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West Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885 & 1997 onwards}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = West Worcestershire

|parliament = uk

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

|caption = Boundaries since 2010

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

|caption2 = Boundary of West Worcestershire in West Midlands region

|year = 1997

|abolished =

|type = County

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = South Worcestershire, Leominster

|next =

|year2 = 1832

|abolished2 = 1885

|type2 = County

|elects_howmany2 = Two

|previous2 = Worcestershire

|next2 = Bewdley, Droitwich, Evesham, East Worcestershire and North Worcestershire

|electorate = 73,001 (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 = Worcestershire

|mp = Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)

|party =

|towns = Malvern, Pershore, Tenbury Wells and Upton-upon-Severn

}}

West Worcestershire is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} in Worcestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Harriett Baldwin, a Conservative.{{#tag:ref|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.|group= n}}

The constituency first existed from 1832 to 1885, formally known as the Western Division of Worcestershire, electing two MPs.

The current constituency, created in 1997, is considered a safe seat for the Conservatives, having been a marginal with the Liberal Democrats from 1997 to 2010. The constituency boundaries roughly correspond with the Malvern Hills District.

Boundaries

= 1832–1885 =

The Petty Sessional Divisions of Upton, Worcester, Hundred House and Kidderminster, and the City and County of the City of Worcester.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq0uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA300|title= The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.|location= London |publisher= His Majesty's statute and law printers |date= 1832 |pages= 300–383 |access-date=2017-07-27}}

= 1997–2010 =

  • The District of Malvern Hills wards of Baldwin, Broadheath, Chase, Hallow, Kempsey, Langland, Laugherne Hill, Leigh and Bransford, Link, Longdon, Martley, Morton, Powick, Priory, Ripple, Temeside, The Hanleys, Trinity, Upton-on-Severn, Wells, West, and Woodbury; and
  • The District of Wychavon wards of Bredon, Eckington, Elmley Castle, Pershore Holy Cross, Pershore St Andrew's, Somerville, and South Bredon Hill.

= 2010–present =

Under the Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was defined as comprising:

  • The District of Malvern Hills; and
  • the District of Wychavon wards of: Bredon, Eckington, Elmley Castle and Somerville, Pershore, and South Bredon Hill.

Boundary changes added an area including Tenbury Wells to the seat (formerly in the Leominster constituency) and transferred the small shared part of the Fladbury ward to the Mid Worcestershire seat.[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iv.pdf 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090741/http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iv.pdf|date=2013-10-03}}

As a result of a local government boundary review in Wychavon,{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=Wychavon {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/wychavon |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/26/introduction/made}} which did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the seat now comprises the following from May 2023:

  • The District of Malvern Hills; and
  • the District of Wychavon wards of: Bredon; Bredon Hill; Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham (small part); Eckington; Pershore;{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details – Worcestershire West |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Worcestershire+West |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.{{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}}

West Worcestershire stretches from the Gloucestershire border in the south almost to Shropshire in the north, taking in Pershore and Bredon Hill in its eastern side. Its other major towns are Malvern in the west and Upton-upon-Severn in the centre.

Constituency profile

The constituency boundaries roughly correspond with the Malvern Hills District. The seat is known for its hilly landscape: with products such as regional speciality cheeses, drinks and mineral water, a major economic sector is tourism and leisure. However, the principal industries are in agriculture; food; chemicals; distribution; waste and mineral processing; printing and publishing; and transport and retail.

Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.1% 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

The seat was broadly in line with the UK average in the 2016 referendum on the UK's status with the EU, with an estimated 52 to 53% voting to Leave.{{cite news |title=Final estimates of the Leave vote, or "Areal interpolation and the UK's referendum on EU membership" |url=https://medium.com/@chrishanretty/final-estimates-of-the-leave-vote-or-areal-interpolation-and-the-uks-referendum-on-eu-membership-5490b6cab878 |access-date=26 November 2021 |work=Medium (Chris Hanretty)}}

History

=1832–1885=

West Worcestershire formally, the Western division of Worcestershire, was created the first time for the 1832 general election, by the Reform Act 1832 which radically changed the boundaries of many British parliamentary constituencies. It was created by the division of the old Worcestershire constituency (which had existed since 1290) into two new two-member constituencies: West Worcestershire and East Worcestershire.

During this first creation, three members of the Lygon family, the Earls Beauchamp (pronounced Beecham) represented the constituency – their large country estate in the county had its seat at Madresfield Court near the heart of Madresfield village.

The constituency then existed, basically unchanged, until its abolition by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the constituency's territory was variously incorporated into the seats of Bewdley, Droitwich, Evesham, East Worcestershire and North Worcestershire.

=1997–present=

The seat was re-established for the 1997 general election on Parliament's approval of the Boundary Commission's fourth periodic review. It comprised the majority of the abolished constituency of South Worcestershire (excluding the town of Evesham), together with a small area transferred from Leominster.

;Political history

In the first four elections the seat (in this modern creation) alternated between Conservative majorities that were quite marginal (7.8% and 5.3%) and those that were greater than 10%, at 12% and 12.7%, close to average in terms of security for any of the three largest parties. As never having had a majority that exceeded 15% of the vote and having had two marginal majorities to date, the seat could not be classified as safe.

After the 2015 UK general election, this marginal profile between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats drastically changed after the Liberal Democrats' share of the vote fell markedly, leaving West Worcestershire as a safe Conservative seat since, with the Conservatives easily achieving 50% of the vote share each election. However, by the time of the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats had recovered to come within 12% of the Conservatives once again, after the latter's vote share slumped to 36.2%.

Members of Parliament

=MPs 1832–1885=

;Worcestershire West

class="wikitable"
Electioncolspan="2"|First member{{Rayment-hc|w|5|date=March 2012}}

!First party

colspan="2"|Second memberSecond party
1832

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

|rowspan="4"| Hon. Henry Lygon{{#tag:ref|Later Earl Beauchamp|group= n}}

|rowspan="2"| Tory{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA31 |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 |page=127 |access-date=11 August 2019 |via=Google Books}}

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

| Hon. Thomas Foley

| Whig

1833 by-election

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

|rowspan="2"| Henry Winnington

|rowspan="2"| Whig{{cite book |last1=Churton |first1=Edward |author-link1=Edward Churton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA75 |title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer |date=1838 |page=239 |access-date=11 August 2019 |via=Google Books}}

1834

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

|rowspan="2"| Conservative

1841

|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="5"| Frederick Knight

|rowspan="5"| Conservative

1853 by-election

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

| The Viscount Elmley{{#tag:ref|Viscount Elmley is a courtesy title given by the Earl Beauchamp to his eldest son, as his main subsidiary title.|group= n}}

| Conservative

1863 by-election

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

| Hon. Frederick Lygon

| Conservative

1866 by-election

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

| William Dowdeswell

| Conservative

1876 by-election

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

| Sir Edmund Lechmere, Bt

| Conservative

1885

|colspan="6" | constituency abolished

=MPs since 1997=

South Worcestershire prior to 1997

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMember

!Party

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

| 1997

|Sir Michael Spicer

| Conservative

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

| 2010

|Harriett Baldwin

| Conservative

Elections

=Elections in the 2020s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: West Worcestershire{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001579 |title=West Worcestershire |work=BBC News |language=en-gb |access-date=3 July 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harriett Baldwin

|votes = 19,783

|percentage = 36.2

|change = −24.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Dan Boatright

|votes = 13,236

|percentage = 24.2

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kash Haroon

|votes = 8,335

|percentage = 15.2

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform UK

|candidate = Christopher Edmondson

|votes = 7,902

|percentage = 14.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Natalie McVey

|votes = 5,068

|percentage = 9.3

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Party of Women

|candidate = Seonaid Barber

|votes = 363

|percentage = 0.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,547

|percentage = 12.0

|change = −30.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 54,687

|percentage = 69.0

|change = −6.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −15.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 2010s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2019: West Worcestershire{{cite news |title=Worcestershire West Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001035 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 December 2019}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harriett Baldwin

|votes = 34,909

|percentage = 60.7

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Beverley Nielsen

|votes = 10,410

|percentage = 18.1

|change = +8.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Samantha Charles

|votes = 9,496

|percentage = 16.5

|change = −7.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Martin Allen

|votes = 2,715

|percentage = 4.7

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 24,499

|percentage = 42.6

|change = +4.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 57,530

|percentage = 75.4

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 76,267

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2017: West Worcestershire{{cite web | url=https://www.malvernhills.gov.uk/documents/10558/125552/West+Worcestershire+SoPN%2C+NoP+%26+Situation+of+Polling+Stations+12+MAY.pdf | title=West Worcestershire Nomination of Candidates | publisher=Malvern Hills District Council | access-date=12 May 2017}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harriett Baldwin

|votes =34,703

|percentage =61.5

|change = +5.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Samantha Charles

|votes =13,375

|percentage =23.7

|change = +10.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Edward McMillan-Scott

|votes =5,307

|percentage =9.4

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Natalie McVey

|votes =1,605

|percentage =2.8

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Mike Savage

|votes =1,481

|percentage =2.6

|change = −11.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 21,328

|percentage = 37.8

|change = −3.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 56,471

|percentage = 75.9

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: West Worcestershire{{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}}{{cite news|title=WORCESTERSHIRE WEST|url=http://news.sky.com/election/constituency/635/worcestershire-west|access-date=8 May 2015|work=Sky News|publisher=Sky UK}}{{cite news|title=West Worcestershire Parliamentary constituency|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001035|access-date=8 May 2015|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harriett Baldwin

|votes = 30,342

|percentage = 56.1

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Richard Chamings{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/worcestershirewest/|title=UK Polling Report|access-date=14 April 2017}}

|votes = 7,764

|percentage = 14.4

|change = +10.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Walton

|votes = 7,244

|percentage = 13.4

|change = +6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Dennis Wharton

|votes = 5,245

|percentage = 9.7

|change = −28.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Julian Roskams

|votes = 3,505

|percentage = 6.5

|change = +5.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 22,578

|percentage = 41.7

|change = +29.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 54,100

|percentage = 73.7

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2010: West Worcestershire{{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 web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f11.stm|title=BBC News – Election 2010 – Constituency – Worcestershire West|access-date=14 April 2017}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Harriett Baldwin

|votes = 27,213

|percentage = 50.4

|change = +5.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Richard Burt

|votes = 20,459

|percentage = 37.7

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Penelope Barber

|votes = 3,661

|percentage = 6.8

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Caroline Bovey

|votes = 2,119

|percentage = 3.9

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Malcolm Victory

|votes = 641

|percentage = 1.2

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,754

|percentage = 12.7

|change = +6.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 53,993

|percentage = 73.7

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 2000s=

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2005: West Worcestershire{{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 = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Spicer

|votes = 20,959

|percentage = 44.5

|change = −1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Tom Wells

|votes = 18,484

|percentage = 39.3

|change = +5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Qamar Bhatti

|votes = 4,945

|percentage = 10.5

|change = −3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Caroline Bovey

|votes = 1,590

|percentage = 3.4

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Malcolm Victory

|votes = 1,099

|percentage = 2.3

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,475

|percentage = 5.2

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,077

|percentage = 70.3

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −3.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2001: West Worcestershire{{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 = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Spicer

|votes = 20,597

|percentage = 46.0

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Michael Hadley

|votes = 15,223

|percentage = 34.0

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Waquar Azmi

|votes = 6,275

|percentage = 14.0

|change = −1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Ian Morris

|votes = 1,574

|percentage = 3.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Malcolm Victory

|votes = 1,138

|percentage = 2.5

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,374

|percentage = 12.0

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 44,807

|percentage = 67.1

|change = −9.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1990s=

{{Election box begin |title=General election 1997: West Worcestershire{{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 = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Spicer

|votes = 22,223

|percentage = 45.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Michael Hadley

|votes = 18,377

|percentage = 37.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Neil Stone

|votes = 7,738

|percentage = 15.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Sue Cameron

|votes = 1,006

|percentage = 2.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,846

|percentage = 7.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 49,344

|percentage = 76.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1880s=

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: West Worcestershire (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|type=e-book|pages=486–487}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund Lechmere

|votes = 2,975

|percentage = 41.8

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

|votes = 2,913

|percentage = 40.9

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = Henry Richard Willis{{cite news|title=West Worcestershire Parliamentary Election, 1880: Bills, Charges & Claims|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000350/18800417/070/0004|access-date=23 December 2017|work=Worcestershire Chronicle|date=17 April 1880|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=The Forthcoming Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18800309/025/0006|access-date=23 December 2017|work=The Morning Post|date=9 March 1880|page=6|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 1,231

|percentage = 17.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,682

|percentage = 23.6

|change = +9.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 4,175 (est)

|percentage = 60.0 (est)

|change = −9.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,962

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1870s=

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 8 Jul 1876: West Worcestershire (1 seat)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund Lechmere

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Dowdeswell's resignation.

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Dowdeswell

|votes = 2,910

|percentage = 41.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

|votes = 2,554

|percentage = 36.5

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Hastings

|votes = 1,540

|percentage = 22.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,014

|percentage = 14.5

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 4,272 (est)

|percentage = 69.2 (est)

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,177

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1860s=

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Dowdeswell

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,311

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 24 March 1866: West Worcestershire

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Dowdeswell

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Lygon's succession to the peerage, becoming 6th Earl Beauchamp.

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Lygon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,221

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 26 October 1863: West Worcestershire

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Lygon

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Lygon's succession to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl Beauchamp.

=Elections in the 1850s=

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 3,910

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 4,015

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 28 February 1853: West Worcestershire (2 seats)

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Lygon's succession to the peerage, becoming 4th Earl Beauchamp

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 4,135

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1840s=

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 4,357

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Knight

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 4,577

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1830s=

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Winnington

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 4,654

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

|votes = 1,945

|percentage = 34.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Winnington

|votes = 1,938

|percentage = 34.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Pakington

|votes = 1,773

|percentage = 31.3

}}

{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = 3,617

|percentage = 87.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 4,127

}}

{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 7

|percentage = 0.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 165

|percentage = 3.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 16 May 1833: West Worcestershire

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Winnington

|votes = 1,369

|percentage = 51.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = John Pakington

|votes = 1,278

|percentage = 48.3

}}

{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 91

|percentage = 3.4

}}

{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = 2,647

|percentage = 84.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 3,122

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • Caused by Foley's succession to the peerage, becoming 4th Baron Foley

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

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Lygon

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Thomas Foley

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 3,122

}}

{{Election box new seat win

|winner = Tories (British political party)

}}

{{Election box new seat win

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

Notes

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References

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Sources

Reference: Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 2208

The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 3) Order 1987

[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1987/Uksi_19872208_en_1.htm]

External links

  • [https://malvernhills.greenparty.org.uk/ Malvern Hills Green Party]
  • [http://www.westworcs.libdems.org.uk/ West Worcestershire Liberal Democrats]
  • [http://www.richardburt.org/ Official website of Richard Burt, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate]
  • [http://www.wwca.org.uk/ West Worcestershire Conservative Association]
  • [http://www.wwcf.co.uk/ West Worcestershire Conservative Future]
  • [http://www.sirmichaelspicer.net/spicerhome.htm Official website of MP Sir Michael Spicer]
  • [http://www.harriettbaldwin.com/ Official website of Harriett Baldwin, Parliamentary Candidate]
  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13463.html West Worcestershire UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65758.html West Worcestershire UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
  • [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168849.html West Worcestershire UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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