South Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| South Worcestershire | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Worcestershire |
| 1950–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Evesham and Bewdley |
| Replaced by | West Worcestershire, Mid Worcestershire |
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History
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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
| Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rupert de la Bère | 26,948 | 63.23 | ||
| Labour | Patrick Tennyson-Hopwood | 15,668 | 36.77 | ||
| Majority | 11,280 | 26.46 | |||
| Turnout | 42,616 | 80.18 | |||
| Registered electors | 53,148 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rupert de la Bère | 27,229 | 65.36 | +2.13 | |
| Labour | Patrick Tennyson-Hopwood | 14,434 | 34.64 | −2.13 | |
| Majority | 12,795 | 30.72 | +4.26 | ||
| Turnout | 41,663 | 75.91 | −4.27 | ||
| Registered electors | 54,883 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.13 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Agnew | 26,811 | 65.97 | +0.61 | |
| Labour | Eric LJ Thorne | 13,831 | 34.03 | −0.61 | |
| Majority | 12,980 | 31.94 | +1.22 | ||
| Turnout | 40,642 | 72.93 | −2.98 | ||
| Registered electors | 55,730 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.61 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Agnew | 25,824 | 59.23 | −6.74 | |
| Labour | David Young | 10,884 | 24.96 | −9.07 | |
| Liberal | Emrys Hillary L Harries | 6,890 | 15.80 | New | |
| Majority | 14,940 | 34.27 | +2.33 | ||
| Turnout | 43,598 | 75.62 | +2.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 57,657 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −6.74 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Agnew | 23,740 | 51.19 | −8.04 | |
| Liberal | Anthony Batchelor | 11,503 | 24.80 | +9.00 | |
| Labour | Stephen Drewer | 11,137 | 24.01 | −0.95 | |
| Majority | 12,237 | 26.39 | −7.88 | ||
| Turnout | 46,380 | 77.26 | +1.64 | ||
| Registered electors | 60,030 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −8.52 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gerald Nabarro | 24,198 | 51.72 | +0.53 | |
| Labour | Kenneth A Gulleford | 13,114 | 28.03 | +4.02 | |
| Liberal | Robin G Otter | 9,476 | 20.25 | −4.55 | |
| Majority | 11,084 | 23.69 | −2.70 | ||
| Turnout | 46,788 | 75.56 | −1.75 | ||
| Registered electors | 61,918 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −8.52 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gerald Nabarro | 30,648 | 60.4 | +8.7 | |
| Labour | Adrian Bailey | 12,839 | 25.3 | −2.7 | |
| Liberal | John Hall | 7,262 | 14.3 | −5.9 | |
| Majority | 17,809 | 35.1 | +11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 50,749 | 72.1 | −3.47 | ||
| Registered electors | 70,395 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.70 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Spicer | 28,126 | 47.12 | −13.27 | |
| Liberal | John Percy Birch | 20,961 | 35.11 | +20.80 | |
| Labour | David Philip Pugsley | 9,757 | 16.35 | −8.95 | |
| Ind. Conservative | Geoffrey Hunt | 850 | 1.42 | New | |
| Majority | 7,165 | 11.99 | −23.10 | ||
| Turnout | 59,694 | 81.77 | +9.68 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,998 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −14.19 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Spicer | 26,790 | 48.39 | +1.27 | |
| Liberal | John Percy Birch | 17,739 | 32.04 | −3.08 | |
| Labour | Stuart Randall | 10,838 | 19.58 | +3.23 | |
| Majority | 9,052 | 16.35 | +4.35 | ||
| Turnout | 55,366 | 75.15 | −6.62 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,674 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.18 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Spicer | 34,926 | 57.14 | +8.75 | |
| Liberal | Ivor David Philips | 14,272 | 23.35 | −8.69 | |
| Labour | Gareth Daniel | 10,206 | 16.70 | −2.88 | |
| Ecology | Guy Woodford | 1,722 | 2.72 | New | |
| Majority | 20,654 | 33.79 | +17.24 | ||
| Turnout | 61,126 | 77.34 | +2.19 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,036 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.72 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Spicer | 30,095 | 55.77 | −1.37 | |
| Liberal | Ivor Philips | 18,706 | 34.66 | +11.32 | |
| Labour | Peter Sandland-Nielson | 4,183 | 7.75 | −8.95 | |
| Ecology | Guy Woodford | 866 | 1.60 | −1.12 | |
| Independent | Graham Pass | 113 | 0.21 | New | |
| Majority | 11,389 | 21.11 | −12.68 | ||
| Turnout | 53,963 | 73.64 | −3.70 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,278 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −6.35 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Spicer | 32,277 | 55.30 | −0.47 | |
| Liberal | Paul Chandler | 18,632 | 31.92 | −2.75 | |
| Labour | Robert Garnett | 6,374 | 10.92 | +3.17 | |
| Green | Guy Woodford | 1,089 | 1.87 | +0.26 | |
| Majority | 13,645 | 23.38 | +2.27 | ||
| Turnout | 58,372 | 75.58 | +1.94 | ||
| Registered electors | 77,237 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.14 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Spicer | 34,792 | 54.1 | −1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Chandler | 18,641 | 29.0 | −3.0 | |
| Labour | Nigel Knowles | 9,727 | 15.1 | +4.2 | |
| Green | Guy Woodford | 1,178 | 1.8 | −0.0 | |
| Majority | 16,151 | 25.1 | +1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 64,338 | 80.3 | +4.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 80,157 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Notes and references
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