South East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| South East Staffordshire | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Staffordshire |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Tamworth, Lichfield |
South East Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tamworth constituency.
Boundaries
The Borough of Tamworth; and the District of Lichfield wards of Alrewas, Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, Tame, and Whittington.
The main settlement in the constituency was the town of Tamworth. On the seat's abolition for the 1997 general election, it transferred to the new seat of the same name.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sir David Lightbown | Conservative | |
| 1996 | Brian Jenkins | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Tamworth and Lichfield | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Staffordshire South East[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Lightbown | 29,180 | 50.7 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Brian Jenkins | 21,988 | 38.2 | +12.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Dr. GN Penlington | 5,540 | 9.6 | −17.1 | |
| Social Democratic | Miss J Taylor | 895 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,192 | 12.5 | −8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 57,603 | 82.0 | +1.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.3 | |||
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.