Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stoke-on-Trent Central Borough constituency

Stoke-on-Trent Central shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Mark Fisher
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Staffordshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Stoke-on-Trent Central is a borough 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.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and has returned only Labour MPs.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1950	Sir Barnett Stross	Labour
1966	Robert Cant	Labour
1983	Mark Fisher	Labour

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fisher
	Liberal Democrat	John Redfern

General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fisher	14,760	52.9	-7.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Redfern	4,986	17.9	+3.3
	Conservative	Esther Baroudy	4,823	17.3	-1.6
	British National Party	Michael Coleman	2,178	7.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Joseph Bonfiglio	914	3.3	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Jim Cessford	246	0.9	N/A
Majority			9,774	35.0	-6.7
Turnout			27,907	48.4	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.5

General Election 2001: Stoke-on-Trent Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fisher	17,170	60.6	-5.6
	Conservative	Jill Clark	5,352	18.9	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Webb	4,148	14.6	+2.7
	Independent (politician)	Richard Wise	1,657	5.8	N/A
Majority			11,818	41.7
Turnout			28,327	47.4	-15.1
	Labour hold		Swing

v • d • e 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)

[edit] References

^ Stoke-on-Trent Central, UKPollingReport

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