Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)

Bromsgrove
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 1983
Boundary of Bromsgrove in West Midlands region
County	Worcestershire
Population	93,637 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate	75,305 (2023) [2]
Major settlements	Bromsgrove, Hagley, Alvechurch
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Bradley Thomas
Seats	One
Created from	Bromsgrove & Redditch
1950–1974 (1974)
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Kidderminster
Replaced by	Bromsgrove & Redditch

Bromsgrove is a constituency ^{[n 1]} in Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Bradley Thomas of the Conservative Party. ^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Bromsgrove and Redditch, and the Rural District of Bromsgrove. The constituency was renamed Bromsgrove and Redditch in 1974, but the boundaries remained unchanged until 1983.

1983–present: The District of Bromsgrove.

The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged. ^[3]

The constituency covers the same area as Bromsgrove District Council in north Worcestershire, with twenty civil parishes, although the town of Bromsgrove itself is unparished. It includes the villages of Alvechurch, Barnt Green, Belbroughton, Blackwell, Clent, Cofton Hackett, Hagley, Hollywood, Lickey, Marlbrook, Rubery, Tardebigge, and Wythall.

History

The borough of Bromsgrove returned two members (Thomas Rassall and Thomas Barneford) to the original Model Parliament in 1295. However, borough status appeared lost when no other member was sent to any subsequent parliament under that status. ^[4]

Since its split from the neighbouring Redditch Constituency in 1983, it has returned a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).

The MP from 1997 to 2010, Julie Kirkbride, announced on 28 May 2009 that she would be standing down as an MP at the next General Election in light of the expenses scandal. ^[5] Her resignation was confirmed in December 2009, after an attempt to withdraw it. ^[6]

The winner of the 2010 election, Sajid Javid (formerly the youngest Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank and a Deutsche Bank board director) held ministerial roles in Treasury as Economic Secretary and Financial Secretary,as well as Cabinet posts as Culture Secretary, Business Secretary, Communities Secretary, Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and most recently as Health Secretary. He stood down from Parliament at the 2024 dissolution having announced this intent in December 2022. His place was taken by fellow Conservative Bradley Thomas.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1950–1974

Election		Member [7] [8]	Party
	1950	Michael Higgs	Conservative
	1955	James Dance	Conservative
	1971 by-election	Terry Davis	Labour
	Feb 1974	constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove & Redditch

MPs since 1983

Election		Member [7] [8]	Party	Notes
	1983	Hal Miller	Conservative
	1992	Roy Thomason	Conservative
	1997	Julie Kirkbride	Conservative	Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2003–2004)
	2010	Sajid Javid	Conservative	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2014–2015) Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (2015–2016) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (2016–2018) Home Secretary (2018–2019) Chancellor of the Exchequer (2019–2020) Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2021–2022)
	2024	Bradley Thomas	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bromsgrove ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bradley Thomas	16,533	32.8	−30.6
	Labour	Neena Gill	13,517	26.8	+6.0
	Reform UK	Glen Brampton	9,584	19.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Nicholl	7,391	14.7	+2.2
	Green	Talia Ellis	1,675	3.3	±0.0
	Independent	Sam Ammar	1,561	3.1	N/A
	Workers Party	Aheesha Zahir	144	0.3	N/A
Majority			3,016	6.0	−36.6
Turnout			50,405	66.1	–6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-18.5

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Bromsgrove ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sajid Javid	34,408	63.4	+1.4
	Labour	Rory Shannon	11,302	20.8	–10.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Nicholl	6,779	12.5	+7.9
	Green	Kevin White	1,783	3.3	+1.2
Majority			23,106	42.6	+11.9
Turnout			54,272	72.6	–1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.9

General election 2017: Bromsgrove ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sajid Javid	33,493	62.0	+8.2
	Labour	Michael Thompson	16,920	31.3	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Lewis	2,488	4.6	–0.4
	Green	Giovanni Esposito	1,139	2.1	–1.2
Majority			16,573	30.7	–0.9
Turnout			54,040	73.7	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	–0.5

General election 2015: Bromsgrove ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sajid Javid	28,133	53.8	+10.1
	Labour	Tom Ebbutt	11,604	22.2	+0.4
	UKIP	Stuart Cross	8,163	15.6	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bart Ricketts	2,616	5.0	–14.6
	Green	Giovanni Esposito	1,729	3.3	New
Majority			16,529	31.6	+9.7
Turnout			52,245	71.2	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

General election 2010: Bromsgrove ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sajid Javid	22,558	43.7	–7.3
	Labour	Sam Burden	11,250	21.8	–8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Ling	10,124	19.6	+4.5
	UKIP	Steven Morson	2,950	5.7	+1.7
	Bromsgrove Independent Conservative	Adrian Kriss	2,182	4.2	New
	BNP	Elizabeth Wainwright	1,923	3.7	New
	Independent	Mark France	336	0.7	New
	Independent	Ken Wheatley	307	0.6	New
Majority			11,308	21.9	+0.8
Turnout			51,630	70.6	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Bromsgrove ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Kirkbride	24,387	51.0	–0.7
	Labour	David Jones	14,307	29.9	–4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Haswell	7,197	15.1	+3.2
	UKIP	Paul Buckingham	1,919	4.0	+1.6
Majority			10,080	21.1	+3.3
Turnout			47,810	67.6	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

General election 2001: Bromsgrove ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Kirkbride	23,640	51.7	+4.5
	Labour	Peter McDonald	15,502	33.9	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley	5,430	11.9	0.0
	UKIP	Ian Gregory	1,112	2.4	+1.9
Majority			8,138	17.8	+8.4
Turnout			45,684	67.1	–10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Bromsgrove ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Kirkbride	24,620	47.2	–6.9
	Labour	Peter McDonald	19,725	37.8	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jennette Davy	6,200	11.9	–1.9
	Referendum	Diana Winsor	1,411	2.7	New
	UKIP	Beatrice Wetton	251	0.5	New
Majority			3,885	9.4	–18.0
Turnout			52,207	77.1	–5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	–7.0

General election 1992: Bromsgrove ^{[20] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Thomason	31,709	54.1	–0.6
	Labour	Catherine Mole	18,007	30.7	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alexis Cassin	8,090	13.8	–8.2
	Green	John Churchman	856	1.5	New
Majority			13,702	23.4	–8.0
Turnout			58,662	82.5	+6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	–4.0

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Bromsgrove ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	29,051	54.7	–1.5
	Labour	Joseph Ward	12,366	23.3	+2.6
	SDP	David Cropp	11,663	22.0	+0.4
Majority			16,685	31.4	–3.2
Turnout			53,080	76.4	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	–2.1

General election 1983: Bromsgrove ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	27,911	56.2
	SDP	James Milligan	10,736	21.6
	Labour	Gary Titley	10,280	20.7
	Ecology	John C. Churchman	716	1.5
Majority			17,175	34.6
Turnout			49,643	75.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

By Election 1971: Bromsgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Davis	29,809	51.62	+10.09
	Conservative	Hal Miller	27,941	48.38	–10.09
Majority			1,868	3.24	N/A
Turnout			57,750
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.09

General election 1970: Bromsgrove ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Dance	37,544	58.47	+5.45
	Labour	Terry Davis	26,670	41.53	−5.35
Majority			10,874	16.94	+10.90
Turnout			64,214	76.51	−3.39
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.35

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Bromsgrove ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Dance	32,400	53.02	+4.29
	Labour	N Peter Lister	28,704	46.98	+9.67
Majority			3,696	6.04	−5.38
Turnout			51,104	79.90	+2.69
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.69

General election 1964: Bromsgrove ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Dance	29,616	48.73	−9.35
	Labour	N Peter Lister	22,673	37.31	−4.61
	Liberal	Stewart L Stockdale	8,485	13.96	New
Majority			6,943	11.42	−5.75
Turnout			60,774	82.94	−0.60
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.67

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Bromsgrove ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Dance	32,473	58.08	+2.88
	Labour	Christopher Norwood	23,433	41.92	−2.88
Majority			9,040	16.16	+5.76
Turnout			55,906	83.54	+1.85
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.88

General election 1955: Bromsgrove ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Dance	27,461	55.20	+2.59
	Labour	Lester J. George	22,287	44.80	−2.59
Majority			5,174	10.40	+5.18
Turnout			49,748	81.69	−4.79
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.59

General election 1951: Bromsgrove ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Higgs	26,736	52.61	+8.65
	Labour	Donald Chesworth	24,083	47.39	+3.81
Majority			2,653	5.22	+4.84
Turnout			50,819	86.48	+0.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Bromsgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Higgs	21,674	43.96
	Labour	Donald Chesworth	21,484	43.58
	Liberal	R. W. T. Hill	6,145	12.46
Majority			190	0.38
Turnout			49,303	85.80
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.

References

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External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Bromsgrove — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Bromsgrove UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Bromsgrove UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Bromsgrove UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Runnymede and Weybridge	Constituency represented by the chancellor of the Exchequer 2019–2020	Succeeded by Richmond

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