Tamworth

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Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Tamworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Christopher Pincher, a Conservative.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Birmingham and Solihull, part of the Sessional Divisions of Atherstone and Coleshill, the Municipal Borough of Birmingham, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Tamworth situated in Warwickshire.

1918-1945: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, the Rural Districts of Meriden and Solihull, and the part of the Rural District of Tamworth in the administrative county of Warwickshire.

1997-2010: The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, and Tame.

2010-present: The Borough of Tamworth (the wards of Amington, Belgrave, Bolehall, Castle, Glascote, Mercian, Spital, Stonydelph, Trinity, and Wilnecote), and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease and Tame, Shenstone, and Stonnall.

Borough of Tamworth

Tamworth is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire in England. It is named after Tamworth which is the town in which it covers.

Areas of Tamworth include Amington, Belgrave, Bolehall, Coton Green, Dosthill, Glascote, Stonydelph and Wilnecote. The town of Fazeley despite bordering Tamworth is within the Lichfield District.

The borough is completely unparished.

At the last election in May 2013, the Conservative Party held the borough with 17 councillors and Labour held 12 and there was 1 Independent. The Wp The Mayor Cllr Richard Kingstone is the incumbent Mayor.

Since 2011, Tamworth has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Solihull and Wyre Forest.

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Coordinates: 52°37′59″N 1°41′42″W / 52.633°N 1.695°W / 52.633; -1.695