List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

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 are 2 Borough constituencies and 6 County constituencies.

Constituencies[]

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤

Name[nb 1]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
Bromsgrove CC	75,078	23,106		Sajid Javid †		Rory Shannon ‡
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC	72,085	19,686		Jesse Norman †		Anna-Maria Coda ‡
North Herefordshire CC	70,252	24,856		Bill Wiggin †		Philip Howells ¤
Mid Worcestershire CC	78,220	28,018		Nigel Huddleston †		Helen Russell ‡
Redditch BC	65,391	16,036		Rachel Maclean †		Rebecca Jenkins ‡
West Worcestershire CC	76,241	24,499		Harriett Baldwin †		Beverley Nielsen ¤
Worcester BC	73,485	6,758		Robin Walker †		Lynn Denham ‡
Wyre Forest CC	78,077	21,413		Mark Garnier †		Robin Lunn ‡

2010 boundary changes[]

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.

Former name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
Wholly or mainly in Herefordshire Hereford CC Leominster CC Wholly in Worcestershire Bromsgrove CC Mid Worcestershire CC Redditch BC West Worcestershire CC Worcester BC Wyre Forest CC		Herefordshire Hereford and South Herefordshire CC North Herefordshire CC Worcestershire Bromsgrove CC Mid Worcestershire CC Redditch BC West Worcestershire CC Worcester BC Wyre Forest CC

Proposed boundary changes[]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.^[3]

The Commission has proposed retaining the current two constituencies in Herefordshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries. In Worcestershire, it is proposed to make a small transfer from Mid Worcestershire to Redditch to bring these two constituencies within the statutory range. It is proposed that Mid Worcestershire is renamed . The other four constituencies would be unchanged, although it is proposed that Wyre Forest reverts to its prior name of Kidderminster.^[4]

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history[]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[5]

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%	3.7%	8	0
Labour	90,230	21.8%	7.1%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	47,798	11.5%	5.3%	0	0
Greens	18,866	4.6%	2.0%	0	0
Others	1,222	0.3%	3.9%	0	0
Total	414,130	100.0		8

Percentage votes[]

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	52.3	51.8	50.8	41.0	41.1	42.9	45.9	51.7	58.1	61.8
Labour	15.3	17.9	24.6	32.6	27.4	24.5	16.7	19.7	28.9	21.8
Liberal Democrat1	31.4	29.7	23.1	21.9	19.4	21.8	25.3	6.7	6.2	11.5
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	1.0	4.5	2.6	4.6
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	4.2	15.4	2.1	*
Other	1.0	0.6	1.5	4.5	12.1	10.8	6.8	1.9	2.1	0.3

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats[]

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	7	7	7	4	4	4	8	8	8	8
Labour	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
Liberal Democrat1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Independent2	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	-
Total	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

²Dr Richard Taylor, standing as the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate

Maps[]

1997	2001	2005
2010	2015	2017	2019

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   Health Concern   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

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

See also[]

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

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