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Revision as of 17:16, 19 January 2017
Stoke-on-Trent Central | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Stoke-on-Trent Central in Staffordshire | |
![]() Location of Staffordshire within England | |
County | Staffordshire |
Electorate | 61,774 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Tristram Hunt (by-election pending) (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Hanley Stoke-on-Trent/"Stoke" |
Stoke-on-Trent Central is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Tristram Hunt, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2] On 13 January 2017 Hunt announced his intention to resign the seat, which will trigger a by-election.[2]
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election. This area had, in succession, two forerunners for the election of MPs, the first of which gained representation in the "Great Reform Act" in 1832. This modern creation has returned only Labour MPs to date, the latest one having been elected in 2015. The constituency has a majority of working class residents and is a wholly urban area. Despite the relatively modest majority enjoyed by Tristram Hunt, its history to date suggests a safe seat, though it recorded the lowest turnout of any constituency in the 2015 general election.[3]
Prominent members
Barnett Stross (Order of the White Lion) gained this recognition role in the development of relations between the UK and Czechoslovakia for his role in the renewal of the substantial village of Lidice and he led statutory efforts that began specific protection of workers against industrial disease.
Mark Fisher was for 13 months the Minister for the Arts at the outset of the Blair ministry.
Tristram Hunt was the Shadow Secretary of State for Education in the Labour Party's Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, from October 2013 until September 2015.
Boundaries
Since the implementation of the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies after the 2005 election the seat has electoral wards:
- Abbey Green, Bentilee and Townsend, Berryhill and Hanley East, Hanley West and Shelton, Hartshill and Penkhull, Northwood and Birches Head, and Stoke and Trent Vale in the City of Stoke-on-Trent.[4]
In the initial proposals of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat would be reshaped and renamed "Stoke-on-Trent South".[5] The proposed seat would comprise the electoral wards of Bentilee and Ubberley, Boothen and Oak Hill, Broadway and Longton East, Eaton Park, Fenton East, Fenton West and Mount Pleasant, Hanley Park and Shelton, Hartshill and Basford, Joiner’s Square, Lightwood North and Normacot, Meir Hay, Meir North, Meir Park, Meir South, Penkhull and Stoke, Sandford Hill, Springfields and Trent Vale, and Weston Coyney.[6]
Profile
The contribution of the city to Britain's economy and history is majestic as home to Staffordshire Potteries: Aynsley, Burleigh, Doulton, Dudson, Heron Cross, Minton, Moorcroft, Twyford and Wedgwood, most in this particular seat.
Contrasted to this, owing to a reduction in once rampant clay and coal excavation works in the area, and canal trade, this seat has the highest unemployment rates of the three Stoke-on-Trent seats, one of which is equal to the regional average, whereas this seat has 6.2% of workless registered unemployment benefit claimants, compared to a national average of 3.8% and regional average of 4.7%.[7]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Barnett Stross | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1966 | Robert Cant | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Mark Fisher | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Tristram Hunt | Labour |
2017 by-election |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Paul Nuttall | ||||
CPA | Godfrey Davies | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tristram Hunt | 12,220 | 39.3 | +0.5 | |
UKIP | Mick Harold | 7,041 | 22.7 | +18.3 | |
Conservative | Liam Marshall-Ascough | 7,008 | 22.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Mark Breeze | 2,120 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali[11] | 1,296 | 4.2 | −17.5 | |
Green | Jan Zablocki[12] | 1,123 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
CISTA | Ali Majid | 244 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
The Ubuntu Party | Paul Toussaint | 32 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 5,179 | 16.7 | |||
Turnout | 31,084 | 49.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tristram Hunt | 12,605 | 38.8 | −13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Redfern | 7,039 | 21.7 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Norsheen Bhatti | 6,833 | 21.0 | +3.7 | |
BNP | Simon Darby | 2,502 | 7.7 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Carol Lovatt | 1,402 | 4.3 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Paul Breeze | 959 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Gary Elsby | 399 | 1.2 | N/A | |
City Independents | Brian Ward | 303 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Alby Walker | 295 | 0.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Matthew Wright | 133 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,566 | 17.1 | −12.9 | ||
Turnout | 32,470 | 53.2 | +4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Fisher | 14,760 | 52.9 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Redfern | 4,986 | 17.9 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Esther Baroudy | 4,823 | 17.3 | −1.5 | |
BNP | Michael Coleman | 2,178 | 7.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | Joseph Bonfiglio | 914 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Socialist Alternative | Jim Cessford | 246 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,774 | 35.0 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 27,907 | 48.4 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Fisher | 17,170 | 60.7 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Jill Clark | 5,325 | 18.8 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Webb | 4,148 | 14.7 | +2.8 | |
Independent | Richard Wise | 1,657 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,845 | 41.9 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,300 | 47.4 | −15.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Fisher | 26,662 | 66.2 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Neil Jones | 6,738 | 16.7 | −11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Fordham | 4,809 | 11.9 | −1.7 | |
Referendum | Peter L. Stanyer | 1,071 | 2.7 | N/A | |
BNP | Michael Coleman | 606 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Mrs. Fran M. Oborski | 359 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,924 | 49.5 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,245 | 62.8 | −5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Fisher | 25,897 | 58.0 | +5.46 | |
Conservative | Nick Gibb | 12,477 | 27.9 | −3.11 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Dent | 6,073 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Nicholas Pullen | 196 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,420 | 30.3 | +8.77 | ||
Turnout | 44,643 | 68.1 | −0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.29 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Fisher | 23,842 | 52.5 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | David Stone | 14,072 | 31.0 | +1.7 | |
SDP | Iain Cundy | 7,462 | 16.4 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 9,770 | 21.5 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,376 | 68.8 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Fisher | 21,194 | 48.1 | −12.1 | |
Conservative | Keith Mans | 12,944 | 29.4 | −0.1 | |
SDP | Vicki Lynn Freeman | 9,458 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Clive Sydney Cook | 504 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,250 | 18.7 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,102 | 65.9 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Cant | 24,707 | 60.2 | ||
Conservative | Wallace Williams | 12,104 | 29.5 | ||
Liberal | A Thomas | 4,260 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 12,603 | 30.7 | |||
Turnout | 41,073 | 69.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Cant | 24,146 | 60.44 | ||
Conservative | Wallace Williams | 9,493 | 23.76 | ||
Liberal | A Thomas | 6,313 | 15.80 | ||
Majority | 14,653 | 36.68 | |||
Turnout | 65.26 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Cant | 27,171 | 63.79 | ||
Conservative | E Ashley | 15,423 | 36.21 | ||
Majority | 11,748 | 27.58 | |||
Turnout | 70.21 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Cant | 18,758 | 62.56 | ||
Conservative | E Ashley | 11,227 | 37.44 | ||
Majority | 7,531 | 25.12 | |||
Turnout | 50.02 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Cant | 26,663 | 68.06 | ||
Conservative | KG Reeves | 12,515 | 31.94 | ||
Majority | 14,148 | 36.11 | |||
Turnout | 68.28 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Stross | 27,424 | 64.16 | ||
Conservative | Julian PH Harrison | 15,322 | 35.84 | ||
Majority | 12,102 | 28.31 | |||
Turnout | 72.28 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Stross | 28,630 | 61.13 | ||
Conservative | Julian PH Harrison | 18,205 | 38.87 | ||
Majority | 10,425 | 22.26 | |||
Turnout | 75.27 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Stross | 28,452 | 63.87 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey B Price | 16,097 | 36.13 | ||
Majority | 12,355 | 27.73 | |||
Turnout | 71.34 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Stross | 34,260 | 64.60 | ||
Conservative | H Ronald Fleck | 18,770 | 35.40 | ||
Majority | 15,490 | 29.21 | |||
Turnout | 82.19 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Stross | 34,908 | 65.53 | ||
Conservative | W Hancock | 18,361 | 34.47 | ||
Majority | 16,547 | 31.06 | |||
Turnout | 83.19 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Labour's Tristram Hunt quitting as MP to head V&A Museum". BBC News. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Why Stoke-on-Trent is a microcosm of the battle for Labour's soul The Guardian, 15 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "New seat: Stoke-on-Trent Central". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
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- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency – Election 2015". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Zulfiqar Ali PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Green Party To Challenge Tristram Hunt in Stoke-On-Trent".
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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