Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)

Bromsgrove
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire.
Location of Worcestershire within England.
County	Worcestershire
Population	93,637 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	73,279 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Bromsgrove
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Sajid Javid (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bromsgrove & Redditch
1950–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Bromsgrove & Redditch
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Bromsgrove is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2010 by Sajid Javid of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Bromsgrove and Redditch, and the Rural District of Bromsgrove.

1983–present: The District of Bromsgrove.

The constituency covers the same area as Bromsgrove District Council in north Worcestershire, with twenty civil parishes. It includes the villages of Alvechurch, Barnt Green, Belbroughton, Blackwell, Clent, Cofton Hackett, Hagley, Hollywood, Lickey, Marlbrook, Rubery, Tardebigge and Wythall.

History

The borough of Bromsgrove returned two members (Thomas Rassall and Thomas Barneford) to the original Model Parliament in 1295. However, borough status appeared lost when no other member was sent to any subsequent parliament under that status.^[3]

Since its split from the neighbouring Redditch Constituency in 1983, it has returned a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).

The MP from 1997 to 2010, Julie Kirkbride, announced on 28 May 2009 that she would be standing down as an MP at the next General Election in light of the expenses scandal.^[4] Her resignation was confirmed in December 2009, after an attempt to withdraw it.^[5] The winner of the 2010 election, Sajid Javid (formerly the youngest Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank and a Deutsche Bank board director) has held roles in government as Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and since 2015, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Members of Parliament

MPs 1950–1974

	Member^[6]^[7]	Party
1950	Michael Higgs	Conservative
1955	James Dance	Conservative
1971 by-election	Terry Davis	Labour
Feb 1974	constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove & Redditch

MPs since 1983

	Member^[6]^[7]	Party
1983	Sir Hal Miller	Conservative
1992	Roy Thomason	Conservative
1997	Julie Kirkbride	Conservative
2010	Sajid Javid	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Bromsgrove^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sajid Javid	28,133	53.8	+10.2
	Labour	Tom Ebbutt	11,604	22.2	+0.4
	UKIP	Stuart Cross	8,163	15.6	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Bart Ricketts ^[9]	2,616	5.0	−14.6
	Green	Giovanni Esposito ^[10]	1,729	3.3	+3.3
Majority			16,529	31.6	+9.7
Turnout			52,245	71.2	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Bromsgrove^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sajid Javid	22,558	43.7	−7.3
	Labour	Sam Burden	11,250	21.8	−8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Ling	10,124	19.6	+4.6
	UKIP	Steven Morson	2,950	5.7	+1.7
	Bromsgrove Independent Conservative	Adrian Kriss	2,182	4.2	N/A
	BNP	Elizabeth Wainwright	1,923	3.7	N/A
	Independent	Mark France	336	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Ken Wheatley	307	0.6	N/A
Majority			11,308	21.9
Turnout			51,630	70.6	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bromsgrove^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julie Kirkbride	24,387	51.0	−0.7
	Labour	David Jones	14,307	29.9	−4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Haswell	7,197	15.1	+3.2
	UKIP	Paul Buckingham	1,919	4.0	+1.6
Majority			10,080	21.1
Turnout			47,810	67.6	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Bromsgrove^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julie Kirkbride	23,640	51.7	+4.6
	Labour	Peter M. McDonald	15,502	33.9	−3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Margaret Rowley	5,430	11.9	N/A
	UKIP	Ian N. Gregory	1,112	2.4	+2.0
Majority			8,138	17.8
Turnout			45,684	67.1	−10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bromsgrove^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julie Kirkbride	23,640	47.2	−6.9
	Labour	Peter M. McDonald	19,725	37.8	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Jennette M. Davy	6,200	11.9	−1.9
	Referendum	Mrs. Diana Winsor	1,411	2.7	N/A
	UKIP	Mrs. Beatrice G. Wetton	251	0.5	N/A
Majority			4,895	5.4	−18.0
Turnout			52,207	77.1	−5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.0

General Election 1992: Bromsgrove^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roy Thomason	31,709	54.1	−0.7
	Labour	Ms. Catherine M.V. Mole	18,007	30.7	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Alexis J. Cassin	8,090	13.8	−8.2
	Green	John C. Churchman	856	1.5	N/A
Majority			13,702	23.4	−8.1
Turnout			58,662	82.5	+6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bromsgrove^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hal Miller	29,051	54.7	−1.5
	Labour	Joseph Downie Ward	12,366	23.3	+2.6
	Social Democratic	David Leslie Cropp	11,663	22.0	+0.4
Majority			16,685	31.4	−3.2
Turnout			53,080	76.4	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.1

General Election 1983: Bromsgrove^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hal Miller	27,911	56.2	N/A
	Social Democratic	A.J. Milligan	10,736	21.6	N/A
	Labour	G. Titley	10,280	20.7	N/A
	Ecology	John C. Churchman	716	1.5	N/A
Majority			17,175	34.6	N/A
Turnout			49,643	75.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections 1950-71

By Election 1971: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Terry Davis	29,809	51.62	+10.09
	Conservative	Hal Miller	27,941	48.38	-10.09
Majority			1,868	3.24
Turnout			57,750
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1970: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Dance	37,544	58.47
	Labour	Terry Davis	26,670	41.53
Majority			10,874	16.93
Turnout			64,214	76.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Dance	32,400	53.02
	Labour	NP Lister	28,704	46.98
Majority			3,696	6.05
Turnout				79.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Dance	29,616	48.73
	Labour	NP Lister	22,673	37.31
	Liberal	SL Stockdale	8,485	13.96
Majority			6,943	11.42
Turnout				82.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Dance	32,473	58.08
	Labour	CBB Norwood	23,433	41.92
Majority			9,040	16.17
Turnout				83.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Dance	27,461	55.20
	Labour	LJ George	22,287	44.80
Majority			5,174	10.40
Turnout				81.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Higgs	26,736	52.61
	Labour	D Chesworth	24,083	47.39
Majority			2,653	5.22
Turnout				86.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Higgs	21,674	43.96
	Labour	DP Chesworth	21,484	43.58
	Liberal	RWT Hill	6,145	12.46
Majority			190	0.39
Turnout				85.80
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ 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

↑ "Bromsgrove: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
↑ "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.
↑ Treadway Russell Nash, History and Antiquities of the County of Worcester I (1781), introduction, xxxii.
↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/28/julie-kirkbride-expenses-quitting
↑ Times online
1 2 "Bromsgrove 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
↑ http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/11845604.Bromsgrove_Green_Party_select_their_parliamentary_candidate/?ref=mr
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. 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.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Bromsgrove — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

Constituencies in the West Midlands (59)

Conservative (34)	Aldridge-Brownhills Bromsgrove Burton Cannock Chase Dudley South Halesowen and Rowley Regis Hereford and South Herefordshire Kenilworth and Southam Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire North Herefordshire North Shropshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Rugby Shrewsbury and Atcham Solihull South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stone Stourbridge Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield Tamworth Telford The Wrekin Warwick and Leamington West Worcestershire Worcester Wyre Forest

Labour (25)	Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham, Yardley Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Walsall North Walsall South Warley West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 52°24′N 2°06′W / 52.4°N 2.1°W / 52.4; -2.1

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