Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lichfield
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
West Midlands - Lichfield constituency.svg
Boundary of Lichfield in West Midlands region
County Staffordshire
Electorate 74,942 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Lichfield, Burntwood, Handsacre, Barton-under-Needwood
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Dave Robertson (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Mid Staffordshire, Cannock & Burntwood, South East Staffordshire and Burton [2]
1885–1950
SeatsOne
Type of constituency County constituency
Replaced by Lichfield and Tamworth
1305–1885
SeatsTwo until 1868, then One
Type of constituency Borough constituency

Lichfield is a constituency [n 1] in Staffordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Dave Robertson of the Labour Party. [3]

Contents

Boundaries

1918–1950

The Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, the Urban Districts of Perry Barr and Rugeley, the Rural District of Lichfield, and parts of the Rural Districts of Tamworth and Walsall.

1997–2010

The District of Lichfield wards of All Saints, Alrewas, Armitage with Handsacre, Boney Hay, Central, Chadsmead, Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Colton and Ridwares, Curborough, Hammerwich, Highfield, King's Bromley, Leomansley, Longdon, Redslade, St John's, Stowe, Summerfield, and Whittington, and the Borough of East Staffordshire wards of Bagots and Yoxall.

2010–2024

The District of Lichfield wards of All Saints, Alrewas and Fradley, Armitage with Handsacre, Boley Park, Boney Hay, Burntwood Central, Chadsmead, Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Colton and Mavesyn Ridware, Curborough, Hammerwich, Highfield, King's Bromley, Leomansley, Longdon, St John's, Stowe, Summerfield, and Whittington, and the Borough of East Staffordshire wards of Bagots, Needwood, and Yoxall.

2024–present

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Minor changes to the boundary with Tamworth.

1 Following a local government boundary review in which came into effect in May 2023, [5] [6] the part in the Borough of East Staffordshire now comprises the following wards or part wards from the 2024 general election:

History

The city was represented at most parliaments between 1305 (10 years after the Model Parliament)[ clarification needed ], in 1327 and again in 1353, but it then ceased to be represented until the mid 16th century, from when it sent two burgesses as members to Parliament until 1664, when representation was temporarily reduced to one member during The Protectorate (ended 1680)[ citation needed ], and again in 1868, when representation was permanently reduced to one. The constituency was abolished in 1950 but reconstituted, still as a single-member constituency, in 1997.

Constituency profile

This area has very little dependence on social housing and has low unemployment compared to other areas. [8] In 2010 Michael Fabricant obtained the 52nd highest Conservative share of the vote, out of 650 seats, although in 1997 it was only held by a majority of 238 votes. [9] In 2010 The Guardian described the constituency as a "pleasant cathedral city on border of West Midlands and the Potteries." [10]

Members of Parliament

1305–1660

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1313 William of Lichfield
1320 William the Taverner
1326–7 Stephen le Blount
1529 William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
1547 William Layton, died
and replaced by Jan 1552 by Alexander Walker 		Edmund Twyneho [11]
1553 (Mar) Mark Wyrley William Fitzherbert [11]
1553 (Oct) Sir Philip Draycott John Giffard [11]
1554 (Apr) Henry Vernon John Taylor [11]
1554 (Nov) Mark Wyrley Thomas Edwards [11]
1555 Thomas Edwards Francis Bulstrode [11]
1558 Robert Weston Richard Cupper [11]
1559 (Jan) Sir Henry Paget Robert Weston [12]
1562–3 Sir Henry Paget Michael Pulteney [12]
1571 Edward Fitzgerald William Timperley [12]
1572 Edward Fitzgerald Arthur Bedell [12]
1584 (Nov) Richard Browne James Weston [12]
1586 (Sep) Richard Broughton John Goodman [12]
1588 (Oct) Richard Broughton Richard Huddleston [12]
1593 Sir John Wingfield Richard Broughton [12]
1597 (Oct) Joseph Oldsworth William Fowkes [12]
1601 Anthony Dyott Robert Browne [12]
1604 Anthony Dyott Thomas Crewe
1614 Sir John Egerton, died
and replaced by Anthony Dyott 		William Wingfield
1621 William Wingfield Richard Weston
1624 Sir Simon Weston Sir John Suckling, sat for Middlesex
and replaced by William Wingfield
1625 Richard Dyott William Wingfield
1626 Richard Dyott William Wingfield
1628 Sir Richard Dyott Sir William Walter
1629–1640No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr) Sir Walter Devereux Sir Richard Dyott
1640 (Nov) Sir Walter Devereux died 1641
and replaced by Sir Richard Cave, Royalist
disabled 1642 [13] 		Michael Noble
1645 Michael Noble Michael Biddulph of Elmhurst
1648 Michael Noble, died 1649Only one member
1653Lichfield not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 Thomas Minors Only one member
1656 Thomas Minors Only one member
1659 Daniel Watson of Burton upon Trent [14] Thomas Minors

1660–1868

ElectionFirst member [15] First partySecond member [15] Second party
1660 Apr Michael Biddulph Daniel Watson
1660 May Thomas Minors
1661 John Lane Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bt
1667 Richard Dyott
1678 Sir Henry Lyttelton, Bt
1679 Feb Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1679 Aug Daniel Finch
later 2nd Earl of Nottingham
1685 Thomas Orme Richard Leveson
1689 Robert Burdett Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1690 Richard Dyott
1695 Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1698 Richard Dyott
1701 Jan William Walmisley
1701 Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1705 Sir Henry Gough Tory
1708 John Cotes Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1710 Richard Dyott
1715 Walter Chetwynd Samuel Hill
1718 Apr William Sneyd
1718 Dec Walter Chetwynd
1722 Richard Plumer
1731 by-election [mpnotes 1] George Venables-Vernon
later Baron Vernon
1734 Rowland Hill
1741 Sir Lister Holte, Bt
1747 Richard Leveson-Gower Thomas Anson
1753 Nov by-election [mpnotes 2] Sir Thomas Gresley, Bt [mpnotes 3]
1754 Jan [mpnotes 3] Henry Vernon
1754 Apr Viscount Trentham
later Marquess of Stafford
1755 by-election [mpnotes 4] Henry Vernon
1761 John Levett [mpnotes 5]
Feb 1762 [mpnotes 5] Hugo Meynell
1768 Thomas Gilbert Whig [16]
1770 by-election [mpnotes 6] George Adams then Anson Whig [16]
1789 by-election [mpnotes 7] Thomas Anson
later Viscount Anson		 Whig [16]
1795 by-election [mpnotes 8] Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
later Earl Granville		 Whig [16]
1799 by-election Sir John Wrottesley, Bt Whig [16]
1806 Feb by-election [mpnotes 9] Sir George Anson Whig [17] [16] [18]
1806 Nov George Granville Venables Vernon Whig [16]
1831 Sir Edward Scott, Bt Whig [16]
1837 Lord Alfred Paget Whig [19] [17] [20] [16]
1841 by-election Lord Leveson
later Earl Granville		 Whig [16] [21] [22] [23] [24]
1846 by-election Edward Lloyd-Mostyn
later Baron Mostyn		 Whig [16] [25] [26]
1847 Viscount Anson
later 2nd Earl of Lichfield		 Whig [27] [21]
1854 by-election The Lord Waterpark Whig [28]
1856 by-election Viscount Sandon
later Earl of Harrowby		Independent Whig [29] [30]
1859 Liberal Augustus Anson Liberal
1865 Richard Dyott Conservative
1868 Representation reduced to one member

1868–1950

ElectionMember [15] Party
1868 Richard Dyott continuing Conservative
1880 by-election Theophilus John Levett Conservative
1885 Parliamentary borough abolished

1885–1950, as Lichfield division of Staffordshire

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Sir John Swinburne Liberal
1892 Leonard Darwin Liberal Unionist
1895 Henry Charles Fulford Liberal
1896 by-election Sir Courtenay Warner Liberal
1919 Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Frank Hodges Labour
1924 Roy Wilson Conservative
1929 James Lovat-Fraser Labour
1931 National Labour
1938 Cecil Poole Labour
1950 Constituency abolished

Since 1997, as Lichfield county constituency

ElectionMemberParty
1997 Michael Fabricant [n 2] Conservative
2024 Dave Robertson Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Lichfield [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Robertson 17,232 35.1 +14.3
Conservative Michael Fabricant 16,42233.4−30.1
Reform UK Richard Howard9,73419.8New
Liberal Democrats Paul Ray3,5727.3−3.1
Green Heather McNeillis1,7243.5+0.3
Independent Pete Longman3220.7New
Independent John Madden980.2−0.9
Majority8101.7
Turnout 49,10464.5−6.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +22.4

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Lichfield [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fabricant 34,844 64.5 +0.9
Labour Dave Robertson 11,20620.8−8.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Ray5,63210.4+5.4
Green Andrea Muckley1,7433.2+0.6
Independent John Madden5681.1New
Majority23,63843.7+8.9
Turnout 53,99370.5−1.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
General election 2017: Lichfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fabricant 34,018 63.6 +8.4
Labour Chris Worsey15,43728.8+9.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Ray2,6535.0−0.6
Green Robert Pass1,4162.6−1.2
Majority18,58134.8−0.6
Turnout 53,52472.1+2.8
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
General election 2015: Lichfield [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fabricant 28,389 55.2 +0.8
Labour Chris Worsey10,20019.80.0
UKIP John Rackham8,08215.7+10.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Ray2,7005.6−14.5
Green Robert Pass1,9763.8New
Class War Andy Bennetts1200.2New
Majority18,18935.4+1.1
Turnout 51,46769.3−1.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2010: Lichfield [34] [35] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fabricant 28,048 54.4 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Jackson10,36520.1+4.2
Labour Steve Hyden10,23019.8−12.4
UKIP Karen Maunder2,9205.7+2.4
Majority17,68334.3+18.1
Turnout 51,56371.0+4.32
Conservative hold Swing +0.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Lichfield [37] [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fabricant 21,274 48.6 −0.5
Labour Nigel Gardner14,19432.4−6.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Jackson6,80415.6+4.9
UKIP Malcolm McKenzie1,4723.4+1.8
Majority7,08016.2+5.6
Turnout 43,74466.7+0.8
Conservative hold Swing +2.8
General election 2001: Lichfield [39] [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fabricant 20,480 49.1 +6.2
Labour Martin Machray16,05438.5−3.9
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion 4,46210.7−0.6
UKIP John Phazey6841.6New
Majority4,42610.6+10.1
Turnout 41,68065.9−11.6
Conservative hold Swing +5.05

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Lichfield [41] [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Fabricant 20,853 42.9
Labour Susan Woodward20,61542.4
Liberal Democrats Phil Bennion 5,47311.3
Referendum George Seward1,6523.4
Majority2380.5
Turnout 48,59377.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Lichfield [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cecil Poole 42,806 55.18 +8.96
National Beresford Craddock 26,23533.82New
Liberal Richard Anthony Lamb8,53311.00New
Majority16,57121.36
Turnout 77,57471.52+7.35
Labour gain from National Labour Swing +16.21

Elections in the 1930s

1938 by-election: Lichfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cecil Poole 23,856 51.18 +4.96
National Labour Beresford Craddock 22,76048.82−4.96
Majority1,0962.36
Turnout 46,61668.49+4.32
Labour gain from National Labour Swing +4.96
General election 1935: Lichfield [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Labour James Lovat-Fraser 23,489 53.78 −9.03
Labour George Henry Jones 20,19146.22+9.03
Majority3,2987.56−18.06
Turnout 43,68064.17−9.56
National Labour hold Swing −9.03
General election 1931: Lichfield [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Labour James Lovat-Fraser 26,669 62.81 +20.2
Labour George Henry Jones 15,79037.19−5.41
Majority10,87925.62
Turnout 42,45973.73−6.2
National Labour gain from Labour Swing +34.11

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Lichfield [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lovat-Fraser 14,965 42.6 −3.6
Unionist S Samuel11,51132.8−21.0
Liberal Etienne Bruno de Hamel8,64324.6New
Majority3,4549.8
Turnout 35,11980.0−0.3
Registered electors 43,888
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +8.7
General election 1924: Lichfield [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Roy Wilson 14,588 53.8 +14.1
Labour Frank Hodges 12,51246.2−2.3
Majority2,0767.6
Turnout 27,10080.3+10.6
Registered electors 33,751
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +8.2
General election 1923: Lichfield [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Hodges 11,029 48.5 +1.7
Unionist Roy Wilson 9,01039.7New
Liberal Thomas Evans Morris2,68311.8−41.4
Majority2,0198.8
Turnout 22,72269.7+7.7
Registered electors 32,580
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing +21.6
General election 1922: Lichfield [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Courtenay Warner 10,594 53.2 −10.4
Labour Walter John French 9,31646.8+10.4
Majority1,2786.4
Turnout 19,91062.0+10.5
Registered electors 32,100
National Liberal gain from Liberal Swing −10.4

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Lichfield [46] [47] [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Swinburne 4,126 57.8 +8.5
Conservative Tonman Mosley 3,01342.2–8.5
Majority1,11315.6
Turnout 7,13980.7+1.4
Registered electors 8,842
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.5
General election 1886: Lichfield [46] [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Swinburne 3,398 55.1 –2.7
Liberal Unionist Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield2,76544.9+2.7
Majority63310.2–5.4
Turnout 6,16369.7–11.0
Registered electors 8,842
Liberal hold Swing –2.7

Elections in the 1890s

Darwin Leonard Darwin.jpg
Darwin
General election 1892: Lichfield [46] [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Leonard Darwin 3,575 50.1 +5.2
Liberal John Swinburne 3,56449.9–5.2
Majority110.2
Turnout 7,13981.4+11.7
Registered electors 8,768
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +5.2
Fulford Henry Charles Fulford.jpg
Fulford
General election 1895: Lichfield [46] [47] [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Fulford 3,902 50.3 +0.4
Liberal Unionist Leonard Darwin 3,85849.7–0.4
Majority440.6
Turnout 7,76085.1+3.7
Registered electors 9,123
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +0.4
1896 Lichfield by-election [46] [47] [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Courtenay Warner 4,483 53.1 +2.8
Liberal Unionist Leonard Darwin 3,95546.9–2.8
Majority5286.2+5.6
Turnout 8,43890.3+5.2
Registered electors 9,348
Liberal hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1900s

Warner Courtenay Warner.jpg
Warner
General election 1900: Lichfield [46] [47] [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Courtenay Warner 4,300 55.2 +4.9
Conservative William Bealey Harrison3,48544.8–4.9
Majority81510.4+9.8
Turnout 7,78581.0–4.1
Registered electors 9,608
Liberal hold Swing +4.9
General election 1906: Lichfield [46] [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Courtenay Warner 5,421 64.4 +9.2
Liberal Unionist Robert Grosvenor, 3rd Baron Ebury2,99135.6–9.2
Majority2,43028.8+18.4
Turnout 8,41283.1+2.1
Registered electors 10,123
Liberal hold Swing +9.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Lichfield [46] [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Courtenay Warner 5,220 54.5 –9.9
Liberal Unionist George Coates4,35345.5+9.9
Majority8679.0–19.8
Turnout 9,57389.4+6.3
Liberal hold Swing –9.5
General election December 1910: Lichfield [46] [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Courtenay Warner 5,058 54.6 +0.1
Conservative Arthur Chetwynd4,21345.4–0.1
Majority8459.2+0.2
Turnout 9,27186.6–2.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.1

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Lichfield [45] [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Courtenay Warner 9,67763.6+9.0
Labour Thomas Riley5,54836.4New
Majority4,12927.2+18.0
Turnout 15,22551.5–35.1
Registered electors 29,535
Liberal hold Swing +9.0
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election results 1868–1885

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Dyott 525 52.6 +19.1
Liberal Augustus Anson 47447.4−19.1
Majority515.2−1.1
Turnout 99975.7−15.2
Registered electors 1,320
Conservative hold Swing +19.1

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Dyott 571 56.5 +3.9
Liberal Charles Simpson [54] 44043.5−3.9
Majority13113.0+7.8
Turnout 1,01177.1+1.4
Registered electors 1,312
Conservative hold Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Dyott 553 50.7 −5.8
Liberal John Swinburne 53749.3+5.8
Majority161.4−11.6
Turnout 1,09079.3+2.2
Registered electors 1,374
Conservative hold Swing −5.8

The 1880 election was declared void on petition.

By-election, 19 Jul 1880: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Theophilus John Levett 578 51.5 +0.8
Liberal John Swinburne 54448.5−0.8
Majority343.0+1.6
Turnout 1,12281.7+2.4
Registered electors 1,374
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

Election results 1832–1868

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Lichfield [53] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Edward Scott 497 47.9
Whig George Anson 373 36.0
Radical Francis Finch16716.1
Majority20619.9
Turnout 56365.4
Registered electors 861
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: Lichfield [53] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Anson 490 43.1 +7.1
Whig Edward Scott 414 36.4 −11.5
Radical Francis Finch23220.4+4.3
Majority18216.0−3.9
Turnout 62289.5+24.1
Registered electors 695
Whig hold Swing +2.5
Whig hold Swing −6.8
General election 1837: Lichfield [53] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George Anson Unopposed
Whig Alfred Paget Unopposed
Registered electors 901
Whig hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Lichfield [53] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Anson 381 40.1 N/A
Whig Alfred Paget 289 30.4 N/A
Conservative Richard Dyott 28129.5N/A
Majority80.9N/A
Turnout 57288.5N/A
Registered electors 646
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Anson resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Poynings, causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 September 1841: Lichfield [53] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Granville Leveson-Gower Unopposed
Whig hold

Leveson-Gower succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl Granville and causing a by-election.

By-election, 31 January 1846: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Edward Lloyd-Mostyn Unopposed
Whig hold

Paget was appointed Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 15 July 1846: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Alfred Paget Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1847: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Anson Unopposed
Whig Alfred Paget Unopposed
Registered electors 947
Whig hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Anson 369 40.4 N/A
Whig Alfred Paget 320 35.0 N/A
Conservative Robert Bayly Follett [55] 22424.5N/A
Majority9610.5N/A
Turnout 569 (est)68.0 (est)N/A
Registered electors 836
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Paget was appointed Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 5 January 1853: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Alfred Paget Unopposed
Whig hold

Anson succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Lichfield, causing a by-election.

By-election, 9 May 1854: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Cavendish Unopposed
Whig hold

Cavendish resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 May 1856: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Whig Dudley Ryder Unopposed
Ind. Whig gain from Whig
General election 1857: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Alfred Paget Unopposed
Independent Whig Dudley Ryder Unopposed
Registered electors 600
Whig hold
Ind. Whig gain from Whig
General election 1859: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Paget Unopposed
Liberal Augustus Anson Unopposed
Registered electors 737
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Ind. Whig

Paget was appointed Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 6 July 1859: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Paget Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Lichfield [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Augustus Anson 302 39.3 N/A
Conservative Richard Dyott 257 33.5 N/A
Liberal Alfred Paget 20927.2N/A
Turnout 513 (est)90.9 (est)N/A
Registered electors 564
Majority455.8N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority486.3N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections before 1832

General election 1831: Lichfield [16] [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Anson Unopposed
Whig Edward Scott Unopposed
Registered electors 1,277
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1830: Lichfield [16] [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Anson 300 36.7
Whig George Venables-Vernon 280 34.2
Whig Edward Scott 23829.1
Majority425.1
Turnout 525
Whig hold Swing
Whig hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
    Before 1885 Lichfield was a parliamentary borough as an original a borough constituency.
  2. ↑ Previously MP for Mid Staffordshire (1992–1997), which included the city of Lichfield (in addition to Rugeley and Stone)

Members of Parliament

  1. ↑ The by-election in 1731 was caused by the appointment of Walter Chetwynd as Governor of Barbados
  2. ↑ The by-election in November 1753 was caused by the death of Richard Leveson-Gower
  3. 1 2 Sir Thomas Gresley's victory at the by-election in November 1753 was overturned on petition on 29 Jan 1754 in favour of Henry Vernon
  4. ↑ The by-election in 1755 was caused when Viscount Trentham succeeded to the peerage as Earl Gower
  5. 1 2 At the general election in 1761, Thomas Anson (MP) and John Levett were declared elected. However, a petition was lodged, and Levett's election was overturned on 1 February 1762 in favour of Hugo Meynell
  6. ↑ The by-election in 1770 was caused by the resignation of Thomas Anson
  7. ↑ The by-election in 1789 was caused by the death of George Anson
  8. ↑ The by-election in 1795 was caused by the resignation of Thomas Gilbert
  9. ↑ The by-election in February 1806 was caused by the elevation to the peerage of Thomas Anson. Source: "No. 15896". The London Gazette . 4 March 1806. pp. 296–297.

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