Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stoke-on-Trent South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Stoke-on-Trent South in Staffordshire.
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Location of Staffordshire within England.
County Staffordshire
Electorate 68,624 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament Robert Flello (Labour)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

Stoke-on-Trent South is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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[edit] Boundaries

A safe Labour seat, like the other Stoke-on-Trent constituencies, it includes the city's most middle-class ward (Trentham), which is usually out-voted by neighbouring working class areas.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1950 Ellis Smith Labour
1966 Jack Ashley Labour
1992 George Stevenson Labour
2005 Robert Flello Labour

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Stoke-on-Trent South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Flello 15,446 38.8 -8.1
Conservative James Rushton 11,316 28.4 +4.2
Liberal Democrat Zulfiqar Ali 6,323 15.9 +0.8
BNP Michael Coleman 3,762 9.4 +0.4
UKIP Mark Barlow 1,363 3.4 +0.7
Staffordshire Independent Group Terry Follows 1,208 3.0 N/A
Independent Mark Breeze 434 1.1 N/A
Majority 4,130 10.4
Turnout 39,852 58.8 +4.4
Labour hold Swing -6.2

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Flello 17,727 46.9 -6.9
Conservative Mark Deaville 9,046 23.9 -0.7
Liberal Democrat Andrew Martin 5,894 15.6 +2.5
BNP Mark Leat 3,305 8.7 +4.9
UKIP Neville Benson 1,043 2.8 N/A
Veritas Grant Allen 805 2.1 N/A
Majority 8,618 23.0 -6.2
Turnout 37,820 53.6 +2.2
Labour hold Swing -3.1
General Election 2001: Stoke-on-Trent South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Stevenson 19,366 53.8 -8.2
Conservative Philip Bastiman 8,877 24.6 +2.3
Liberal Democrat Christopher Coleman 4,724 13.1 +2.9
Independent Adrian Knapper 1,703 4.7 N/A
BNP Steven Batkin 1,358 3.8 +2.5
Majority 10,489 29.2 -10.4
Turnout 36,028 51.4 -14.7
Labour hold Swing -5.2

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Stoke-on-Trent South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Stevenson 28,645 62.0 +12.2
Conservative Sheila Scott 10,342 22.4 -14.3
Liberal Democrat Peter Barnett 4,710 10.2 +2.8
Referendum Party Richard Adams 1,103 2.4 N/A
Liberal Alison Micklem 580 1.3 N/A
BNP Steven Batkin 568 1.2 N/A
National Democrats Brian Lawrence 288 0.6 N/A
Majority 18,303 39.6 +26.6
Turnout 46,236 66.1 -8.2
Labour hold Swing +13.3
General Election 1992: Stoke-on-Trent South[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Stevenson 26,380 49.8 +2.3
Conservative Roger M. Ibbs 19,471 36.7 −1.1
Liberal Democrat Fred A. Jones 6,870 13.0 −1.7
Natural Law Mrs Elizabeth A. Lines 291 0.5 +0.5
Majority 6,909 13.0 +3.4
Turnout 53,012 74.3 +0.6
Labour hold Swing +1.7

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)[self-published source?][better source needed]
  3. ^ Statement of Persons Nominated
  4. ^ BBC 2005 General Election Site
  5. ^ BBC 2001 General Election Site
  6. ^ BBC 1997 General Election Site
  7. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i19.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
Constituencies in the West Midlands (59)
Conservative (33)
Labour (24)
Liberal Democrats (2)

Coordinates: 52°59′N 2°9′W / 52.983°N 2.15°W / 52.983; -2.15


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