South Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Worcestershire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Worcestershire
19501997
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

ElectionMember[1]PartyNotes
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

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 SpicerConservative34,79254.08-1.22
Paul Chandler Liberal Democrat18,64128.97-2.95
Nigel Knowles Labour9,72715.12+4.20
Guy Harry Morgan Woodford Ecology1,1781.83-0.03
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 SpicerConservative32,27755.30-0.47
Paul Chandler Liberal18,63231.92-2.75
Robert John Garnett Labour6,37410.92+3.17
Guy Harry Morgan Woodford Ecology1,0891.87+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 SpicerConservative30,09555.77-1.37
Ivor David Philips Liberal18,70634.66+11.32
Peter Ernest Sandland-Nielson Labour4,1837.75-8.95
Guy Harry Morgan Woodford Ecology8661.60-1.12
Graham Robert George Pass Independent1130.21N/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 SpicerConservative34,92657.14+8.75
Ivor David Philips Liberal14,27223.35-8.69
Gareth John Daniel Labour10,20616.70-2.88
Guy Harry Morgan Woodford Ecology1,7222.72N/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 SpicerConservative26,79048.39+1.27
John Percy Birch Liberal17,73932.04-3.08
Stuart Jeffrey Randall Labour10,83819.58+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 SpicerConservative28,12647.12-13.27
John Percy Birch Liberal20,96135.11+20.80
David Philip Pugsley Labour9,75716.35-8.95
Geoffrey Hunt Independent Conservative8501.42N/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 NabarroConservative30,64860.39+8.67
Adrian Edward Bailey Labour12,83925.30-2.73
JC Hall Liberal7,26214.31-5.94
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 NabarroConservative24,19851.72+0.53
KA Gulleford Labour13,11428.03+4.02
RG Otter Liberal9,47620.25-4.55
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 AgnewConservative23,74051.19-8.04
Anthony J Batchelor Liberal11,50324.80+9.00
Stephen Patrick William Drewer Labour6,44824.01-0.95
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 AgnewConservative25,82459.23-6.74
David W Young Labour10,88424.96-9.07
Dr. Emrys Hilary L Harries Liberal6,89015.80N/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 AgnewConservative26,81165.97+0.61
Eric L J Thorne Labour13,83134.03-0.61
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 BèreConservative27,22965.36+2.13
John Patrick Tennyson Hopwood Labour14,43434.64-2.13
General Election 1950 [16]
Electorate: 53,148
Turnout: 42,616 (80.18%)
Conservative win new seat
Majority: 11,280 (26.47%)
Rupert de la BèreConservative26,94863.23
John Patrick Tennyson Hopwood Labour15,66836.77

Notes and references

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  2. 1 2 3 "'Worcestershire South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "'Worcestershire South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  8. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  9. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  11. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results March 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  13. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  14. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  15. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  16. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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