Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

For the Australian constituency, see Electoral district of Tamworth.

Tamworth is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, based on the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. The seat is currently represented by Sarah Edwards of the Labour Party, re-elected in the UK 2024 general election.^[2]

Tamworth
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Tamworth in West Midlands region
County	Staffordshire
Electorate	72,544 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Tamworth, Fazeley, Wilnecote
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Sarah Edwards
Seats	One
Created from	South East Staffordshire
1885–1945
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
1567–1885
Seats	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Birmingham, the Sessional Divisions of Birmingham and Solihull, part of the Sessional Divisions of Atherstone and Coleshill, and part of the Municipal Borough of Tamworth.

1918–1945: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, the Rural Districts of Meriden and Solihull, and part of the Rural District of Tamworth.

1997–2010: The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, and Tame.

2010–2024: The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease and Tame, Shenstone, and Stonnall.

2024-present: By the decision of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency composition is:

• The District of Lichfield wards of: Bourne Vale; Fazeley; Little Aston & Stonnall; Mease Valley; Shenstone; Whittington & Streethay (polling districts JA, YA, YB, YC, ZA and ZB).
• The Borough of Tamworth.^[3]

Minor adjustments to the boundary with Lichfield.^{[clarification needed]}

History

The present Tamworth Constituency, a county constituency,^[4] replaced the old South East Staffordshire constituency for the 1997 general election.

A previous Tamworth constituency existed from 1563 until it was abolished for the 1945 general election. It was a borough constituency that elected two MPs until the 1885 general election, when it was reincarnated as a single-MP constituency in the county of Warwickshire by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Political history

Since its 1997 recreation the seat has been a bellwether, reflecting the largest party in terms of seats in the House of Commons with the largest share of the vote for the candidate locally. However, the seat has heavily trended towards the Conservatives in the most recent general elections, with majorities in excess of 10,000 in both 2015 and 2017 and almost 20,000 in 2019.

In the October 2023 by-election caused by the resignation of Chris Pincher Conservative, Sarah Edwards Labour was elected. The results were videoed.^[5] Whilst it was a 24% swing to Labour, the turnout was a comparatively low 35%. The 2024 general election was much closer.^[2]

Prominent members

The Prime Minister and leader of the breakaway Tory group, the Peelites, Sir Robert Peel, represented the area for a long period 1830–1850, as did his father, brother and son at different periods. His father and son, also named Robert, also shared the baronetcy gained by his father, which gave them the automatic right to the style "Sir".

Constituency profile

Income and wealth are around average for the UK. The area voted strongly for Brexit in 2016.^[6]

The constituency is convenient for all of the West Midlands conurbation and has considerable local employment. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.9% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[7]

Members of Parliament

MPs before 1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1275–1559	No representation or records[8]
1563–1567	Michael Harcourt	Robert Harcourt
1571	Edward Lewknor	John Bullock
1572–1583	Lancelot Bostock	John Nuttall
1584–1585	John Breton	Clement Fisher
1586–1587	Walter Bagot	John Ferrers
1588–1589	Sir Edward Devereux	Robert Wright
1593	John Ferrers	Thomas Smith
1597–1598	William Temple[9]	George Hyde
1601	George Egeock	Robert Burdett
1604	Sir Percival Willoughby Chose to sit for Nottinghamshire, replaced by Sir Thomas Beaumont	John Ferrers
1614	Sir Thomas Roe	Sir Percival Willoughby
1621	Sir Thomas Puckering	John Ferrar
1624–1625	John Woodford	John Wightwick
1625	Sir Thomas Puckering	Sir Richard Skeffington
1626	Sir Thomas Puckering	Sir Walter Devereux
1628–1629	Sir Thomas Puckering	Sir Walter Devereux
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	Sir Simon Archer[10]	George Abbot
1640 (Nov)	Ferdinando Stanhope (Royalist), killed 1643[11]	Henry Wilmot (Royalist), expelled 1641.[12]
1645	George Abbot (Parliamentarian)	Sir Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian)
1648	George Abbot (Parliamentarian)	Sir Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian)
1653	Tamworth not represented in Barebone's Parliament
1654	Tamworth not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament
1656	Tamworth not represented in 2nd Protectorate Parliament
1659	Maj. Gen. Tobias Bridge	Edward Keeling

MPs 1660–1885

Year	First member		First party	Second member		Second party[13]
1660		Richard Newdigate			Thomas Fox
1661		Amos Walrond			John Swinfen
1669		John Ferrers
1670		John Boyle, Lord Clifford
Feb 1679		Sir Thomas Thynne, Bt
Aug 1679					Sir Andrew Hacket
1681					John Swinfen
1685		Richard Howe			Sir Henry Gough
Jan 1689		Henry Sidney
May 1689		Henry Boyle
1690		Michael Biddulph
1695		Thomas Guy
1698					John Chetwynd
1699					Sir Henry Gough
1701					Henry Thynne
1702					Joseph Girdler
1708		Richard Swinfen
1710		Samuel Bracebridge
1715					William Inge
1722					Francis Willoughby
1723		Richard Swinfen
Jan 1727		Hon. George Compton
Aug 1727		William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin	Whig		Hon. Thomas Willoughby	Tory
1734		Lord John Sackville			Hon. George Compton
1735					Charles Cotes
1741					John Floyer
1742					Charles Cotes
1747		Hon. Thomas Villiers			Sir Henry Harpur
1748					Sir Robert Burdett
1756					Viscount Villiers
1765					Edward Thurlow
Mar 1768		William de Grey
Nov 1768		Charles Vernon
1774		Thomas de Grey
1778					Anthony Chamier
Sep 1780		John Courtenay
Nov 1780					John Calvert
1784					John Calvert II
1790					Sir Robert Peel	Tory[14]
1796		Thomas Carter
1802		William Loftus
1812		Lord Charles Townshend	Whig[14]
1818		William Yates Peel	Tory[14]
1820					Lord Charles Townshend	Whig[14]
1830		Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt	Tory[14]
1834			Conservative[14]
1835					William Yates Peel	Conservative[14]
1837					Edward Henry A'Court	Conservative[14]
1846			Peelite[15]
Jul 1847					William Yates Peel	Conservative[14]
Dec 1847					John Townshend	Whig[16]
1850		Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt	Peelite[17]
1856					John Townshend	Whig[18][19]
1859			Liberal			Liberal
1863					John Peel	Liberal
1868					Sir Henry Bulwer	Liberal
1871					John Peel	Liberal
1872					Robert William Hanbury	Conservative
1878					Hamar Bass	Liberal
1880		Jabez Balfour	Liberal

MPs 1885–1945

Tamworth was reduced to having one member in 1885.

Year		Member	Whip
	1885	Philip Muntz	Conservative
	1909	Sir Francis Newdegate	Conservative
	1917	Henry Wilson-Fox	Unionist
	1922	Sir Percy Newson	Unionist
	1923	Sir Edward Iliffe	Unionist
	1929	Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland	Unionist
	1935	Sir John Mellor	Conservative

The seat was abolished in 1945.

MPs since 1997

South East Staffordshire prior to 1997

Election		Member[13]	Party
	1997 2001 2005	Brian Jenkins	Labour
	2010 2015 2017 2019	Chris Pincher	Conservative
	2022[20]		Independent
	2023 by-election 2024	Sarah Edwards	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Tamworth^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Edwards	15,338	35.0	+11.7
	Conservative	Eddie Hughes	13,956	31.9	−34.8
	Reform UK	Ian Cooper	11,004	25.1	N/A
	Green	Sue Howarth	1,579	3.6	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jed Marson	1,451	3.3	−2.0
	UKIP	Robert Bilcliff	290	0.7	−1.0
	Workers Party	Adam Goodfellow	170	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,382	3.1	N/A
Turnout			43,788	58.3	6.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	23.4

• Changes in vote share are based on the 2019 general election result, not the 2023 by–election result.

2023 Tamworth by-election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Edwards	11,719	45.8	22.1
	Conservative	Andrew Cooper	10,403	40.7	25.6
	Reform UK	Ian Cooper	1,373	5.4	New
	Britain First	Ashlea Simon	580	2.3	New
	UKIP	Robert Bilcliff	436	1.7	0.1
	Green	Sue Howarth	417	1.6	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sunny Virk	417	1.6	3.7
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	155	0.6	New
	Independent	Peter Longman	86	0.3	New
Majority			1,316	5.1	N/A
Turnout			25,586	35.9	28.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	23.9

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Tamworth^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pincher	30,542	66.3	5.3
	Labour Co-op	Chris Bain	10,908	23.7	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Wheway	2,426	5.3	1.1
	Green	Andrew Tilley	935	2.0	New
	UKIP	Robert Bilcliff	814	1.8	New
	Independent	John Wright	431	0.9	New
Majority			19,634	42.6	16.4
Turnout			46,066	64.3	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.2

General election 2017: Tamworth^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pincher	28,748	61.0	11.0
	Labour	Andrew Hammond	16,401	34.8	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett	1,961	4.2	1.2
Majority			12,347	26.2	2.3
Turnout			47,110	66.1	0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

General election 2015: Tamworth^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pincher[25]	23,606	50.0	4.2
	Labour	Carol Dean[25]	12,304	26.1	6.6
	UKIP	Janet Higgins[25]	8,727	18.5	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett[25]	1,427	3.0	13.2
	Green	Nicola Holmes[25]	1,110	2.4	New
Majority			11,302	23.9	10.8
Turnout			47,174	65.6	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

General election 2010: Tamworth^[26][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pincher	21,238	45.8	8.7
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	15,148	32.7	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett[28]	7,516	16.2	2.1
	UKIP	Steven Fowler	2,253	4.9	2.1
	Christian	Charlene Detheridge	235	0.5	New
Majority			6,090	13.1	N/A
Turnout			46,390	63.8	2.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	9.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Tamworth^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	18,801	43.0	6.0
	Conservative	Chris Pincher	16,232	37.1	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Bennion	6,175	14.1	2.4
	Veritas	Patrick Eston	1,320	3.0	New
	UKIP	Tom Simpson	1,212	2.8	1.1
Majority			2,569	5.9	6.5
Turnout			43,740	61.0	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

General election 2001: Tamworth^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	19,722	49.0	2.8
	Conservative	Luise Gunter	15,124	37.6	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett	4,721	11.7	3.6
	UKIP	Paul Sootheran	683	1.7	1.0
Majority			4,598	11.4	3.7
Turnout			40,250	57.8	16.4
	Labour hold		Swing	1.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Tamworth^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	25,808	51.8
	Conservative	Lady Lightbown	18,312	36.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett	4,025	8.1
	Referendum	Dianne Livesey	1,163	2.3
	UKIP	Christopher Lamb	369	0.7
	Liberal	Catherine Twelvetrees	177	0.4
Majority			7,496	15.1
Turnout			49,854	74.2
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections 1918–1945

Elections in the 1930s

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected:

• Conservative: John Mellor
• Labour: Michael Patrick Fogarty^[32]

General election 1935: Tamworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mellor	42,675	79.47
	Labour	John Yates	11,026	20.53
Majority			31,649	58.94
Turnout			53,701	64.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

1935 Tamworth by-election^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mellor	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

General election 1931: Tamworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Steel-Maitland	41,571	84.67
	Labour	Joseph Willbery	7,525	15.33
Majority			34,046	69.34
Turnout			49,096	73.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Tamworth by-election^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Steel-Maitland	23,495	64.8	–2.6
	Labour	George Horwill	12,759	35.2	+2.6
Majority			10,736	29.6	–5.2
Turnout			36,254	60.3	–13.3
Registered electors			60,087
	Unionist hold		Swing	–2.6

General election 1929: Tamworth^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Iliffe	29,807	67.4	N/A
	Labour	George Horwill	14,402	32.6	New
Majority			15,405	34.8	N/A
Turnout			44,209	73.6	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1924: Tamworth^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Iliffe	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Unionist hold

General election 1923: Tamworth^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Iliffe	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Unionist hold

General election 1922: Tamworth^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Percy Newson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Unionist hold

1922 Tamworth by-election^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Percy Newson	14,732	68.8	N/A
	Labour	George Henry Jones	6,671	31.2	New
Majority			8,061	17.6	N/A
Turnout			21,403	60.0	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Tamworth^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Henry Wilson-Fox	Unopposed
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections 1885–1918

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Tamworth by-election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Henry Wilson-Fox	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:

• Unionist: Francis Newdegate
• Liberal:

General election December 1910: Tamworth^[35][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Newdegate	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election January 1910: Tamworth^[35][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Newdegate	10,313	68.2	+7.2
	Liberal	Charles Henry Brampton	4,799	31.8	–7.2
Majority			5,514	36.4	+14.4
Turnout			15,112	82.9	+2.8
Registered electors			18,228
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.2

Elections in the 1900s

1909 Tamworth by-election^[35][37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Newdegate	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Tamworth^[35][37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Muntz	7,561	61.0	N/A
	Liberal	John Seymour Keay	4,842	39.0	New
Majority			2,719	22.0	N/A
Turnout			12,403	80.1	N/A
Registered electors			15,491
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1900: Tamworth^[35][37][38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Muntz	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Tamworth^[35][37][38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Muntz	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Johnson

General election 1892: Tamworth^[35][37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Muntz	5,128	65.5	N/A
	Lib-Lab	William Johnson	2,702	34.5	New
Majority			2,426	31.0	N/A
Turnout			7,830	78.6	N/A
Registered electors			9,968
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Tamworth^[35][37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Muntz	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1885: Tamworth^[35][37][39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Muntz	4,338	52.9	+25.9
	Liberal	William Beale	3,858	47.1	–25.9
Majority			480	5.8	N/A
Turnout			8,196	81.6	–16.8 (est)
Registered electors			10,046
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+25.9

Elections 1868–1885

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hamar Bass	1,409	41.4	+2.9
	Liberal	Jabez Balfour	1,074	31.6	+24.2
	Conservative	William Henry Worthington	920	27.0	−11.3
Majority			154	4.6	+4.4
Turnout			2,329 (est)	98.4 (est)	+21.9
Registered electors			2,368
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.3
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.9

Elections in the 1870s

1878 Tamworth by-election (1 seat)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hamar Bass	1,186	66.1	+20.2
	Conservative	Francis Bridgeman	607	33.9	−4.4
Majority			579	32.2	N/A
Turnout			1,793	85.5	+9.0
Registered electors			2,096
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.3

• Caused by Hanbury's resignation in order to contest the 1878 North Staffordshire by-election.

General election 1874: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Peel (3rd)	1,089	38.5	–2.6
	Conservative	Robert William Hanbury	1,086	38.3	N/A
	Lib-Lab	Henry Hawkes[42][43]	448	15.8	N/A
	Liberal	Charles Parker Butt[44]	209	7.4	N/A
Turnout			1,416 (est)	76.5 (est)	–2.3
Registered electors			1,850
Majority			3	0.2	–0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			638	22.5	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

By-election, 16 Apr 1872: Tamworth (1 seat)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert William Hanbury	946	74.5	New
	Liberal	Robert Spencer Robinson[45]	323	25.5	N/A
Majority			623	49.0	N/A
Turnout			1,269	72.6	–6.2
Registered electors			1,747
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

• Caused by John Peel's death.

By-election, 28 Mar 1871: Tamworth (1 seat)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Peel	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

• Caused by Butler's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Dalling and Bulwer.

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Peel (3rd)	1,136	41.1	–10.5
	Liberal	Henry Bulwer	827	30.0	N/A
	Liberal	John Peel	798	28.9	–6.7
Majority			29	1.1	–21.7
Turnout			1,381 (est)	78.8 (est)	–6.6
Registered electors			1,753
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections 1832–1868

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Peel (3rd)	416	51.6	+3.3
	Liberal	John Peel	287	35.6	–4.8
	Conservative	William Thomas Shave Daniel	103	12.8	+1.5
Majority			184	22.8	–7.3
Turnout			455 (est)	85.4 (est)	+0.9
Registered electors			532
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	–2.8

By-election, 12 October 1863: Tamworth^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Peel	224	57.3	–31.4
	Liberal	Henry Cowper[46]	167	42.7	+31.4
Majority			57	14.6	–14.5
Turnout			391	84.4	–0.1
Registered electors			463
	Liberal hold		Swing	–31.4

Caused by Townshend's succession to the peerage, becoming 5th Marquess Townshend.

By-election, 31 July 1861: Tamworth^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Peel (3rd)	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

• Caused by Peel's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Peel (3rd)	341	48.3	N/A
	Liberal	John Townshend	285	40.4	N/A
	Conservative	William Thomas Shave Daniel	80	11.3	N/A
Majority			205	29.1	N/A
Turnout			393 (est)	84.5 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			465
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1857: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Robert Peel (3rd)	Unopposed
	Whig	John Townshend jnr.	Unopposed
Registered electors			419
	Peelite hold
	Whig hold

By-election, 7 February 1856: Tamworth^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Townshend jnr.	Unopposed
	Whig hold

• Caused by Townshend's elevation to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Townshend

By-election, 14 March 1855: Tamworth^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Robert Peel (3rd)	Unopposed
	Peelite hold

• Caused by Peel's appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

General election 1852: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Robert Peel (3rd)	Unopposed
	Whig	John Townshend snr.	Unopposed
Registered electors			382
	Peelite hold
	Whig gain from Conservative

By-election, 19 July 1850: Tamworth^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Robert Peel (3rd)	Unopposed
	Peelite hold

• Caused by Robert Peel's death.

Elections in the 1840s

By-election, 18 December 1847: Tamworth^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Townshend snr.	Unopposed
	Whig gain from Conservative

• Caused by William Yates Peel's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds

General election 1847: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Robert Peel (2nd)	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Yates Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			393
	Peelite gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

By-election, 13 September 1841: Tamworth^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Peel (2nd)	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Peel's appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Lord of the Treasury

General election 1841: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Peel (2nd)	365	48.5	+1.1
	Conservative	Edward Henry A'Court	241	32.0	+2.0
	Whig	John Townshend snr.	147	19.5	–3.1
Majority			94	12.5	+5.1
Turnout			377 (est)	77.6 (est)	c. –11.7
Registered electors			485
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Peel (2nd)	387	47.4
	Conservative	Edward Henry A'Court	245	30.0
	Whig	John Townshend snr.	185	22.6
Majority			60	7.4
Turnout			444	89.3
Registered electors			497
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1835: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Peel (2nd)	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Yates Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			505
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1832: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Robert Peel (2nd)	Unopposed
	Whig	Charles Townshend	Unopposed
Registered electors			586
	Tory hold
	Whig hold

General election 1831: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40][47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Robert Peel (2nd)	Unopposed
	Whig	Charles Townshend	Unopposed
	Tory hold
	Whig hold

General election 1830: Tamworth (2 seats)^[40][47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Robert Peel (2nd)	Unopposed
	Whig	Charles Townshend	Unopposed
	Tory hold
	Whig hold

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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External links

• Tamworth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Tamworth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Tamworth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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