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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards}}
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|name = Lichfield
|parliament = uk
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}
|map1 = Lichfield2007
|caption = Boundaries since 2024
|map2 = EnglandStaffordshire
|image2 = [[File:West Midlands - Lichfield constituency.svg|215px|alt=Map of constituency]]
|map_entity = Staffordshire
|caption2 = Boundary of Lichfield in [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] region
|map_year =
|year = 1997
|abolished =
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|previous = [[Mid Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Staffordshire]], [[Cannock and Burntwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock & Burntwood]], [[South East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Staffordshire]] and [[Burton (UK Parliament constituency)|Burton]]<ref name="electionweb97">{{cite web|title='Lichfield', May 1997 - |url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P97372.htm |website=ElectionWeb Project |publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited |access-date=17 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601152652/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P97372.htm |archive-date= 1 June 2016 }}</ref>
|next =
|electorate = 73,085 (December 2010)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm
|title=Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England
|date=4 March 2011
|work=2011 Electorate Figures
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=13 March 2011
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm
|archive-date=6 November 2010
}}</ref>
|mp = [[Michael Fabricant]]
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|region = England
|county = [[Staffordshire]]
|european = West Midlands
|year2 = 1885
|abolished2 = 1950
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|next2 = [[Lichfield and Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Lichfield and Tamworth]]
|elects_howmany2 = One
|year3 = 1305
|abolished3 = 1885
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|next3 =
|elects_howmany3 = Two until 1868, then One
|electorate = 74,942 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-west-midlands/#lg_lichfield-cc-74942
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=5 August 2024
|df=dmy
}}</ref>
|region = England
|county = [[Staffordshire]]
|mp = [[Dave Robertson (British politician)|Dave Robertson]]
|party = Labour Party (UK)
}}
'''Lichfield''' is a [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[county constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)<br />Before 1885 Lichfield was a [[parliamentary borough]] as an original a [[borough constituency]].|group= n}} in [[Staffordshire]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] since its2024 by [[1997Dave UnitedRobertson Kingdom(British general electionpolitician)|1997Dave Robertson]] recreationof by [[Michael Fabricant]], athe [[ConservativeLabour Party (UK)|ConservativeLabour Party]].<ref name="UKParliament">{{#tag:ref|Ascite withweb all|title=Dave constituencies,Robertson the|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/5126/contact constituency|website=MPs electsand oneLords [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member ofpublisher=UK Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|groupaccess-date=18 nAugust 2024}}</ref>
== Boundaries ==
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; 1918–1950: The Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, the Urban Districts of Perry Barr and Rugeley, the Rural District of Lichfield, and parts of the Rural Districts of Tamworth and Walsall.
; 1997–2010: The [[Lichfield District|District of Lichfield]] wards of All Saints, Alrewas, Armitage with Handsacre, Boney Hay, Central, Chadsmead, Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Colton and Ridwares, Curborough, Hammerwich, Highfield, King's Bromley, Leomansley, Longdon, Redslade, St John's, Stowe, Summerfield, and Whittington, and the Borough of East Staffordshire wards of Bagots and Yoxall.
; 2010–present: The District of Lichfield wards of All Saints, Alrewas and Fradley, Armitage with Handsacre, Boley Park, Boney Hay, Burntwood Central, Chadsmead, Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Colton and Mavesyn Ridware, Curborough, Hammerwich, Highfield, King's Bromley, Leomansley, Longdon, St John's, Stowe, Summerfield, and Whittington, and the Borough of East Staffordshire wards of Bagots, Needwood, and Yoxall.
'''1918-1950'''
The constituency includes the northern and central parts of the [[Lichfield (district)|Lichfield]] local government district, including the [[cathedral city]] of [[Lichfield]] itself, [[Burntwood]], and also the south-western portion of [[East Staffordshire]] district, including [[Yoxall]], [[Barton-under-Needwood]], and [[Abbots Bromley]].
The Boroughs of Lichfield and Tamworth, the Urban Districts of Perry Barr and Rugeley, the Rural District of Lichfield, and parts of the Rural Districts of Tamworth and Walsall.
'''1997–2010'''
The [[Lichfield District|District of Lichfield]] wards of All Saints, Alrewas, Armitage with Handsacre, Boney Hay, Central, Chadsmead, Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Colton and Ridwares, Curborough, Hammerwich, Highfield, King's Bromley, Leomansley, Longdon, Redslade, St John's, Stowe, Summerfield, and Whittington, and the Borough of East Staffordshire wards of Bagots and Yoxall.
'''2010–2024'''
The District of Lichfield wards of All Saints, Alrewas and Fradley, Armitage with Handsacre, Boley Park, Boney Hay, Burntwood Central, Chadsmead, Chase Terrace, Chasetown, Colton and Mavesyn Ridware, Curborough, Hammerwich, Highfield, King's Bromley, Leomansley, Longdon, St John's, Stowe, Summerfield, and Whittington, and the Borough of East Staffordshire wards of Bagots, Needwood, and Yoxall.
'''2024–present'''
=== Proposed ===
Further to the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
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* The District of Lichfield wards of: Alrewas & Fradley; Armitage with Handsacre; Boley Park; Boney Hay & Central; Chadsmead; Chase Terrace; Chasetown; Colton & the Ridwares; Curborough; Hammerwich with Wall; Highfield; Leomansley; Longdon; St. John’s; Stowe; Summerfield & All Saints; Whittington & Streethay (polling district AD).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region}}</ref>
''Minor changes to the boundary with [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]].''
<sup>1</sup> Following a local government boundary review in which came into effect in May 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=East Staffordshire {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/east-staffordshire |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1220/contents/made}}</ref> the part in the Borough of East Staffordshire will now comprise the following wards or part wards from the 2024 general election:
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| 1660 Apr
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|[[Michael Biddulph (died 1666)|Michael Biddulph]]
| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Daniel Watson]]
|rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
| 1660 May
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Thomas Minors]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1661
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Lane (MP)|John Lane]]
| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet|Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bt]]
|rowspan="3" | <!-- party -->
|-
| 1667
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Richard Dyott (died 1677)|Richard Dyott]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1678
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Baronet|Sir Henry Lyttelton, Bt]]
|rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
| 1679 Feb
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet|Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt]]
|rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
| 1679 Aug
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham|Daniel Finch]]<br /><small>later 2nd Earl of Nottingham</small>
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1685
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Thomas Orme]]
| <!-- party -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Richard Leveson (British Army officer)|Richard Leveson]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1689
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet|Robert Burdett]]
|rowspan="3" | <!-- party -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet|Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1690
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Richard Dyott (died 1719)|Richard Dyott]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1695
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet|Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt]]
|rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|-
| 1698
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="4"| [[Richard Dyott (died 1719)|Richard Dyott]]
|rowspan="4" | <!-- party -->
|-
| 1701 Jan
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[William Walmisley]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1701
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet|Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1705
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Henry Gough, Knt|Sir Henry Gough]]
| Tory
|-
| 1708
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[John Cotes (1682–1756)|John Cotes]]
|rowspan="2" | <!-- party -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir Michael Biddulph, 2nd Baronet|Sir Michael Biddulph, Bt]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1710
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Richard Dyott (died 1719)|Richard Dyott]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1715 British general election|1715]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Walter Chetwynd (died 1732)|Walter Chetwynd]]
| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Samuel Hill (1691–1758)|Samuel Hill]]
|rowspan="3" | <!-- party -->
|-
| 1718 Apr
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[William Sneyd (MP for Lichfield)|William Sneyd]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1718 Dec
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Walter Chetwynd (died 1732)|Walter Chetwynd]]
| rowspan="2"|<!-- party -->
|-
|[[1722 British general election|1722]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Richard Plumer]]
|rowspan="2"| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1731 by-election <ref group="mpnotes">The by-election in 1731 was caused by the appointment of [[Walter Chetwynd (died 1732)|Walter Chetwynd]] as [[Governor of Barbados]]</ref>
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3"| [[George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon|George Venables-Vernon]]<br /><small>later Baron Vernon</small>
|rowspan="3"| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1734 British general election|1734]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Rowland Hill (1705–1783)|Rowland Hill]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1741 British general election|1741]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir Lister Holte, 5th Baronet|Sir Lister Holte, Bt]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1747 British general election|1747]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Richard Leveson-Gower]]
| <!-- party -->
|rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="8"| [[Thomas Anson (MP)|Thomas Anson]]
|rowspan="8"| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1753 Nov by-election <ref group="mpnotes">The by-election in November 1753 was caused by the death of [[Richard Leveson-Gower]]</ref>
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Baronet|Sir Thomas Gresley, Bt]]<ref name="1753petition" group="mpnotes">[[Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Baronet|Sir Thomas Gresley]]'s victory at the by-election in November 1753 was overturned on [[election petition|petition]] on 29 Jan 1754 in favour of [[Henry Vernon (1718–1765)|Henry Vernon]]</ref>
| <!-- party -->
|-
| ''1754 Jan'' <ref name="1753petition" group="mpnotes"/>
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Henry Vernon (1718–1765)|Henry Vernon]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1754 British general election|1754 Apr]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford|Viscount Trentham]]<br /><small>later Marquess of Stafford</small>
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1755 by-election <ref group="mpnotes">The by-election in 1755 was caused when [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford|Viscount Trentham]] succeeded to the peerage as [[Earl Gower]]</ref>
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Henry Vernon (1718–1765)|Henry Vernon]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1761 British general election|1761]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Levett]]<ref name="1761petition" group="mpnotes">At the [[1761 British general election|general election in 1761]], Thomas Anson (MP) and [[John Levett]] were declared elected. However, a [[election petition|petition]] was lodged, and Levett's election was overturned on 1 February 1762 in favour of [[Hugo Meynell]]</ref>
| <!-- party -->
|-
| ''Feb 1762'' <ref name="1761petition" group="mpnotes"/>
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Hugo Meynell]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|[[1768 British general election|1768]]
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Thomas Gilbert (politician)|Thomas Gilbert]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=41–43, 189–190 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1770 by-election <ref group="mpnotes">The by-election in 1770 was caused by the [[resignation from the British House of Commons|resignation]] of [[Thomas Anson (MP)|Thomas Anson]]</ref>
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[George Adams (1731–1789)|George Adams then Anson]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| 1789 by-election <ref group="mpnotes">The by-election in 1789 was caused by the death of [[George Anson (1731–1789)|George Anson]]</ref>
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3"| [[Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson|Thomas Anson]]<br /><small>later Viscount Anson</small>
|rowspan="3"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| 1795 by-election <ref group="mpnotes">The by-election in 1795 was caused by the [[resignation from the British House of Commons|resignation]] of [[Thomas Gilbert (politician)|Thomas Gilbert]]</ref>
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville|Lord Granville Leveson-Gower]]<br /><small>later Earl Granville</small>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| 1799 by-election
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley|Sir John Wrottesley, Bt]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
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|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="4"| [[George Anson (British Army general)|Sir George Anson]]
|rowspan="4"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="mosse"/><ref name="stookssmith"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Norfolk Chronicle |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000244/18350103/011/0003 |access-date=24 November 2018 |date=3 January 1835 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
|[[1806 United Kingdom general election|1806 Nov]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[George Harcourt|George Granville Venables Vernon]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1831 United Kingdom general election|1831]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Sir Edward Scott, 2nd Baronet|Sir Edward Scott, Bt]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837]]
|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="7"| [[Lord Alfred Paget]]
|rowspan="6"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bloy|first1=Marjorie|title=Henry William Paget, first Marquis of Anglesey (1768-1854)|url=http://www.historyhome.co.uk/people/anglesey.htm|website=A Web of English History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519094458/http://www.historyhome.co.uk/people/anglesey.htm|archive-date=19 May 2018|date=12 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mosse">{{cite book|last1=Mosse|first1=Richard Bartholomew|title=The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc|date=1837|pages=130, 201|access-date=19 May 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHcEAAAAQAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000411/18370731/010/0002|access-date=19 May 2018|work=Sherborne Mercury|date=31 July 1837|page=2|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|[[1841 Lichfield by-election|1841 by-election]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville|Lord Leveson]]<br /><small>later Earl Granville</small>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="churton"/><ref>{{cite web|title=On this day, 11th May 1811: Birth of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary under Gladstone|url=http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/timeline/on-this-day-11-5-1811/|website=Liberal History|date=11 May 1811 }}</ref><ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Leveson-Gower, Granville George|last=Hamilton|first=John Andrew|volume=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Chris|title=British Historical Facts, 1830-1900|last2=Keith|first2=Brendantitle=British Historical Facts 1830-1900|date=1975|publisher=Macmillan|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-01348-7|page=59|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSyxCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59|access-date=28 May 2018|chapter=Ministerial Biographies}}</ref>
|-
|[[1846 Lichfield by-election|1846 by-election]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn|Edward Lloyd-Mostyn]]<br /><small>later Baron Mostyn</small>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="cragoe">{{cite book |last1=Cragoe |first1=Matthew |title=Culture, Politics, and National Identity in Wales, 1932-1886 |date=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-820754-9 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLRe09JLbHUC&pg=PA214 |access-date=29 August 2018 |via= [[Google Books]] }}</ref><ref name="chronicle1841">{{cite news |title=Success of Mr. Mostyn |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001315/18410712/023/0002 |access-date=29 August 2018 |work=The Evening Chronicle |date=12 July 1841 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
|[[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield|Viscount Anson]]<br /><small>later 2nd Earl of Lichfield</small>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite news|title=South Staffordshire Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000224/18470724/065/0003|access-date=19 May 2018|work=Birmingham Journal|date=24 July 1847|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="churton">{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|pages=16, 75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=23 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[1854 Lichfield by-election|1854 by-election]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Henry Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark|The Lord Waterpark]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Spectator, Volume 14|date=1841|publisher=F. C. Westley|page=561|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3M_AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA561|access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[1856 Lichfield by-election|1856 by-election]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Whig}}" |
| [[Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby|Viscount Sandon]]<br /><small>later Earl of Harrowby</small>
| Independent Whig<ref>{{cite news|title=Political Notabilia|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000267/18560531/015/0003|access-date=19 May 2018|work=Exeter and Plymouth Gazette|date=31 May 1856|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lichfield|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000252/18560524/055/0004|access-date=19 May 2018|work=Staffordshire Advertiser|date=24 May 1856|pages=4–5|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
|[[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Augustus Anson]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865]]
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Richard Dyott (died 1891)|Richard Dyott]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
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! Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]
| [[Richard Dyott (died 1891)|Richard Dyott]] ''continuing''
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1880 Lichfield by-election|1880 by-election]]
| [[Theophilus John Levett]]
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
| [[Sir John Swinburne, 7th Baronet|Sir John Swinburne]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
| [[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]]
| [[Leonard Darwin]]
| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1895 United Kingdom general election|1895]]
| [[Henry Charles Fulford]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1896 Lichfield by-election|1896 by-election]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Courtenay Warner|Sir Courtenay Warner]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Liberal}}" |
| [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1919]]
| [[Coalition Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)}}" |
| [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]
| [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)|National Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]
| [[Frank Hodges (trade unionist)|Frank Hodges]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]]
| [[Roy Wilson (British politician)|Roy Wilson]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]]
|rowspan="2"| [[James Lovat-Fraser]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]]
| [[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1938 Lichfield by-election|1938]]
| [[Cecil Poole (politician)|Cecil Poole]]
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
| [[Michael Fabricant]]{{#tag:ref|Previously MP for [[Mid Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Staffordshire]] (1992–1997), which included the city of Lichfield (in addition to [[Rugeley]] and [[Stone, Staffordshire|Stone]])|group= n}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
| [[Dave Robertson (British politician)|Dave Robertson]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|}
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=== Elections in the 2020s ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Lichfield<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001335 |title=Lichfield |work=BBC News |language=en-gb |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Michael Fabricant]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decision by Conservatives to re-select Lichfield MP branded “truly baffling” by Lib Dems |url= https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2023/04/21/decision-by-conservatives-to-re-select-lichfield-mp-branded-truly-baffling-by-lib-dems/ |access-date=11 March 2024 |publisher=Lichfield Live}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change=|}}
|party=Labour Party (UK)
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Dave Robertson|votes=|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|candidate=[[Dave Robertson (British politician)|Dave Robertson]]
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|votes= 17,232
|percentage=35.1
|change= +14.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=[[Michael Fabricant]]
|votes= 16,422
|percentage=33.4
|change=-30.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=Richard Howard
|votes= 9,734
|percentage=19.8
|change=''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Paul Ray
|votes= 3,572
|percentage=7.3
|change=-3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Heather McNeillis
|votes= 1,724
|percentage=3.5
|change=+0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent politician
|candidate=Pete Longman
|votes= 322
|percentage=0.7
|change=''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent politician
|candidate=John Madden
|votes= 98
|percentage=0.2
|change=-0.9
}}
{{Election box majority|votes= 810|percentage=1.7|change= N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes= 49,104|percentage=64.5|change=-6.0}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +22.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Dave Robertson (British politician)|Dave Robertson]]
|votes = 11,206
|percentage = 20.8
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}}
{{Election box end}}
==See also==
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire]]
* [[Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)|List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)]]
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13197.html Lichfield UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66046.html Lichfield UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168869.html Lichfield UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
{{Constituencies in the West Midlands}}
{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire]]
[[Category:Politics of Lichfield]]