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
Created from Lichfield and Tamworth[1]

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

ElectionMember[2]PartyNotes
1983 David Lightbown Conservative Died in office December 1995
1996 by-election Brian Jenkins Labour Subsequently MP for Tamworth 1997-2010
1997 constituency abolished: see Tamworth & Lichfield

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Staffordshire South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Lightbown 24,556 50.7 N/A
Labour Christine Crawley 13,658 28.20 N/A
Social Democratic Michael Lynch 10,220 21.1 N/A
Majority 10,898 22.5 N/A
Turnout 48,434 76.5 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1987: Staffordshire South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Lightbown 25,115 47.2 −3.5
Social Democratic Elisabeth Gluck 14,230 26.7 +5.6
Labour David Spilsbury 13,874 26.07 −1.5
Majority 10,885 20.45 −2.1
Turnout 53,219 80.4 +3.9
Conservative hold Swing −4.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Staffordshire South East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Lightbown 29,180 50.7 +3.5
Labour Brian Jenkins 21,988 38.2 +12.1
Liberal Democrat Gilbert Penlington 5,540 9.6 −17.1
Social Democratic Jill 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
By-election 1996: South East Staffordshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Brian Jenkins 26,155 60.1 +22.0
Conservative Timothy James 12,393 28.5 −22.2
Liberal Democrat Jennette Davy 2,042 4.7 −4.9
UKIP Andrew Smith 1,272 2.9 N/A
Monster Raving Loony David Sutch 506 1.2 N/A
National Democrats Sharron Edwards 358 0.8 N/A
Liberal Steven Mountford 332 0.8 N/A
Independent Conservative Leslie Tucker 123 0.3 N/A
L!VE TV News Bunny 85 0.2 N/A
Independent Neville Samuelson 80 0.2 N/A
Natural Law David Lucas 53 0.1 N/A
Independent F. Sandy 53 0.1 N/A
Independent Alan Wood 45 0.1 N/A
Majority 13,762 31.6
Turnout 43,497 62.0 −20.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing −22.1

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "'Lichfield and Tamworth', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
  3. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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