There are 8 Parliamentary constituencies in the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. From 1974 to 1998 the two counties were administratively and ceremonially one, called Hereford and Worcester, and the constituencies crossed the traditional county boundaries. This continued to be the case up to and including the 2005 general election, but since the 2010 general election two constituencies fall entirely within Herefordshire and six within Worcestershire. There are 2 borough constituencies and 6 county constituencies.
See also: 2024 United Kingdom general election.
| Name[1] | Electorate | Majority[2] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove CC | 76,468 | 3,016 | Bradley Thomas † | Neena Gill ‡ | |||
| Droitwich and Evesham CC | 76,624 | 8,995 | Nigel Huddleston † | Chipiliro Kalebe-Nyamongo ‡ | |||
| Hereford and South Herefordshire CC | 72,203 | 1,279 | Jesse Norman † | Joseph Emmett ‡ | |||
| North Herefordshire CC | 72,797 | 5,894 | Ellie Chowns ¥ | Bill Wiggin † | |||
| Redditch CC | 71,038 | 789 | Chris Bloore ‡ | Rachel Maclean † | |||
| West Worcestershire CC | 79,242 | 6,547 | Harriett Baldwin † | Dan Boatright ¤ | |||
| Worcester BC | 74,931 | 7,116 | Tom Collins ‡ | Marc Bayliss † | |||
| Wyre Forest CC | 77,394 | 812 | Mark Garnier † | Vicki Smith ‡ | |||
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain 8 constituencies covering the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire for the 2010 election, making minor changes to take account of the separation of the two counties, to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. The constituencies of Hereford and Leominster were renamed Hereford and South Herefordshire, and North Herefordshire respectively.
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed retaining the current two constituencies in Herefordshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries. In Worcestershire, it is proposed to make a small transfer from Mid Worcestershire to Redditch to bring these two constituencies within the statutory range. It is proposed that Mid Worcestershire is renamed Droitwich and Evesham. The other four constituencies would be unchanged.[4]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 127,020 | 33.1% | 28.7% | 5 | 3 | |
| Labour | 96,738 | 25.2% | 3.4% | 2 | 2 | |
| Reform UK | 68,306 | 17.8% | new | 0 | 0 | |
| Greens | 44,812 | 11.7% | 7.1% | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 41,479 | 10.8% | 0.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 5,849 | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 384,204 | 100.0 | 8 |
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 256,014 | 61.8% | 3.7% | 8 | 0 | |
| Labour | 90,230 | 21.8% | 7.1% | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 47,798 | 11.5% | 5.3% | 0 | 0 | |
| Greens | 18,866 | 4.6% | 2.0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 1,222 | 0.3% | 3.9% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 414,130 | 100.0 | 8 |
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 52.3 | 51.8 | 50.8 | 41.0 | 41.1 | 42.9 | 45.9 | 51.7 | 58.1 | 61.8 | 33.1 | |
| Labour | 15.3 | 17.9 | 24.6 | 32.6 | 27.4 | 24.5 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 28.9 | 21.8 | 25.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 31.4 | 29.7 | 23.1 | 21.9 | 19.4 | 21.8 | 25.3 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 11.5 | 10.8 | |
| Green Party | - | 1.0 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 11.7 | ||||||
| UKIP | - | - | - | 4.2 | 15.4 | 2.1 | - | |||||
| Reform UK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.8 | |
| Other | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
2Dr Richard Taylor, standing as the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate
Green represents former constituencies, pink is for current ones.
| Constituency | 1295–1554 | 1554–1604 | 1604–1605 | 1605–1832 | 1832–1885 | 1885–1918 | 1918–1950 | 1950–1974 | 1974–1983 | 1983–1997 | 1997–present |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bewdley | 1605–1950 | ||||||||||
| Bromsgrove | 1950–1974 | 1983–present | |||||||||
| Bromsgrove and Redditch | 1974–1983 | ||||||||||
| Droitwich | 1554–1918 | ||||||||||
| Dudley | 1832–1974 | ||||||||||
| East Worcestershire | 1832–1918 | ||||||||||
| Evesham | 1604–1950 | ||||||||||
| Kidderminster | 1832–1983 | ||||||||||
| Mid Worcestershire | 1983–present | ||||||||||
| North Worcestershire | 1885–1918 | ||||||||||
| Oldbury and Halesowen | 1950–1974 | ||||||||||
| Redditch | 1983–present | ||||||||||
| South Worcestershire | 1950–1997 | ||||||||||
| Stourbridge | 1918–1974 | In West Midlands | |||||||||
| West Worcestershire | 1832–1885 | 1997–present | |||||||||
| Worcester | 1295–present | ||||||||||
| Worcestershire | 1295–1832 | ||||||||||
| Wyre Forest | 1983–present | ||||||||||
| Constituency | 1295–1628 | 1628–1832 | 1832–1885 | 1885–1918 | 1918–2010 | 2010–present | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford | 1295–2010 | ||||||
| Hereford and South Herefordshire | 2010–present | ||||||
| Herefordshire | 1295–1832 | ||||||
| Leominster | 1295–2010 | ||||||
| North Herefordshire | 2010–present | ||||||
| Ross | 1885–1918 | ||||||
| Weobley | 1628–1832 | ||||||
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 92 | 1892 | 93 | 95 | 1895 | 1900 | 03 | 1906 | 08 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford | bgcolor= | J. Pulley | Bailey | bgcolor= | Grenfell | Cooke | Arkwright | Hewins | |||||||||||
| Leominster | bgcolor= | Duckham | Rankin | Lamb | Rankin | Wright | |||||||||||||
| Ross | bgcolor= | Biddulph | → | Clive | Gardner | Clive | → | C. Pulley | |||||||||||
| Bewdley | Lechmere | A. Baldwin | S. Baldwin | ||||||||||||||||
| Droitwich | bgcolor= | Corbett | → | Martin | Harmsworth | Lyttelton | → | Whiteley | |||||||||||
| Dudley | bgcolor= | Sheridan | Robinson | Hooper | Griffith-Boscawen | ||||||||||||||
| Evesham | Temple | Lechmere | Long | Eyres-Monsell | |||||||||||||||
| Kidderminster | bgcolor= | Brinton | Godson | Barnard | Knight | ||||||||||||||
| Worcester | Allsopp | Williamson | Goulding | ||||||||||||||||
| Worcestershire East | bgcolor= | Hastings | → | Chamberlain | → | Harris | |||||||||||||
| Worcestershire North | bgcolor= | Hingley | → | → | Wilson | → | |||||||||||||
The West Midlands Order 1965 transferred the Dudley area from Worcestershire to Staffordshire and part of the Warley area from Staffordshire to Worcestershire. These changes were incorporated into the new constituency boundaries for the February 1974 general election.
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 56 | 1959 | 61 | 1964 | 1966 | 68 | 1970 | 71 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford | Thomas | Gibson-Watt | Shepherd | ||||||||||||
| Leominster | Baldwin | Bossom | Temple-Morris | ||||||||||||
| Bromsgrove / Bromsgrove and Redditch (1974) | Higgs | Dance | Davis | Miller | |||||||||||
| Kidderminster | Nabarro | Brinton | Bulmer | ||||||||||||
| Oldbury and Halesowen / Halesowen and Stourbridge (1974) | Moyle | Horner | Stokes | ||||||||||||
| Worcester | Ward | Walker | |||||||||||||
| Worcestershire South | de la Bere | Agnew | Nabarro | Spicer | |||||||||||
| Dudley | Wigg | Williams | Gilbert | ||||||||||||
| Warley West | Archer | ||||||||||||||
| Warley East | Faulds | ||||||||||||||
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 97 | 98 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford / Hereford and South Herefordshire (2010) | Shepherd | Keetch | Norman | |||||||||||
| Leominster / North Herefordshire (2010) | Temple-Morris | → | → | Wiggin | Chowns | |||||||||
| Bromsgrove | Miller | Thomason | Kirkbride | Javid | Thomas | |||||||||
| Mid Worcestershire / Droitwich & Evesham (2024) | Forth | Luff | Huddleston | |||||||||||
| South Worcestershire / West Worcestershire (1997) | Spicer | Baldwin | ||||||||||||
| Worcester | P. Walker | Luff | Foster | R. Walker | Collins | |||||||||
| Wyre Forest | Bulmer | Coombs | Lock | Taylor | Garnier | |||||||||
| Redditch | Smith | Lumley | Maclean | Bloore | ||||||||||