Lichfield_and_Tamworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Lichfield and Tamworth
Lichfield and Tamworth
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Lichfield
Replaced by	Staffordshire South East, Mid Staffordshire and Cannock & Burntwood

Lichfield and Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983

Lichfield and Tamworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Lichfield and Tamworth in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Snow	29,199	54.2
	Conservative	Sarah Ward	24,681	45.8
Majority			4,518	8.4
Turnout			53,880	86.3
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Snow	28,826	52.6	-1.6
	Conservative	George Hampson	25,941	47.4	+1.6
Majority			2,885	5.2	-3.2
Turnout			54,767	85.5	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Snow	21,071	54.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Oliver Tollemache Blow	17,966	46.0	-1.4
Majority			3,105	8.0	+2.8
Turnout			39,037	80.9	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Snow	21,341	51.9	-2.1
	Conservative	Francis Roberts	19,791	48.1	+2.1
Majority			1,550	3.8	-4.2
Turnout			41,132	81.9	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Lichfield and Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Lichfield and Tamworth
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Lichfield
Replaced by	Staffordshire South East, Mid Staffordshire and Cannock & Burntwood^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Snow	22,644	48.5	-3.4
	Conservative	Kenneth Dunkley	18,828	40.3	-7.8
	Liberal	Anthony Extance	5,206	11.2	New
Majority			3,816	8.2	+4.4
Turnout			46,678	80.9	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Snow	27,971	54.0	+5.5
	Conservative	Bruce A Webb	23,837	46.0	+5.7
Majority			4,134	8.0	-0.2
Turnout			51,808	78.8	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	31,274	51.6	+5.6
	Labour	Terry Pitt	29,298	48.4	-5.6
Majority			1,976	3.2	N/A
Turnout			60,572	74.2	-4.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	30,659	41.6	-10.0
	Labour	Bruce Grocott	28,852	39.2	-9.2
	Liberal	Doreen Elliott	14,151	19.2	New
Majority			1,807	2.4	-0.8
Turnout			73,662	82.8	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Grocott	29,872	42.6	+3.4
	Conservative	James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	29,541	42.1	+0.5
	Liberal	Philip Rule	10,741	15.3	-4.9
Majority			331	0.5	N/A
Turnout			70,154	78.2	-4.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Heddle	41,454	50.3	+8.2
	Labour	Bruce Grocott	33,006	40.1	-2.5
	Liberal	Philip Rule	7,408	9.0	-6.3
	National Front	P Wallace	475	0.6	New
Majority			8,448	10.2	N/A
Turnout			82,343	81.2	+3.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing