South East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
South East Staffordshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Tamworth, Lichfield |
South East Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tamworth constituency.
Boundaries
The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Alrewas, Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, Tame, and Whittington.
The main settlement in the constituency was the town of Tamworth. On the seat's abolition for the 1997 general election, it transferred to the new seat of the same name.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | David Lightbown | Conservative | Died in office December 1995 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1996 by-election | Brian Jenkins | Labour | Subsequently MP for Tamworth 1997-2010 |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Tamworth and Lichfield |
Elections
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Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Jenkins | 26,155 | 60.1 | +22.0 | |
Conservative | T. James | 12,393 | 28.5 | −22.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Davy | 2,042 | 4.7 | −4.9 | |
UKIP | A. Smith | 1,272 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 506 | 1.2 | N/A | |
National Democrats | Sharron Edwards | 358 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | S. Mountford | 332 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Independent Conservative | L. Tucker | 123 | 0.3 | N/A | |
L!VE TV | News Bunny | 85 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | N. Samuelson | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Natural Law | D. Lucas | 53 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | F. Sandy | 53 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | A. Wood | 45 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,762 | 31.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,497 | 62.0 | −20.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | −22.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lightbown | 29,180 | 50.7 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Brian Jenkins | 21,988 | 38.2 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dr. Gilbert N. Penlington | 5,540 | 9.6 | −17.1 | |
SDP | Miss Jill Taylor | 895 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,192 | 12.5 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 57,603 | 82.0 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lightbown | 25,115 | 47.2 | −3.5 | |
SDP | Miss Elisabeth Ann Gluck | 14,230 | 26.7 | +5.6 | |
Labour | David Edward Spilsbury | 13,874 | 26.07 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 10,885 | 20.45 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,219 | 80.4 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Lightbown | 24,556 | 50.7 | N/A | |
Labour | C.M. Crawley | 13,658 | 28.20 | N/A | |
SDP | M.J. Lynch | 10,220 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,898 | 22.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,434 | 76.5 | {{{change}}} | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.