Burton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Burton County constituency
Burton shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Janet Dean
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Staffordshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Burton is a 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency covers most of the East Staffordshire district. The main town is Burton upon Trent, while it also includes Uttoxeter, Tutbury and Rocester. The remaining small part of East Staffordshire (the area around Abbots Bromley and Yoxall) is in the Lichfield constituency.

[edit] Boundary review

Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England, at the next general election the boundaries of the Burton constituency will be amended slightly, with the Needwood ward (containing the village of Barton-under-Needwood) being transferred to the Lichfield constituency.

[edit] History

The constituency was formed in 1885. From 1950 until 1997, the seat was held by the Conservative Party; the brewing industry of Burton upon Trent traditionally being a strong supporter of the Conservatives. However, like many traditionally Conservative seats, it fell to the Labour Party during their landslide victory at the 1997 general election. Labour's Janet Dean has held the seat since then.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1918 – 1943: John Gretton, Conservative
• 1943 – 1945: John Frederic Gretton, Conservative
• 1945 – 1950: W Lyne, Labour
• 1950 – 1955: Arthur Colegate, Conservative
• 1955 – 1974: JC Jennings, Conservative
• 1974 – 1997: Ivan Lawrence, Conservative
• 1997 – present: Janet Dean, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Burton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Dean	19,701	41.1	−7.9
	Conservative	Adrian Pepper	18,280	38.2	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Johnson	6,236	13.0	+3.4
	British National	Julie Russell	1,840	3.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Philip Lancaster	913	1.9	−0.2
	Veritas	Brian Buxton	912	1.9	N/A
Majority			1,421	3.0
Turnout			47,882	61.0	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Burton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Dean	22,783	49.0	−2.0
	Conservative	Maggie Punyer	17,934	38.6	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Fletcher	4,468	9.6	+1.1
	UK Independence	Ian Crompton	984	2.1	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	John Roberts	288	0.6	N/A
Majority			4,849	10.4
Turnout			46,457	61.7	−13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston | Birmingham, Erdington | Birmingham Hall Green | |Birmingham Hodge Hill | Birmingham Northfield | Birmingham Perry Barr | Birmingham Selly Oak | Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Burton | Cannock Chase | Coventry North East | Coventry North West | Coventry South | Dudley North | Dudley South | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton | Redditch | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Stoke-on-Trent North | Stoke-on-Trent South | Stourbridge | Tamworth | Telford | Walsall North | Walsall South | Warley | Warwick and Leamington | West Bromwich East | West Bromwich West | Wolverhampton North East | Wolverhampton South East | Wolverhampton South West | Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills | Bromsgrove | Leominster | Lichfield | Ludlow | Meriden | Mid Worcestershire | North Shropshire | Rugby and Kenilworth | Shrewsbury and Atcham | South Staffordshire | Stone | Stratford-on-Avon | Sutton Coldfield | The Wrekin | West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley | Hereford | Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (2) | UKIP (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)