Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Lichfield
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Lichfield in Staffordshire
Location of Staffordshire within England
County	Staffordshire
Electorate	73,085 (December 2010) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Michael Fabricant (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Mid Staffordshire, Cannock & Burntwood, South East Staffordshire and Burton [2]
1885–1950
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Lichfield and Tamworth
1305–1885
Seats	Two 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 its 1997 recreation by Michael Fabricant, a Conservative. ^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Map of current 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–present

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.

The constituency includes the northern and central parts of the Lichfield local government district, including the cathedral city of Lichfield itself, Burntwood, and also the south-western portion of East Staffordshire district, including Yoxall, Barton-under-Needwood, and Abbots Bromley.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of East Staffordshire wards of: Bagots; Needwood; Yoxall.¹
• The District of Lichfield wards of: Alrewas & Fradley; Armitage with Handsacre; Boley Park; Boney Hay & Central; Chadsmead; Chase Terrace; Chasetown; Colton & the Ridwares; Curborough; Hammerwich with Wall; Highfield; Leomansley; Longdon; St. John’s; Stowe; Summerfield & All Saints; Whittington & Streethay (polling district AD). ^[3]

Minor changes to the boundary with Tamworth.

¹ Following a local government boundary review in which came into effect in May 2023 ^{[4] [5]} , the part in the Borough of East Staffordshire will now comprise the following wards or part wards from the next general election:

• Bagots & Needwood; Blythe (Kingstone parish); Crown (Newborough parish). ^[6]

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. ^[7] 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. ^[8] In 2010 The Guardian described the constituency as a "pleasant cathedral city on border of West Midlands and the Potteries." ^[9]

Members of Parliament

See also: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

1305–1660

Parliament	First member	Second 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 [10]
1553 (Mar)	Mark Wyrley	William Fitzherbert [10]
1553 (Oct)	Sir Philip Draycott	John Giffard [10]
1554 (Apr)	Henry Vernon	John Taylor [10]
1554 (Nov)	Mark Wyrley	Thomas Edwards [10]
1555	Thomas Edwards	Francis Bulstrode [10]
1558	Robert Weston	Richard Cupper [10]
1559 (Jan)	Sir Henry Paget	Robert Weston [11]
1562–3	Sir Henry Paget	Michael Pulteney [11]
1571	Edward Fitzgerald	William Timperley [11]
1572	Edward Fitzgerald	Arthur Bedell [11]
1584 (Nov)	Richard Browne	James Weston [11]
1586 (Sep)	Richard Broughton	John Goodman [11]
1588 (Oct)	Richard Broughton	Richard Huddleston [11]
1593	Sir John Wingfield	Richard Broughton [11]
1597 (Oct)	Joseph Oldsworth	William Fowkes [11]
1601	Anthony Dyott	Robert Browne [11]
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
1629–1640	No 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 [12]	Michael Noble
1645	Michael Noble	Michael Biddulph of Elmhurst
1648	Michael Noble, died 1649	Only one member
1653	Lichfield not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Thomas Minors	Only one member
1656	Thomas Minors	Only one member
1659	Daniel Watson of Burton upon Trent [13]	Thomas Minors

1660–1868

Election	First member [14]		First party	Second member [14]		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 [15]
1770 by-election [mpnotes 6]					George Adams then Anson	Whig [15]
1789 by-election [mpnotes 7]					Thomas Anson later Viscount Anson	Whig [15]
1795 by-election [mpnotes 8]		Lord Granville Leveson-Gower later Earl Granville	Whig [15]
1799 by-election		Sir John Wrottesley, Bt	Whig [15]
1806 Feb by-election [mpnotes 9]					Sir George Anson	Whig [16] [15] [17]
1806 Nov		George Granville Venables Vernon	Whig [15]
1831		Sir Edward Scott, Bt	Whig [15]
1837		Lord Alfred Paget	Whig [18] [16] [19] [15]
1841 by-election					Lord Leveson later Earl Granville	Whig [15] [20] [21] [22] [23]
1846 by-election					Edward Lloyd-Mostyn later Baron Mostyn	Whig [15] [24] [25]
1847					Viscount Anson later 2nd Earl of Lichfield	Whig [26] [20]
1854 by-election					The Lord Waterpark	Whig [27]
1856 by-election					Viscount Sandon later Earl of Harrowby	Independent Whig [28] [29]
1859			Liberal		Augustus Anson	Liberal
1865		Richard Dyott	Conservative
1868	Representation reduced to one member

1868–1950

Election		Member [14]	Party
	1868	Richard Dyott continuing	Conservative
	1880 by-election	Theophilus John Levett	Conservative
	1885	Parliamentary borough abolished

1885–1950, as Lichfield division of Staffordshire

Election		Member	Party
	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

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Michael Fabricant [n 3]	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Lichfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant [30]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Lichfield ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	34,844	64.5	+0.9
	Labour	Dave Robertson	11,206	20.8	–8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Ray	5,632	10.4	+5.4
	Green	Andrea Muckley	1,743	3.2	+0.6
	Independent	John Madden	568	1.1	New
Majority			23,638	43.7	+8.9
Turnout			53,993	70.5	–1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

General election 2017: Lichfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	34,018	63.6	+8.4
	Labour	Chris Worsey	15,437	28.8	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Ray	2,653	5.0	–0.6
	Green	Robert Pass	1,416	2.6	–1.2
Majority			18,581	34.8	–0.6
Turnout			53,524	72.1	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	–0.3

General election 2015: Lichfield ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	28,389	55.2	+0.8
	Labour	Chris Worsey	10,200	19.8	0.0
	UKIP	John Rackham	8,082	15.7	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Ray	2,700	5.6	–14.5
	Green	Robert Pass	1,976	3.8	New
	Class War	Andy Bennetts	120	0.2	New
Majority			18,189	35.4	+1.1
Turnout			51,467	69.3	–1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2010: Lichfield ^{[33] [34] [35]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	28,048	54.4	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jackson	10,365	20.1	+4.2
	Labour	Steve Hyden	10,230	19.8	–12.4
	UKIP	Karen Maunder	2,920	5.7	+2.4
Majority			17,683	34.3	+18.1
Turnout			51,563	71.0	+4.32
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Lichfield ^{[36] [37]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	21,274	48.6	–0.5
	Labour	Nigel Gardner	14,194	32.4	–6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jackson	6,804	15.6	+4.9
	UKIP	Malcolm McKenzie	1,472	3.4	+1.8
Majority			7,080	16.2	+5.6
Turnout			43,744	66.7	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

General election 2001: Lichfield ^{[38] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	20,480	49.1	+6.2
	Labour	Martin Machray	16,054	38.5	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Bennion	4,462	10.7	–0.6
	UKIP	John Phazey	684	1.6	New
Majority			4,426	10.6	+10.1
Turnout			41,680	65.9	–11.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.05

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Lichfield ^{[40] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	20,853	42.9
	Labour	Susan Woodward	20,615	42.4
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Bennion	5,473	11.3
	Referendum	George Seward	1,652	3.4
Majority			238	0.5
Turnout			48,593	77.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Lichfield ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Poole	42,806	55.18	+1.40
	National	Beresford Craddock	26,235	33.82	N/A
	Liberal	Richard Anthony Lamb	8,533	11.00	New
Majority			16,571	21.36	N/A
Turnout			77,574	71.52	+7.35
	Labour gain from National Labour		Swing	–16.21

Elections in the 1930s

1938 by-election: Lichfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cecil Poole	23,856	51.18	+4.96
	National Labour	Beresford Craddock	22,760	48.82	–4.96
Majority			1,096	2.36	N/A
Turnout			46,616	68.49	+4.32
	Labour gain from National Labour		Swing	+4.96

General election 1935: Lichfield ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	James Lovat-Fraser	23,489	53.78	–9.03
	Labour	George Henry Jones	20,191	46.22	+9.03
Majority			3,298	7.56	–18.06
Turnout			43,680	64.17	–9.56
	National Labour hold		Swing	+9.03

General election 1931: Lichfield ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	James Lovat-Fraser	26,669	62.81	+20.2
	Labour	George Henry Jones	15,790	37.19	–5.41
Majority			10,879	25.62	N/A
Turnout			42,459	73.73	-6.2
	National Labour gain from Labour		Swing	+34.11

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Lichfield ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Lovat-Fraser	14,965	42.6	–3.6
	Unionist	S Samuel	11,511	32.8	–21.0
	Liberal	Etienne Bruno de Hamel	8,643	24.6	New
Majority			3,454	9.8	N/A
Turnout			35,119	80.0	–0.3
Registered electors			43,888
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.7

General election 1924: Lichfield ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Roy Wilson	14,588	53.8	+14.1
	Labour	Frank Hodges	12,512	46.2	–2.3
Majority			2,076	7.6	N/A
Turnout			27,100	80.3	+10.6
Registered electors			33,751
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+8.2

General election 1923: Lichfield ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Hodges	11,029	48.5	+1.7
	Unionist	Roy Wilson	9,010	39.7	New
	Liberal	Thomas Evans Morris	2,683	11.8	–41.4
Majority			2,019	8.8	N/A
Turnout			22,722	69.7	+7.7
Registered electors			32,580
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	+21.6

General election 1922: Lichfield ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Courtenay Warner	10,594	53.2	–10.4
	Labour	Walter John French	9,316	46.8	+10.4
Majority			1,278	6.4	N/A
Turnout			19,910	62.0	+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 ^{[45] [46] [47]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Swinburne	4,126	57.8	+8.5
	Conservative	Tonman Mosley	3,013	42.2	–8.5
Majority			1,113	15.6	N/A
Turnout			7,139	80.7	+1.4
Registered electors			8,842
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.5

General election 1886: Lichfield ^{[45] [46]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Swinburne	3,398	55.1	–2.7
	Liberal Unionist	Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield	2,765	44.9	+2.7
Majority			633	10.2	–5.4
Turnout			6,163	69.7	–11.0
Registered electors			8,842
	Liberal hold		Swing	–2.7

Elections in the 1890s

Darwin

General election 1892: Lichfield ^{[45] [46]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Leonard Darwin	3,575	50.1	+5.2
	Liberal	John Swinburne	3,564	49.9	–5.2
Majority			11	0.2	N/A
Turnout			7,139	81.4	+11.7
Registered electors			8,768
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.2

Fulford

General election 1895: Lichfield ^{[45] [46] [48]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Fulford	3,902	50.3	+0.4
	Liberal Unionist	Leonard Darwin	3,858	49.7	–0.4
Majority			44	0.6	N/A
Turnout			7,760	85.1	+3.7
Registered electors			9,123
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+0.4

• Fulford's election voided on petition

1896 Lichfield by-election ^{[45] [46] [48]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtenay Warner	4,483	53.1	+2.8
	Liberal Unionist	Leonard Darwin	3,955	46.9	–2.8
Majority			528	6.2	+5.6
Turnout			8,438	90.3	+5.2
Registered electors			9,348
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1900s

Warner

General election 1900: Lichfield ^{[45] [46] [48]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtenay Warner	4,300	55.2	+4.9
	Conservative	William Bealey Harrison	3,485	44.8	–4.9
Majority			815	10.4	+9.8
Turnout			7,785	81.0	–4.1
Registered electors			9,608
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.9

General election 1906: Lichfield ^{[45] [46]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtenay Warner	5,421	64.4	+9.2
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Grosvenor, 3rd Baron Ebury	2,991	35.6	–9.2
Majority			2,430	28.8	+18.4
Turnout			8,412	83.1	+2.1
Registered electors			10,123
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Lichfield ^{[45] [49]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtenay Warner	5,220	54.5	–9.9
	Liberal Unionist	George Coates	4,353	45.5	+9.9
Majority			867	9.0	–19.8
Turnout			9,573	89.4	+6.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	–9.5

General election December 1910: Lichfield ^{[45] [49]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Courtenay Warner	5,058	54.6	+0.1
	Conservative	Arthur Chetwynd	4,213	45.4	–0.1
Majority			845	9.2	+0.2
Turnout			9,271	86.6	–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;

• Liberal: Courtenay Warner
• Unionist: George Coates ^[50]

General election 1918: Lichfield ^{[44] [51]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Courtenay Warner	9,677	63.6	+9.0
	Labour	Thomas Riley	5,548	36.4	New
Majority			4,129	27.2	+18.0
Turnout			15,225	51.5	–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 ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dyott	525	52.6	+19.1
	Liberal	Augustus Anson	474	47.4	–19.1
Majority			51	5.2	–1.1
Turnout			999	75.7	–15.2
Registered electors			1,320
	Conservative hold		Swing	+19.1

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Lichfield ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dyott	571	56.5	+3.9
	Liberal	Charles Simpson [53]	440	43.5	–3.9
Majority			131	13.0	+7.8
Turnout			1,011	77.1	+1.4
Registered electors			1,312
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Lichfield ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dyott	553	50.7	–5.8
	Liberal	John Swinburne	537	49.3	+5.8
Majority			16	1.4	–11.6
Turnout			1,090	79.3	+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 ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theophilus John Levett	578	51.5	+0.8
	Liberal	John Swinburne	544	48.5	–0.8
Majority			34	3.0	+1.6
Turnout			1,122	81.7	+2.4
Registered electors			1,374
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Election results 1832-1868

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Lichfield ^{[52] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Edward Scott	497	47.9
	Whig	George Anson	373	36.0
	Radical	Francis Finch	167	16.1
Majority			206	19.9
Turnout			563	65.4
Registered electors			861
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1835: Lichfield ^{[52] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Anson	490	43.1	+7.1
	Whig	Edward Scott	414	36.4	−11.5
	Radical	Francis Finch	232	20.4	+4.3
Majority			182	16.0	−3.9
Turnout			622	89.5	+24.1
Registered electors			695
	Whig hold		Swing	+2.5
	Whig hold		Swing	−6.8

General election 1837: Lichfield ^{[52] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Anson	Unopposed
	Whig	Alfred Paget	Unopposed
Registered electors			901
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Lichfield ^{[52] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Anson	381	40.1	N/A
	Whig	Alfred Paget	289	30.4	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Dyott	281	29.5	New
Majority			8	0.9	N/A
Turnout			572	88.5	N/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 ^{[52] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Alfred Paget	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1847: Lichfield ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Anson	Unopposed
	Whig	Alfred Paget	Unopposed
Registered electors			947
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Lichfield ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Anson	369	40.4	N/A
	Whig	Alfred Paget	320	35.0	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Bayly Follett [54]	224	24.5	New
Majority			96	10.5	N/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 ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Henry Cavendish	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Cavendish resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 May 1856: Lichfield ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Whig	Dudley Ryder	Unopposed
	Ind. Whig gain from Whig

General election 1857: Lichfield ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Alfred Paget	Unopposed
	Independent Whig	Dudley Ryder	Unopposed
Registered electors			600
	Whig hold
	Ind. Whig gain from Whig

General election 1859: Lichfield ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Paget	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Lichfield ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Augustus Anson	302	39.3	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Dyott	257	33.5	New
	Liberal	Alfred Paget	209	27.2	N/A
Turnout			513 (est)	90.9 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			564
Majority			45	5.8	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			48	6.3	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Elections before 1832

General election 1831: Lichfield ^{[15] [55]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Anson	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Scott	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,277
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1830: Lichfield ^{[15] [55]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Anson	300	36.7
	Whig	George Venables-Vernon	280	34.2
	Whig	Edward Scott	238	29.1
Majority			42	5.1
Turnout			525
	Whig hold		Swing
	Whig hold		Swing

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. 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.
3. 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. 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. 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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