Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1885 it has elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs.

Worcester
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 1997
Boundary of Worcester in West Midlands region
County	Worcestershire
Electorate	73,960 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1295
Member of Parliament	Tom Collins (Labour)
Seats	1885–present: One 1295–1885: Two

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Worcester.

1950–1983: The County Borough of Worcester, the Borough of Droitwich, and the Rural District of Droitwich.

1983–1997: The City of Worcester, and the District of Wychavon wards of Drakes Broughton, Inkberrow, Lenches, Pinvin, Spetchley, and Upton Snodsbury.

1997–present: The City of Worcester.

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged.^[2]

The constituency covers the city of Worcester, with (since the 1997 redistribution) exactly the same boundaries as the city. It borders the Mid Worcestershire constituency to the east, and West Worcestershire to the west.

History

A safe Conservative seat for many years (the Conservatives even narrowly held the seat in the 1945 Labour landslide), Worcester was represented by the high-profile Conservative cabinet minister Peter Walker for three decades, from a by-election in 1961 until he stood down in 1992. Peter Luff held the seat for the Conservatives until 1997, when he moved to the redrawn Mid Worcestershire constituency.

Mike Foster of the Labour Party gained the seat at the 1997 general election. This can be put down to a combination of Labour's landslide victory nationally, but also to the fact that boundary changes meant the constituency was now solely an urban area, rather than also containing much of the surrounding countryside.

Peter Walker's son, Robin Walker, was elected as the Conservative MP at the 2010 general election. The constituency is marginal and was selected as a "target" by the Labour Party in 1997, and by the Conservative Party in 2010. Robin Walker announced in March 2023 that he would not seek reelection and stood down from parliament at the dissolution in advance of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, when it was gained by Labour's Tom Collins.

Many political commentators and journalists look on Worcester as having the demographic statistics which most closely mirror those in the United Kingdom as a whole. As such the term "Worcester woman" has come into use as a description for a typical swing voter.^{[citation needed]}

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created in 1295

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Richard Maisemore	Robert Stevens[3]
1388 (February)	Roger Lichfield	John Bredon[3]
1388 (September)	John Cole	John Somery[3]
1390 (January)	Roger Lichfield	Thomas Belne[3]
1390 (November)	Richard Maisemore	John Bredon[3]
1391	Thomas Belne	Richard Maisemore[3]
1393	Thomas Belne	John Hereford[3]
1394	Thomas Belne	John Barrel[3]
1395	Thomas Belne	John Cooper[3]
1397 (January)	Thomas Belne	John Bredon[3]
1397 (September)
1399	Thomas Belne	John Bredon[3]
1401	John Barrel	Richard Halle[3]
1402	Thomas Belne	John Bredon[3]
1404 (January)	Richard Halle	John Malley[3]
1404 (October)
1406	Richard Halle	Richard Oseney[3]
1407	Thomas Belne	John Malley[3]
1410	John Weston	Thomas Belne[3]
1411
1413 (February)
1413 (May)	John Weston	John Wood[3]
1414 (April)
1414 (November)	John Weston	Richard Norton[3]
1415	John Wood	John Weston[3]
1416 (March)	John Wood	Ralph Merston[3]
1416 (October)
1417	John Boyle	Geoffrey Friar[3]
1419	John Weston	William Boughton[3]
1420	John Forthey	William Ward[3]
1421 (May)	John Forthey	Robert Nelme[3]
1421 (December)	John Forthey	Geoffrey Friar[3]
1510-1523	No names known[4]
1529	Hugh Dee, died and replaced after 1530 by ?Thomas Hill	John Braughing[4]
1536	Thomas Hill	?[4]
1539	?
1542	John Braughing	Thomas Sheldon[4]
1545	Richard Calowhill	Thomas Sheldon[4]
1547	John Braughing died and replaced by January 1552 by Thomas Wylde	Robert Youle[4]
1553 (March)	William Robinson	Edward Brogden[4][5]
1553 (October)	Sir John Bourne	John Emery[4]
1554 (April)	John Ainsworth	Thomas Hill[4]
1554 (November)	Robert Youle	Edward Brogden[4]
1555	Robert Youle	William Adyes[4]
1558	Robert Youle	Thomas Wylde[4]
1559	Richard Bullingham	Guthlac Edwards[6]
1562–63	William Gibbes	John More[6]
1571	Francis Streate	Richard Bullingham[6]
1572	Christopher Deighton	Thomas Walsgrove alias Fleet[6]
1584	Richard Nash	Walter Jones[6]
1586	Ralph Wyat	Walter Jones[6]
1588	Walter Jones	John Walsgrove alias Fleet[6]
1593	Walter Jones	Rowland Berkeley[6]
1597	Rowland Berkeley	William Bagnall[6]
1601	Rowland Berkeley	Christopher Deighton[6]
1604	John Coucher	Christopher Deighton, died and replaced 1605 by Rowland Berkeley
1614	John Coucher	Thomas Chettle
1621	John Coucher	Robert Berkeley
1624	John Coucher	Robert Berkeley
1625	Walter Devereux	Henry Spelman
1626	John Spelman	John Haselock
1628	John Coucher	John Haselock
1640 (April)	John Coucher	John Nash
1640 (November)	John Coucher	John Nash, secluded 1648
1654	William Collins	Edward Elvines (Alderman)
1656	William Collins	Edmund Giles
1659	William Collins	Thomas Street

MPs 1660–1885

Election	First member[7]		Party	Second member[7]		Party
1660		Thomas Street			Thomas Hall
1661					Sir Rowland Berkeley
1679					Sir Francis Winnington
1681		Henry Herbert, later Baron Herbert
1685		William Bromley			Bridges Nanfan
1689					Sir John Somers
1693 by-election					Samuel Swift
1694 petition					Charles Cocks
1695					Samuel Swift
1701		Thomas Wylde
1718 by-election					Samuel Sandys, later Baron Sandys
1727		Sir Richard Lane
1734		Richard Lockwood
1741		Thomas Winnington
1744 by-election					Sir Henry Harpur
1746 by-election		Thomas Vernon
1747					Thomas Geers Winford [a]
1748 [a]					Robert Tracy
1754					Henry Crabb-Boulton
1761		John Walsh
1773 by-election					Thomas Bates Rous	Tory[8]
1774, March by-election					Nicholas Lechmere	Tory[8]
1774, October					Thomas Bates Rous	Tory[8]
1780		William Ward, later Viscount Dudley
1784					Samuel Smith
1789 by-election		Edmund Wigley
1790					Edmund Lechmere
1796			Tory[8]		Abraham Robarts	Whig[8]
1802		Joseph Scott	Whig[8]
1806		Henry Bromley	Whig[8]
1807 by-election		William Gordon	Tory[8]
1816 by-election					Viscount Deerhurst	Tory[8]
1818		Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Whig[8]
1826					George Richard Robinson	Whig[8]
1835		Joseph Bailey	Conservative[8]
1837					Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Whig[8][9]
1841					Sir Thomas Wilde	Whig[8][10][11]
1846 by-election					Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bt	Whig[12]
1847		Osman Ricardo	Whig[13][14]		Francis Rufford	Conservative
1852					William Laslett	Radical[15][16][17]
1859			Liberal			Liberal
1860 by-election					Richard Padmore	Liberal
1865		Alexander Clunes Sheriff	Liberal
1868					William Laslett	Conservative
1874					Thomas Rowley Hill	Liberal
1878 by-election		John Derby Allcroft	Conservative
1880		Aeneas John McIntyre	Liberal
1885	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election		Member[7]	Party	Notes
	1885	George Allsopp	Conservative	Brewer, of Samuel Allsopp & Sons
	1906	George Henry Williamson	Conservative	Election overturned on petition in 1906, writ suspended until 1908
	1908 by-election	Edward Goulding	Conservative	Made a baronet in 1915, later ennobled as Baron Wargrave
	1922	Richard Robert Fairbairn	Liberal	contested the seat 8 times, but won only once
	1923	Crawford Greene	Conservative
	1945	George Ward	Conservative	Ennobled in 1960 as Viscount Ward of Witley
	1961 by-election	Peter Walker	Conservative	Cabinet minister 1970–1974, 1979–1990
	1992	Peter Luff	Conservative	MP for Mid Worcestershire 1997–2015
	1997	Mike Foster	Labour	Under-Secretary of State for International Development 2008–2010
	2010	Robin Walker	Conservative	son of Peter Walker, MP for Worcester 1961–1992
	2024	Tom Collins	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Worcester^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Collins	18,622	40.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Marc Bayliss	11,506	25.0	−25.8
	Reform UK	Andy Peplow	6,723	14.6	New
	Green	Tor Pingree	4,789	10.4	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mel Allcott	3,986	8.7	+1.5
	TUSC	Mark Davies	280	0.6	New
	SDP	Duncan Murray	130	0.3	New
Majority			7,116	15.5	N/A
Turnout			46,036	61.4	−7.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.4

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Worcester^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Walker	25,856	50.8	+2.7
	Labour	Lynn Denham	19,098	37.5	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Kearney	3,666	7.2	+3.8
	Green	Louis Stephen	1,694	3.3	+0.9
	Independent	Martin Potter	584	1.1	New
Majority			6,758	13.3	+8.4
Turnout			50,898	69.3	−1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2

General election 2017: Worcester^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Walker	24,731	48.1	+2.8
	Labour	Joy Squires	22,223	43.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Kearney	1,757	3.4	0.0
	UKIP	Paul Hickling	1,354	2.6	−10.2
	Green	Louis Stephen	1,211	2.4	−1.7
	Independent	Alex Rugg	109	0.2	New
	Compass Party	Mark Shuker	38	0.1	New
Majority			2,508	4.9	−6.4
Turnout			51,529	70.6	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.3

General election 2015: Worcester^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Walker	22,534	45.3	+5.8
	Labour	Joy Squires	16,888	34.0	+0.6
	UKIP	James Goad	6,378	12.8	+10.0
	Green	Louis Stephen	2,024	4.1	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Federica Smith	1,677	3.4	−16.0
	TUSC	Pete McNally	153	0.3	New
	Independent	Mark Shuker	69	0.1	New
Majority			5,646	11.3	+5.2
Turnout			49,723	70.0	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

General election 2010: Worcester^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Walker	19,358	39.5	+4.4
	Labour	Mike Foster	16,376	33.4	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Alderson	9,525	19.4	+3.1
	UKIP	Jack Bennett	1,360	2.8	+0.4
	BNP	Spencer Kirby	1,219	2.5	+0.4
	Green	Louis Stephen	735	1.5	−0.5
	Pirate	Andrew Robinson	173	0.3	New
	Independent	Peter Nielsen	129	0.2	New
	Independent	Andrew Christian-Brookes	99	0.2	New
Majority			2,982	6.1	N/A
Turnout			48,974	67.2	+3.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Worcester^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Foster	19,421	41.9	−6.7
	Conservative	Margaret Harper	16,277	35.1	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Dhonau	7,557	16.3	+3.7
	UKIP	Richard Chamings	1,113	2.4	−0.9
	BNP	Martin Roberts	980	2.1	New
	Green	Chris Lennard	921	2.0	New
	Independent	Prudence Dowson	119	0.3	New
Majority			3,144	6.8	−6.3
Turnout			46,388	64.1	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.2

General election 2001: Worcester^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Foster	21,478	48.6	−1.5
	Conservative	Richard Adams	15,712	35.5	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Chandler	5,578	12.6	+0.1
	UKIP	Richard Chamings	1,442	3.3	+1.6
Majority			5,766	13.1	−1.3
Turnout			44,210	62.0	−12.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.7

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Worcester^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Foster	25,848	50.1	+13.9
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	18,423	35.7	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Chandler	6,462	12.5	−3.4
	UKIP	P. Wood	886	1.7	New
Majority			7,452	14.4	N/A
Turnout			51,619	74.6	−6.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.3

General election 1992: Worcester^[26][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Luff	27,883	46.4	−1.8
	Labour	Roger Berry	21,731	36.2	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Caiger	9,561	15.9	−7.5
	Green	Mike Foster	592	1.0	New
	Independent	Martin Soden	343	0.6	New
Majority			6,152	10.2	−9.6
Turnout			60,110	81.0	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Worcester^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	25,504	48.2	−1.3
	Labour	Michael Webb	15,051	28.4	+5.7
	SDP	John Caiger	12,386	23.4	−4.0
Majority			10,453	19.8	−2.3
Turnout			52,941	76.7	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

General election 1983: Worcester^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	24,381	49.5	−1.8
	SDP	Colin Phipps	13,510	27.4	+12.3
	Labour	John Rudd	11,208	22.7	−8.9
	BNP	K.A. Axon	208	0.4	New
Majority			10,871	22.1	+2.4
Turnout			49,307	74.1	−1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Worcester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	30,194	51.31	+5.74
	Labour	D. Sparks	18,605	31.62	−4.92
	Liberal	D. Elliott	8,886	15.10	−2.79
	Ecology	J. Davenport	707	1.20	New
	National Front	K. Stevens	450	0.76	New
Majority			11,589	19.69	+10.66
Turnout			58,842	75.41	+1.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Worcester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	25,183	45.57
	Labour	W.B. Morgan	20,194	36.54
	Liberal	D. Elliott	9,888	17.89
Majority			4,989	9.03
Turnout			55,265	73.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Worcester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	27,377	45.62
	Labour	W.B. Morgan	19,910	33.18
	Liberal	D.S. Smith	12,724	21.20	New
Majority			7,467	12.44
Turnout			60,011	80.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Worcester^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	29,717	58.28
	Labour	Peter Jones	21,275	41.72
Majority			8,442	16.56
Turnout			50,992	72.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Worcester^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	25,398	53.52
	Labour	Frank Barrington-Ward	22,057	46.48
Majority			3,341	7.04
Turnout			47,455	77.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Worcester ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	24,345	50.90
	Labour	John Martin	17,038	35.62
	Liberal	John G. Parry	6,448	13.48	New
Majority			7,307	15.28
Turnout			47,831	79.34
	Conservative hold		Swing

1961 Worcester by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Walker	15,087	39.7	−18.0
	Labour	Bryan Stanley	11,490	30.2	−12.1
	Liberal	Robert Glenton	11,435	30.1	New
Majority			3,597	9.5	−5.8
Turnout			38,012	64.2	−15.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.0

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Worcester^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Ward	27,024	57.67
	Labour	Bryan Stanley	19,832	42.33
Majority			7,192	15.34
Turnout			46,856	79.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Worcester^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Ward	25,610	56.76
	Labour	Leonard V Pike	19,508	43.24
Majority			6,102	13.52
Turnout			45,118	77.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Worcester ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Ward	26,060	55.48
	Labour	Leonard V Pike	20,909	44.52
Majority			5,151	10.96
Turnout			46,969	82.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Worcester ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Ward	24,147	49.54
	Labour Co-op	J. Evans	19,807	40.64
	Liberal	William Henry P. Gardiner	4,786	9.82
Majority			4,340	8.90
Turnout			48,740	86.08
Registered electors			56,622
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Worcester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Ward	13,523	42.93
	Labour Co-op	J. Evans	13,519	42.92
	Liberal	Ronald James Bowker	4,459	14.16
Majority			4	0.01
Turnout			31,501	75.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1939–40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Crawford Greene
• Liberal: Richard Fairbairn^[37]
• Labour: James Ferguson^[38]

General election 1935: Worcester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crawford Greene	13,398	50.68
	Liberal	Richard Fairbairn	6,885	26.05
	Labour	James Ferguson	6,152	23.27
Majority			6,513	24.63
Turnout			26,435	76.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Worcester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crawford Greene	16,357	60.9	+13.7
	Liberal	Richard Fairbairn	6,611	24.6	+1.1
	Labour	Hubert Bolton	3,874	14.4	−14.9
Majority			9,746	36.3	+16.4
Turnout			26,842	79.7	+14.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Worcester^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Crawford Greene	13,182	47.2	−8.8
	Labour	Kenneth Lindsay	8,208	29.3	+14.0
	Liberal	Richard Fairbairn	6,588	23.5	−5.2
Majority			4,974	17.9	−9.4
Turnout			27,977	65.4	−18.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	−11.4

General election 1924: Worcester^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Crawford Greene	11,956	56.0	+5.1
	Liberal	Richard Fairbairn	6,139	28.7	−16.6
	Labour	Percy Williams	3,272	15.3	+11.5
Majority			5,817	27.3	+21.7
Turnout			21,367	83.4	−2.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1923: Worcester^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Crawford Greene	10,971	50.9	+2.9
	Liberal	Richard Fairbairn	9,743	45.3	−6.7
	Labour	Percy Williams	815	3.8	New
Majority			1,228	5.6	N/A
Turnout			21,529	85.8	+3.4
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.8

General election 1922: Worcester^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Fairbairn	10,143	52.0	+17.4
	Unionist	Henry Lygon	9,370	48.0	−17.4
Majority			773	4.0	N/A
Turnout			19,513	82.4	+20.1
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+17.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Worcester^[39] Electorate 22,667

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Edward Goulding	9,243	65.4	+8.5
	Liberal	Richard Fairbairn	4,889	34.6	−8.5
Majority			4,364	30.8	+17.0
Turnout			14,132	62.3	−22.3
Registered electors			22,667
	Unionist hold		Swing	+8.5
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election December 1910: Worcester^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Goulding	4,193	56.9	−0.4
	Liberal	Richard Fairbairn	3,172	43.1	+0.4
Majority			1,021	13.8	−0.8
Turnout			7,365	84.6	−7.0
Registered electors			8,701
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

General election January 1910: Worcester^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Goulding	4,561	57.3	+6.5
	Liberal	J. Morgan	3,405	42.7	−6.5
Majority			1,156	14.6	+13.0
Turnout			7,966	91.6	+0.9
Registered electors			8,701
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1900s

1908 Worcester by-election^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Goulding	4,361	58.7	+7.9
	Liberal	Harold Elverston	3,069	41.3	−7.9
Majority			1,292	17.4	+15.8
Turnout			7,430	87.8	−2.9
Registered electors			8,460
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.9

General election 1906: Worcester^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Henry Williamson	3,881	50.8	N/A
	Liberal	Henry Devenish Harben	3,752	49.2	N/A
Majority			129	1.6	N/A
Turnout			7,633	90.7	N/A
Registered electors			8,412
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1900: Worcester^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Allsopp	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Worcester^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Allsopp	3,530	60.3	+4.1
	Liberal	James Thorpe Hincks[41]	2,328	39.7	−2.8
Majority			1,202	20.6	+6.9
Turnout			5,858	76.9	−8.4
Registered electors			7,617
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

General election 1892: Worcester^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Allsopp	3,353	56.2	+4.9
	Liberal	Esme William Howard[42]	2,540	42.5	−6.2
	Independent	Joseph Thomas Rushton	79	1.3	New
Majority			813	13.7	+11.1
Turnout			5,972	85.3	+1.3
Registered electors			6,999
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Worcester (1 seat)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Allsopp	2,892	51.3	+0.6
	Liberal	Thomas Rowley Hill	2,749	48.7	−0.6
Majority			143	2.6	+1.2
Turnout			5,641	84.0	−3.3
Registered electors			6,714
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.6

General election 1885: Worcester (1 seat)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Allsopp	2,974	50.7	+18.3
	Liberal	Thomas Rowley Hill	2,890	49.3	−18.3
Majority			84	1.4	N/A
Turnout			5,864	87.3	+6.0 (est)
Registered electors			6,714
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+18.3

General election 1880: Worcester (2 seats)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Rowley Hill	2,716	35.1	+8.3
	Liberal	Æneas John McIntyre	2,511	32.5	+4.2
	Conservative	John Derby Allcroft	2,502	32.4	−12.5
Majority			9	0.1	−6.0
Turnout			5,218 (est)	81.3 (est)	+8.9
Registered electors			6,422
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1870s

1878 Worcester by-election (1 seat)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Derby Allcroft	2,609	54.8	+9.9
	Liberal	Francis Lycett	2,155	45.2	−9.9
Majority			454	9.6	N/A
Turnout			4,764	75.7	+3.3
Registered electors			6,290
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.9

• Caused by Sheriff's death.

General election 1874: Worcester (2 seats)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Clunes Sheriff	2,284	28.3	+0.3
	Liberal	Thomas Rowley Hill	2,164	26.8	+5.2
	Conservative	John Derby Allcroft	1,958	24.2	+7.6
	Conservative	William Laslett	1,672	20.7	+4.1
Majority			492	6.1	N/A
Turnout			4,039 (est)	72.4 (est)	−16.0
Registered electors			5,578
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Worcester (2 seats)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Laslett	2,439	33.2	+3.3
	Liberal	Alexander Clunes Sheriff	2,063	28.0	−10.4
	Liberal	Thomas Rowley Hill	1,586	21.6	N/A
	Liberal	Francis Lycett	1,269	17.2	N/A
Majority			853	11.6	N/A
Turnout			4,898 (est)	88.4 (est)	−3.5
Registered electors			5,542
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.9

General election 1865: Worcester (2 seats)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Clunes Sheriff	1,255	38.4	N/A
	Liberal	Richard Padmore	1,033	31.6	N/A
	Conservative	James Levick[44]	978	29.9	N/A
Majority			55	1.7	N/A
Turnout			2,122 (est)	91.9 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,309
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

By-election, 12 March 1860: Worcester^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Padmore	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

• Caused by Laslett's resignation

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Worcester (2 seats)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Laslett	Unopposed
	Liberal	Osman Ricardo	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,563
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

General election 1857: Worcester (2 seats)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Laslett	1,137	41.3	+1.4
	Whig	Osman Ricardo	1,003	36.4	−1.9
	Peelite	Thomas Sidney[45]	615	22.3	+0.5
Turnout			1,378 (est)	54.4 (est)	−26.3
Registered electors			2,530
Majority			134	4.9	−13.2
	Radical hold		Swing	+1.7
Majority			388	14.1	−2.5
	Whig hold		Swing	−1.7

General election 1852: Worcester (2 seats)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Laslett	1,212	39.9	New
	Whig	Osman Ricardo	1,164	38.3	−26.5
	Conservative	John Walter Huddleston	661	21.8	−13.4
Turnout			1,849 (est)	80.7 (est)	+16.3
Registered electors			2,290
Majority			551	18.1	N/A
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing
Majority			503	16.5	+15.7
	Whig hold		Swing	−6.6

By-election, 28 April 1852: Worcester^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Laslett	Unopposed
	Radical gain from Conservative

• Caused by Rufford's resignation.

Elections of the 1840s

General election 1847: Worcester (2 seats)^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Osman Ricardo	1,168	36.0	−0.7
	Conservative	Francis Rufford	1,141	35.2	−1.1
	Whig	Robert Hardy	932	28.8	+1.8
Turnout			1,621 (est)	64.4 (est)	−5.2
Registered electors			2,518
Majority			27	0.8	+0.4
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.1
Majority			209	6.4	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.1

By-election, 8 July 1846: Worcester^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Denis Le Marchant	Unopposed
	Whig hold

• Caused by Wilde's appointment as Attorney-General for England and Wales

General election 1841: Worcester (2 seats)^[8][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Wilde	1,187	36.7	N/A
	Conservative	Joseph Bailey	1,173	36.3	N/A
	Whig	Robert Hardy	875	27.0	N/A
Turnout			2,114	69.6	N/A
Registered electors			3,307
Majority			14	0.4	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			298	9.3	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections of the 1830s

General election 1837: Worcester (2 seats)^[8][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Unopposed
	Conservative	Joseph Bailey	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,238
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1835: Worcester (2 seats)^[8][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Richard Robinson	1,611	41.3
	Conservative	Joseph Bailey	1,154	29.6
	Whig	Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	1,137	29.1
Turnout			2,217	92.4
Registered electors			2,400
Majority			457	11.7
	Whig hold
Majority			17	0.5
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1832: Worcester (2 seats)^[8][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Richard Robinson	Unopposed
	Whig	Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,366
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1831: Worcester (2 seats)^[8][46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Richard Robinson	Unopposed
	Whig	Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 3,000
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1830: Worcester (2 seats)^[8][46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Richard Robinson	Unopposed
	Whig	Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Unopposed
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)
• Worcester woman

Notes

1. The election of Thomas Geers Winford in 1747 was overturned on petition, and Robert Tracy was declared elected in his place.