List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

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The ceremonial county of Staffordshire (which includes the area of the Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority) is divided into 12 seats - 4 borough and 8 county constituencies. Staffordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England. At the 2019 general election, for the first time in history all of Staffordshire's elected MPs were Conservatives.

Constituencies[edit]

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Burton CC 75,036 14,496   Kate Kniveton   Louise Walker ‡
Cannock Chase CC 74,813 19,879   Amanda Milling   Anne Hobbs ‡
Lichfield CC 76,616 23,638   Michael Fabricant   Dave Robertson ‡
Newcastle-under-Lyme BC 68,211 7,446   Aaron Bell   Carl Greatbatch ‡
South Staffordshire CC 73,668 28,250   Gavin Williamson   Adam Freeman ‡
Stafford CC 72,572 14,377   Theo Clarke   Joyce Still ‡
Staffordshire Moorlands CC 65,485 16,428   Karen Bradley   Darren Price ‡
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC 55,419 670   Jo Gideon   Gareth Snell
Stoke-on-Trent North BC 68,298 6,286   Jonathan Gullis   Ruth Smeeth
Stoke-on-Trent South BC 64,491 11,271   Jack Brereton   Mark McDonald ‡
Stone CC 69,378 19,945   Bill Cash   Mike Stubbs ‡
Tamworth CC 1,316   Sarah Edwards   Andrew Cooper †

At the 2017 general election, the Conservative Party (its candidates) made a net gain of one seat by gaining Stoke-on-Trent South. This also saw Newcastle-under-Lyme become the third-most-marginal Labour seat in England.

In the 2019 UK general election, Conservative candidates made a net gain of three seats: gaining Stoke-on-Trent North, Stoke-on-Trent Central and Newcastle-under-Lyme. This meant all seats in Staffordshire had a Conservative MP.

The above were all at the expense of Labour seats, in the same way that Labour gained most of its maximal 9 seats in the county, recorded to date, in 1997.

Historic constituencies[edit]

Before 1832[edit]

1832-1885[edit]

The county constituency was divided into:

1885-1918[edit]

The county constituencies were divided into:

1918-1950[edit]

1950-1983[edit]

1983-1997[edit]

1997 to present[edit]

2010 Boundary changes[edit]

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the 12 constituencies covering Staffordshire for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Burton CC
  2. Cannock Chase CC
  3. Lichfield CC
  4. Newcastle-under-Lyme BC
  5. South Staffordshire CC
  6. Stafford CC
  7. Staffordshire Moorlands CC
  8. Stoke-on-Trent Central BC
  9. Stoke-on-Trent North BC
  10. Stoke-on-Trent South BC
  11. Stone CC
  12. Tamworth CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes[edit]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission proposed that Staffordshire be combined with the Black Country as a sub-region of the West Midlands Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, which would include part of the abolished constituency of South Staffordshire; remaining areas of this seat would be combined with parts of the abolished constituency of Stone to form Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. Although the seat was unchanged, Burton was renamed Burton and Uttoxeter.[4][5]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Cannock Chase

Containing electoral wards from East Staffordshire

Containing electoral wards from Lichfield

Containing electoral wards from Newcastle-under-Lyme

Containing electoral wards from South Staffordshire

Containing electoral wards from Stafford

Containing electoral wards from Staffordshire Moorlands

Containing electoral wards from Stoke-on-Trent

Containing electoral wards from Tamworth

  • Tamworth (part)

Results history[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2019[edit]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Staffordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 336,621 61.6% Increase5.3% 12 Increase3
Labour 154,301 28.2% Decrease9.7% 0 Decrease3
Liberal Democrats 30,431 5.6% Increase2.5% 0 0
Greens 16,826 3.1% Increase1.6% 0 0
Brexit 5,986 1.1% new
Others 2,135 0.4% Decrease0.8% 0 0
Total 546,300 100.0 12

Percentage votes[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 44.9 44.9 44.0 33.7 35.9 35.2 41.6 45.7 56.3 61.6
Labour 32.9 33.9 41.8 51.3 48.0 41.4 31.1 29.2 37.9 28.2
Liberal Democrat1 22.1 21.1 13.4 10.7 12.5 15.5 17.9 3.6 3.1 5.6
Green Party - * * * * * 0.2 2.8 1.5 3.1
UKIP - - - * * * 5.1 17.6 0.9 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 1.1
Other 0.1 0.2 0.9 4.2 3.6 7.8 4.1 1.2 0.3 0.4

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 7 7 6 3 3 3 8 8 9 12
Labour 4 4 5 9 9 9 4 4 3 0
Total 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Maps[edit]

1885-1910[edit]

1918-1945[edit]

1950-1979[edit]

1983-present[edit]

Historical representation by party[edit]

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist   National Party

Constituency 1885 1886 86 90 91 1892 93 1895 96 98 1900 05 1906 07 08 09 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12 16
Burton M. Bass Evershed Ratcliff
Handsworth* Wiggin H. Meysey-Thompson E. Meysey-Thompson
Hanley Woodall Heath Edwards Outhwaite
Kingswinford A. Staveley Hill Webb H. Staveley-Hill
Leek Crompton Davenport Bill Pearce Heath Pearce
Lichfield Swinburne Darwin Fulford Warner
Newcastle-under-Lyme Allen Coghill Allen Haslam Wedgwood
Stafford C. McLaren Salt Shaw Essex
Staffordshire, North West Leveson-Gower Edwards-Heathcote Heath Billson Stanley Finney
Staffordshire, West H. Bass Henderson H. McLaren Lloyd
Stoke-upon-Trent Bright Leveson-Gower Coghill Ward
Walsall Forster Holden James Hayter Gedge Hayter Dunne Cooper
Wednesbury Lloyd Stanhope Lloyd Green Hyde Norton-Griffiths
West Bromwich Blades Spencer Hazel Legge
Wolverhampton East Fowler Thorne
Wolverhampton South Villiers Gibbons Norman Hickman
Wolverhampton West Hickman Plowden Hickman Richards Bird

*Transferred to Warwickshire 1911

1918 to 1950[edit]

  Coalition Labour   Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Coalition National Democratic & Labour   Conservative   Constitutionalist   Independent Labour   Labour   Liberal   National Government   National Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)   National Party   New Party

Constituency 1918 19 22 1922 1923 1924 24 26 28 1929 31 1931 31 32 1935 38 41 42 43 44 1945 45
Newcastle-under-Lyme Wedgwood Mack
Wednesbury Short Ward Banfield Evans
West Bromwich Roberts Ramsay Roberts Dugdale
Burslem Finney MacLaren Robinson MacLaren Allen MacLaren Davies
Cannock J. Parker Adamson Ward Adamson Lee
Hanley Seddon M. Parker Clowes Hollins Hales Hollins Stross
Kingswinford Sitch Todd Henderson
Leek Bromfield Ratcliffe Bromfield Davies
Lichfield Warner Hodges Wilson Lovat-Fraser Poole
Stoke Ward C. Mosley Copeland Smith
Walsall Cooper Collins Preston McShane Leckie Schuster Wells
Smethwick Davison O. Mosley Wise Dobbs Gordon Walker
Wolverhampton Bilston Hickman Howard-Bury Baker Peto Hannah Gibbons Nally
Wolverhampton West A. Bird R. Bird Brown R. Bird Hughes
Burton J. Gretton J. F. Gretton Lyne
Stafford Ormsby-Gore Thorneycroft Swingler
Wolverhampton East Thorne Mander Baird
Stone Hill Child Lamb Fraser

1950 to 1983[edit]

The West Midlands Order 1965 transferred the Dudley area from Worcestershire to Staffordshire and part of the Warley area from Staffordshire to Worcestershire. These changes were incorporated into the new constituency boundaries for the February 1974 general election.

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 53 1955 57 1959 63 1964 1966 67 69 1970 73 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 76 1979
Aldridge-Brownhills Edge Shepherd
West Bromwich East Snape
Dudley West Phipps Blackburn
Walsall South H. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid George
Stafford and Stone Fraser
Burton Colegate Jennings Lawrence
Wolverhampton South West Powell Budgen
Brierley Hill / Staffordshire South West (1974) Simmons Talbot Montgomery Cormack
Leek Davies Knox
Lichfield and Tamworth Snow J. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid Grocott Heddle
Cannock Lee Cormack Roberts
Walsall / Walsall North (1955) Wells Stonehouse Hodgson Winnick
Bilston / Wolverhampton South East (1974) Nally Edwards
Newcastle-under-Lyme Mack Swingler Golding
Stoke-on-Trent Central Stross Cant
Stoke-on-Trent North Davies Slater Forrester
Stoke-on-Trent South Smith Ashley
West Bromwich / West Bromwich West (1974) Dugdale Foley Boothroyd
Wolverhampton North East Baird Short
Rowley Regis and Tipton / Dudley East (1974) Henderson Archer Gilbert
Smethwick Gordon Walker Griffiths Faulds
Wednesbury Evans Stonehouse

1983 to present[edit]

  Conservative   Independent   Labour

Constituency 1983 84 86 1987 90 1992 96 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 17 2017 18 18 2019 22 23
Stone Cash
South Staffordshire Cormack Williamson
Mid Staffordshire / Lichfield (1997) Heddle Heal Fabricant
Stafford Fraser Cash Kidney Lefroy Clarke
Staffordshire Moorlands Knox Atkins Bradley
Burton Lawrence Dean Griffiths Kniveton
South East Staffordshire / Tamworth (1997) Lightbown Jenkins Pincher Edwards
Cannock and Burntwood / Cannock Chase (1997) Howarth Wright Burley Milling
Stoke-on-Trent South Ashley Stevenson Flello Brereton
Newcastle-under-Lyme J. Golding L. Golding Farrelly Bell
Stoke-on-Trent Central Fisher Hunt Snell Gideon
Stoke-on-Trent North Forrester Walley Smeeth Gullis

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ Madeley, Peter. "In detail: Proposed boundary changes for the Black Country and Staffordshire". Express & Star. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 1271-1293. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  6. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)