Redditch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom


Redditch is a constituency[n 1] in Worcestershire, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Rachel Maclean of the Conservative Party, who is currently Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

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From 1983 to 1997 the town of Redditch was, based on a series of high majorities, in the Conservative safe seat of Mid Worcestershire. The first MP for that constituency, Eric Forth, moved to the equally safe seat of Bromley and Chislehurst in south east London as a result of major boundary changes in Worcestershire for the 1997 general election, and held that seat until his death in 2006. The seat has been a bellwether since 1997.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries (since 2010 general election)

This seat is located in Worcestershire and contains the whole borough of Redditch and parts of the district of Wychavon. To make the size of the constituency's electorate suitable, the nearby villages of Inkberrow, Callow Hill, Cookhill, Feckenham, and Astwood Bank were included upon the constituency's creation in 1997. For the 2010 general election the villages of Hanbury and the Lenches have been included, and the constituency reclassified from Borough to County.[3]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Borough of Redditch.
  • The District of Wychavon wards of: Dodderhill; Harvington and Norton; Inkberrow.[4]

In addition to the Wychavon Borough ward of Inkberrow, which is currently part of the seat, the two wards of Dodderhill to the north, and Harvington and Norton to the south, will be transferred in from Mid Worcestershire (to be renamed Droitwich and Evesham).

History

Redditch was created in 1997 following major changes to the Mid Worcestershire constituency. The Mid Worcestershire seat has been a much safer seat for the Conservatives since 1997 than beforehand, due to the Labour-voting wards within Redditch being taken out and made into its own constituency as it is today. There are nonetheless some Conservative-voting wards in the town, and the rural areas of the constituency are also strongly Conservative.

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Notes

  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  3. "Redditch Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  4. "Redditch Labour names Chris Bloore as general election candidate". Redditch Advertiser. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. "Redditch Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  6. "Candidates confirmed for General Election". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  7. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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