Stafford and Stone (UK Parliament constituency)

Stafford and Stone
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	Staffordshire
Major settlements	Stafford, Stone
1950–1983
Seats	One
Replaced by	Stafford and Stone

Stafford and Stone was county constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1950	Sir Hugh Fraser	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Elections in the 1970's

General Election 1979: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	34,387	52.38
	Labour	MJD Poulter	12,210	32.31
	Liberal	R Burman	10,049	15.31
Majority			13,177	20.07
Turnout				78.81

General Election October 1974: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	27,173	45.39
	Labour	TE Cowlinshaw	20,845	34.82
	Liberal	HS Martin	11,491	19.20
	Go To Blazes Party	David Sutch	351	0.59
Majority			6,328	10.57
Turnout				75.95

General Election February 1974: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	30,056	46.77
	Labour	TE Cowlinshaw	21,073	32.79
	Liberal	HS Martin	13,132	20.44
Majority			8,983	13.98
Turnout				82.29

General Election 1970: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	30,056	54.84
	Labour	MJK Stanworth	20,380	37.19
	Liberal	W Williams	4,370	7.97
Majority			9,676	17.66
Turnout				73.37

Elections in the 1960's

General Election 1966: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	25,259	49.43
	Labour	GS Rea	20,218	39.57
	Liberal	E Furniss	5,623	11.00
Majority			5,041	9.86
Turnout				79.45

General Election 1964: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	25,373	50.19
	Labour	AL Balham	18,587	36.77
	Liberal	BD King	6,593	13.04
Majority			6,786	13.42
Turnout				80.99

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	28,107	60.92
	Labour	A Gregory	18,034	39.08
Majority			10,073	21.83
Turnout				80.84

General Election 1955: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	26,206	59.89
	Labour	KE Richardson	17,550	40.11
Majority			8,656	19.78
Turnout				78.99

General Election 1951: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	25,795	56.64
	Labour	GP Grant	19,749	43.36
Majority			6,046	13.28
Turnout				84.15

General Election 1950: Stafford and Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Hugh Fraser	24,046	52.65
	Labour	ST Swingler	19,008	41.62
	Liberal	Rev. William Joseph McEldowney	2,617	5.73
Majority			5,038	11.03
Turnout				85.98