Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lichfield
County constituency

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.

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[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.

Anciently, it was a borough constituency for the city.

[edit] Members of Parliament

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[edit] MPs 1660-1868

Year First member Second member
1660 Apr Michael Biddulph (MP) Daniel Watson
1660 May Thomas Minors
1661 John Lane Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bt
1667 Richard Dyott (1619-1677)
1678 Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Bt
1679 Feb Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1679 Aug Daniel Finch,
later 2nd Earl of Nottingham
1685 Thomas Orme Richard Leveson
1689 Robert Burdett Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1690 Richard Dyott (1667-1719)
1695 Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1698 Richard Dyott (1667-1719)
1701 Jan William Walmisley
1701 Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1705 Sir Henry Gough
1708 John Cotes Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt
1710 Richard Dyott (1667-1719)
1715 Walter Chetwynd Samuel Hill (1691-1758)
1718 Apr William Sneyd
1718 Dec Walter Chetwynd
1722 Richard Plumer
1731 George Venables-Vernon, later Baron Vernon
1734 Sir Rowland Hill (1705-83)
1741 Sir Lister Holte, Bt
1747 Richard Leveson-Gower Thomas Anson
1753 Nov Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Bt
1754 Jan Henry Vernon
1754 Apr Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham,
later Marquess of Stafford
1755 Henry Vernon
1761 John Levett
1762 Hugo Meynell
1768 Thomas Gilbert
1770 George Adams then Anson
1789 Thomas Anson,later Viscount Anson
1795 Lord Granville Leveson-Gower,later Earl Granville
1799 Sir John Wrottesley, Bt,
created Baron Wrottesley 1838
1806 Feb Sir George Anson
1806 Aug George Granville Venables Vernon
1831 Sir Edward Dolman Scott, Bt
1837 Lord Alfred Henry Paget
1841 Granville George Leveson-Gower, Baron Leveson,
later Earl Granville
1846 Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn,later Baron Mostyn
1847 Thomas George Anson,Viscount Anson,
later 2nd Earl of Lichfield
1854 Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark
1856 Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder,Viscount Sandon,
later Earl of Harrowby
1859 Augustus Henry Archibald Anson
1865 Richard Dyott (1808-1891)


[edit] MPs 1868-1950

one MP

Election Member Party
1868 Richard Dyott (1808-1891) continuing
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

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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