Bromsgrove and Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)
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Bromsgrove and Redditch | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
February 1974–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Bromsgrove |
Replaced by | Bromsgrove and Mid Worcestershire[1] |
Bromsgrove and Redditch was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Bromsgrove and Redditch in Worcestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Bromsgrove and Redditch, and the Rural District of Bromsgrove.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Hal Miller | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove & Mid Worcestershire |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hal Miller | 44,621 | 54.30 | ||
Labour | Anne Davis | 28,736 | 34.97 | ||
Liberal | Nigel Phillips | 8,066 | 9.82 | ||
National Front | BA Deakin | 752 | 0.92 | New | |
Majority | 15,885 | 19.33 | |||
Turnout | 82,175 | 78.73 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hal Miller | 31,153 | 44.56 | ||
Labour | Terry Davis | 29,085 | 41.60 | ||
Liberal | P Kelway | 9,679 | 13.84 | ||
Majority | 2,068 | 2.96 | |||
Turnout | 69,917 | 79.59 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hal Miller | 33,125 | 45.14 | ||
Labour | Terry Davis | 29,536 | 40.25 | ||
Liberal | GE Cartwright | 10,726 | 14.62 | ||
Majority | 3,589 | 4.89 | |||
Turnout | 73,387 | 84.28 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
- ^ "'Bromsgrove and Redditch', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Bromsgrove and Redditch and Stratford-on-Avon) Order 1971. SI 1971/2109". Statutory Instruments 1971. Part III Section 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 6221–6222.
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