Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Redditch is a constituency[n 1] in Worcestershire, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Bloore of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Redditch | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Worcestershire |
Electorate | 69,921 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Chris Bloore (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Mid Worcestershire (part) |
1997-2024:This seat is located in Worcestershire and contains the whole borough of Redditch and parts of the district of Wychavon. 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 were included, and the constituency reclassified from Borough to County.[2]
2024-present: As decided by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies:
In addition to the Wychavon Borough ward of Inkberrow, which before 2024 was part of the seat, the two wards of Dodderhill to the north, and Harvington and Norton to the south, were transferred from Mid Worcestershire (renamed Droitwich and Evesham).
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.
Redditch was created in 1997 following major changes to the Mid Worcestershire constituency. The Mid Worcestershire seat has been a much safer seat for the Conservatives since 1997 than beforehand, due to the Labour-voting wards within Redditch being taken out and made into its own constituency as it is today. There are nonetheless some Conservative-voting wards in the town, and the rural areas of the constituency are also strongly Conservative.
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1997 | Jacqui Smith | Labour | |
2010 | Karen Lumley | Conservative | |
2017 | Rachel Maclean | Conservative | |
2024 | Chris Bloore | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Bloore | 14,810 | 34.9 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Rachel Maclean | 14,021 | 33.1 | −31.6 | |
Reform UK | Julie Allison | 8,516 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fieldsend-Roxborough | 2,165 | 5.1 | −1.3 | |
Green | David Thain | 2,098 | 5.0 | +2.0 | |
Workers Party | Mohammed Amin | 765 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 789 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,375 | 59.7 | −7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 71,038 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +20.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rachel Maclean | 27,907 | 63.3 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Rebecca Jenkins | 11,871 | 26.9 | −9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Horton | 2,905 | 6.6 | +4.0 | |
Green | Claire Davies | 1,384 | 3.1 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 16,036 | 36.4 | +20.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,067 | 67.4 | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 65,391 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rachel Maclean | 23,652 | 52.3 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Rebecca Blake | 16,289 | 36.0 | +4.9 | |
NHA | Neal Stote | 2,239 | 5.0 | New | |
UKIP | Paul Swansborough | 1,371 | 3.0 | −13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Juned | 1,173 | 2.6 | −0.5 | |
Green | Kevin White | 380 | 0.8 | −1.4 | |
Independent | Sally Woodhall | 99 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,363 | 16.3 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,213 | 70.3 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karen Lumley | 20,771 | 47.1 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Rebecca Blake | 13,717 | 31.1 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Jewell | 7,133 | 16.2 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Myers | 1,349 | 3.1 | −14.5 | |
Green | Kevin White | 960 | 2.2 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Seth Colton | 168 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,054 | 16.0 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,222 | 67.5 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Karen Lumley | 19,138 | 43.5 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Jacqui Smith | 13,317 | 30.3 | −13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Lane | 7,750 | 17.6 | +3.2 | |
UKIP | Anne Davis | 1,497 | 3.4 | 0.0 | |
BNP | Andy Ingram | 1,394 | 3.2 | New | |
Green | Kevin White | 393 | 0.9 | New | |
English Democrat | Vincent Schittone | 255 | 0.6 | New | |
Christian | Scott Beverley | 101 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | Paul Swansborough | 100 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | Derek Fletcher | 73 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 5,821 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,018 | 64.2 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqui Smith | 18,012 | 44.7 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Karen Lumley | 15,296 | 38.0 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Hicks | 5,602 | 13.9 | +3.6 | |
UKIP | John Paul Ison | 1,381 | 3.4 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 2,716 | 6.7 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,291 | 62.8 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqui Smith | 16,899 | 45.6 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Karen Lumley | 14,415 | 38.9 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Ashall | 3,808 | 10.3 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | George Flynn | 1,259 | 3.4 | New | |
Green | Richard Armstrong | 651 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,484 | 6.7 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,032 | 59.2 | −14.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jacqui Smith | 22,280 | 49.8 | ||
Conservative | Anthea McIntyre | 16,155 | 36.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Hall | 4,935 | 11.0 | ||
Referendum | Richard Cox | 1,151 | 3.4 | ||
Natural Law | Paul Davis | 227 | 0.5 | ||
Majority | 6,125 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 44,748 | 73.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.2 |
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