Stone (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stone
County constituency

Stone shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England
Created: 1918, 1997
MP: Bill Cash
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Staffordshire
EP constituency: West Midlands

Stone 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

Stone is one of the largest geographically in England. It covers from Balterley, Madeley in the North to the west of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It then runs south and out to the outskirts of Market Drayton, running down to the northern edge of Newport. The boundary heads north alongside the western boundary of Stafford around the north of Stafford and down its eastern boundary. It runs across the north of Abbots Bromley before reaching its eastern end. It continues to the west of Uttoxeter in the Burton constituency. It then extends eastwards between the Burton constituency and up to Cheadle and to the south of Stoke-on-Trent. Within the constituency are the towns of Eccleshall and Stone.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1918-1950

Election Member Party
1918 Sir Smith Hill Child, Bt. Coalition Conservative
1922 Sir Joseph Lamb Conservative
1945 Hugh Fraser Conservative
1950 Constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1997-present

  • Constituency re-created, 1997
Election Member Party
1997 Bill Cash Conservative
2001
2005

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Stone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Cash 22,733 48.3 -0.8
Labour Mark Davis 13,644 29.0 -6.8
Liberal Democrat Richard Stevens 9,111 19.4 +4.3
UK Independence Mike Nattrass 1,548 3.3 N/A
Majority 9,089 19.3 +6.0
Turnout 47,036 66.9 +0.6
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
General Election 2001: Stone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Cash 22,395 49.1 +2.2
Labour John Palfreyman 16,359 35.8 -3.8
Liberal Democrat Brendan McKeown 6,888 15.1 +3.0
Majority 6,036 13.3
Turnout 45,642 66.3 -12.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1997: Stone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Cash 24,859 46.8 N/A
Labour John Wakefield 21,041 39.6 N/A
Liberal Democrat Barry Stamp 6,392 12.0 N/A
Liberal A. Winfield 545 1.0 N/A
Natural Law D. Grice 237 0.4 N/A
Majority 3,818 N/A
Turnout 77.8 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
  • (2003) in Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X. 
  • (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945. 
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