Mid Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Worcestershire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Mid Worcestershire in Worcestershire
Location of Worcestershire within England
County	Worcestershire
Electorate	71,660 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Droitwich Spa and Evesham
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Nigel Huddleston (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Bromsgrove and Redditch and Worcester [2]

Mid Worcestershire is a constituency ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Nigel Huddleston, a Conservative. ^{[n 2]}

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will only be subject to minor boundary changes, but is to be renamed Droitwich and Evesham - to be first contested at the next general election. ^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [4]	Party
	1983	Eric Forth	Conservative
	1997	Peter Luff	Conservative
	2015	Nigel Huddleston	Conservative

Constituency profile

Income levels are on average considerably higher than the national average ^[5] and levels of rented ^[6] and social housing ^[5] are below the national average, particularly levels seen in cities.

The constituency, which has 72,317 people aged 18 and over ^[5] according to the 2001 census, plus 39,645 households ^[5] includes the towns of Droitwich Spa and Evesham and the many semi-rural villages around the cathedral city of Worcester, sits across an undulating part of the West Midlands with good access to its central commercial, service sector and industrial areas.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The present Mid Worcestershire constituency has existed almost intact since 1997, ^{[n 3]} covers central and south-eastern parts of the county of Worcestershire. It covers most of the Wychavon district, including Broadway, Droitwich and Evesham, but excluding the areas around Pershore (which is in the Worcestershire West constituency) and ward of Inkberrow (in the Redditch constituency).

The original constituency, which was created in 1983, covered a much different area. Situated to the north of Worcester, it included the towns of Droitwich and Redditch.

1983–1997: The Borough of Redditch, and the District of Wychavon wards of Bowbrook, Claines Central and West, Claines East, Dodderhill, Droitwich Central, Droitwich South, Droitwich West, Hanbury, Hartlebury, Lovett, and Ombersley.

1997–2010: The District of Wychavon wards of Badsey, Bowbrook, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway, Dodderhill, Drakes Broughton, Droitwich Central, Droitwich South, Droitwich West, Evesham East, Evesham Hampton, Evesham North, Evesham South, Evesham West, Fladbury, Hanbury, Hartlebury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Lenches, Lovett, North Claines, Ombersley, Pinvin, Spetchley, The Littletons, Upton Snodsbury, and Wickhamford.

2010–present: The District of Wychavon wards of Badsey, Bengeworth, Bowbrook, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway and Wickhamford, Dodderhill, Drakes Broughton, Droitwich Central, Droitwich East, Droitwich South East, Droitwich South West, Droitwich West, Evesham North, Evesham South, Fladbury, Great Hampton, Hartlebury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Little Hampton, Lovett and North Claines, Norton and Whittington, Ombersley, Pinvin, The Littletons, and Upton Snodsbury.

History

Eric Forth of the Conservative Party represented the original Mid Worcestershire constituency from 1983 until 1997. Following the considerable boundary changes (described above) that took effect at the 1997 general election, Peter Luff (whose Worcester constituency considerably overlapped the new seat) was selected as the Conservative candidate, and remained as MP until 2015 when he stood down following his term (Eric Forth was at the same election instead elected for Bromley and Chislehurst, which seat he held until his death in 2006). Following the 2015 general election, Nigel Huddleston was elected as the new Conservative MP for the constituency.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Mid Worcestershire ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Huddleston	37,426	66.7	+1.4
	Labour	Helen Russell	9,408	16.8	–6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley	6,474	11.5	+5.2
	Green	Sue Howarth	2,177	3.9	+1.4
	Monster Raving Loony	Barmy Brockman	638	1.1	New
Majority			28,018	49.9	+7.5
Turnout			56,123	71.7	–0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.8

General election 2017: Mid Worcestershire ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Huddleston	35,967	65.3	+8.3
	Labour	Fred Grindrod	12,641	22.9	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley	3,450	6.3	–0.9
	UKIP	David Greenwood	1,660	3.0	–14.7
	Green	Fay Whitfield	1,371	2.5	–1.2
Majority			23,326	42.4	+3.1
Turnout			55,191	72.6	+1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2015: Mid Worcestershire ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Huddleston	29,763	57.0	+2.5
	UKIP	Richard Keel [10]	9,213	17.7	+11.7
	Labour	Robin Lunn	7,548	14.5	–0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley [11]	3,750	7.2	–16.2
	Green	Neil Franks [12]	1,933	3.7	+2.5
Majority			20,532	39.3	+8.2
Turnout			52,225	71.5	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2010: Mid Worcestershire ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Luff	27,770	54.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley	11,906	23.4	+3.1
	Labour	Robin Lunn	7,613	14.9	–9.1
	UKIP	John White	3,049	6.0	+1.6
	Green	Gordon Matthews	593	1.2	New
Majority			15,864	31.1	+3.4
Turnout			50,931	70.6	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Mid Worcestershire ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Luff	24,783	51.5	+0.4
	Labour	Matthew Gregson	11,456	23.8	–3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley	9,796	20.4	+1.6
	UKIP	Anthony Eaves	2,092	4.3	+1.6
Majority			13,327	27.7	+4.0
Turnout			48,127	67.3	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

General election 2001: Mid Worcestershire ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Luff	22,937	51.1	+3.7
	Labour	David Bannister	12,310	27.4	–1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Browne	8,420	18.8	+0.2
	UKIP	Anthony Eaves	1,230	2.7	+1.4
Majority			10,627	23.7	+5.2
Turnout			44,897	62.4	–11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Mid Worcestershire ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Luff	24,092	47.4
	Labour	Diane Smith	14,680	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Barwick	9,458	18.6
	Referendum	Terence Watson	1,780	3.5	New
	UKIP	David Ingles	646	1.3	New
	Natural Law	Alan Dyer	163	0.3
Majority			9,412	18.5
Turnout			50,819	74.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1992: Mid Worcestershire ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Forth	33,964	49.7	–1.9
	Labour	Jacqui Smith	24,094	35.3	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	David J. Barwick	9,745	14.3	–6.7
	Natural Law	Paul Davis	520	0.8	New
Majority			9,870	14.4	–9.8
Turnout			68,323	81.1	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Mid Worcestershire ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Forth	31,854	51.6	+0.7
	Labour	Peter Pinfield	16,943	27.4	+2.2
	SDP	Edgar Harwood	12,954	21.0	–2.2
Majority			14,911	24.2	–1.5
Turnout			61,751	76.6	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Mid Worcestershire ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Forth	28,159	50.9
	Labour	Richard Maher	14,954	25.2
	SDP	Margaret Fairhead	12,866	23.2
	Nobody Party	DW Fletcher	386	0.7
Majority			14,205	25.7
Turnout			56,365	74.6
	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.
3. Before the 2010 change, only a share of the polling districts of Fladbury and Inkberrow were in the constituency, now instead all of Fladbury is and Inkberrow is not.

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