Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Tamworth
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Tamworth in Staffordshire.
Location of Staffordshire within England.
County	Staffordshire
Electorate	72,544 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Christopher Pincher (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South East Staffordshire
1885–1945
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
1567–1885
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Tamworth is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Christopher Pincher, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

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

History

The present Tamworth Constituency 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 elected two MPs until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one MP 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.

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

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.^[2]

Members of Parliament

MPs before 1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1275–1559	No representation or records^[3]
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^[4]	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^[5]	George Abbot
1640 (Nov)	Ferdinando Stanhope (Royalist), killed 1643^[6]	Henry Wilmot (Royalist), expelled 1641.^[7]
1645	George Abbot (Parliamentarian)	Sir Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian)
1648	George Abbot (Parliamentarian)	Sir Peter Wentworth (Parliamentarian)
1653	Tamworth not represented in Barebones 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

	First member^[8]	First party	Second member^[8]
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		Hon. Thomas Willoughby
1734	Lord John Philip 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	Thomas de Grey		Anthony Chamier
Sep 1780	John Courtenay		Anthony Chamier
Nov 1780			John Calvert
1784			John Calvert II
1790			Sir Robert Peel
1796	Thomas Carter
1802	William Loftus
1812	Lord Charles Townshend
1818	William Yates Peel
1820	William Yates Peel		Lord Charles Townshend
1830	Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt	Tory	Lord Charles Townshend
1835			William Yates Peel
1837			Edward Henry A'Court
Jul 1847			William Yates Peel
Dec 1847			John Townshend
1850	Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt	Liberal	John Townshend
1856			John Villiers Stuart Townshend
1863			John Peel
1868			Sir Henry Bulwer
1871			John Peel
1872			Robert William Hanbury
1878			Hamar Alfred Bass
1880	Jabez Spencer Balfour		Hamar Alfred Bass

1885–1945

Tamworth was reduced to having one member in 1885.

	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 1997–present

Election		Member^[8]	Party
	1997	Brian Jenkins	Labour
	2010	Christopher Pincher	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Tamworth^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Pincher^[10]	23,606	50.0	+4.3
	Labour	Carol Dean^[10]	12,304	26.1	−6.6
	UKIP	Janet Higgins^[10]	8,727	18.5	+13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Pinkett^[10]	1,427	3.0	−13.2
	Green	Nicola Holmes^[10]	1,110	2.4	+2.4
Majority			11,302	24.0	+10.9
Turnout			47,174	65.6	+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

General Election 2010: Tamworth^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Pincher	21,238	45.8	+8.7
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	15,148	32.7	−10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Pinkett^[13]	7,516	16.2	+2.1
	UKIP	Steven Fowler	2,253	4.9	+2.1
	Christian	Charlene Detheridge	235	0.5	N/A
Majority			6,090	13.1	+7.2
Turnout			46,390	63.8	+2.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Tamworth^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	18,801	43.0	−6.0
	Conservative	Christopher Pincher	16,232	37.1	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Phillip Bennion	6,175	14.1	+2.4
	Veritas	Patrick Eston	1,320	3.0	N/A
	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^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	19,722	49.0	−2.8
	Conservative	Luise Gunter	15,124	37.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Pinkett	4,721	11.7	+3.7
	UKIP	Paul Sootheran	683	1.7	+1.0
Majority			4,598	11.4	−3.6
Turnout			40,250	57.8	−16.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.8

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Tamworth^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	25,808	51.8	N/A
	Conservative	Lady Lightbown	18,312	36.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Pinkett	4,025	8.1	N/A
	Referendum	Dianne Livesey	1,163	2.3	N/A
	UKIP	Christopher A. Lamb	369	0.7	N/A
	Liberal	Catherine Twelvetrees	177	0.4	N/A
Majority			7,496	15.0	N/A
Turnout			49,854	74.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections 1918-1945

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1939/40

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: Sir John Serocold Mellor
Labour: Michael Patrick Fogarty^[17]

General Election 1935: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir John Serocold Mellor	42,675	79.47
	Labour	John Yates	11,026	20.53
Majority			31,649	58.94
Turnout				64.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland	41,571	84.67
	Labour	Joseph Willbery	7,525	15.33
Majority			34,046	69.35
Turnout				73.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Tamworth ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Sir Edward Mauger Iliffe	29,807	67.4
	Labour	George Horwill	14,402	32.6
Majority			15,405	34.8
Turnout				73.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Tamworth ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Edward Mauger Iliffe	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Tamworth by-election, 1922^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Percy Wilson Newson	14,732	68.8	n/a
	Labour	G H Jones	6,671	31.2	n/a
Majority			8,061	17.6	n/a
Turnout				60.0	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 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.
↑ Richard Cust, ‘Archer, Sir Simon (1581–1662)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http||//www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/626], accessed 8 November 2008
↑ Collin's Peerage of England by Sir Egerton Brydges, K.J.|| in nine volumes|| VOL. III 1812|| Earl of Chesterfield p. 423
↑ Oswald Barron, 'The Wild Wilmots', The Ancestor XI (1904), 5.
1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 "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.
↑ Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "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, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 29 September 2014
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by vacant. Last was Newport (Isle of Wight) in 1827	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1834–1835	Succeeded by vacant. Next was this constituency in 1841
Preceded by vacant. Last was this constituency in 1835	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1841–1846	Succeeded by City of London

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Labour (25)	Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham, Yardley Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Walsall North Walsall South Warley West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (3)

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