Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox Lichfield is a 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.

Boundaries

The constituency includes the northern part of the Lichfield local government district, including the city of Lichfield itself, plus the south-western portion of East Staffordshire district around Yoxall and Abbots Bromley.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1660-1868

two MPs

MPs 1868-1950

one MP

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1868	Richard Dyott
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1880	Theophilus John Levett
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1885	Sir John Swinburne
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1892	Leonard Darwin	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1895	Henry Charles Fulford
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1896	Sir Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, Bt.	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" |	1918		Coalition Liberal
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1922		National Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1923	Frank Hodges	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1924	Roderick Roy Wilson	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1929	James Alexander Lovat-Fraser	Labour
style="background-color: Template:National Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1931		National Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1938	Cecil Charles Poole	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

MPs 1997-present

The Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has represented this constituency since it was re-established in 1997. He was first elected for Mid Staffordshire, the constituency which formerly contained the city of Lichfield (in addition to Rugeley and Stone), in 1992.

Election results

General Election 2005: Lichfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	21,274	48.6	-0.5
	Labour	Nigel Gardner	14,194	32.4	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jackson	6,804	15.6	+4.9
	UKIP	Malcolm McKenzie	1,472	3.4	+1.8
Majority			7,080	16.2	+5.6
Turnout			43,744	66.7	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

General Election 2001: Lichfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	20,480	49.1	+6.2
	Labour	Martin Machray	16,054	38.5	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bennion	4,462	10.7	-0.6
	UKIP	John Phazey	684	1.6	N/A
Majority			4,426	10.6
Turnout			41,680	65.9	-11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Lichfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Fabricant	20,853	42.9	N/A
	Labour	Susan Woodward	20,615	42.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bennion	5,473	11.3	N/A
	Referendum	G. Seward	1,652	3.4	N/A
Majority			238		N/A
Turnout				77.5	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire