Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stafford County constituency |
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| Stafford shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295, 1983 |
| MP: | David Kidney |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Stafford 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
The constituency includes the southerly part of the borough of Stafford, including the town of Stafford itself, plus the Penkridge area of South Staffordshire district.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1295)
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Sir Charles Wolseley | John Swinfen |
| 1661 | Robert Milward | William Chetwynd |
| 1674 | Walter Chetwynd | |
| February 1679 | Sir Thomas Armstrong | |
| August 1679 | Sir Thomas Wilbraham | |
| 1681 | Edwin Skrymsher | |
| 1685 | Walter Chetwynd | Rowland Okeover |
| 1689 | Philip Foley | John Chetwynd |
| 1690 | Jonathan Cope | |
| 1694 | Thomas Foley | |
| 1695 | Philip Foley | |
| January 1701 | John Chetwynd | |
| November 1701 | John Pershall | |
| July 1702 | John Chetwynd | |
| December 1702 | Walter Chetwynd | |
| 1711 | Henry Vernon | |
| 1712 | Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd | |
| 1715 | William Chetwynd | |
| 1722 | Thomas Foley | John Dolphin |
| 1724 | Francis Elde | |
| 1725 | Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd | |
| 1727 | Joseph Nightingale | |
| 1734 | William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd | Thomas Foley |
| 1738 | John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd | |
| 1747 | John Robins | |
| 1754 | William Richard Chetwynd | |
| 1765 | John Crewe | |
| 1768 | Richard Whitworth | |
| 1770 | William Neville Hart | |
| 1774 | Hugo Meynell | |
| 1780 | Edward Monckton | Richard Sheridan |
| 1806 | Richard Mansel-Philipps | |
| 1812 | Ralph Benson | Thomas Wilson |
| 1818 | Benjamin Benyon | Samuel Homfray |
| 1820 | Sir George Chetwynd | |
| June 1826 | Richard Ironmonger | Ralph Benson |
| December 1826 | Thomas Beaumont | |
| 1830 | John Campbell | Thomas Gisborne |
| 1832 | William Fawkener Chetwynd | Rees Gronow |
| 1835 | Sir Francis Goodricke | |
| 1837 | Robert Farrand | |
| 1841 | Swynfen Carnegie | Edward Manningham-Buller |
| 1847 | David Urquhart | Thomas Sidney |
| 1852 | John Ayshford Wise | Arthur Otway |
| 1857 | Viscount Ingestre | |
| 1859 | Thomas Salt | |
| 1860 | Thomas Sidney | |
| 1865 | Michael Bass | Walter Meller |
| 1868 | Henry Davis Pochin | |
| 1869 | Thomas Salt | Reginald Talbot |
| 1874 | Alexander Macdonald | |
| 1880 | Charles McLaren | |
| 1881 | Thomas Salt |
[edit] 1885-1950
- Reduced to one member (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Charles McLaren | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Thomas Salt | ||
| 1892 | Sir Theodore Shaw | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Sir Richard Walter Essex | ||
| 1918 | William Ormsby-Gore | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1938 | Peter Thorneycroft | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Stephen Swingler | Labour | |
| 1950 | Constituency abolished: see Stafford & Stone | ||
[edit] 1983-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Constituency re-established | ||
| 1983 | Sir Hugh Fraser | Conservative | |
| 1984 | Bill Cash | Conservative | |
| 1997 | David Kidney | Labour | |
[edit] Sources
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Stafford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Kidney | 19,889 | 43.7 | -4.3 | |
| Conservative | David Chambers | 17,768 | 39.0 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Stamp | 6,390 | 14.0 | +4.5 | |
| UK Independence | Frederick Goode | 1,507 | 3.3 | -1.9 | |
| Majority | 2,121 | 4.7 | -6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 45,554 | 64.7 | -0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stafford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Kidney | 21,285 | 48.0 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Philip Cochrane | 16,253 | 36.6 | -2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeanne Pinkerton | 4,205 | 9.5 | -1.1 | |
| UK Independence | Richard Bradford | 2,315 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Michael Hames | 308 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,032 | 11.4 | |||
| Turnout | 44,366 | 65.3 | -12.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Stafford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Kidney | 24,606 | 47.5 | +12.6 | |
| Conservative | David Cameron | 20,292 | 39.2 | -8.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | P.A. Hornby | 5,840 | 10.6 | -5.9 | |
| Referendum Party | S.R. Culley | 1,146 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Michael Hames | 248 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,314 | 8.3 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
