Burton (UK Parliament constituency)
Burton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Burton in Staffordshire. | |
Location of Staffordshire within England. | |
County | Staffordshire |
Population | 102,731 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 75,302 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Andrew Griffiths (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps |
Burton is a county 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.
Members of Parliament
Boundaries
This constituency covers most of the East Staffordshire district. The main town is Burton upon Trent, while it also includes Uttoxeter, Tutbury and Rocester. The remaining small part of East Staffordshire, the area around Abbots Bromley and Yoxall, and, from the 2010 general election (following a review by the Boundary Commission for England), the Needwood ward (containing the village of Barton-under-Needwood), is in the Lichfield constituency.
History
The constituency was formed in 1885. Burton-upon-Trent is a centre of the brewing industry and from the seat's creation in 1885 until 1945, the MPs were members of brewery-owning families. From 1950 until 1997, the seat was held by the Conservative Party. However, like many traditionally Conservative seats, it fell to the Labour Party during their landslide victory at the 1997 general election. Labour's Janet Dean held the seat until 2010 when the Tories retook the seat.
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Griffiths | 28,936 | 58.0 | 8.2 | |
Labour | John McKiernan | 18,889 | 37.8 | 10.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dominic Hardwick | 1,262 | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Green | Simon Hales | 824 | 1.7 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 10,047 | 20.2 | 2.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,911 | 67.5 | 2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Griffiths | 24,736 | 50.1 | 5.6 | |
Labour | Jon Wheale [6] | 13,484 | 27.3 | 4.5 | |
UKIP | Mike Green [6] | 8,658 | 17.5 | 14.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | David MacDonald [7] | 1,232 | 2.5 | 13.3 | |
Green | Samantha Patrone [8] | 1,224 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 11,252 | 22.8 | 10.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,334 | 65.5 | 1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Griffiths | 22,188 | 44.5 | 7.2 | |
Labour | Ruth Smeeth | 15,884 | 31.9 | 10.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Rodgers | 7,891 | 15.8 | 3.4 | |
BNP | Alan Hewitt | 2,409 | 4.8 | 1.0 | |
UKIP | Philip Lancaster | 1,451 | 2.9 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 6,304 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 49,823 | 66.5 | 6.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.7 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Dean | 19,701 | 41.1 | 7.9 | |
Conservative | Adrian Pepper | 18,280 | 38.2 | 0.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sandra Johnson | 6,236 | 13.0 | +3.4 | |
BNP | Julie Russell | 1,840 | 3.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | Philip Lancaster | 913 | 1.9 | 0.2 | |
Veritas | Brian Buxton | 912 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,421 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 47,882 | 61.0 | 0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Dean | 22,783 | 49.0 | 2.0 | |
Conservative | Maggie A. Punyer | 17,934 | 38.6 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | David A. Fletcher | 4,468 | 9.6 | 1.1 | |
UKIP | Ian E. Crompton | 984 | 2.1 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | John D.W. Roberts | 288 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,849 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,457 | 61.7 | 13.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Dean | 27,810 | 51.0 | 11 | |
Conservative | Ivan Lawrence | 21,480 | 39.4 | 10.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | David A. Fletcher | 4,617 | 8.47 | 1.83 | |
National Democrats | Keith Sharp | 604 | 1.11 | ||
Majority | 6,330 | 11.61 | 1.91 | ||
Turnout | 54,514 | 75.05 | 7.35 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.65 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivan Lawrence | 30,845 | 49.7 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Patricia K. Muddyman | 24,849 | 40.0 | 6.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rob C. Renold | 6,375 | 10.3 | 5.5 | |
Majority | 5,996 | 9.7 | 7.4 | ||
Turnout | 62,069 | 82.4 | 3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.7 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivan Lawrence | 29,160 | 50.68 | ||
Labour | Dennis Heptonstall | 19,330 | 33.60 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Albert Hemsley | 9,046 | 15.72 | ||
Majority | 9,830 | 17.08 | |||
Turnout | 78.55 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivan Lawrence | 27,874 | 51.13 | ||
Labour | REG Slater | 16,227 | 29.76 | ||
Liberal | J Garner | 10,420 | 19.11 | ||
Majority | 11,647 | 21.36 | |||
Turnout | 75.88 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivan Lawrence | 29,821 | 54.00 | ||
Labour | GS Jones | 20,020 | 36.25 | ||
Liberal | K Stevens | 5,383 | 9.75 | ||
Majority | 9,801 | 17.75 | |||
Turnout | 78.75 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivan Lawrence | 23,496 | 44.45 | ||
Labour | David Hill | 21,398 | 40.48 | ||
Liberal | K Stevens | 7,969 | 15.07 | ||
Majority | 2,098 | 3.97 | |||
Turnout | 77.97 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ivan Lawrence | 28,343 | 53.09 | ||
Labour | David Hill | 25,040 | 46.91 | ||
Majority | 3,303 | 6.19 | |||
Turnout | 79.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jennings | 27,428 | 54.32 | ||
Labour | Ronald G Truman | 23,063 | 45.68 | ||
Majority | 4,365 | 8.65 | |||
Turnout | 75.60 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jennings | 23,773 | 50.29 | ||
Labour | Charles William Shepherd | 23,496 | 49.71 | ||
Majority | 277 | 0.59 | |||
Turnout | 78.74 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jennings | 25,236 | 53.24 | ||
Labour | Thomas S Pritchard | 22,161 | 46.76 | ||
Majority | 3,075 | 6.49 | |||
Turnout | 80.22 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jennings | 26,926 | 56.14 | ||
Labour | Edward McGarry | 21,032 | 43.86 | ||
Majority | 5,894 | 12.29 | |||
Turnout | 82.36 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Jennings | 24,519 | 53.23 | ||
Labour Co-op | Ewart Taylor | 21,546 | 46.77 | ||
Majority | 2,973 | 6.45 | |||
Turnout | 80.78 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Colegate | 24,884 | 50.75 | ||
Labour | John Stonehouse | 24,151 | 49.25 | ||
Majority | 733 | 1.49 | |||
Turnout | 86.31 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Colegate | 24,903 | 51.54 | ||
Labour | Arthur William Lyne | 23,418 | 48.46 | ||
Majority | 1,485 | 3.07 | |||
Turnout | 86.05 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur William Lyne | 18,288 | 51.06 | ||
Conservative | John Gretton | 17,528 | 48.94 | ||
Majority | 760 | 2.12 | |||
Turnout | 66.84 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gretton | 23,539 | 74.54 | ||
Labour | Gladys Nellie Paling | 8,041 | 25.46 | ||
Majority | 15,498 | 49.08 | |||
Turnout | 65.64 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gretton | 26,117 | 74.73 | ||
Labour | William Paling | 8,832 | 25.27 | ||
Majority | 17,285 | 49.46 | |||
Turnout | 74.65 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Gretton | 18,243 | 52.6 | −21.6 | |
Labour | William Paling | 10,511 | 30.3 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Ifor Bowen Lloyd | 5,943 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,732 | 22.3 | −26.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,697 | 75.3 | −2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 46,099 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −13.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Gretton | 20,550 | 74.2 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Thoresby | 7,141 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,409 | 48.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,691 | 77.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 35,599 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Gretton | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Gretton | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold | |||||
Election results 1885-1918
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coalition Unionist | John Gretton | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold | |||||
General Election 1914/15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Robert Ratcliff
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Robert Ratcliff | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Robert Ratcliff | 5,877 | n/a | ||
Liberal | Harold Rylett | 3,784 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Robert Ratcliff | 5,613 | |||
Liberal | Francis Vane | 4,572 | |||
Majority | 1,041 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Robert Ratcliff | 5,592 | |||
Liberal | Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson | 3,421 | |||
Majority | 2,171 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sydney Evershed | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sydney Evershed | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sydney Evershed | 4,792 | n/a | ||
Conservative | Gerald Holbech Hardy | 2,319 | n/a | ||
Majority | 2473 | n/a | |||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Bass | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Bass | 5,395 | n/a | ||
Conservative | Gerald Holbech Hardy | 2,543 | n/a | ||
Majority | 2,852 | n/a | |||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Burton: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Burton 1885-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- 1 2 http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/burton-2015.html
- ↑ http://www.lichfieldlibdems.org.uk/
- ↑ http://westmidlands.greenparty.org.uk/general-election.html
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/463.htm
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
- 1 2 3 4 5 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Burton — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
Coordinates: 52°52′N 1°50′W / 52.87°N 1.83°W