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There are 8 Parliamentary constituencies in the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. From 1974 to 1998 the two counties were administratively and ceremonially one, called Hereford and Worcester, and the constituencies crossed the traditional county boundaries. This continued to be the case up to and including the 2005 general election, but since the 2010 general election two constituencies fall entirely within Herefordshire and six within Worcestershire. There is one borough constituency in Worcestershire; the remaining are county constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  Conservative †   Green ¥   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤

The location of Herefordshire relative to England.

Herefordshire

Name Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC 72,203 1,279 Jesse Norman † Joseph Emmett ‡
Map showing the location of the Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency in Herefordshire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
North Herefordshire CC 72,797 5,894 Ellie Chowns ¥ Bill Wiggin †
Map showing the location of the North Herefordshire constituency in Herefordshire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
The location of Worcestershire relative to England.

Worcestershire

Name Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Bromsgrove CC 76,468 3,016   Bradley Thomas †   Neena Gill ‡
Map showing the location of the Bromsgrove constituency in Worcestershire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
Droitwich and Evesham CC 76,624 8,995 Nigel Huddleston † Chipiliro Kalebe-Nyamongo ‡
Map showing the location of the Droitwich and Evesham constituency in Worcestershire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
Redditch CC 71,038 789 Chris Bloore ‡ Rachel Maclean †
Map showing the location of the Redditch constituency in Worcestershire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
West Worcestershire CC 79,242 6,547 Harriett Baldwin † Dan Boatright ¤
Map showing the location of the West Worcestershire constituency in Worcestershire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
Worcester BC 74,931 7,116 Tom Collins ‡ Marc Bayliss †
Map showing the location of the Worcester constituency in Worcestershire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
Wyre Forest CC 77,394 812 Mark Garnier † Vicki Smith ‡
Map showing the location of the Wyre Forest constituency in Worcestershire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Name Boundaries 2010–2024 Boundaries 2024–present

Herefordshire

  1. Hereford and South Herefordshire CC
  2. North Herefordshire CC
Numbered map of the new Parliamentary constituencies of Herefordshire.
Numbered map of the parliamentary constituencies of Herefordshire created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 UK general election.
Worcestershire
  1. Bromsgrove CC
  2. Mid Worcestershire CC / Droitwich and Evesham CC
  3. Redditch CC
  4. West Worcestershire CC
  5. Worcester BC
  6. Wyre Forest CC
Numbered map of new parliamentary constituencies of Worcestershire.
Numbered map of the parliamentary constituencies of Worcestershire created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 UK general election.

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the two constituencies in Herefordshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries. In Worcestershire, it proposed a small transfer from Mid Worcestershire (renamed Droitwich and Evesham) to Redditch to bring these two constituencies within the statutory range; the other four constituencies were unchanged.

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain 8 constituencies covering the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire for the 2010 election, making minor changes to take account of the separation of the two counties, to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. The constituencies of Hereford and Leominster were renamed Hereford and South Herefordshire, and North Herefordshire respectively.

Name 1997–2010 Boundaries 1997–2010 Name 2010–2024 Boundaries 2010–2024

Wholly or mainly in Herefordshire

  1. Hereford CC
  2. Leominster CC

Wholly in Worcestershire

  1. Bromsgrove CC
  2. Mid Worcestershire CC
  3. Redditch BC
  4. West Worcestershire CC
  5. Worcester BC
  6. Wyre Forest CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Herefordshire

  1. Hereford and South Herefordshire CC
  2. North Herefordshire CC

Worcestershire

  1. Bromsgrove CC
  2. Mid Worcestershire CC
  3. Redditch CC
  4. West Worcestershire CC
  5. Worcester BC
  6. Wyre Forest CC
Proposed Revision
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Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Conservative 127,020 33.1% Decrease28.7% 5 Decrease3
Labour 96,738 25.2% Increase3.4% 2 Increase2
Reform UK 68,306 17.8% new 0 0
Greens 44,812 11.7% Increase7.1% 1 Increase1
Liberal Democrats 41,479 10.8% Decrease0.7% 0 0
Others 5,849 1.5% Increase1.2% 0 0
Total 384,204 100.0 8

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 256,014 61.8% Increase3.7% 8 0
Labour 90,230 21.8% Decrease7.1% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 47,798 11.5% Increase5.3% 0 0
Greens 18,866 4.6% Increase2.0% 0 0
Others 1,222 0.3% Decrease3.9% 0 0
Total 414,130 100.0 8

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 52.3 51.8 50.8 41.0 41.1 42.9 45.9 51.7 58.1 61.8 33.1
Labour 15.3 17.9 24.6 32.6 27.4 24.5 16.7 19.7 28.9 21.8 25.2
Liberal Democrat 31.4 29.7 23.1 21.9 19.4 21.8 25.3 6.7 6.2 11.5 10.8
Green Party - * * * * * 1.0 4.5 2.6 4.6 11.7
UKIP - - - * * * 4.2 15.4 2.1 * -
Reform UK - - - - - - - - - - 17.8
Other 1.0 0.6 1.5 4.5 12.1 10.8 6.8 1.9 2.1 0.3 1.5

1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 5
Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Labour 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Independent - - - - 1 1 0 - - - -
Total 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Dr Richard Taylor, standing as the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate

Maps

1885–1910

  • 1885 1885
  • 1886 1886
  • 1892 1892
  • 1895 1895
  • 1900 1900
  • 1906 1906
  • Jan 1910 Jan 1910
  • Dec 1910 Dec 1910

1918–1945

  • 1918 1918
  • 1922 1922
  • 1923 1923
  • 1924 1924
  • 1929 1929
  • 1931 1931
  • 1935 1935
  • 1945 1945

1950–1979

  • 1950 1950
  • 1951 1951
  • 1955 1955
  • 1959 1959
  • 1964 1964
  • 1966 1966
  • 1970 1970
  • Feb 1974 Feb 1974
  • Oct 1974 Oct 1974
  • 1979 1979

1983–2005 – Hereford and Worcester

  • 1983 1983
  • 1987 1987
  • 1992 1992
  • 1997 1997
  • 2001 2001
  • 2005 2005

2010–present

2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Timeline

Green represents former constituencies, pink is for current ones.

Worcestershire

Constituency 1295–1554 1554–1604 1604–1605 1605–1832 1832–1885 1885–1918 1918–1950 1950–1974 1974–1983 1983–1997 1997–present
Bewdley 1605–1950
Bromsgrove 1950–1974 1983–present
Bromsgrove and Redditch 1974–1983
Droitwich 1554–1918
Dudley 1832–1974
East Worcestershire 1832–1918
Evesham 1604–1950
Kidderminster 1832–1983
Mid Worcestershire 1983–present
North Worcestershire 1885–1918
Oldbury and Halesowen 1950–1974
Redditch 1983–present
South Worcestershire 1950–1997
Stourbridge 1918–1974 In West Midlands
West Worcestershire 1832–1885 1997–present
Worcester 1295–present
Worcestershire 1295–1832
Wyre Forest 1983–present

Herefordshire

Constituency 1295–1628 1628–1832 1832–1885 1885–1918 1918–2010 2010–present
Hereford 1295–2010
Hereford and South Herefordshire 2010–present
Herefordshire 1295–1832
Leominster 1295–2010
North Herefordshire 2010–present
Ross 1885–1918
Weobley 1628–1832

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

Constituency 1885 1886 92 1892 93 95 1895 1900 03 1906 08 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12 14 16 18
Hereford J. Pulley Bailey Grenfell Cooke Arkwright Hewins
Leominster Duckham Rankin Lamb Rankin Wright
Ross Biddulph → Clive Gardner Clive → C. Pulley
Bewdley Lechmere A. Baldwin S. Baldwin
Droitwich Corbett → Martin Harmsworth Lyttelton → Whiteley
Dudley Sheridan Robinson Hooper Griffith-Boscawen
Evesham Temple Lechmere Long Eyres-Monsell
Kidderminster Brinton Godson Barnard Knight
Worcester Allsopp Williamson Goulding
Worcestershire East Hastings → Chamberlain → Harris
Worcestershire North Hingley → → Wilson →

1918 to 1950

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal

Constituency 1918 21 1922 1923 1924 27 1929 31 1931 1935 37 41 1945
Hereford Pulley Roberts Owen Thomas
Leominster Ward-Jackson Shepperson A. E. Baldwin
Bewdley S. Baldwin Conant
Dudley Griffith-Boscawen J. Wilson Lloyd O. Baldwin → Joel Lloyd Wigg
Evesham Eyres-Monsell de la Bere
Kidderminster Knight Wardlaw-Milne Tolley
Stourbridge J. W. Wilson Pielou Wellock Morgan Moyle
Worcester Goulding Fairbairn Greene Ward

1950 to 1983

The West Midlands Order 1965 transferred the Dudley area from Worcestershire to Staffordshire and part of the Warley area from Staffordshire to Worcestershire. These changes were incorporated into the new constituency boundaries for the February 1974 general election.

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 56 1959 61 1964 1966 68 1970 71 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Hereford Thomas Gibson-Watt Shepherd
Leominster Baldwin Bossom Temple-Morris
Bromsgrove / Bromsgrove and Redditch (1974) Higgs Dance Davis Miller
Kidderminster Nabarro Brinton Bulmer
Oldbury and Halesowen / Halesowen and Stourbridge (1974) Moyle Horner Stokes
Worcester Ward Walker
Worcestershire South de la Bere Agnew Nabarro Spicer
Dudley Wigg Williams Gilbert
Warley West Archer
Warley East Faulds

1983 to present

  Conservative   Green   Health Concern   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 97 98 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Hereford / Hereford and South Herefordshire (2010) Shepherd Keetch Norman
Leominster / North Herefordshire (2010) Temple-Morris → → Wiggin Chowns
Bromsgrove Miller Thomason Kirkbride Javid Thomas
Mid Worcestershire / Droitwich & Evesham (2024) Forth Luff Huddleston
South Worcestershire / West Worcestershire (1997) Spicer Baldwin
Worcester P. Walker Luff Foster R. Walker Collins
Wyre Forest Bulmer Coombs Lock Taylor Garnier
Redditch Smith Lumley Maclean Bloore

See also

Footnotes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  4. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1251-1257 & 1325-1333. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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