Bromsgrove and Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bromsgrove and Redditch
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
Bromsgrove Redditch1974Constituency.svg
Bromsgrove and Redditch in Worcestershire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
February 1974–1983
Seatsone
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.

Contents

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

ElectionMemberParty
Feb 1974 Hal Miller Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove & Mid Worcestershire

Election results

General election 1979: Bromsgrove and Redditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hal Miller 44,621 54.30
Labour Anne Davis28,73634.97
Liberal Nigel Phillips8,0669.82
National Front BA Deakin7520.92New
Majority15,88519.33
Turnout 82,17578.73
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hal Miller 31,153 44.56
Labour Terry Davis 29,08541.60
Liberal P Kelway9,67913.84
Majority2,0682.96
Turnout 69,91779.59
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hal Miller 33,125 45.14
Labour Terry Davis 29,53640.25
Liberal GE Cartwright10,72614.62
Majority3,5894.89
Turnout 73,38784.28
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. "'Bromsgrove and Redditch', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. "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.