Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Lichfield
Map1 = Lichfield
Map2 = Staffordshire
Type = County
Year = 1305, 1997
Entity = Staffordshire
County = Staffordshire
EP = West Midlands
MP = Michael Fabricant
Party = Conservative

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.

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.

Members of Parliament

MPs pre-1660

*1604 Thomas Crewe
*1621 Richard Weston
*1640-1640 Richard Dyott of Freeford, a royalist (short parliament)
*1640-1641 Sir Walter Devereux, a parliamentarian the natural son of the Earl of Essex (Short and Long parliament) died 1641
*1640-1649 Michael Noble, puritan town clerk (Long parliament)
*1641-1642 Sir Richard Cave, a royalist chosen by Prince Rupert and removed by resolution of the House of Commons
*1642- Michael Biddulph of Elmhurst, a supporter of parliament (father of Michael Biddulph MP 1660-1661)
*1654-1660 Thomas Minors. Presbyterian mercer
*1659-1660 Daniel Watson of Burton upon Trent [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42347.Lichfield: Parliamentary representation', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 14: Lichfield (1990), pp. 92-95. Date accessed: 11 September 2008] ]

MPs 1660-1868

MPs 1868-1950

one MP

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.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Fabricant
votes = 21,274
percentage = 48.6
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Gardner
votes = 14,194
percentage = 32.4
change = -6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Jackson
votes = 6,804
percentage = 15.6
change = +4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Malcolm McKenzie
votes = 1,472
percentage = 3.4
change = +1.8Election box majority
votes = 7,080
percentage = 16.2
change = +5.6Election box turnout
votes = 43,744
percentage = 66.7
change = +0.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +2.8

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Fabricant
votes = 20,480
percentage = 49.1
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Machray
votes = 16,054
percentage = 38.5
change = -3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Philip Bennion
votes = 4,462
percentage = 10.7
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Phazey
votes = 684
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 4,426
percentage = 10.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 41,680
percentage = 65.9
change = -11.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Fabricant
votes = 20,853
percentage = 42.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Woodward
votes = 20,615
percentage = 42.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Philip Bennion
votes = 5,473
percentage = 11.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = G. Seward
votes = 1,652
percentage = 3.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 238
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 77.5
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

ee also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire