| Droitwich and Evesham | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Electorate: | 76,624[1] |
| Region: | England |
Droitwich and Evesham is a constituency in Worcestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.[2] The constituency name refers to the towns of Droitwich Spa and Evesham.[3] From 1983 to 2024, the constituency Mid Worcestershire, with similar boundaries, existed.
Its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Nigel Huddleston of the Conservative Party since 2024, the former MP for Mid Worcestershire.
Income levels are on average considerably higher than the national average[4] and levels of rented[5] and social housing[4] are below the national average, particularly levels seen in cities.
The constituency had 72,317 people aged 18 and over[4] according to the 2001 census, when it was known as Mid Worcestershire, plus 39,645 households[4] included the towns of Droitwich Spa and Evesham and the many semi-rural villages around the cathedral city of Worcester, sat across an undulating part of the West Midlands with good access to its central commercial, service sector and industrial areas.
The constituency contains the following wards of the District of Wychavon:
Alongside its renaming from Mid Worcestershire, the Dodderhill, and Harvington and Norton wards, which were transferred to Redditch.[7] [8]
The original constituency, which was created in 1983, covered a much different area. Situated to the north of Worcester, it included the towns of Droitwich and Redditch. Its historical boundaries are:
1983–1997: The Borough of Redditch, and the District of Wychavon wards of Bowbrook, Claines Central and West, Claines East, Dodderhill, Droitwich Central, Droitwich South, Droitwich West, Hanbury, Hartlebury, Lovett, and Ombersley.
1997–2010: The District of Wychavon wards of Badsey, Bowbrook, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway, Dodderhill, Drakes Broughton, Droitwich Central, Droitwich South, Droitwich West, Evesham East, Evesham Hampton, Evesham North, Evesham South, Evesham West, Fladbury, Hanbury, Hartlebury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Lenches, Lovett, North Claines, Ombersley, Pinvin, Spetchley, The Littletons, Upton Snodsbury, and Wickhamford.
2010–2024: The District of Wychavon wards of Badsey, Bengeworth, Bowbrook, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway and Wickhamford, Dodderhill, Drakes Broughton, Droitwich Central, Droitwich East, Droitwich South East, Droitwich South West, Droitwich West, Evesham North, Evesham South, Fladbury, Great Hampton, Hartlebury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Little Hampton, Lovett and North Claines, Norton and Whittington, Ombersley, Pinvin, The Littletons, and Upton Snodsbury.
Mid Worcestershire prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Eric Forth | |||
| 1997 | Peter Luff | |||
| 2015 | Nigel Huddleston | |||