Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stoke-on-Trent North Borough constituency |
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| Stoke-on-Trent North shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Joan Walley |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Stoke-on-Trent North 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] Boundaries
Each of the three constituencies of Stoke-on-Trent contain two of the historic ‘six towns’ of the Potteries. Burslem and Tunstall are Stoke-on-Trent North's historic towns.
A local inquiry of the Boundary Commission For England was held in Stoke-on-Trent on 25th and 26th June 2002. To raise Stoke-on-Trent North's electorate to nearly 70,000, the inquiry recommended that the six wards in the north of the City - Burslem North, Burslem South, Chell and Packmoor, East Valley (consisting of most of Smallthorne, Sneyd Green, Milton and Baddeley Green), Norton and Bradeley, and Tunstall - are joined by four wards from the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme - Butt Lane, Kidsgrove, Ravenscliffe, and Talke.
The new Parliamentary constituency will become a reality once the Commission's recommendations have been accepted by Parliament.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1950 – 1953: Edward Davies, Labour
- 1953 – 1966: Harriet Slater, Labour
- 1966 – 1987: John Forrester, Labour
- 1987 – present: Joan Walley, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joan Walley | 16,191 | 52.6 | -5.4 | |
| Conservative | Benjamin Browning | 6,155 | 20.0 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Jebb | 4,561 | 14.8 | +2.9 | |
| British National | Spencer Cartlidge | 2,132 | 6.9 | ||
| UK Independence | Eileen Braithwaite | 696 | 2.3 | ||
| Veritas | Ian Taylor | 689 | 2.2 | ||
| Independent (politician) | Harry Chesters | 336 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 10,036 | 32.6 | |||
| Turnout | 30,760 | 52.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Stoke-on-Trent North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Joan Walley | 17,460 | 58.0 | -7.2 | |
| Conservative | Benjamin Browning | 5,676 | 18.8 | -1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Jebb | 3,580 | 11.9 | +1.2 | |
| Independent (politician) | Charles Wanger | 3,399 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,784 | 39.2 | |||
| Turnout | 30,115 | 51.9 | -13.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
