Redditch is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1997 following major changes to the Mid Worcestershire constituency.

Boundaries

This seat contains the whole of the borough of Redditch

Redditch

Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry...

. To make the size of the constituency suitable, the nearby villages of Inkberrow

Inkberrow

Inkberrow is a village in the district of Wychavon, Worcestershire that is often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the setting of the BBC Radio 4 long running radio serialisation or soap opera The Archers. In particular 'The Bull', the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be based on a very...

, Callow Hill, Cookhill

Cookhill

Cookhill is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, on the county border near Alcester.-Politics:Cookhill is represented mainly by the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party, and is part of the South Redditch ward of Worcestershire County Council and as of January 2010 is...

, Feckenham

Feckenham

Feckenham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Redditch in Worcestershire, England. It lies some three miles south-west of the town of Redditch and is around twelve miles north-east of the ancient city of Worcester...

, and Astwood Bank

Astwood Bank

Astwood Bank is a village adjoining Redditch, Worcestershire to the south. The village is noted for its successful cricket team, who have twice played at Lords in the National Village Knock Out Final.-Politics:...

 were included upon the constituency's creation in 1997. For the 2010 general election the villages of Hanbury

Hanbury

Hanbury may refer to:* Hanbury, Staffordshire* Hanbury, Worcestershire* Giardini Botanici Hanbury , Liguria* Hanbury Island, Nunavut, Canada* Hanbury Manor, Hertfordshire, a hotel and country club* Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire...

 and the Lenches have been included, and the constituency reclassified from borough to county.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...	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...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	2010	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....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

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