Lichfield is a constituency in Staffordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by David Robertson of the Labour Party.
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Constituency profile
Lichfield is a mostly rural constituency in Staffordshire. Its largest settlement is the small city of Lichfield, which has a population of around 34,000. Other settlements include the town of Burntwood and the villages of Fradley, Alrewas, Barton-under-Needwood and Armitage. Lichfield is a historic city and traditionally an important ecclesiastical centre due to its cathedral. Burntwood is a former coal mining town. The constituency is affluent with low levels of deprivation, especially so in the rural areas. House prices are higher than the rest of the West Midlands region and similar to the national average.
In general, residents of the constituency are older, more religious and have average levels of education compared to the rest of the country. Rates of income, homeownership and professional employment are high. A high proportion of residents work in the manufacturing and transport sectors. Very few residents claim unemployment benefits and the rate of child poverty is low. White people made up 96% of the population at the 2021 census. At the local district council level, Lichfield is represented by a mixture of Liberal Democrat and Labour Party councillors, Burntwood elected Labour Party representatives and the rural areas elected Conservatives. At the county council, which held elections in 2025, there was support for Reform UK in Burntwood and the rural areas. An estimated 58% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the nationwide figure of 52%.
Boundaries
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 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
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The Borough of East Staffordshire wards of: Bagots; Needwood; Yoxall.1
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 – comprising the parish of Streethay).
Minor changes to the boundary with Tamworth.
History
The city was represented at most parliaments between 1305 (10 years after the Model Parliament), in 1327 and again in 1353, but it then ceased to be represented until the mid 16th century, from when it sent two burgesses as members to Parliament until 1664, when representation was temporarily reduced to one member during The Protectorate (ended 1680), and again in 1868, when representation was permanently reduced to one. The constituency was abolished in 1950 but reconstituted, still as a single-member constituency, in 1997.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Election results 1918–1950
Election results 1885–1918
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Liberal: Courtenay Warner
Unionist: George Coates
Elections in the 1890s
Fulford's election voided on petition
Election results 1868–1885
Elections in the 1880s
The 1880 election was declared void on petition.
Election results 1832–1868
Elections in the 1850s
Paget was appointed Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.
Cavendish resigned, causing a by-election.
Anson succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Lichfield, causing a by-election.
Paget was appointed Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Paget was appointed Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.
Leveson-Gower succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl Granville and causing a by-election.
Anson resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Poynings, causing a by-election.