Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)
Redditch | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Worcestershire |
Electorate | 66,492 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Rachel Maclean (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Part of Mid Worcestershire |
Redditch is a constituency[n 1] in Worcestershire, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Rachel Maclean of the Conservative Party, who is currently Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Members of Parliament[edit]
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Jacqui Smith | Labour | |
2010 | Karen Lumley | Conservative | |
2017 | Rachel Maclean | Conservative |
Constituency profile[edit]
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.
Boundaries[edit]
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 have been included, and the constituency reclassified from Borough to County.[3]
Proposed[edit]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Borough of Redditch.
- The District of Wychavon wards of: Dodderhill; Harvington and Norton; Inkberrow.[4]
In addition to the Wychavon Borough ward of Inkberrow, which is currently part of the seat, the two wards of Dodderhill to the north, and Harvington and Norton to the south, will be transferred in from Mid Worcestershire (to be renamed Droitwich and Evesham).
History[edit]
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.
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform UK | Julie Allison[5] | ||||
Workers Party | Mohammed Amin[6] | ||||
Labour | Chris Bloore[7] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fieldsend-Roxborough[8] | ||||
Conservative | Rachel Maclean[9] | ||||
Green | David Thain[10] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
The Conservative Party candidate at the 2024 general election is Rachel Maclean, who currently serves as Conservative Party Vice Chair.
The Labour Party candidate is Chris Bloore, who was previously a Bromsgrove South county councillor, and resigned in 2019 after his re-election in 2017 to work in Toronto, Canada.[11]
Elections in the 2010s[edit]
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 |
Elections in the 2000s[edit]
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 |
Elections in the 1990s[edit]
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 win (new seat) |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
- ^ Letter from Jacqui Smith to the Boundary Commission
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
- ^ "Redditch Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "General election 2024". Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Redditch Labour names Chris Bloore as general election candidate". Redditch Advertiser. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Rachel reselected as Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Redditch County". Rachel Maclean. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Our Candidates". Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Bromsgrove South county councillor Chris Bloore resigns". Bromsgrove Standard. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Redditch Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Candidates confirmed for General Election". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.