Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Leominster shown within Herefordshire and part of Worcestershire, and Herefordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295 |
| MP: | Bill Wiggin |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Herefordshire, Worcestershire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Leominster 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 consists of northern Herefordshire and a small part of north-west Worcestershire, having been defined when the two were joined in Hereford and Worcester. Tenbury Wells is the largest settlement in Worcestershire; in Herefordshire it includes the towns of Bromyard, Leominster, Kington and Ledbury.Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire, no longer connected for such reasons with Worcestershire, the Boundary Commission for England has created two parliamentary constituencies for the county.Leominster is to be radically altered to become North Herefordshire.
The other seat in the county is Hereford and South Herefordshire
Members of Parliament
- 1945 – 1959: Archer Baldwin, Conservative
- 1959 – 1974: Clive Bossom, Conservative
- 1974 – 2001: Peter Temple-Morris, Conservative, then Independent One-Nation Conservative, then Labour
- 2001 – present: Bill Wiggin, Conservative
Election results
See also
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