Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stoke-on-Trent South Borough constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Robert Flello
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Staffordshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Stoke-on-Trent South is a parliamentary 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 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

A safe Labour seat like the other Stoke-on-Trent constituencies,this at least has the best middle-class Tory ward in the city (Trentham),though it is mostly out-voted by working class areas surrounding it.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1950 – 1966: Ellis Smith, Labour
• 1966 – 1992: Jack Ashley, Labour
• 1992 – 2005: George Stevenson, Labour
• 2005 – present: Robert Flello, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Flello	17,727	46.9	-6.9
	Conservative	Mark Deaville	9,046	23.9	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Martin	5,894	15.6	+2.5
	British National	Mark Leat	3,305	8.7	+4.9
	UK Independence	Neville Benson	1,043	2.8	N/A
	Veritas	Grant Allen	805	2.1	N/A
Majority			3,152	23.0	-6.2
Turnout			37,820	53.6	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

General Election 2001: Stoke-on-Trent South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Stevenson	19,366	53.8	-8.2
	Conservative	Philip Bastiman	8,877	24.6	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman	4,724	13.1	+2.9
	Independent (politician)	Adrian Knapper	1,703	4.7	N/A
	British National	Steven Batkin	1,358	3.8	+2.5
Majority			10,489	29.2
Turnout			36,028	51.4	-14.4
	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)