The 8 Parliamentary constituencies

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

 in the geographic counties

Ceremonial counties of England

The ceremonial counties are areas of England to which are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as counties and areas for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997...

 of Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

and Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

, in use up to the United Kingdom general election, 2005

United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....

 were drawn up when the two were combined as Hereford and Worcester

Hereford and Worcester

Hereford and Worcester was an English county created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the area of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire and the county borough of Worcester.It bordered Shropshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands to the...

 in 1974. This has left one constituency spanning what is now the county boundary. There are 2 Borough constituencies and 6 County constituencies.

2010 constituencies

(part) signifies that only part of a ward is located in the constituency.

NameBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.	Electorate	MajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.	Member of Parliament Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards	Map
Bromsgrove CC Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency) Bromsgrove is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system...	68,443	11,308		Sajid Javid Sajid Javid Sajid Javid is an English Conservative Party politician. At the 2010 general election he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for the Bromsgrove constituency.... †		Sam Burden‡
Hereford and South Herefordshire CC	69,632	2,481		Jesse Norman Jesse Norman Alexander Jesse Norman a British Conservative politician who is the Member of Parliament for Hereford and South Herefordshire. He was selected at an open primary in December 2006. He was a director at Barclays before leaving the City in 1997 to research and teach at University College... ¤		Sarah Carr†
North Herefordshire CC	63,418	9,887		Bill Wiggin Bill Wiggin William David Wiggin is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament and a former Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries. He held the seat of Leominster from the 2001 election until the 2010 election, when the seat of Leominster was abolished... †		Lucy Hurds¤
Mid Worcestershire CC	69,351	15,864		Peter Luff Peter Luff Peter James Luff MP is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Mid Worcestershire since the 1997 general election, and was MP Worcester from 1992 until 1997... †		Margaret Rowley‡
Redditch BC Redditch (UK Parliament constituency) Redditch is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1997 following major changes to the Mid Worcestershire constituency.- Boundaries :This...	64,501	5,821		Karen Lumley Karen Lumley Karen Elizabeth Lumley is a Conservative Party politician in England. She has been the Member of Parliament for Redditch in Worcestershire since the 2010 general election, when she defeated former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.... †		Jacqui Smith Jacqui Smith Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith is a member of the British Labour Party. She served as the Member of Parliament for Redditch from 1997 until 2010 and was the first ever female Home Secretary, thus making her the third woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State — after Margaret Thatcher and... ‡
West Worcestershire CC	71,373	6,754		Harriett Baldwin Harriett Baldwin Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire since the 2010 general election.... †		Richard Burt¤
Worcester BC Worcester (UK Parliament constituency) Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1885 it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs....	71,601	2,982		Robin Walker Robin Walker The Hon. Robin Caspar Walker is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for the Worcester constituency. He was selected for the seat in August 2006.... ‡		Michael Foster Michael John Foster Michael John Foster was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Worcester from 1997 until 2010, and was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Development.... †
Wyre Forest CC Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency) Wyre Forest is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...	75,563	2,643		Mark Garnier Mark Garnier Mark Robert Timothy Garnier is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest, elected at the 2010 general election.-Early life:... †		Dr Richard Taylor Richard Taylor (UK politician) Richard Thomas Taylor FRCP is an English doctor and former politician. He served as an Independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest between 2001 and 2010... §

Boundary change for the 2010 election

Name	|Current boundaries
Wholly or mainly in Herefordshire Hereford CC Hereford (UK Parliament constituency) Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system.... Leominster CC Leominster (UK Parliament constituency) Leominster was, until 2010, a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.From 1295 to 1868, it was a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election. Under the Reform Act 1867 its... Wholly in Worcestershire Bromsgrove CC Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency) Bromsgrove is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system... Mid Worcestershire CC Redditch BC Redditch (UK Parliament constituency) Redditch is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1997 following major changes to the Mid Worcestershire constituency.- Boundaries :This... West Worcestershire CC Worcester BC Worcester (UK Parliament constituency) Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1885 it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs.... Wyre Forest CC Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency) Wyre Forest is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

The latest proposals by the Boundary Commission for England retained these 8 constituencies, with changes to realign constituency boundaries with the county boundary and the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. These changes were implemented at the next general election, due by 2010. Hereford was renamed Hereford and South Herefordshire and Leominster as North Herefordshire. The part of Leominster CC

Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)

Leominster was, until 2010, a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.From 1295 to 1868, it was a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election. Under the Reform Act 1867 its...

 in Worcestershire was added to West Worcestershire CC.

Results

2005	2010