Mid Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Worcestershire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Mid Worcestershire in Worcestershire.
Location of Worcestershire within England.
County	Worcestershire
Electorate	71,660 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Droitwich Spa and Evesham
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Peter Luff (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Mid Worcestershire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Peter Luff, a Conservative.

Boundaries

The present Mid Worcestershire constituency, has existed almost intact since 1997, covers central and south-eastern parts of the county of Worcestershire. It covers most of the Wychavon district, including Broadway, Droitwich and Evesham, but excluding the areas around Pershore (which is in the Worcestershire West constituency) and ward of Inkberrow (in the Redditch constituency).

The original constituency, which was created in 1983, covered a much different area. Situated to the north of Worcester, it included the towns of Droitwich and Redditch.

Since the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the seat covers all of the Wychavon district save six wards thus has electoral wards:

• Badsey; Bengeworth; Bowbrook; Bretlorton and Offenham; Broadway and Wickhamford; Dodderhill; Drakes Broughton; Droitwich: Central, East, South East, Southwest, West; Evesham North; Evesham South; Fladbury; Great Hampton; Hartlebury; Harvington and Norton; Honeybourne and Pebworth; Little Hampton; Lovett and North Claines; Norton and Whittington; Ombersley; Pinvin; The Littletons; and Upper Snodsbury

For the 1983 election, the electoral wards used to create this seat were:

• The entire borough of Redditch
• The Bowbrook, Claines Central and West, Claines East, Dodderhill, Droitwich Central, Droitwich South, Droitwich West, Hanbury, Hartlebury, Lovett and Ombersley electoral wards from Wychavon.

Proposed abolition

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which commenced in 2011, the Boundary Commission for England has proposed creating a new seat called Evesham which would take the majority of the Mid Worcestershire seat

A newly formed seat called Droitwich and Bromsgrove would take the rest of the Mid Worcestershire seat

History

Eric Forth of the Conservative Party represented the original Mid Worcestershire constituency from 1983 until 1997. Following the considerable boundary changes (described above) that took effect at the 1997 general election, Peter Luff (whose Worcester constituency considerably overlapped the new seat) was selected as the Conservative candidate, and has remained as MP since then. (Eric Forth was at the same election instead elected for Bromley and Chislehurst, which seat he held until his death in 2006.)

Constituency Profile

Income levels are on average considerably higher than the national average and levels of rented and social housing are below the national average, particularly levels seen in cities.

The constituency includes the towns of Droitwich Spa and Evesham and the many semi-rural villages around the cathedral city of Worcester, in an undulating part of the West Midlands with good access to its central commercial, service sector and industrial areas.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Eric Forth	Conservative
	1997	Peter Luff	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Mid Worcestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Luff	27,770	54.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Rowley	11,906	23.4	+3.1
	Labour	Robin Lunn	7,613	14.9	-9.1
	UKIP	John White	3,049	6.0	+1.6
	Green	Gordon Matthews	593	1.2	+1.2
Majority			15,864	31.1
Turnout			50,931	70.6	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Mid Worcestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Luff	24,783	51.5	+0.4
	Labour	Matthew Gregson	11,456	23.8	−3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Rowley	9,796	20.4	+1.6
	UKIP	Anthony Eaves	2,092	4.3	+1.6
Majority			13,327	27.7
Turnout			48,127	67.3	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

General Election 2001: Mid Worcestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Luff	22,937	51.1
	Labour	David Bannister	12,310	27.4
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Browne	8,420	18.8
	UKIP	Anthony Eaves	1,230	2.7
Majority			10,627	23.7
Turnout				62.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Mid Worcestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Forth	33,964	49.7	−1.9
	Labour	Jacqui Smith	24,094	35.3	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	DJ Barwick	9,745	14.3	−6.7
	Natural Law	P Davis	520	0.8	+0.8
Majority			9,870	14.4	−9.7
Turnout			68,323	81.1	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.9

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

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