Lichfield and Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Lichfield and Tamworth
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Staffordshire South East, Mid Staffordshire and Cannock & Burntwood^[1]

Lichfield and Tamworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Lichfield and Tamworth in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Mid Staffordshire constituency.

1950-1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, the Urban Districts of Aldridge and Rugeley, and the Rural District of Lichfield.

1955-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, the Urban District of Rugeley, and the Rural District of Lichfield.

1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, and part of the Rural District of Lichfield.

General Election 1950: Lichfield and Tamworth ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Julian Ward Snow	29,199	54.2	N/A
	Conservative	Sarah Adelaide Ward	24,681	45.8	N/A
Majority			4,518	8.4	N/A
Turnout				86.3	N/A
	Labour win

General Election 1951: Lichfield and Tamworth ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Ward Snow	28,826	52.6
	Conservative	George Hampson	25,941	47.4
Majority			2,885	5.3
Turnout				85.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Lichfield and Tamworth ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Ward Snow	21,071	54.0
	Conservative	Johnathan Oliver Tollemache Blow	17,966	46.0
Majority			3,105	8.0
Turnout				80.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Lichfield and Tamworth ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Ward Snow	21,341	51.9
	Conservative	Dr Francis R Roberts	19,791	48.1
Majority			1,550	3.8
Turnout				81.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Lichfield and Tamworth^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Ward Snow	22,644	48.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Dunkley	18,828	40.3
	Liberal	Anthony H Extance	5,206	11.2
Majority			3,816	8.2
Turnout				80.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Lichfield and Tamworth^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Ward Snow	27,971	54.0
	Conservative	Bruce A Webb	23,837	46.0
Majority			4,134	8.0
Turnout				78.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Lichfield and Tamworth^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Arthur d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	31,724	52.0
	Labour	Terence John Pitt	29,298	48.0
Majority			1,976	4.0
Turnout				74.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

United Kingdom general election, February 1974: Lichfield and Tamworth ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Arthur d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	30,659	41.6
	Labour	Bruce Joseph Grocott	28,852	39.2
	Liberal	Mrs Doreen Elliott	14,151	19.2	N/A
Majority			1,807	2.4
Turnout				82.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

United Kingdom general election, October 1974: Lichfield and Tamworth ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bruce Joseph Grocott	29,872	42.6
	Conservative	James Arthur d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	29,541	42.1
	Liberal	Philip Rule	10,741	15.3
Majority			331	0.5
Turnout				78.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Heddle

United Kingdom general election, 1979: Lichfield and Tamworth ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bentley John Heddle	41,454	50.3
	Labour	Bruce Joseph Grocott	33,006	40.1
	Liberal	Philip Rule	7,408	9.0
	National Front	P Wallace	475	0.6
Majority			8,448	10.4
Turnout				81.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

↑ "'Lichfield and Tamworth', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Times House of Commons, 1950-70
1 2 3 British Parliamentary Election Results, 1974-1983, FWS Craig

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