South Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Worcestershire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County Worcestershire
1950–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Evesham and Bewdley
Replaced by West Worcestershire, Mid Worcestershire

South Worcestershire was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

Boundaries

1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Evesham, the Urban District of Malvern, and the Rural Districts of Evesham, Pershore, and Upton-on-Severn.

1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

1983–1997: The District of Wychavon wards of Badsey, Bredon, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway, Eckington, Elmley Castle, Evesham East, Evesham Hampton, Evesham North, Evesham South, Evesham West, Fladbury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Pershore Holy Cross, Pershore St Andrew's, Somerville, South Bredon Hill, The Littletons, and Wickhamford, and the District of Malvern Hills wards of Chase, Kempsey, Langland, Link, Longdon, Morton, Powyke, Priory, Ripple, The Hanleys, Trinity, Upton-on-Severn, Wells, and West.

The main settlements in the seat were Great Malvern, Pershore, and the market town of Evesham. At the 1997 general election, Great Malvern and Pershore were transferred to the new seat of West Worcestershire and Evesham was transferred to the redrawn seat of Mid Worcestershire.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] PartyNotes
1950 Rupert de la Bere Conservative Previously MP for Evesham from 1935
1955 Peter Agnew Conservative
1966 Gerald Nabarro Conservative Died November 1973; no by-election held
Feb 1974 Michael Spicer Conservative Subsequently, MP for West Worcestershire
1997 constituency abolished: see Mid Worcestershire & West Worcestershire

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1950 general election: South Worcestershire [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rupert de la Bère 26,948 63.23
Labour Patrick Tennyson-Hopwood15,66836.77
Majority11,28026.46
Turnout 42,61680.18
Registered electors 53,148
Conservative win (new seat)
1951 general election: South Worcestershire [5] [6] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rupert de la Bère 27,229 65.36 +2.13
Labour Patrick Tennyson-Hopwood14,43434.64−2.13
Majority12,79530.72+4.26
Turnout 41,66375.91−4.27
Registered electors 54,883
Conservative hold Swing +2.13
1955 general election: South Worcestershire [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Agnew 26,811 65.97 +0.61
Labour Eric LJ Thorne13,83134.03−0.61
Majority12,98031.94+1.22
Turnout 40,64272.93−2.98
Registered electors 55,730
Conservative hold Swing +0.61
1959 general election: South Worcestershire [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Agnew 25,824 59.23 −6.74
Labour David Young 10,88424.96−9.07
Liberal Emrys Hillary L Harries6,89015.80New
Majority14,94034.27+2.33
Turnout 43,59875.62+2.59
Registered electors 57,657
Conservative hold Swing −6.74

Elections in the 1960s

1964 general election: South Worcestershire [11] [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Agnew 23,740 51.19 −8.04
Liberal Anthony Batchelor11,50324.80+9.00
Labour Stephen Drewer11,13724.01−0.95
Majority12,23726.39−7.88
Turnout 46,38077.26+1.64
Registered electors 60,030
Conservative hold Swing −8.52
1966 general election: South Worcestershire [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Nabarro 24,198 51.72 +0.53
Labour Kenneth A Gulleford13,11428.03+4.02
Liberal Robin G Otter9,47620.25−4.55
Majority11,08423.69−2.70
Turnout 46,78875.56−1.75
Registered electors 61,918
Conservative hold Swing −8.52

Elections in the 1970s

1970 general election: South Worcestershire [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Nabarro 30,648 60.4 +8.7
Labour Adrian Bailey 12,83925.3−2.7
Liberal John Hall 7,26214.3−5.9
Majority17,80935.1+11.4
Turnout 50,74972.1−3.47
Registered electors 70,395
Conservative hold Swing +5.70
February 1974 general election: South Worcestershire [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Spicer 28,126 47.12 −13.27
Liberal John Percy Birch20,96135.11+20.80
Labour David Philip Pugsley9,75716.35−8.95
Ind. Conservative Geoffrey Hunt8501.42New
Majority7,16511.99−23.10
Turnout 59,69481.77+9.68
Registered electors 72,998
Conservative hold Swing −14.19
October 1974 general election: South Worcestershire [18] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Spicer 26,790 48.39 +1.27
Liberal John Percy Birch17,73932.04−3.08
Labour Stuart Randall 10,83819.58+3.23
Majority9,05216.35+4.35
Turnout 55,36675.15−6.62
Registered electors 73,674
Conservative hold Swing +2.18
1979 general election: South Worcestershire [18] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Spicer 34,926 57.14 +8.75
Liberal Ivor David Philips14,27223.35−8.69
Labour Gareth Daniel10,20616.70−2.88
Ecology Guy Woodford1,7222.72New
Majority20,65433.79+17.24
Turnout 61,12677.34+2.19
Registered electors 79,036
Conservative hold Swing +8.72

Elections in the 1980s

1983 general election: South Worcestershire [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Spicer 30,095 55.77 −1.37
Liberal Ivor Philips18,70634.66+11.32
Labour Peter Sandland-Nielson4,1837.75−8.95
Ecology Guy Woodford8661.60−1.12
Independent Graham Pass1130.21New
Majority11,38921.11−12.68
Turnout 53,96373.64−3.70
Registered electors 73,278
Conservative hold Swing -6.35
1987 general election: South Worcestershire [22] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Spicer 32,277 55.30 −0.47
Liberal Paul Chandler18,63231.92−2.75
Labour Robert Garnett6,37410.92+3.17
Green Guy Woodford1,0891.87+0.26
Majority13,64523.38+2.27
Turnout 58,37275.58+1.94
Registered electors 77,237
Conservative hold Swing +1.14

Election in the 1990s

1992 general election: South Worcestershire [22] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Spicer 34,792 54.1 −1.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Chandler18,64129.0−3.0
Labour Nigel Knowles9,72715.1+4.2
Green Guy Woodford1,1781.8−0.0
Majority16,15125.1+1.7
Turnout 64,33880.3+4.7
Registered electors 80,157
Conservative hold Swing +0.9

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  2. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
  4. 1 2 Edward-Few, Nigel. "(John) Patrick Tennyson-Hopwood". Family Announcements. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  7. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  8. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  9. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  10. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
  11. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
  13. ↑ "Echoes from the past". Malvern Gazette. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  14. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results March 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  15. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
  16. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  17. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
  18. 1 2 3 "'Worcestershire South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  19. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  20. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  21. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  22. 1 2 3 "'Worcestershire South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  23. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  24. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  25. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

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