Wyre Forest is a

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represented in the

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of the

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. It elects one

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(MP) by the

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system of election. The current MP is

Mark Garnier Mark Robert Timothy Garnier (born 26 February 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician and former banker. He was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wyre Forest at the 2010 general election. Garnier was re-elected at the ...

of the

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who was re-elected in the 2019 general election.

Members of Parliament

Boundaries

The Wyre Forest constituency as it was drawn for the 1997 election was almost coterminous with the

Wyre Forest __NOTOC__ Wyre Forest is a large, semi-natural (partially unmanaged) woodland and forest measuring which straddles the borders of Worcestershire and Shropshire, England. Knowles Mill, a former corn mill owned by the National Trust, lies wi ...

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, with around 2,000 extra electors from the district in the neighbouring Leominster constituency. Following its review of parliamentary constituencies for the 2010 election, the

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recommended that the portions of the district currently in Leominster move into this seat, making the constituency and district wholly coterminous. These changes were brought about in part by the consideration of Worcestershire and Herefordshire separately for the drawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries. 2010–present: The District of Wyre Forest. 1997–2010: All the wards of the District of Wyre Forest except the Rock and Ribbesford ward. 1983–1997: The District of Wyre Forest.

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

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Esmond Bulmer James Esmond Bulmer (born 19 May 1935) was a British Conservative Party politician. He is the son of Edward Charles Bulmer (b. 1907) and his wife Margaret Leigh (Roberts) Bulmer (b. 1908). His father a R.A.F Flight Lieutenant was killed in 1941 wh ...

. Wyre Forest was held with relative ease by the Conservatives' Anthony Coombs in the

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and 1992 general elections; however the

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landslide saw that party gain the seat with David Lock securing a majority of almost 7,000. Anger over the downgrading of

Kidderminster Hospital Kidderminster Hospital is an acute general hospital in Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England. It is managed by the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Kidderminster Union Workhouse Infirmary w ...

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. Taylor lost to the Conservatives in the 2010 general election.Tory hails 'fresh start' for Wyre Forest
- ''Kidderminster Shuttle'' 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.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyre Forest (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Worcestershire Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983