Lichfield and Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Lichfield and Tamworth
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Staffordshire South East, Mid Staffordshire and Cannock & Burntwood[1]

Lichfield and Tamworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Lichfield and Tamworth in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Mid Staffordshire constituency.

Boundaries

1950-1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, the Urban Districts of Aldridge (the civil parishes of Aldridge, Great Barr, Pelsall, and Rushall) and Rugeley, and the Rural District of Lichfield (the civil parishes of Alrewas, Armitage, Brindley Heath, Burntwood, Clifton Campville and Haunton, Colton, Curborough and Elmhurst, Drayton Bassett, Edingale, Elford, Farewell and Chorley, Fazeley, Fisherwick, Freeford, Hammerwich, Hamstall Ridware, Harlaston, Hints, Kings Bromley, Longdon, Mavesyn Ridware, Shenstone, Streethay, Swinfen and Packington, Thorpe Constantine, Wall, Weeford, Whittington, and Wiggington).

1955-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, the Urban District of Rugeley, and the Rural District of Lichfield. Aldridge Urban District was transferred to the new Walsall South constituency.

1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, and in the Rural District of Lichfield the civil parishes of Alrewas, Armitage, Burntwood, Clifton Campville and Haunton, Colton, Curborough and Elmhurst, Drayton Bassett, Edingale, Elford, Farewell and Chorley, Fazeley, Fisherwick, Freeford, Hammerwich, Hamstall Ridware, Harlaston, Hints, Kings Bromley, Longdon, Mavesyn Ridware, Shenstone, Streethay, Swinfen and Packington, Thorpe Constantine, Wall, Weeford, Whittington, and Wiggington. Rugeley Urban District and Brindley Heath civil parish were transferred to the redrawn Cannock constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Julian Snow	Labour
	1970	Jack d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	Conservative
	Oct 1974	Bruce Grocott	Labour
	1979	John Heddle	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, May 1979 [2] Electorate: 101,343 Turnout: 81.25%		Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 8,448 (10.36%)		John Heddle	Conservative	41,454	50.34
				Bruce Grocott	Labour	33,006	40.08
				P Rule	Liberal	7,408	9.00
				P Wallace	National Front	475	0.58
General election, October 1974 [3] Electorate: 89,752 Turnout: 78.16%		Labour gain from Conservatives Majority: 331 (0.47%)		Bruce Grocott	Labour	29,872	42.58
				James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	Conservative	29,541	42.11
				P Rule	Liberal	10,741	15.31
General election, February 1974 [3] Electorate: 89,000 Turnout: 82.77%		Conservative hold Majority: 1,807 (2.45%)		James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	Conservative	30,659	41.62
				Bruce Grocott	Labour	28,852	39.17
				D Elliot	Liberal	14,151	19.21
General election, June 1970 [3] Electorate: 82.257 Turnout: 74.18%		Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 1,976 (3.98%)		James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	Conservative	31,724	51.99
				Terry Pitt	Labour	29,298	48.01
General election, March 1966 [3] Electorate: 65,728 Turnout: 78.82%		Labour hold Majority: 4,134 (7.98%)		Julian Snow	Labour	27,971	53.99
				BA Webb	Conservative	23,837	46.01
General election, October 1964 [3] Electorate: 57,679 Turnout: 80.93%		Labour hold Majority: 3,816 (8.18%)		Julian Snow	Labour	22,644	48.51
				K Dunkley	Conservative	18,828	40.34
				AH Extance	Liberal	5,206	11.15
General election, October 1959 [3] Electorate: 50,240 Turnout: 81.87%		Labour hold Majority: 1,550 (3.77%)		Julian Snow	Labour	21,341	51.88
				FR Roberts	Conservative	19,791	48.12
General election, May 1955 [3] Electorate: 48,250 Turnout: 80.91%		Labour hold Majority: 3,105 (7.95%)		Julian Snow	Labour	21,071	53.98
				JOT Blow	Conservative	17,966	46.02
General election, October 1951 [3] Electorate: 64,045 Turnout: 85.51%		Labour hold Majority: 2,885 (5.27%)		Julian Snow	Labour	28,826	52.63
				G Hampson	Conservative	25,941	47.37
General election, February 1950 [3] New constituency Electorate: 62,452 Turnout: 86.27%		Labour win Majority: 4,518 (8.39%)		Julian Snow	Labour	29,199	54.19
				SA Ward	Conservative	24,681	45.81

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)

1. "'Lichfield and Tamworth', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
3. "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2011.