Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wyre Forest County constituency
Wyre Forest shown within Worcestershire, and Worcestershire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Richard Taylor
Party:	Health Concern
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Worcestershire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The boundaries of the Wyre Forest constituency almost exactly follow those of the identically-named Wyre Forest district, and the Boundary Commission has recommended that for subsequent elections the few remaining differences be removed. Other parts of the district are currently part of the Leominster constituency.

[edit] History

The Wyre Forest constituency was first fought under its present name in the 1983 general election, having succeeded the old Kidderminster seat, and was won for the Conservatives by Esmond Bulmer. Wyre Forest was held with relative ease by the Conservatives' Anthony Coombs in the 1987 and 1992 general elections; however the 1997 Labour landslide saw that party gain the seat with David Lock securing a majority of almost 7,000. Anger over the downgrading of Kidderminster Hospital reflected on Lock at the 2001 election, and Health Concern's Richard Taylor stormed to a decisive victory, then held the seat with a considerably reduced majority in 2005.

Turnout in the Wyre Forest at general elections has generally been around 2-3% above the national average, but in 2001 the constituency recorded a 68.0% turnout as against 59.4% nationally; this spike (not repeated in 2005) is widely attributed to the intense local feelings on the hospital issue.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1983), replacing Kidderminster

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Esmond Bulmer	Conservative
	1987	Anthony Coombs	Conservative
	1997	David Lock	Labour
	2001	Richard Taylor	Health Concern

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Neville Farmer
	Conservative	Mark Garnier
	Labour	Nigel Knowles
	Green	Kate Spohrer
	Health Concern	Richard Taylor

(The Liberal Party have also announced they will stand a candidate, but have yet to decide a nominee) This will be the first election when the Liberal Democrats have stood against Taylor.

General Election 2005: Wyre Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Health Concern	Richard Taylor	18,739	39.9	-18.2
	Conservative	Mark Garnier	13,489	28.7	9.6
	Labour	Marc Bayliss	10,716	22.8	0.7
	Liberal	Frances Oborski	2,666	5.7	N/A
	UK Independence	Rustie Lee	1,074	2.3	1.5
	Monster Raving Loony	Bert Priest	303	0.6	N/A
Majority			5,250	11.2
Turnout			46,987	64.2	-3.8
	Health Concern hold		Swing	−13.9

General Election 2001: Wyre Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Health Concern	Richard Taylor	28,487	58.1	N/A
	Labour	David Lock	10,857	22.1	-26.6
	Conservative	Mark Simpson	9,350	19.1	-17.1
	UK Independence	Jim Millington	368	0.8	+0.2
Majority			17630	36.0
Turnout			49,062	68.0	-7.3
	Health Concern gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Wyre Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lock	26,843	48.8
	Conservative	Anthony Coombs	19,897	36.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Cropp	4,377	8.0
	Referendum Party	W. Till	1,956	3.6
	Liberal	C. Harvey	1,670	3.0
	UK Independence	Jim Millington	312	0.6
Majority			6,946
Turnout				75.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
• Wyfopedia 1997 General Election
• Wyfopedia 2005 General Election

[edit] References

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