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UK Parliament constituency since 2010
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 , following a by-election in October 2023.[2] [3] It was previously held by Chris Pincher of the Conservative Party , who held the seat from 2010 to 2023, when he resigned. He had been suspended from the party since July 2022.
Boundaries [ edit ]
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–present : The Borough of Tamworth , and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease and Tame, Shenstone, and Stonnall.
Proposed [ edit ]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election , the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
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.[4]
Minor adjustments to the boundary with Lichfield .
History [ edit ]
The present Tamworth Constituency, a county constituency ,[5] 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 [ edit ]
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. [6] Whilst it was a 24% swing to Labour, the turnout was a competitively low 35%. Sarah Edwards's full speech was videoed. [7]
Prominent members [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Income and wealth are around average for the UK. The area voted strongly for Brexit in 2016.[8]
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 .[9]
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
MPs before 1660 [ edit ]
MPs 1660–1885 [ edit ]
MPs 1885–1945 [ edit ]
Tamworth was reduced to having one member in 1885.
The seat was abolished in 1945.
MPs 1997–present [ edit ]
Elections [ edit ]
Elections in the 2020s [ edit ]
Elections in the 2010s [ edit ]
Elections in the 2000s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1990s [ edit ]
Elections 1918–1945 [ edit ]
Elections in the 1930s [ edit ]
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:
Elections in the 1920s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1910s [ edit ]
Elections 1885–1918 [ edit ]
Elections in the 1910s [ edit ]
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:
Elections in the 1900s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1890s [ edit ]
Johnson
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ]
Elections 1868–1885 [ edit ]
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1870s [ edit ]
Caused by John Peel's death.
Caused by Butler's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Dalling and Bulwer.
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ]
Elections 1832–1868 [ edit ]
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ]
Caused by Townshend's succession to the peerage, becoming 5th Marquess Townshend.
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ]
Caused by Townshend's elevation to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Townshend
Caused by Robert Peel's death.
Elections in the 1840s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1830s [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Elections 2023" . Tamworth Borough Council . Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 13 September 2023 . UK Parliamentary By-Election – Thursday 19 October 2023
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023" . Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007: Schedule" , legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives , 13 June 2007, SI 2007/1681 (sch.), retrieved 7 September 2023
^ "Video of Declaration of Result of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament for Tamworth on Thursday 19 October 2023" . JAmedia.uk.
^ "Video of Full Acceptance Speech by Sarah Edwards 20 October 2023" . JAmedia.uk.
^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Tamworth
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ "Tamworth Parliamentary Borough 1275–1832" . The Staffordshire Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 25 October 2010 .
^ "Temple, William (1555–1627)" . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ Cust, Richard (2004). "Archer, Sir Simon (1581–1662)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/626 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Brydges, Sir Egerton (1812). "Earl of Chesterfield". Collin's Peerage of England . Vol. III (nine volumes ed.). p. 423.
^ Oswald Barron, 'The Wild Wilmots', The Ancestor XI (1904), 5.
^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 48–50.
^ Prest, John (21 May 2009) [2004]. "Peel, Sir Robert, second baronet (1788–1850)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/21764 .
^ "Electioneering Intelligence" . Carlisle Patriot . 24 December 1847. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Boase, George Clement (1895). "Peel, Robert (1822-1895)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "Leeds Intelligencer" . 9 February 1856. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Money Market and City Intelligence" . London Evening Standard . 8 February 1856. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Chris Pincher suspended as Tory MP after groping allegation" . BBC News . 1 July 2022.
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^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL & SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF) . Tamworth Borough Council. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023 .
^ "Tamworth Parliamentary constituency" . BBC News . BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2019 .
^ "Elections 2017" . Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 15 May 2017 .
^ "Election Data 2015" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
^ a b c d e "UK Polling Report" . ukpollingreport.co.uk .
^ "Election Data 2010" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
^ "BBC News – Election 2010 – Constituency – Tamworth" . bbc.co.uk .
^ "Jenny Pinkett – PPC for Tamworth" . libdems.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010.
^ "Election Data 2005" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Election Data 2001" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Election Data 1997" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
^ "Fogarty, Michael Patrick" . Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc (online ed.). Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014 .
^ a b c d e f g Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . London: Political Reference Publications. pp. 18–49. ISBN 0-900178-06-X .
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922 p. [page needed ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984 .
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916 p. [page needed ]
^ a b c d e f g The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901 p. [page needed ]
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886 p. [page needed ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
^ "The General Election" . London Evening Standard . 31 March 1880. pp. 2–3.
^ "The General Election" . The Morning Post . 29 January 1874. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Election Intelligence" . Worcestershire Chronicle . 31 January 1874. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Tamworth Parliamentary Election, 1874" . Tamworth Herald . 14 February 1874. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Parliamentary Borough of Tamworth" . Tamworth Herald . 20 April 1872. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "The Tamworth Election" . Preston Chronicle . 17 October 1863. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive .
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