Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stoke-on-Trent North
Borough constituency

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

Election Member Party
1950 Albert Edward Davies Labour
1953 Harriet Slater Labour
1966 John Forrester Labour
1987 Joan Walley Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Walley 16,191 52.6 -5.4
Conservative Benjamin Browning 6,155 20.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrat Henry Jebb 4,561 14.8 +2.9
British National Party 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Walley 17,460 58.0 -7.2
Conservative Benjamin Browning 5,676 18.8 -1.3
Liberal Democrat 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

[edit] See also

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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
Liberal Democrat
Health Concern
Independent
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (2) • UKIP (1) • Liberal Democrats (1)


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