Bromsgrove and Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)

Bromsgrove and Redditch
Former constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Bromsgrove and Mid Worcestershire^[1]
Created from	Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove and Redditch was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Bromsgrove and Redditch in Worcestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Bromsgrove and Redditch, and the Rural District of Bromsgrove.

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Hal Miller	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Bromsgrove & Mid Worcestershire

General Election 1979: Bromsgrove and Redditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	44,621	54.30
	Labour	Terry Davis	28,736	34.97
	Liberal	Nigel Philips	8,066	9.82
	National Front	BA Deakin	752	0.92
Majority			15,885	19.33
Turnout				78.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	31,153	44.56
	Labour	Terry Davis	29,085	41.60
	Liberal	P Kelway	9,679	13.84
Majority			2,068	2.96
Turnout				79.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bromsgrove and Redditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hal Miller	33,125	45.14
	Labour	Terry Davis	29,536	40.25
	Liberal	GE Cartwright	10,726	14.62
Majority			3,589	4.89
Turnout				84.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

↑ "'Bromsgrove and Redditch', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

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