South Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
| South Worcestershire | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Worcestershire |
| 1950–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | West Worcestershire, Mid Worcestershire |
South Worcestershire was a parliamentary constituency which 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 voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
Boundaries
1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Evesham, the Urban District of Malvern, and the Rural Districts of Evesham (the civil parishes of Abbots Morton, Aldington, Ashton under Hill, Aston Somerville, Badsey, Beckford, Bickmarsh, Bretforton, Broadway, Childs Wickham, Church Honeybourne, Church Lench, Cleeve Priors, Conderton, Cow Honeybourne, Harvington, Hinton on the Green, Honeybourne, Inkberrow, Kemerton, North and Middle Littleton, Norton and Lenchwick, Offenham, Overbury, Pebworth, Rous Lench, Sedgeberrow, South Littleton, and Wickhamford), Pershore, and Upton-upon-Severn.
1983-1997: The District of Malvern Hills wards of Chase, Kempsey, Langland, Link, Longdon, Morton, Powyke, Priory, Ripple, The Hanleys, Trinity, Upton-upon-Severn, Wells, and West, and the District of Wychavon wards of Badsey, Bredon, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway, Eckington, Elmley Castle, Evesham East, Evesham Hampton, Evesham North, Evesham South, Evesham West, Fladbury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Pershore Holy Cross, Pershore St Andrew's, Somerville, South Bredon Hill, The Littletons, and Wickhamford.
The main settlements in the seat were Great Malvern, Pershore, and the market town of Evesham. At the 1997 general election, Great Malvern and Pershore were transferred to the new seat of West Worcestershire and Evesham was transferred to the redrawn seat of Mid Worcestershire.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Rupert de la Bère | Conservative | Previously MP for Evesham from 1935 | |
| 1955 | Peter Agnew | Conservative | ||
| 1966 | Gerald Nabarro | Conservative | Died in office November 1973; no by-election held | |
| Feb 1974 | Michael Spicer | Conservative | ||
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Mid Worcestershire & West Worcestershire
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Election results
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Election 1992 [2][3] Electorate: 80,157 Turnout: 64,338 (80.26%) +4.68 | Conservative hold Majority: 16,151 (25.10%) +1.72 Swing: 0.86% from Lib Dem to Con | William Michael Hardy Spicer | Conservative | 34,792 | 54.08 | -1.22 | ||
| Paul Chandler | Liberal Democrat | 18,641 | 28.97 | -2.95 | ||||
| Nigel Knowles | Labour | 9,727 | 15.12 | +4.20 | ||||
| Guy Harry Morgan Woodford | Ecology | 1,178 | 1.83 | -0.03 | ||||
| General Election 1987 [2][4] Electorate: 77,237 Turnout: 58,372 (75.58%) +1.94 | Conservative hold Majority: 13,645 (23.38%) +2.27 Swing: 1.14% from Lab to Con | William Michael Hardy Spicer | Conservative | 32,277 | 55.30 | -0.47 | ||
| Paul Chandler | Liberal | 18,632 | 31.92 | -2.75 | ||||
| Robert John Garnett | Labour | 6,374 | 10.92 | +3.17 | ||||
| Guy Harry Morgan Woodford | Ecology | 1,089 | 1.87 | +0.26 | ||||
| General Election 1983 [2][5] Electorate: 73,278 Turnout: 53,963 (73.64%) -3.70 | Conservative hold Majority: 11,389 (21.11%) -12.68 Swing: 6.34% from Con to Lab | William Michael Hardy Spicer | Conservative | 30,095 | 55.77 | -1.37 | ||
| Ivor David Philips | Liberal | 18,706 | 34.66 | +11.32 | ||||
| Peter Ernest Sandland-Nielson | Labour | 4,183 | 7.75 | -8.95 | ||||
| Guy Harry Morgan Woodford | Ecology | 866 | 1.60 | -1.12 | ||||
| Graham Robert George Pass | Independent | 113 | 0.21 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1979 [6][7] Electorate: 79,036 Turnout: 61,126 (77.34%) +2.19 | Conservative hold Majority: 20,654 (33.79%) +17.24 Swing: 8.72% from Lab to Con | William Michael Hardy Spicer | Conservative | 34,926 | 57.14 | +8.75 | ||
| Ivor David Philips | Liberal | 14,272 | 23.35 | -8.69 | ||||
| Gareth John Daniel | Labour | 10,206 | 16.70 | -2.88 | ||||
| Guy Harry Morgan Woodford | Ecology | 1,722 | 2.72 | N/A | ||||
| General Election, October 1974 [6][8] Electorate: 73,674 Turnout: 55,366 (75.15%) -6.62 | Conservative hold Majority: 9,052 (16.35%) +4.35 Swing: 2.17% from Lab to Con | William Michael Hardy Spicer | Conservative | 26,790 | 48.39 | +1.27 | ||
| John Percy Birch | Liberal | 17,739 | 32.04 | -3.08 | ||||
| Stuart Jeffrey Randall | Labour | 10,838 | 19.58 | +3.23 | ||||
| General Election, February 1974 [6][9] Electorate: 72,998 Turnout: 59,694 (81.77%) +9.68 | Conservative hold Majority: 7,165 (12.00%) -23.09 | William Michael Hardy Spicer | Conservative | 28,126 | 47.12 | -13.27 | ||
| John Percy Birch | Liberal | 20,961 | 35.11 | +20.80 | ||||
| David Philip Pugsley | Labour | 9,757 | 16.35 | -8.95 | ||||
| Geoffrey Hunt | Independent Conservative | 850 | 1.42 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1970 [10] Electorate: 70,395 Turnout: 50,749 (72.09%) -3.47 | Conservative hold Majority: 17,809 (35.09%) +11.40 | Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro | Conservative | 30,648 | 60.39 | +8.67 | ||
| Adrian Edward Bailey | Labour | 12,839 | 25.30 | -2.73 | ||||
| JC Hall | Liberal | 7,262 | 14.31 | -5.94 | ||||
| General Election 1966 [11] Electorate: 61,918 Turnout: 46,788 (75.56%) -1.70 | Conservative hold Majority: 11,084 (23.69%) -2.69 | Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro | Conservative | 24,198 | 51.72 | +0.53 | ||
| KA Gulleford | Labour | 13,114 | 28.03 | +4.02 | ||||
| RG Otter | Liberal | 9,476 | 20.25 | -4.55 | ||||
| General Election 1964 [12] Electorate: 60,030 Turnout: 46,380 (77.26%) +1.64 | Conservative hold Majority: 12,237 (26.38%) -7.89 | Peter Garnett Agnew | Conservative | 23,740 | 51.19 | -8.04 | ||
| Anthony J Batchelor | Liberal | 11,503 | 24.80 | +9.00 | ||||
| Stephen Patrick William Drewer | Labour | 6,448 | 24.01 | -0.95 | ||||
| General Election 1959 [13] Electorate: 57,657 Turnout: 43,598 (75.62%) +2.59 | Conservative hold Majority: 14,940 (34.27%) +2.33 | Peter Garnett Agnew | Conservative | 25,824 | 59.23 | -6.74 | ||
| David W Young | Labour | 10,884 | 24.96 | -9.07 | ||||
| Dr. Emrys Hilary L Harries | Liberal | 6,890 | 15.80 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1955 [14] Electorate: 55,730 Turnout: 40,642 (72.93%) -2.98 | Conservative hold Majority: 12,980 (31.94%) +1.23 | Peter Garnett Agnew | Conservative | 26,811 | 65.97 | +0.61 | ||
| Eric L J Thorne | Labour | 13,831 | 34.03 | -0.61 | ||||
| General Election 1951 [15] Electorate: 54,883 Turnout: 41,663 (75.91%) -4.27 | Conservative win new seat Majority: 12,795 (30.71%) +4.24 | Rupert de la Bère | Conservative | 27,229 | 65.36 | +2.13 | ||
| John Patrick Tennyson Hopwood | Labour | 14,434 | 34.64 | -2.13 | ||||
| General Election 1950 [16] Electorate: 53,148 Turnout: 42,616 (80.18%) | Conservative win new seat Majority: 11,280 (26.47%) | Rupert de la Bère | Conservative | 26,948 | 63.23 | |||
| John Patrick Tennyson Hopwood | Labour | 15,668 | 36.77 | |||||
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- 1 2 3 "'Worcestershire South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 "'Worcestershire South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results March 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.