Burton and Uttoxeter

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Burton and Uttoxeter
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Burton and Uttoxeter
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West Midlands - Burton and Uttoxeter constituency.svg
Boundary of Burton and Uttoxeter in West Midlands region
County Staffordshire
Population102,731 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 75,460 (2023) [2]
Major settlements Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter
Current constituency
Created 1885 (as Burton)
Member of Parliament Jacob Collier (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from East Staffordshire and North Staffordshire

Burton and Uttoxeter is a constituency [a] represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Jacob Collier of the Labour Party. [b]

Contents

Although the constituency had always, since its creation in 1918, contained the town of Uttoxeter, it was formally known as Burton until the 2024 general election. Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, there were no changes to the constituency boundaries, but the Boundary Commission for England recommended that it be renamed Burton and Uttoxeter. [3] [4]

Boundaries

Historic (Burton)

1918–1950: The County Borough of Burton, the Urban District of Uttoxeter, the Rural Districts of Tutbury and Uttoxeter, and part of the Rural District of Stafford.

1950–1983: The County Borough of Burton, the Urban District of Uttoxeter, and the Rural Districts of Tutbury and Uttoxeter.

1983–1997: The District of East Staffordshire

1997–2010: All the wards of the Borough of East Staffordshire except the Bagots and Yoxall wards.

2010–2024: As above, less the Needwood ward.

Current (Burton and Uttoxeter)

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place on 1 December 2020, the contents of the newly named constituency were unchanged from the previous Burton seat.

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [5] [6] the constituency currently comprises the following wards or part wards of the Borough of East Staffordshire:

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 created in 1885 replacing the previous East Staffordshire and North Staffordshire constituencies. Burton upon Trent is a centre of the brewing industry and for sixty years from 1885 to 1945, the MPs were from brewery-owning families. Despite the working class nature of Burton upon Trent from 1950 to 1997, the seat was held by the Conservative Party, albeit often with relatively small majorities. Traditionally the brewing industry has been a strong supporter of the Conservative Party. [8] However, like many traditionally Conservative seats, it was lost to the Labour Party at the 1997 general election, which they won in a landslide. Janet Dean retained the seat until 2010, when the Conservative Andrew Griffiths retook it.

Griffiths retained the seat at the 2015 and 2017 general elections. In July 2018, he was suspended by the Conservative Party following allegations that he had sent up to 2,000 sexually explicit text messages to two female constituents. [9] Although the whip was reinstated in December 2018, he was not reselected to fight the seat at the 2019 general election, with local party members instead choosing his estranged wife, Kate. [10] She was duly elected and, in 2022, reverted to her maiden name of Kate Kniveton. At the 2024 election, Kniveton was defeated by Jacob Collier of the Labour Party.

Members of Parliament

YearMember [11] [12] Party
1885 Sir Michael Bass Liberal
1886 by-election Sydney Evershed Liberal
1900 Robert Ratcliff Liberal Unionist
1912 Unionist
1918 John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton Unionist
1943 John Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton Conservative
1945 Arthur W. Lyne Labour
1950 Arthur Colegate Conservative
1955 John Jennings Conservative
1974 Ivan Lawrence Conservative
1997 Janet Dean Labour
2010 Andrew Griffiths Conservative
2018 Independent
2018 Conservative
2019 Kate Kniveton Conservative
2024 Jacob Collier Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Burton and Uttoxeter [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacob Collier 16,222 35.6 +4.7
Conservative Kate Kniveton 13,95630.6−30.1
Reform James Bush9,61121.1N/A
Green Anna Westwood2,1194.6+1.7
Workers Party Azmat Mir2,0564.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Sarah Murray1,6633.6−1.9
Majority 2,2665.0N/A
Turnout 45,62758.5Decrease2.svg 6.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg 17.4

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Burton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kate Griffiths 29,560 60.7 Increase2.svg 2.7
Labour Louise Walker15,06430.9Decrease2.svg 6.9
Liberal Democrats Adam Wain2,6815.5Increase2.svg 3.0
Green Kate Copeland1,4332.9Increase2.svg 1.2
Majority 14,49629.8Increase2.svg 9.6
Turnout 48,73865.0Decrease2.svg 2.5
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.8
General election 2017: Burton [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Griffiths 28,936 58.0 Increase2.svg 8.2
Labour John McKiernan18,88937.8Increase2.svg 10.5
Liberal Democrats Dominic Hardwick1,2622.5Steady2.svg 0.0
Green Simon Hales8241.7Decrease2.svg 0.8
Majority 10,04720.2Decrease2.svg 2.3
Turnout 49,91167.5Increase2.svg 2.0
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 1.3
General election 2015: Burton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Griffiths 24,376 49.8 Increase2.svg 5.3
Labour Jon Wheale [17] 13,48427.3Decrease2.svg 4.4
UKIP Mike Green [17] 8,65817.5Increase2.svg 14.6
Liberal Democrats David MacDonald [18] 1,2322.5Decrease2.svg 13.3
Green Samantha Patrone [19] 1,2242.5New
Majority 11,25222.5Increase2.svg 10.9
Turnout 49,33465.5Decrease2.svg 1.0
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.9
General election 2010: Burton [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Griffiths 22,188 44.5 Increase2.svg 7.2
Labour Ruth Smeeth 15,88431.9Decrease2.svg 10.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Rodgers7,89115.8Increase2.svg 3.4
BNP Alan Hewitt2,4094.8Increase2.svg 1.0
UKIP Philip Lancaster1,4512.9Increase2.svg 1.0
Majority 6,30412.6N/A
Turnout 49,82366.5Increase2.svg 6.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg 8.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Burton [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Dean 19,701 41.1 Decrease2.svg 7.9
Conservative Adrian Pepper18,28038.2Decrease2.svg 0.4
Liberal Democrats Sandra Johnson6,23613.0Increase2.svg3.4
BNP Julie Russell1,8403.8New
UKIP Philip Lancaster9131.9Decrease2.svg 0.2
Veritas Brian Buxton9121.9New
Majority 1,4212.9Decrease2.svg 7.5
Turnout 47,88261.0Decrease2.svg 0.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 2001: Burton [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Dean 22,783 49.0 Decrease2.svg 2.0
Conservative Maggie A. Punyer17,93438.6Decrease2.svg 0.8
Liberal Democrats David A. Fletcher4,4689.6Increase2.svg 1.1
UKIP Ian E. Crompton9842.1New
ProLife Alliance John D.W. Roberts2880.6New
Majority 4,84910.4Decrease2.svg1.2
Turnout 46,45761.7Decrease2.svg 13.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Burton [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Dean 27,810 51.0 Increase2.svg 11.0
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 21,48039.4Decrease2.svg 10.3
Liberal Democrats David A. Fletcher4,6178.5Decrease2.svg 1.8
National Democrats Keith Sharp6041.1New
Majority 6,33011.6N/A
Turnout 54,51175.1Decrease2.svg 7.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg 10.6
General election 1992: Burton [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 30,845 49.7 Decrease2.svg 1.0
Labour Patricia K. Muddyman24,84940.0Increase2.svg 6.4
Liberal Democrats Rob C. Renold6,37510.3Decrease2.svg 5.4
Majority 5,9969.7Decrease2.svg 7.4
Turnout 62,06982.4Increase2.svg 3.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Burton [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 29,160 50.7 Decrease2.svg 0.4
Labour Dennis Heptonstall19,33033.6Increase2.svg 3.8
Liberal Kenneth Hemsley9,04615.7Decrease2.svg 3.4
Majority 9,83017.1Decrease2.svg 4.2
Turnout 57,53678.6Increase2.svg 2.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 2.1
General election 1983: Burton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 27,874 51.1 Decrease2.svg 2.9
Labour Robert Slater16,22729.8Decrease2.svg 6.5
Liberal June Garner10,42019.1Increase2.svg 9.4
Majority 11,64721.3Increase2.svg 3.6
Turnout 54,52175.9Decrease2.svg 2.8
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 1.8

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 29,821 54.00
Labour GS Jones20,02036.25
Liberal K Stevens5,3839.75
Majority 9,80117.75
Turnout 55,22478.75
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 23,496 44.45
Labour David Hill 21,39840.48
Liberal K Stevens7,96915.07New
Majority 2,0983.97
Turnout 52,86377.97
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ivan Lawrence 28,343 53.09
Labour David Hill 25,04046.91
Majority 3,3036.18
Turnout 58,38379.48
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Jennings 27,428 54.32
Labour Ronald G Truman23,06345.68
Majority 4,3658.64
Turnout 50,49175.60
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Jennings 23,773 50.29
Labour Charles William Shepherd23,49649.71
Majority 2770.58
Turnout 47,26978.74
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Jennings 25,236 53.24
Labour Thomas S Pritchard22,16146.76
Majority 3,0756.48
Turnout 47,39780.22
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Jennings 26,926 56.14
Labour Edward McGarry21,03243.86
Majority 5,89412.28
Turnout 47,95882.36
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Burton [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Jennings 24,519 53.23
Labour Co-op Ewart Taylor21,54646.77
Majority 2,9736.46
Turnout 46,06580.78
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Colegate 24,884 50.75
Labour John Stonehouse 24,15149.25
Majority 7331.50
Turnout 49,03586.31
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Colegate 24,903 51.54
Labour Arthur W. Lyne 23,41848.46
Majority 1,4853.08N/A
Turnout 48,32186.05
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur W. Lyne 18,288 51.06
Conservative John Gretton 17,52848.94
Majority 7602.12N/A
Turnout 35,81666.84
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gretton 23,539 74.54
Labour Gladys Nellie Paling8,04125.46
Majority 15,49849.08
Turnout 31,58065.64
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Burton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gretton 26,117 74.73
Labour William Paling 8,83225.27
Majority 17,28549.46
Turnout 34,94974.65
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Burton [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Gretton 18,243 52.6 −21.6
Labour William Paling 10,51130.3+4.5
Liberal Ifor Bowen Lloyd 5,94317.1New
Majority 7,73222.3−26.1
Turnout 34,69775.3−2.5
Registered electors 46,099
Unionist hold Swing −13.1
General election 1924: Burton [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Gretton 20,550 74.2 N/A
Labour F. Thoresby7,14125.8New
Majority 13,40948.4N/A
Turnout 27,69177.8N/A
Registered electors 35,599
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Burton [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Gretton Unopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1922: Burton [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Gretton Unopposed
Unionist hold

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Burton [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist John Gretton Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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;

General election December 1910: Burton [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Robert Ratcliff 5,877 60.8 N/A
Liberal Harold Rylett3,78439.2New
Majority 2,09321.6N/A
Turnout 9,66181.3N/A
Registered electors 11,878
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election January 1910: Burton [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Robert Ratcliff Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Burton [33] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Robert Ratcliff 5,613 55.1 −6.9
Liberal Francis Vane 4,57244.9+6.9
Majority 1,04110.2−13.8
Turnout 10,18588.8+5.7
Registered electors 11,465
Liberal Unionist hold Swing −6.9
General election 1900: Burton [33] [34] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Robert Ratcliff 5,592 62.0 New
Liberal Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson3,42138.0N/A
Majority 2,17124.0N/A
Turnout 9,01383.1N/A
Registered electors 10,852
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

Evershed 1895 Sydney Evershed.jpg
Evershed
General election 1892: Burton [33] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sydney Evershed Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1895: Burton [33] [34] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sydney Evershed Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 20 Aug 1886: Burton [33] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sydney Evershed 4,792 67.4 N/A
Conservative Gerald Holbech Hardy2,31932.6New
Majority 2,47334.8N/A
Turnout 7,11175.1N/A
Registered electors 9,463
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Bass Michael Arthur Bass 1837 1909.jpg
Bass
General election 1886: Burton [33] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Michael Bass Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1885: Burton [33] [35] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Michael Bass 5,395 68.0
Conservative Gerald Holbech Hardy2,54332.0
Majority 2,85236.0
Turnout 7,93883.9
Registered electors 9,463
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "Burton: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  4. ↑ "West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ↑ LGBCE. "East Staffordshire | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "The East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
  7. ↑ "New Seat Details - Burton and Uttoxeter". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  8. ↑ The almanac of British politics (7th ed.). Routledge. 2002. pp.  196. ISBN   9780415268332.
  9. ↑ "Minister resigns over texts to women". BBC News. 14 July 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Kreft, Helen (12 November 2019). "Shock result at dramatic Tory meeting to decide future of Andrew Griffiths in Burton". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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  12. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
  13. ↑ Burton and Uttoxeter
  14. ↑ O'Brien, Andy (14 November 2019). "ELECTION OF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE BURTON PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY. NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). East Staffordshire Borough Council . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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  22. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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  25. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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  28. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  29. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  31. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  32. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  33. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  34. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  35. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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