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.

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[edit] Boundaries

A safe Labour seat, like the other Stoke-on-Trent constituencies, it includes the city's most middle-class ward (Trentham), which is usually out-voted by neighbouring working class areas.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1950 Ellis Smith Labour
1966 Jack Ashley Labour
1992 George Stevenson Labour
2005 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 Democrat Andrew Martin 5,894 15.6 +2.5
British National Party 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 8,618 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 Democrat Christopher Coleman 4,724 13.1 +2.9
Independent (politician) Adrian Knapper 1,703 4.7 N/A
British National Party 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

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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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