Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)
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| County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Redditch in Worcestershire.
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Location of Worcestershire within England.
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| County | Worcestershire |
| Electorate | 66,492 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of parliament | Karen Lumley (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | part of Mid Worcestershire |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
Redditch is a constituency[n 1] in East Worcestershire and in the south of the West Midlands (region) represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Karen Lumley, a Conservative.[n 2]
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History
Redditch was created in 1997 following major changes to the Mid Worcestershire constituency.
Boundaries
Since the constituency's creation in 1997 it has consisted of the Borough of Redditch, and the District of Wychavon ward of Inkberrow.
This seat contains the whole of the borough of Redditch in the county of Worcestershire. To make the size of the constituency's electorate suitable, the nearby villages of Inkberrow, Callow Hill, Cookhill, Feckenham, and Astwood Bank were included upon the constituency's creation in 1997. For the 2010 general election the villages of Hanbury and the Lenches have been included, and the constituency reclassified from borough to county.[2]
Constituency profile
From 1983 to 1997 the town of Redditch was, based on a series of high majorities, in the Conservative safe seat of Mid Worcestershire. The first MP for that constituency, Eric Forth, moved to the equally safe seat of Bromley and Chislehurst in south east London as a result of major boundary changes in Worcestershire for the 1997 general election, and held that seat until his death in 2006. The seat has been a bellwether since 1997.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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| 1997 | Jacqui Smith | Labour | |
| 2010 | Karen Lumley | Conservative | |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Karen Lumley | 20,771 | 47.1 | +3.6 | |
| Labour | Rebecca Blake | 13,717 | 31.1 | +0.9 | |
| UKIP | Peter Jewell[5] | 7,133 | 16.2 | +12.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Hilary Myers | 1,349 | 3.1 | -14.5 | |
| Green | Kevin White[6] | 960 | 2.2 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Seth Colton | 168 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 7,054 | 16.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Karen Lumley | 19,138 | 43.5 | +5.0 | |
| Labour | Jacqui Smith | 13,317 | 30.3 | -13.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Lane | 7,750 | 17.6 | +3.2 | |
| UKIP | Anne Davis | 1,497 | 3.4 | 0.0 | |
| BNP | Andy Ingram | 1,394 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Kevin White | 393 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| English Democrats | Vincent Schittone | 255 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Christian | Scott Beverley | 101 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Paul Swansborough | 100 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Derek Fletcher | 73 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 5,821 | 13.2 | |||
| Turnout | 44,018 | 64.2 | +1.4 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +9.2 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Jacqui Smith | 18,012 | 44.7 | −0.9 | |
| Conservative | Karen Lumley | 15,296 | 38.0 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nigel Hicks | 5,602 | 13.9 | +3.6 | |
| UKIP | John Paul Ison | 1,381 | 3.4 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 2,716 | 6.7 | |||
| Turnout | 40,291 | 62.8 | +3.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Jacqui Smith | 16,899 | 45.6 | -4.2 | |
| Conservative | Karen Lumley | 14,415 | 38.9 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Ashall | 3,808 | 10.3 | -0.7 | |
| UKIP | George Flynn | 1,259 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Richard Armstrong | 651 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,484 | 6.7 | |||
| Turnout | 37,032 | 59.2 | -14.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Jacqui Smith | 22,280 | 49.8 | ||
| Conservative | Anthea McIntyre | 16,155 | 36.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Hall | 4,935 | 11.0 | ||
| Referendum | Richard Cox | 1,151 | 3.4 | ||
| Natural Law | Paul Davis | 227 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 6,125 | ||||
| Turnout | 44,748 | 73.5 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ 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.
- References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Letter from Jacqui Smith to the Boundary Commission
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/Redditch/
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/redditch/
- ↑ http://www.redditchgreens.org.uk/
- ↑ Redditch, UKPollingReport
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