Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

. Since 1885 it has elected one 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,...

(MP) by the first past the post system of election; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the city of Worcester

Worcester

The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...

, with exactly the same boundaries as the city. It borders the Mid Worcestershire constituency to the east, and West Worcestershire to the west.

History

A 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...

seat for many years, Worcester was represented by the high-profile Conservative cabinet minister Peter Walker

Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester

Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary...

for three decades, from a by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

in 1961 until he stood down in 1992. 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...

(also Conservative) held the seat until 1997, when he moved to the new Mid Worcestershire constituency.

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....

of the Labour Party

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...

took the seat in the 1997 general election

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...

. This can be put down to a combination of Labour's landslide victory nationally, but also to the fact that boundary changes meant the constituency was now solely an urban area, rather than also containing much of the surrounding countryside.

Peter Walker's son, 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....

, was elected as the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

MP in 2010.

The constituency is marginal and was selected as a "target" by the Labour Party in 1997 and by the Conservative Party in 2010.

Many political commentators and journalists look on Worcester as having the demographic statistics which most closely mirror those in the United Kingdom as a whole. As such the term "Worcester Woman" has come into use as a description for a typical voter.

Members of Parliament

Constituency created in 1295

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Richard Maisemore	Robert Stevens
1388 (Feb)	Roger Lichfield	John Bredon
1388 (Sep)	John Cole	John Somery
1390 (Jan)	Roger Lichfield	Thomas Belne
1390 (Nov)	Richard Maisemore	John Bredon
1391	Thomas Belne	Richard Maisemore
1393	Thomas Belne	John Hereford
1394	Thomas Belne	John Barrel
1395	Thomas Belne	John Cooper
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Belne	John Bredon
1397 (Sep)
1399	Thomas Belne	John Bredon
1401	John Barrel	Richard Halle
1402	Thomas Belne	John Bredon
1404 (Jan)	Richard Halle	John Malley
1404 (Oct)
1406	Richard Halle	Richard Oseney
1407	Thomas Belne	John Malley
1410	John Weston	Thomas Belne
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Weston	John Wood
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	John Weston	Richard Norton
1415	John Wood I	John Weston
1416 (Mar)	John Wood I	Ralph Merston
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Boyle	Geoffrey Friar
1419	John Weston	William Boughton
1420	John Forthey	William Ward
1421 (May)	John Forthey	Robert Nelme
1421 (Dec)	John Forthey	Geoffrey Friar
1422	John Throckmorton
1510-1523	No names known
1529	Hugh Dee, died and replaced after 1530 by ?Thomas Hill	John Braughing
1536	Thomas Hill	?
1539	?
1542	John Braughing	Thomas Sheldon
1545	Richard Calowhill	Thomas Sheldon
1547	died and replaced by Jan 1552 by Thomas Wild>Robert Youle
1553 (Mar)	William Robinson	Edward Brogden
1553 (Oct)	Sir John Bourne I	John Emery
1554 (Apr)	John Ainsworth	Thomas Hill
1554 (Nov)	Robert Youle	Edward Brogden
1555	Robert Youle	William Adyes
1558	Robert Youle	Thomas Wild
1559	Richard Bullingham	Guthlac Edwards
1562/3	William Gibbes	John More
1571	Francis Streate	Richard Bullingham
1572	Christopher Deighton Christopher Deighton Christopher Deighton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1572 and 1605.Deighton was admitted at Gray's Inn in 1540. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1560. In 1572, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1574...	Thomas Walsgrove alias Fleet
1584	Richard Nash	Walter Jones
1586	Ralph Wyat	Walter Jones
1588	Walter Jones	John Walsgrove alias Fleet
1593	Walter Jones	Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611.Berkeley was the eighth son of William Berkeley who was mayor and MP for Hereford. He became a successful clothier at Worcester and acquired extensie property in Spetchley. He was...
1597	Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611.Berkeley was the eighth son of William Berkeley who was mayor and MP for Hereford. He became a successful clothier at Worcester and acquired extensie property in Spetchley. He was...	William Bagnall
1601	Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611.Berkeley was the eighth son of William Berkeley who was mayor and MP for Hereford. He became a successful clothier at Worcester and acquired extensie property in Spetchley. He was...	Christopher Deighton Christopher Deighton Christopher Deighton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1572 and 1605.Deighton was admitted at Gray's Inn in 1540. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1560. In 1572, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1574...
1604	John Coucher John Coucher John Coucher was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1648.Coucher was the son of John Coucher of Worcester. He was a citizen and weaver and was appointed first of the first assistants of the Clothier's Company on 23 September 1590...	Christopher Deighton Christopher Deighton Christopher Deighton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1572 and 1605.Deighton was admitted at Gray's Inn in 1540. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1560. In 1572, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1574... , died and repl. 1605 by Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611.Berkeley was the eighth son of William Berkeley who was mayor and MP for Hereford. He became a successful clothier at Worcester and acquired extensie property in Spetchley. He was...
1614	John Coucher John Coucher John Coucher was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1648.Coucher was the son of John Coucher of Worcester. He was a citizen and weaver and was appointed first of the first assistants of the Clothier's Company on 23 September 1590...	Thomas Chettle Thomas Chettle Thomas Chettle was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614.Chettle was of Worcester and was possibly admitted to Gray's Inn in 1569. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1603 and 1605. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester. He was an alderman in 1621 and was...
1621	John Coucher John Coucher John Coucher was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1648.Coucher was the son of John Coucher of Worcester. He was a citizen and weaver and was appointed first of the first assistants of the Clothier's Company on 23 September 1590...	Robert Berkeley Robert Berkeley (judge) Robert Berkeley was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624. He suffered considerably for giving a judgement in favour of Ship Money....
1624	John Coucher John Coucher John Coucher was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1648.Coucher was the son of John Coucher of Worcester. He was a citizen and weaver and was appointed first of the first assistants of the Clothier's Company on 23 September 1590...	Robert Berkeley Robert Berkeley (judge) Robert Berkeley was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624. He suffered considerably for giving a judgement in favour of Ship Money....
1625	Walter Devereux Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford Sir Walter Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1624 and became the 5th Viscount Hereford, a peer in the peerage of England....	Henry Spelman Henry Spelman Sir Henry Spelman was an English antiquary, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils.-Life:...
1626	John Spelman John Spelman Sir John Spelman was an English historian and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626. He is known for his biography of Alfred the Great.-Life:...	John Haselock John Haselock John Haselock was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1626 to 1629.Haselock was one of the two Chamberlains of Worcester in 1621 and Mayor of Worcester in 1623. In 1626, Haselock was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester. He was re-elected MP for Worcester in 1628 and...
1628	John Coucher John Coucher John Coucher was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1648.Coucher was the son of John Coucher of Worcester. He was a citizen and weaver and was appointed first of the first assistants of the Clothier's Company on 23 September 1590...	John Haselock John Haselock John Haselock was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1626 to 1629.Haselock was one of the two Chamberlains of Worcester in 1621 and Mayor of Worcester in 1623. In 1626, Haselock was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester. He was re-elected MP for Worcester in 1628 and...
1640 (Apr)	John Coucher John Coucher John Coucher was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1648.Coucher was the son of John Coucher of Worcester. He was a citizen and weaver and was appointed first of the first assistants of the Clothier's Company on 23 September 1590...	John Nash John Nash (MP) John Nash was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....
1640 (Nov)	John Coucher John Coucher John Coucher was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1604 and 1648.Coucher was the son of John Coucher of Worcester. He was a citizen and weaver and was appointed first of the first assistants of the Clothier's Company on 23 September 1590...	John Nash John Nash (MP) John Nash was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.... , secluded 1648
1654	William Collins William Collins (Worcester MP) William Collins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....	Edward Elvines Edward Elvines Edward Elvines was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.... (Alderman)
1656	William Collins William Collins (Worcester MP) William Collins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....	Edmund Giles Edmund Giles Edmund Giles was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1656.Giles was a relation by marriage of Oliver Cromwell and was of White Ladie Aston. He was called to the bar. On 4 March 1631, he was fined £10 for not taking a Knighthood at the coronation of Charles I and...
1659	William Collins William Collins (Worcester MP) William Collins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....	Thomas Street Thomas Street (judge) Thomas Street was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Street was born in Worcester, the son of George Streete of Worcester. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 22 April 1642 aged 16. He entered Inner Temple in November 1646 and was...

MPs 1660–1885

Election	\|Second member	Party
1660		Thomas Street Thomas Street (judge) Thomas Street was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Street was born in Worcester, the son of George Streete of Worcester. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 22 April 1642 aged 16. He entered Inner Temple in November 1646 and was...		Thomas Hall Thomas Hall (MP) Thomas Hall was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1660.In 1654, Hall was elected Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire in the First Protectorate Parliament and was re-elected MP for Lincolnshire in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament...
1661				Sir Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley Rowland Berkeley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611.Berkeley was the eighth son of William Berkeley who was mayor and MP for Hereford. He became a successful clothier at Worcester and acquired extensie property in Spetchley. He was...
1679				Sir Francis Winnington
1681		Henry Herbert Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury inherited the manor of Ribbesford on the death of his father Sir Henry Herbert, Master of Revels to Charles I and Charles II. Like his father he served as Member of Parliament for Bewdley, from 1677 to 1679, for Worcester in Charles II's last... , later Baron Herbert Baron Herbert Baron Herbert is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1461 for William Herbert, who was later made Earl of Pembroke. The second Earl of Pembroke surrendered his earldom in return for another earldom, Huntingdon. The barony, however, passed to his daughter Elizabeth, who...		Sir Francis Winnington
1685		Sir William Bromley		Bridges Nanfan
1689				Sir John Somers
1693				Samuel Swift
1694				Charles Cocks
1695				Samuel Swift
1701		Thomas Wylde Thomas Wylde Thomas Wylde was an English politician and administrator. His residence was The Commandery, Worcester.He was Member of Parliament for Worcester in nine parliaments from 1701 to 1727 and a commissioner of the excise for Ireland from 1727 to 1737.He was the eldest son of Robert Wylde of The...		Samuel Swift
1718 by-election				Samuel Sandys Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, PC was a British politician in the 18th century. He held numerous posts within the government of the United Kingdom, namely Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons, Cofferer of the Household and First Lord of Trade... , later Baron Sandys Baron Sandys Baron Sandys is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom....
1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...		Sir Richard Lane
1734 British general election, 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the...		Richard Lockwood
1741 British general election, 1741 The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		Thomas Winnington
1744 by-election		Thomas Winnington		Sir Henry Harpur
1746 by-election		Thomas Vernon		Sir Henry Harpur
1747				Thomas Geers Winford
1748				Robert Tracy
1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....				Henry Crabb-Boulton
1761 British general election, 1761 The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		John Walsh John Walsh (scientist) John Walsh was a British scientist and Secretary to the Governor of Bengal.John was son of Joseph Walsh, Secretary to the Governor of Fort St. George and cousin to Nevil Maskelyne, the Astronomer Royal, and his sister Margaret, the wife of Lord Clive.He entered the English East India Company at a...		Henry Crabb-Boulton
1773 by-election				Thomas Bates Rous	Tory
1774, Mar by-election				Nicholas Lechmere	Tory
1774, Oct British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...				Thomas Bates Rous	Tory
1780 British general election, 1780 The British general election, 1780 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be held after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		William Ward William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward William Ward, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward was a British peer and politician.Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, by his second wife Mary . He was elected to the House of Commons for Worcester City in 1780, a seat he held until 1788, when he succeeded his half-brother in... , later Viscount Dudley Earl of Dudley Earl of Dudley, of Dudley Castle in the County of Stafford, is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, both times for members of the Ward family. This family descends from Sir Humble Ward, the son of a wealthy goldsmith and jeweller to King Charles I...		Thomas Bates Rous	Tory
1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...				Samuel Smith
1789 by-election		Edmund Wigley		Samuel Smith
1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...				Edmund Lechmere
1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...				Abraham Robarts	Whig
1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...		Joseph Scott Sir Joseph Scott, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Scott, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician.He was the son of William Scott of Great Barr Hall, then in Staffordshire....	Whig
1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Henry Bromley	Whig
1807 by-election		William Gordon Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet , known as William Gordon until 1815, was a Scottish politician.Duff-Gordon was the son of the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville, son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. His mother was Anne, daughter of William Duff...	Tory
1816 by-election			Tory	Viscount Deerhurst George Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry George William Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry , known as Viscount Deerhurst from 1809 to 1831, was a British peer and Tory Member of Parliament....	Tory
1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...		Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Whig		Tory
1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....		Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Whig	George Richard Robinson	Whig
1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...		Joseph Bailey Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Bailey, 1st Baronet was an English ironmaster and Member of Parliament .Bailey was born in 1783 in Great Wenham, Suffolk, the son of John Bailey, of Wakefield and his wife Susannah...	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...	George Richard Robinson	Whig
1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....				Thomas Henry Hastings Davies	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for IrelandSir George Strickland, BtSir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...				Sir Thomas Wilde	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1846 by-election				Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bt Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet , was a British barrister, civil servant, writer and Whig politician.-Background and education:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Osman Ricardo	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Francis Rufford Francis Rufford Francis Rufford was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected at the 1847 general election as a Member of Parliament for Worcester, and resigned from the House of Commons on 20 April 1852 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.- External links :...	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...
1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...				William Laslett William Laslett William Laslett was a British Liberal Party politician.He was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament for Worcester at a by-election in April 1852, and was re-elected at the subsequent general election and in 1857 and 1859. He resigned from the House of Commons on 6 March 1860 through...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1860 by-election				Richard Padmore	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...		Alexander Clunes Sheriff Alexander Clunes Sheriff Alexander Clunes Sheriff was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1878....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Richard Padmore
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...				William Laslett William Laslett William Laslett was a British Liberal Party politician.He was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament for Worcester at a by-election in April 1852, and was re-elected at the subsequent general election and in 1857 and 1859. He resigned from the House of Commons on 6 March 1860 through...	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...
1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...				Thomas Rowley Hill Thomas Rowley Hill Thomas Rowley Hill was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.Hill was born at Stourport, the son of William Hill FRAS. He was educated at University College, London. He held a number of public offices, being Sheriff of Worcester in 1858, Mayor of Worcester...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1878 by-election		John Derby Allcroft John Derby Allcroft John Derby Allcroft was an English philanthropic entrepreneur and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1880....	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...
1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Aeneas John McIntyre Aeneas John McIntyre Aeneas John McIntyre QC was a Scottish-born Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

	Member	Party	Notes
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	George Higginson Allsopp George Higginson Allsopp The Hon. George Higginson Allsopp was an English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906.-Biography:...	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...	Brewer, of Samuel Allsopp & Sons Samuel Allsopp & Sons Samuel Allsopp & Sons was one of the largest brewery companies operating in Burton upon Trent, England.Allsopp’s origins go back to the 1740s, when Benjamin Wilson, an innkeeper-brewer of Burton, brewed beer for his own premises and sold some to other innkeepers...
1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	George Henry Williamson George Henry Williamson George Henry Williamson was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected at the general election in January 1906 as the Member of Parliament for the borough of Worcester....	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...	Election overturned on petition Election petition An election petition refers to the procedure for challenging the result of a Parliamentary election or local government election in the United Kingdom and in Hong Kong.- Outcomes :... in 1906, writ suspended until 1908
1908 by-election	Edward Alfred Goulding Edward Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave Edward Alfred Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1895 and 1922, before being ennobled and taking his seat in the House of Lords...	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...	Made a baronet in 1915. Later ennobled as Baron Wargrave Baron Wargrave Baron Wargrave was a title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 22 November 1922 for the former Member of Parliament for Devizes and Worcester, Edward Goulding, on whose death on 17 July 1936 it became extinct. He was educated at Clifton College and St John's College, Cambridge-Barons...
1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...	Richard Robert Fairbairn Richard Robert Fairbairn Richard Robert Fairbairn was a British tramways and bus manager, Justice of the Peace and Liberal Party politician.-Personal life and career:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	contested the seat 8 times, but won only once
1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	Crawford Greene William Pomeroy Crawford Greene William Pomeroy Crawford Greene was an English Conservative Party politician.At the 1923 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Worcester. He held the seat until he retired from politics at the 1945 election.- External links :...	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...
1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	George Ward George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley George Reginald Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley, PC , styled The Honourable George Ward until 1960, was a British Conservative politician...	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...	ennobled in 1960 as Viscount Ward of Witley
1961 by-election	Peter Walker Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary...	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...	Cabinet minister 1970–1974, 1974–1990
1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...	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...	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...	MP for Mid Worcestershire for 1997
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...	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....	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...	Under-Secretary of State Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the government of the United Kingdom, junior to both a Minister of State and a Secretary of State.... for International Development Department for International Development The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". The current... 2008–2010
2010	Robin Walker	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...	son of Peter Walker Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary... , MP for Worcester 1961–1992

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