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Lichfield — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Lichfield was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 810 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Lichfield from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Edward Dolman Scott (Whig); George Anson (Whig) 373 47.9% (top seat) Francis Finch (Radical) 206 (19.9 pts) 60.2%
1835 George Anson (Whig); Edward Dolman Scott (Whig) 414 43.1% (top seat) Francis Finch (Radical) 182 (16.0 pts) 81.7%
1837 George Anson (Whig); Alfred Henry Paget (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 George Anson (Whig); Alfred Henry Paget (Whig) 289 40.1% (top seat) Richard Dyott (Conservative) 8 (0.8 pts) 73.6%
1847 Thomas George Anson (Whig); Alfred Henry Paget (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Thomas George Anson (Whig); Alfred Henry Paget (Whig) 320 40.4% (top seat) Robert Bayly Follett (Conservative) 96 (10.5 pts) 54.6%
1857 Alfred Henry Paget (Whig); Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder (Independent Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Alfred Henry Paget (Liberal); Augustus Henry Archibald Anson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Augustus Henry Archibald Anson (Liberal); Richard Dyott (Conservative) 257 39.3% (top seat) Alfred Henry Paget (Liberal) 48 (6.2 pts) 68.1%
1868 Richard Dyott (Conservative) 525 52.6% Augustus Henry Archibald Anson (Liberal) 51 (5.1 pts) 75.7%
1874 Richard Dyott (Conservative) 571 56.5% Charles Simpson (Liberal) 131 (13.0 pts) 77.1%
1880 Richard Dyott (Conservative) 553 50.7% John Swinburne (Liberal) 16 (1.5 pts) 79.3%
1885 John Swinburne (Liberal) 4,126 57.8% Tonman Mosley (Conservative) 1,113 (15.6 pts) 80.7%
1886 John Swinburne (Liberal) 3,398 55.1% Thomas Anson (Liberal Unionist) 633 (10.3 pts) 69.7%
1892 Leonard Darwin (Liberal Unionist) 3,575 50.1% John Swinburne (Liberal) 11 (0.1 pts) 81.4%
1895 Henry Charles Fulford (Liberal) 3,902 50.3% Leonard Darwin (Liberal Unionist) 44 (0.6 pts) 85.1%
1900 Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner (Liberal) 4,300 55.2% William Bealey Harrison (Conservative) 815 (10.5 pts) 81.0%
1906 Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner (Liberal) 5,421 64.4% Robert Grosvenor (Liberal Unionist) 2,430 (28.9 pts) 83.1%
Jan 1910 Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner (Liberal) 5,220 54.5% George Coates (Liberal Unionist) 867 (9.1 pts) 89.4%
Dec 1910 Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner (Liberal) 5,058 54.6% Arthur Chetwynd (Conservative) 845 (9.1 pts) 86.6%
1918 Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner (Liberal) 9,677 63.6% Thomas Riley (Labour) 4,129 (27.1 pts) 51.5%
1922 Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner (National Liberal) 10,594 53.2% Walter John French (Labour) 1,278 (6.4 pts) 62.0%
1923 Frank Hodges (Labour) 11,029 48.5% Roderick Roy Wilson (Unionist) 2,019 (8.9 pts) 69.7%
1924 Roderick Roy Wilson (Unionist) 14,588 53.8% Frank Hodges (Labour) 2,076 (7.7 pts) 80.3%
1929 James Alexander Lovat-Fraser (Labour) 14,965 42.6% Sigmund Samuel (Unionist) 3,454 (9.8 pts) 80.0%
1931 James Alexander Lovat-Fraser (National Labour) 26,669 62.8% George Henry Jones (Labour) 10,879 (25.6 pts) 73.7%
1935 James Alexander Lovat-Fraser (National Labour) 23,489 53.8% George Henry Jones (Labour) 3,298 (7.5 pts) 64.2%
1945 Cecil Charles Poole (Labour) 42,806 55.2% George Beresford Craddock (National) 16,571 (21.4 pts) 71.5%
1997 Michael Fabricant (Conservative) 20,853 42.9% Susan Woodward (Labour) 238 (0.5 pts) 77.5%
2001 Michael Fabricant (Conservative) 20,480 49.1% Martin Machray (Labour) 4,426 (10.6 pts) 65.3%
2005 Michael Fabricant (Conservative) 21,274 48.6% Nigel Gardner (Labour) 7,080 (16.2 pts) 66.7%
2010 Michael Fabricant (Conservative) 28,048 54.4% Ian Jackson (Liberal Democrat) 17,683 (34.3 pts) 71.2%
2015 Michael Fabricant (Conservative) 28,389 55.2% Chris Worsey (Labour) 18,189 (35.3 pts) 69.5%
2017 Michael Fabricant (Conservative) 34,018 63.6% Chris Worsey (Labour) 18,581 (34.7 pts) 72.1%
2019 Michael Fabricant (Conservative) 34,844 64.5% Dave Robertson (Labour) 23,638 (43.8 pts) 70.8%
2024 Dave Robertson (Labour) 17,232 35.1% Michael Fabricant (Conservative) 810 (1.7 pts) 64.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Dolman Scott Whig 49747.9% Yes
George Anson Whig 37336.0% Yes
Francis Finch Radical 16716.1% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Anson Whig 49043.1% Yes
Edward Dolman Scott Whig 41436.4% Yes
Francis Finch Radical 23220.4% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Anson Whig Unopposed Yes
Alfred Henry Paget Whig Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Anson Whig 38140.1% Yes
Alfred Henry Paget Whig 28930.4% Yes
Richard Dyott Conservative 28129.5% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas George Anson Whig Unopposed Yes
Alfred Henry Paget Whig Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas George Anson Whig 36940.4% Yes
Alfred Henry Paget Whig 32035.0% Yes
Robert Bayly Follett Conservative 22424.5% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Henry Paget Whig Unopposed Yes
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder Independent Liberal Unopposed Yes

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Henry Paget Liberal Unopposed Yes
Augustus Henry Archibald Anson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Augustus Henry Archibald Anson Liberal 30239.3% Yes
Richard Dyott Conservative 25733.5% Yes
Alfred Henry Paget Liberal 20927.2% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Dyott Conservative 52552.6% Yes
Augustus Henry Archibald Anson Liberal 47447.4% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Dyott Conservative 57156.5% Yes
Charles Simpson Liberal 44043.5% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Dyott Conservative 55350.7% Yes
John Swinburne Liberal 53749.3% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Swinburne Liberal 4,12657.8% Yes
Tonman Mosley Conservative 3,01342.2% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Swinburne Liberal 3,39855.1% Yes
Thomas Anson Liberal Unionist 2,76544.9% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leonard Darwin Liberal Unionist 3,57550.1% Yes
John Swinburne Liberal 3,56449.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Fulford Liberal 3,90250.3% Yes
Leonard Darwin Liberal Unionist 3,85849.7% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner Liberal 4,30055.2% Yes
William Bealey Harrison Conservative 3,48544.8% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner Liberal 5,42164.4% Yes
Robert Grosvenor Liberal Unionist 2,99135.6% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner Liberal 5,22054.5% Yes
George Coates Liberal Unionist 4,35345.5% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner Liberal 5,05854.6% Yes
Arthur Chetwynd Conservative 4,21345.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner Liberal 9,67763.6% Yes
Thomas Riley Labour 5,54836.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner National Liberal 10,59453.2% Yes
Walter John French Labour 9,31646.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Hodges Labour 11,02948.5% Yes
Roderick Roy Wilson Unionist 9,01039.7% No
Thomas Evans Morris Liberal 2,68311.8% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roderick Roy Wilson Unionist 14,58853.8% Yes
Frank Hodges Labour 12,51246.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Alexander Lovat-Fraser Labour 14,96542.6% Yes
Sigmund Samuel Unionist 11,51132.8% No
Etienne Bruno de Hamel Liberal 8,64324.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Alexander Lovat-Fraser National Labour 26,66962.8% Yes
George Henry Jones Labour 15,79037.2% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Alexander Lovat-Fraser National Labour 23,48953.8% Yes
George Henry Jones Labour 20,19146.2% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cecil Charles Poole Labour 42,80655.2% Yes
George Beresford Craddock National 26,23533.8% No
Richard Anthony Lamb Liberal 8,53311.0% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fabricant Conservative 20,85342.9% Yes
Susan Woodward Labour 20,61542.4% No
Phil Bennion Liberal Democrat 5,47311.3% No
George Seward Referendum Party 1,6523.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fabricant Conservative 20,48049.1% Yes
Martin Machray Labour 16,05438.5% No
Phil Bennion Liberal Democrat 4,46210.7% No
John Phazey UKIP 6841.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fabricant Conservative 21,27448.6% Yes
Nigel Gardner Labour 14,19432.4% No
Ian Jackson Liberal Democrat 6,80415.6% No
Malcolm McKenzie UKIP 1,4723.4% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fabricant Conservative 28,04854.4% Yes
Ian Jackson Liberal Democrat 10,36520.1% No
Steve Hyden Labour 10,23019.8% No
Karen Maunder UKIP 2,9205.7% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fabricant Conservative 28,38955.2% Yes
Chris Worsey Labour 10,20019.8% No
John Rackham UKIP 8,08215.7% No
Paul Ray Liberal Democrat 2,7005.2% No
Robert Pass Green 1,9763.8% No
Andy Bennetts Class War 1200.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fabricant Conservative 34,01863.6% Yes
Chris Worsey Labour 15,43728.8% No
Paul Ray Liberal Democrat 2,6535.0% No
Robert Pass Green 1,4162.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Fabricant Conservative 34,84464.5% Yes
Dave Robertson Labour 11,20620.8% No
Paul Ray Liberal Democrat 5,63210.4% No
Andrea Muckley Green 1,7433.2% No
John Madden Independent 5681.1% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dave Robertson Labour 17,23235.1% Yes
Michael Fabricant Conservative 16,42233.4% No
Richard Howard Reform UK 9,73419.8% No
Paul Ray Liberal Democrat 3,5727.3% No
Heather McNeillis Green 1,7243.5% No
Pete Longman Independent 3220.7% No
John Madden Independent 980.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 19.9 pts 1835: Whig margin 16.0 pts 1841: Whig margin 0.8 pts 1852: Whig margin 10.5 pts 1865: Liberal margin 6.2 pts 1868: Conservative margin 5.1 pts 1874: Conservative margin 13.0 pts 1880: Conservative margin 1.5 pts 1885: Liberal margin 15.6 pts 1886: Liberal margin 10.3 pts 1892: Liberal Unionist margin 0.1 pts 1895: Liberal margin 0.6 pts 1900: Liberal margin 10.5 pts 1906: Liberal margin 28.9 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 9.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 9.1 pts 1918: Liberal margin 27.1 pts 1922: National Liberal margin 6.4 pts 1923: Labour margin 8.9 pts 1924: Unionist margin 7.7 pts 1929: Labour margin 9.8 pts 1931: National Labour margin 25.6 pts 1935: National Labour margin 7.5 pts 1945: Labour margin 21.4 pts 1997: Conservative margin 0.5 pts 2001: Conservative margin 10.6 pts 2005: Conservative margin 16.2 pts 2010: Conservative margin 34.3 pts 2015: Conservative margin 35.3 pts 2017: Conservative margin 34.7 pts 2019: Conservative margin 43.8 pts 2024: Labour margin 1.7 pts 1832 1835 1841 1852 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Lichfield has been contested at 36 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Independent Liberal, Liberal, Conservative, Liberal Unionist, National Liberal, Labour, Unionist, National Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Lichfield in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Lichfield in 2024 with 17,232 votes (35.1%), a majority of 810 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Lichfield since 1832?

Since 1832, Lichfield has been won by: Conservative, Independent Liberal, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, National Labour, National Liberal, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Lichfield?

The closest result on record for Lichfield was 1892, when Liberal Unionist beat Liberal by just 11 votes (0.1 percentage points).

Did Lichfield ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Lichfield elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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