Wyre Forest is a
county constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elects one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the
first past the post
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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 2 ...
of the
Conservative Party
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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 district
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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
Boundary Commission 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
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
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Labour landslide saw that party gain the seat with
David Lock
David Anthony Lock KC (born 2 May 1960) is a barrister and former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Esher Grammar School, Woking Sixth Form College, Jesus College, Cambridge (MA theology 1982), Polytechnic of ...
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
See also
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyre Forest (Uk Parliament Constituency)
Parliamentary constituencies in Worcestershire
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983