South Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Worcestershire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Worcestershire
1950–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	West Worcestershire, Mid Worcestershire

South Worcestershire was a parliamentary constituency which 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 voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Evesham, the Urban District of Malvern, and the Rural Districts of Evesham, Pershore, and Upton-on-Severn.

1983-1997: The District of Wychavon wards of Badsey, Bredon, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway, Eckington, Elmley Castle, Evesham East, Evesham Hampton, Evesham North, Evesham South, Evesham West, Fladbury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Pershore Holy Cross, Pershore St Andrew's, Somerville, South Bredon Hill, The Littletons, and Wickhamford, and the District of Malvern Hills wards of Chase, Kempsey, Langland, Link, Longdon, Morton, Powyke, Priory, Ripple, The Hanleys, Trinity, Upton-on-Severn, Wells, and West.

The main settlements in the seat were Great Malvern, Pershore, and the market town of Evesham. At the 1997 general election, Great Malvern and Pershore were transferred to the new seat of West Worcestershire and Evesham was transferred to the redrawn seat of Mid Worcestershire.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party	Notes
	1950	Rupert de la Bere	Conservative	Previously MP for Evesham from 1935
	1955	Peter Agnew	Conservative
	1966	Gerald Nabarro	Conservative	Died in office November 1973; no by-election held
	Feb 1974	Michael Spicer	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Mid Worcestershire & West Worcestershire

Election results

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 1992 [2][3] Electorate: 80,157 Turnout: 64,338 (80.26%) +4.68		Conservative hold Majority: 16,151 (25.10%) +1.72 Swing: 0.86% from Lib Dem to Con		William Michael Hardy Spicer	Conservative	34,792	54.08	-1.22
				Paul Chandler	Liberal Democrat	18,641	28.97	-2.95
				Nigel Knowles	Labour	9,727	15.12	+4.20
				Guy Harry Morgan Woodford	Ecology	1,178	1.83	-0.03
General Election 1987 [2][4] Electorate: 77,237 Turnout: 58,372 (75.58%) +1.94		Conservative hold Majority: 13,645 (23.38%) +2.27 Swing: 1.14% from Lab to Con		William Michael Hardy Spicer	Conservative	32,277	55.30	-0.47
				Paul Chandler	Liberal	18,632	31.92	-2.75
				Robert John Garnett	Labour	6,374	10.92	+3.17
				Guy Harry Morgan Woodford	Ecology	1,089	1.87	+0.26
General Election 1983 [2][5] Electorate: 73,278 Turnout: 53,963 (73.64%) -3.70		Conservative hold Majority: 11,389 (21.11%) -12.68 Swing: 6.34% from Con to Lab		William Michael Hardy Spicer	Conservative	30,095	55.77	-1.37
				Ivor David Philips	Liberal	18,706	34.66	+11.32
				Peter Ernest Sandland-Nielson	Labour	4,183	7.75	-8.95
				Guy Harry Morgan Woodford	Ecology	866	1.60	-1.12
				Graham Robert George Pass	Independent	113	0.21	N/A
General Election 1979 [6][7] Electorate: 79,036 Turnout: 61,126 (77.34%) +2.19		Conservative hold Majority: 20,654 (33.79%) +17.24 Swing: 8.72% from Lab to Con		William Michael Hardy Spicer	Conservative	34,926	57.14	+8.75
				Ivor David Philips	Liberal	14,272	23.35	-8.69
				Gareth John Daniel	Labour	10,206	16.70	-2.88
				Guy Harry Morgan Woodford	Ecology	1,722	2.72	N/A
General Election, October 1974 [6][8] Electorate: 73,674 Turnout: 55,366 (75.15%) -6.62		Conservative hold Majority: 9,052 (16.35%) +4.35 Swing: 2.17% from Lab to Con		William Michael Hardy Spicer	Conservative	26,790	48.39	+1.27
				John Percy Birch	Liberal	17,739	32.04	-3.08
				Stuart Jeffrey Randall	Labour	10,838	19.58	+3.23
General Election, February 1974 [6][9] Electorate: 72,998 Turnout: 59,694 (81.77%) +9.68		Conservative hold Majority: 7,165 (12.00%) -23.09		William Michael Hardy Spicer	Conservative	28,126	47.12	-13.27
				John Percy Birch	Liberal	20,961	35.11	+20.80
				David Philip Pugsley	Labour	9,757	16.35	-8.95
				Geoffrey Hunt	Independent Conservative	850	1.42	N/A
General Election 1970 [10] Electorate: 70,395 Turnout: 50,749 (72.09%) -3.47		Conservative hold Majority: 17,809 (35.09%) +11.40		Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro	Conservative	30,648	60.39	+8.67
				Adrian Edward Bailey	Labour	12,839	25.30	-2.73
				JC Hall	Liberal	7,262	14.31	-5.94
General Election 1966 [11] Electorate: 61,918 Turnout: 46,788 (75.56%) -1.70		Conservative hold Majority: 11,084 (23.69%) -2.69		Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro	Conservative	24,198	51.72	+0.53
				KA Gulleford	Labour	13,114	28.03	+4.02
				RG Otter	Liberal	9,476	20.25	-4.55
General Election 1964 [12] Electorate: 60,030 Turnout: 46,380 (77.26%) +1.64		Conservative hold Majority: 12,237 (26.38%) -7.89		Peter Garnett Agnew	Conservative	23,740	51.19	-8.04
				Anthony J Batchelor	Liberal	11,503	24.80	+9.00
				Stephen Patrick William Drewer	Labour	6,448	24.01	-0.95
General Election 1959 [13] Electorate: 57,657 Turnout: 43,598 (75.62%) +2.59		Conservative hold Majority: 14,940 (34.27%) +2.33		Peter Garnett Agnew	Conservative	25,824	59.23	-6.74
				David W Young	Labour	10,884	24.96	-9.07
				Dr. Emrys Hilary L Harries	Liberal	6,890	15.80	N/A
General Election 1955 [14] Electorate: 55,730 Turnout: 40,642 (72.93%) -2.98		Conservative hold Majority: 12,980 (31.94%) +1.23		Peter Garnett Agnew	Conservative	26,811	65.97	+0.61
				Eric L J Thorne	Labour	13,831	34.03	-0.61
General Election 1951 [15] Electorate: 54,883 Turnout: 41,663 (75.91%) -4.27		Conservative win new seat Majority: 12,795 (30.71%) +4.24		Rupert de la Bère	Conservative	27,229	65.36	+2.13
				John Patrick Tennyson Hopwood	Labour	14,434	34.64	-2.13
General Election 1950 [16] Electorate: 53,148 Turnout: 42,616 (80.18%)		Conservative win new seat Majority: 11,280 (26.47%)		Rupert de la Bère	Conservative	26,948	63.23
				John Patrick Tennyson Hopwood	Labour	15,668	36.77

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
2. "'Worcestershire South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
3. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
4. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
5. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
6. "'Worcestershire South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
7. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
8. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
9. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
11. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results March 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
13. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
14. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
15. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
16. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.