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Based on the resident's location in Lichfield Distrist, there are technically two MPs. The current Member of Parliament for Lichfield, including the whole of the City, is the Conservative [[Michael Fabricant]], who has been MP for Lichfield since 1997. Fabricant was first elected for the [[Mid Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Staffordshire constituency]] in [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]], regaining the seat for the Conservatives following [[Sylvia Heal]]'s victory for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] at the [[1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election|1990 by-election]]. Fabricant took the seat with a majority of 6,236 and has remained a Member of Parliament since. The Mid Staffordshire seat was abolished at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], but Fabricant contested and won the Lichfield constituency, which partially replaced it, by just 238 votes. He has remained the Lichfield MP since, increasing his majority to 4,426 in [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]], 7,080 in [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]], 17,683 in [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]], 18,189 in [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]], 18,581 in [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]] and 23,638 in [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]].
[[Sarah Edwards (British politician)|Sarah Edwards]] was elected to the [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth constituency]] in a [[2023 Tamworth by-election|byelection in 2023]].<ref name="bbc2023">{{cite news |title=Labour overturn 19,000 Tory majority for 'incredible' Tamworth win |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67165541 |access-date=20 October 2023 |work=BBC News |date=20 October 2023}}</ref> [[Chris Pincher|Christopher Pincher]] was the previous MP until a [[Chris Pincher scandal|highly publicised scandal]] in 2022 after which he had the Conservative [[Whip (politics)|whip]] revoked and subsequently sat as an [[Independent politician|independent]] before announcing his resignation in September 2023.
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