| 2022{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62014765\|work=BBC News\|title=Chris Pincher suspended as Tory MP after groping allegation\|date=1 July 2022}} \|Independent
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2023 by-election 2024 \| \|Sarah Edwards \| Labour

Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

History

=Political history=

=Prominent members=

Constituency profile

Members of Parliament

=MPs before 1660=

=MPs 1660–1885=

=MPs 1885–1945=

=MPs since 1997=

Elections

=Elections in the 2020s=

=Elections in the 2010s=

=Elections in the 2000s=

=Elections in the 1990s=

Elections 1918–1945

=Elections in the 1930s=

=Elections in the 1920s=

=Elections in the 1910s=

Elections 1885–1918

=Elections in the 1910s=

=Elections in the 1900s=

=Elections in the 1890s=

=Elections in the 1880s=

Elections 1868–1885

=Elections in the 1880s=

=Elections in the 1870s=

=Elections in the 1860s=

Elections 1832–1868

=Elections in the 1860s=

=Elections in the 1850s=

=Elections in the 1840s=

=Elections in the 1830s=

See also

Notes

References

External links