Bromsgrove and Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Bromsgrove and Redditch was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Bromsgrove and Redditch in Worcestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Bromsgrove and Redditch
Former constituency for the House of Commons
Bromsgrove and Redditch in Worcestershire, showing boundaries used from 1974–1983
February 1974–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Bromsgrove
Replaced by	Bromsgrove and Mid Worcestershire[1]

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Bromsgrove and Redditch, and the Rural District of Bromsgrove.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Hal Miller	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove & Mid Worcestershire

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Bromsgrove and Redditch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	44,621	54.30
	Labour	Anne Davis	28,736	34.97
	Liberal	Nigel Phillips	8,066	9.82
	National Front	BA Deakin	752	0.92	New
Majority			15,885	19.33
Turnout			82,175	78.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	31,153	44.56
	Labour	Terry Davis	29,085	41.60
	Liberal	P Kelway	9,679	13.84
Majority			2,068	2.96
Turnout			69,917	79.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	33,125	45.14
	Labour	Terry Davis	29,536	40.25
	Liberal	GE Cartwright	10,726	14.62
Majority			3,589	4.89
Turnout			73,387	84.28
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "'Bromsgrove and Redditch', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Bromsgrove and Redditch and Stratford-on-Avon) Order 1971. SI 1971/2109". Statutory Instruments 1971. Part III Section 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 6221–6222.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)