Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Staffordshire Moorlands County constituency |
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| Staffordshire Moorlands shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Charlotte Atkins |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Staffordshire Moorlands 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.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 1997: Sir David Knox, Conservative
- 1997 – present: Charlotte Atkins, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Staffordshire Moorlands | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Charlotte Atkins | 18,126 | 41.0 | -8.0 | |
| Conservative | Marcus Hayes | 15,688 | 35.5 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Fisher | 6,927 | 15.7 | +1.8 | |
| UK Independence | Stephen Povey | 3,512 | 7.9 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 2,438 | 5.5 | -8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 44,253 | 64.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Staffordshire Moorlands | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Charlotte Atkins | 20,904 | 49.0 | -3.2 | |
| Conservative | Marcus Hayes | 15,066 | 35.3 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Redfern | 5,928 | 13.9 | +1.8 | |
| UK Independence | Paul Gilbert | 760 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,838 | 13.7 | |||
| Turnout | 42,658 | 63.9 | -13.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
