Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

There are 8 Parliamentary constituencies in the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire . From 1974 to 1998 the two counties were administratively and ceremonially one, called Hereford and Worcester, and the constituencies crossed the traditional county boundaries. This continued to be the case up to and including the 2005 general election, but since the 2010 general election two constituencies fall entirely within Herefordshire and six within Worcestershire. There is one borough constituency in Worcestershire; the remaining are county constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

   Conservative †   Green ¥   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤

The location of Herefordshire relative to England.

Herefordshire

Name [nb 1]	Electorate	Majority [nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC	72,203	1,279		Jesse Norman †		Joseph Emmett ‡
North Herefordshire CC	72,797	5,894		Ellie Chowns ¥		Bill Wiggin †

The location of Worcestershire relative to England.

Worcestershire

Name [nb 3]	Electorate	Majority [nb 4]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Bromsgrove CC	76,468	3,016		Bradley Thomas †		Neena Gill ‡
Droitwich and Evesham CC	76,624	8,995		Nigel Huddleston †		Chipiliro Kalebe-Nyamongo ‡
Redditch CC	71,038	789		Chris Bloore ‡		Rachel Maclean †
West Worcestershire CC	79,242	6,547		Harriett Baldwin †		Dan Boatright ¤
Worcester BC	74,931	7,116		Tom Collins ‡		Marc Bayliss †
Wyre Forest CC	77,394	812		Mark Garnier †		Vicki Smith ‡

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Name	Boundaries 2010–2024	Boundaries 2024–present
Herefordshire Hereford and South Herefordshire CC North Herefordshire CC
Worcestershire Bromsgrove CC Mid Worcestershire CC / Droitwich and Evesham CC Redditch CC West Worcestershire CC Worcester BC Wyre Forest CC

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the two constituencies in Herefordshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries. In Worcestershire, it proposed a small transfer from Mid Worcestershire (renamed Droitwich and Evesham) to Redditch to bring these two constituencies within the statutory range; the other four constituencies were unchanged. ^[1]

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain 8 constituencies covering the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire for the 2010 election, making minor changes to take account of the separation of the two counties, to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. The constituencies of Hereford and Leominster were renamed Hereford and South Herefordshire, and North Herefordshire respectively.

Name 1997–2010	Boundaries 1997–2010	Name 2010–2024	Boundaries 2010–2024
Wholly or mainly in Herefordshire Hereford CC Leominster CC Wholly in Worcestershire Bromsgrove CC Mid Worcestershire CC Redditch BC West Worcestershire CC Worcester BC Wyre Forest CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire	Herefordshire Hereford and South Herefordshire CC North Herefordshire CC Worcestershire Bromsgrove CC Mid Worcestershire CC Redditch CC West Worcestershire CC Worcester BC Wyre Forest CC	Proposed Revision

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 ^[2]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Conservative	127,020	33.1%	28.7%	5	3
Labour	96,738	25.2%	3.4%	2	2
Reform UK	68,306	17.8%	new	0	0
Greens	44,812	11.7%	7.1%	1	1
Liberal Democrats	41,479	10.8%	0.7%	0	0
Others	5,849	1.5%	1.2%	0	0
Total	384,204	100.0		8

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	256,014	61.8%	3.7%	8	0
Labour	90,230	21.8%	7.1%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	47,798	11.5%	5.3%	0	0
Greens	18,866	4.6%	2.0%	0	0
Others	1,222	0.3%	3.9%	0	0
Total	414,130	100.0		8

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Conservative	52.3	51.8	50.8	41.0	41.1	42.9	45.9	51.7	58.1	61.8	33.1
Labour	15.3	17.9	24.6	32.6	27.4	24.5	16.7	19.7	28.9	21.8	25.2
Liberal Democrat 1	31.4	29.7	23.1	21.9	19.4	21.8	25.3	6.7	6.2	11.5	10.8
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	1.0	4.5	2.6	4.6	11.7
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	4.2	15.4	2.1	*	-
Reform UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.8
Other	1.0	0.6	1.5	4.5	12.1	10.8	6.8	1.9	2.1	0.3	1.5

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Conservative	7	7	7	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	5
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Labour	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Liberal Democrat 1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Independent2	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	-	-
Total	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

² Dr Richard Taylor, standing as the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate

Maps

1885–1910

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  1885
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  1886
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  1892
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  1895
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  1900
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  1906
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  Jan 1910
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  Dec 1910

1918–1945

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  1918
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  1922
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  1923
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  1924
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  1929
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  1931
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  1935
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  1945

1950–1979

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  1950
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  1951
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  1955
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  1959
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  1964
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  1966
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  1970
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  Feb 1974
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  Oct 1974
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  1979

1983–2005 – Hereford and Worcester

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  1983
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  1987
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  1992
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  1997
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  2001
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  2005

2010–present

2010	2015	2017	2019	2024

Timeline

Green represents former constituencies, pink is for current ones.

Worcestershire

Constituency	1295–1554	1554–1604	1604–1605	1605–1832	1832–1885	1885–1918	1918–1950	1950–1974	1974–1983	1983–1997	1997–present
Bewdley				1605–1950
Bromsgrove								1950–1974		1983–present
Bromsgrove and Redditch									1974–1983
Droitwich		1554–1918
Dudley					1832–1974
East Worcestershire					1832–1918
Evesham			1604–1950
Kidderminster					1832–1983
Mid Worcestershire										1983–present
North Worcestershire						1885–1918
Oldbury and Halesowen								1950–1974
Redditch										1983–present
South Worcestershire								1950–1997
Stourbridge							1918–1974		In West Midlands
West Worcestershire					1832–1885						1997–present
Worcester	1295–present
Worcestershire	1295–1832
Wyre Forest										1983–present

Herefordshire

Constituency	1295–1628	1628–1832	1832–1885	1885–1918	1918–2010	2010–present
Hereford	1295–2010
Hereford and South Herefordshire						2010–present
Herefordshire	1295–1832
Leominster	1295–2010
North Herefordshire						2010–present
Ross				1885–1918
Weobley		1628–1832

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

   Conservative    Liberal    Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	1886	92	1892	93	95	1895	1900	03	1906	08	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	12	14	16	18
Hereford	J. Pulley	Bailey		Grenfell	Cooke			Arkwright						Hewins
Leominster	Duckham	Rankin								Lamb		Rankin		Wright
Ross	Biddulph	→						Clive		Gardner	Clive			→			C. Pulley
Bewdley	Lechmere			A. Baldwin							S. Baldwin
Droitwich	Corbett	→		Martin						Harmsworth		Lyttelton		→		Whiteley
Dudley	Sheridan	Robinson								Hooper			Griffith-Boscawen
Evesham	Temple			Lechmere		Long						Eyres-Monsell
Kidderminster	Brinton	Godson								Barnard		Knight
Worcester	Allsopp									Williamson	Goulding
Worcestershire East	Hastings	→	Chamberlain											→	Harris
Worcestershire North	Hingley	→		→			Wilson		→

1918 to 1950

   Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal

Constituency	1918	21	1922	1923	1924	27	1929	31	1931	1935	37	41	1945
Hereford	Pulley	Roberts					Owen		Thomas
Leominster	Ward-Jackson		Shepperson										A. E. Baldwin
Bewdley	S. Baldwin										Conant
Dudley	Griffith-Boscawen	J. Wilson	Lloyd				O. Baldwin	→	Joel			Lloyd	Wigg
Evesham	Eyres-Monsell									de la Bere
Kidderminster	Knight		Wardlaw-Milne										Tolley
Stourbridge	J. W. Wilson		Pielou			Wellock			Morgan				Moyle
Worcester	Goulding		Fairbairn	Greene									Ward

1950 to 1983

The West Midlands Order 1965 transferred the Dudley area from Worcestershire to Staffordshire and part of the Warley area from Staffordshire to Worcestershire. These changes were incorporated into the new constituency boundaries for the February 1974 general election.

   Conservative    Labour

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	56	1959	61	1964	1966	68	1970	71	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	1979
Hereford	Thomas			Gibson-Watt									Shepherd
Leominster	Baldwin				Bossom							Temple-Morris
Bromsgrove / Bromsgrove and Redditch (1974)	Higgs		Dance								Davis	Miller
Kidderminster	Nabarro						Brinton					Bulmer
Oldbury and Halesowen / Halesowen and Stourbridge (1974)	Moyle						Horner			Stokes
Worcester	Ward					Walker
Worcestershire South	de la Bere		Agnew					Nabarro				Spicer
Dudley	Wigg								Williams	Gilbert
Warley West												Archer
Warley East												Faulds

1983 to present

   Conservative    Green    Health Concern    Independent Conservative    Labour    Liberal Democrats

Constituency	1983	1987	1992	1997	97	98	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Hereford / Hereford and South Herefordshire (2010)	Shepherd			Keetch					Norman
Leominster / North Herefordshire (2010)	Temple-Morris				→	→	Wiggin						Chowns
Bromsgrove	Miller		Thomason	Kirkbride					Javid				Thomas
Mid Worcestershire / Droitwich & Evesham (2024)	Forth			Luff						Huddleston
South Worcestershire / West Worcestershire (1997)	Spicer								Baldwin
Worcester	P. Walker		Luff	Foster					R. Walker				Collins
Wyre Forest	Bulmer	Coombs		Lock			Taylor		Garnier
Redditch				Smith					Lumley		Maclean		Bloore

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

Footnotes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
3. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
4. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1251-1257 & 1325-1333. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
2. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)