Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lichfield County constituency
Image:LichfieldConstituency.svg Image:EnglandStaffordshire.svg
Lichfield shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England
Created:	1305, 1997
MP:	Michael Fabricant
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Staffordshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Lichfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1660-1868 2.2 MPs 1868-1950 2.3 MPs 1997-present 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency includes the northern part of the Lichfield local government district, including the city of Lichfield itself, plus the south-western portion of East Staffordshire district around Yoxall and Abbots Bromley.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1868

two MPs

[edit] MPs 1868-1950

one MP

Election		Member	Party
	1868	Richard Dyott
	1880	Theophilus John Levett
	1885	Sir John Swinburne	Liberal
	1892	Leonard Darwin	Liberal Unionist
	1895	Henry Charles Fulford	Liberal
	1896	Sir Courtenay Warner, Bt	Liberal
	1918		Coalition Liberal
	1922		National Liberal
	1923	Frank Hodges	Labour
	1924	Roderick Roy Wilson	Conservative
	1929	James Alexander Lovat-Fraser	Labour
	1931		National Labour
	1938	Cecil Charles Poole	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1997-present

The Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has represented this constituency since it was re-established in 1997. He was first elected for Mid Staffordshire, the constituency which formerly contained the city of Lichfield (in addition to Rugeley and Stone), in 1992.

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Lichfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	21,274	48.6	-0.5
	Labour	Nigel Gardner	14,194	32.4	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jackson	6,804	15.6	+4.9
	UK Independence	Malcolm McKenzie	1,472	3.4	+1.8
Majority			7,080	16.2	+5.6
Turnout			43,744	66.7	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

General Election 2001: Lichfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	20,480	49.1	+6.2
	Labour	Martin Machray	16,054	38.5	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Bennion	4,462	10.7	-0.6
	UK Independence	John Phazey	684	1.6	N/A
Majority			4,426	10.6
Turnout			41,680	65.9	-11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Lichfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	20,853	42.9	N/A
	Labour	Susan Woodward	20,615	42.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Bennion	5,473	11.3	N/A
	Referendum Party	G. Seward	1,652	3.4	N/A
Majority			238		N/A
Turnout				77.5	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

v • d • e Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston | Birmingham, Erdington | Birmingham Hall Green | Birmingham Hodge Hill | Birmingham Northfield | Birmingham Perry Barr | Birmingham Selly Oak | Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Burton | Cannock Chase | Coventry North East | Coventry North West | Coventry South | Dudley North | Dudley South | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton | Redditch | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Stoke-on-Trent North | Stoke-on-Trent South | Stourbridge | Tamworth | Telford | Walsall North | Walsall South | Warley | Warwick and Leamington | West Bromwich East | West Bromwich West | Wolverhampton North East | Wolverhampton South East | Wolverhampton South West | Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills | Bromsgrove | Leominster | Lichfield | Ludlow | Meriden | Mid Worcestershire | North Shropshire | Rugby and Kenilworth | Shrewsbury and Atcham | South Staffordshire | Stone | Stratford-on-Avon | Sutton Coldfield | The Wrekin | West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley | Hereford | Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (2) | UKIP (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)

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