South Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Staffordshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
SouthStaffordshireConstituency.svg
2010–2024 boundary of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire
EnglandStaffordshire.svg
Location of Staffordshire within England
County Staffordshire
Electorate 74,189 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Bilbrook, Codsall, Landywood, Wombourne
19832024
SeatsOne
Created from South West Staffordshire
Replaced by Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
18321868
SeatsTwo
Type of constituency County constituency
Created from Staffordshire
Replaced by East Staffordshire
West Staffordshire
Wednesbury

South Staffordshire was a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [n 2]

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes, it will be reformed as Kingswinford and South Staffordshire , to be first contested at the 2024 general election. [2] Part of the constituency will be absorbed into the new seat of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge, with Sir Gavin Williamson being chosen as its Conservative candidate. [3]

Boundaries

South Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1832–1868: The Hundreds of South Offlow, Seisdon and Cuttleston. [4]

1983–1997: The District of South Staffordshire.

1997–2010: The District of South Staffordshire wards of Bilbrook, Brewood and Coven, Cheslyn Hay, Codsall North, Codsall South, Essington, Featherstone, Great Wyrley Landywood, Great Wyrley Town, Kinver, Lower Penn, Pattingham and Patshull, Perton Central, Perton Dippons, Shareshill, Swindon, Trysull and Seisdon, Wombourne North, Wombourne South East, and Wombourne South West.

2010–2024: The District of South Staffordshire wards of Bilbrook, Brewood and Coven, Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon, Cheslyn Hay South, Codsall North, Codsall South, Essington, Featherstone and Shareshill, Great Wyrley Landywood, Great Wyrley Town, Himley and Swindon, Huntington and Hatherton, Kinver, Pattingham and Patshull, Perton Dippons, Perton East, Perton Lakeside, Trysull and Seisdon, Wombourne North and Lower Penn, Wombourne South East, and Wombourne South West.

The constituency was made up of about two-thirds of the South Staffordshire local government district, its southern bulk. It flanked the western edge of the West Midlands, the closest parts being Wolverhampton and Dudley and did not contain any large towns; the largest town (by electorate) was Wombourne. [5] Its settlements included Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Codsall, Featherstone, Great Wyrley, Kinver, Perton and Wombourne. Most electoral wards were locally Conservative safe seats with Labour's only area of frequent strength, Cheslyn Hay, a town with historically a greater dependence on coal mining than the others.

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Northern parts, including Great Wyrley along with adjoining built up areas such as Cheslyn Hay, were moved to the newly created constituency of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. To compensate, the Borough of Dudley communities of Kingswinford, Wall Heath and Wordsley were transferred from the also-abolished seat of Dudley South, thereby forming a cross-boundary constituency, to be named Kingswinford and South Staffordshire. [2]

History

1832–1868

The ancient county constituency of Staffordshire was divided under the Reform Act 1832 into two two-member constituencies, while other parts of the old constituency were made into or added to borough constituencies. These halves were formally the Northern division of Staffordshire and the Southern division of Staffordshire with less formal variations more common. The Reform Act 1867 abolished the Southern Division with effect from the 1868 general election, replacing it with two new two-seat constituencies: East Staffordshire and West Staffordshire.

Prominent figures

Edward Littleton was involved heavily in Catholic Emancipation, the Truck Act of 1831, the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 and the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. For two years he was Chief Secretary for Ireland, prominent in the governments led by Melbourne.

Henry Chetwynd-Talbot (later The Earl of Shrewsbury) became an Admiral and whip in the House of Lords in later in life. In most of this early period the constituency elected prominent land-owning industrialists, including, for example, in Walsall, and Wolverhampton. Henry Hodgetts-Foley inherited the majority of Penkridge, now in the Stafford seat, much developed by his heirs.

1983–2024

The second creation of the South Staffordshire constituency was established in 1983, although in reality this was merely a renaming of the Staffordshire South West constituency formed in 1974 from parts of the former constituencies of Brierley Hill and Cannock. It covered the whole of the South Staffordshire district until 1997, when the area around Penkridge was removed to the Stafford constituency.

South Staffordshire was a safe seat for the Conservative Party, with Sir Patrick Cormack having held it from its creation in 1974 until he retired in 2010, when he was succeeded by Sir Gavin Williamson. Williamson has held many offices, including Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 2013 until 2016, Chief Whip of the House of Commons from 2016 until 2017, Defence Secretary from 2017 to 2019, and Education Secretary from 2019 until his return to the backbenches in 2021.

General election 2005

On 30 April 2005, the Liberal Democrat candidate Josephine Harrison died of an undisclosed illness at the age of 53. Election procedures at the time required that in the event of a candidate's death after the close of nominations, the returning officer had to direct the general election poll (due to be held on 5 May) to be abandoned, and to call a fresh general election poll. This was duly done under the same writ of election, 28 days after having seen proof of death. As the poll was not strictly a by-election, but rather a part of the general election, it was run under general election regulations; for instance, not qualifying for the significantly higher election expenses available at by-elections.

The original candidates were:

On 9 May, the Labour candidate, Penny Barber, announced that she was standing down as she could not afford to take any more time off work. The constituency Labour Party had to select a new candidate, choosing Paul Kalinauckas who had been their candidate in the 2001 election. The Liberal Democrats selected Jo Crotty as their replacement candidate. In addition, three additional candidates who had not been nominated for the original poll fought the delayed election: Kate Spohrer of the Green Party, Rev. David Braid of Clause 28 Children's Protection Christian Democrats, and most notably the journalist Garry Bushell representing the English Democrats Party, who had already stood in the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency on 5 May, where he had polled 3.4%.

The election was eventually held on 23 June 2005 and saw Sir Patrick Cormack hold the seat. With the seat being safely Conservative, and with the results of the general election in other constituencies already known, the election attracted a considerably lower turnout (37.3%) than in other constituencies (akin to a by-election). Cormack increased his majority to 34.5% (a 9.1% swing), while the United Kingdom Independence Party saw one of their best results of 2005, with 10.4% of the vote.

A year later the Electoral Administration Act 2006 was passed, in part because of the events in South Staffordshire. Under the new rules, in case of the death of a candidate, the party of the deceased candidate is allowed to select a replacement candidate. New nominations from parties which did not contest the original poll are no longer permitted. This rule was first used in the 2010 general election when the UKIP candidate for Thirsk and Malton died before the election.

Constituency profile

A Guardian statistical compilation by constituency in November 2012 showed that 2.8% of the population only were registered jobseekers, significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%. [6]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1868

ElectionFirst member [7] First partySecond memberSecond party [8]
1832 Edward Littleton Whig [9] Sir John Wrottesley, Bt Whig [9]
1835 by-election Sir Francis Holyoake-Goodricke, Bt Conservative [9] [10]
1837 George Anson Whig [11] [12] [13] [9] Henry Chetwynd-Talbot Conservative [9]
1849 by-election William Legge Conservative
1853 by-election Edward Littleton Whig [14] [15] [16]
1854 by-election Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge Whig [17] [18]
1857 William Orme Foster Whig [19] Henry Hodgetts-Foley Whig [19]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1868 Constituency abolished: replaced by East Staffordshire and West Staffordshire

MPs 1983-2024

ElectionMember [7] PartyNotes
1983 Sir Patrick Cormack Conservative Previously MP for South West Staffordshire
2010 Sir Gavin Williamson Conservative Secretary of State for Defence (2017–2019)
Secretary of State for Education (2019–2021)
2024 Constituency abolished: replaced by Kingswinford & South Staffordshire and Stone, Great Wyrley & Penkridge

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: South Staffordshire [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gavin Williamson 36,520 73.0 Increase2.svg3.2
Labour Adam Freeman8,27016.5Decrease2.svg 8.8
Liberal Democrats Chris Fewtrell3,2806.6Increase2.svg 4.0
Green Claire McIlvenna1,9353.9Increase2.svg 1.6
Majority28,25056.5Increase2.svg 12.0
Turnout 50,00567.9Decrease2.svg 1.7
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 6.0
General election 2017: South Staffordshire [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gavin Williamson 35,656 69.8 Increase2.svg 10.4
Labour Adam Freeman12,92325.3Increase2.svg 6.9
Liberal Democrats Hilary Myers1,3482.6Decrease2.svg 0.3
Green Claire McIlvenna1,1822.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
Majority22,73344.5Increase2.svg 3.5
Turnout 51,10969.6Increase2.svg 1.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 1.7
General election 2015: South Staffordshire [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gavin Williamson 29,478 59.4 Increase2.svg 6.2
Labour Kevin McElduff9,10718.4Decrease2.svg 1.9
UKIP Lyndon Jones [23] 8,26716.7Increase2.svg 11.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Woodthorpe Browne1,4482.9Decrease2.svg 13.8
Green Claire McIlvenna [24] 1,2982.6New
Majority20,37141.0Increase2.svg7.1
Turnout 49,59868.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.05

The vote share change in 2010 comes from the notional, not actual, results because of boundary changes.

General election 2010: South Staffordshire [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gavin Williamson 26,834 53.2 Increase2.svg 2.5
Labour Kevin McElduff10,24420.3Increase2.svg 0.3
Liberal Democrats Sarah Fellows8,42716.7Increase2.svg 3.3
UKIP Mike Nattrass 2,7535.5Decrease2.svg 4.7
BNP David Bradnock1,9283.8New
Independent Andrew Morris2540.5New
Majority16,59032.9Increase2.svg2.2
Turnout 50,44068.7Increase2.svg 31.1
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 1.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: South Staffordshire [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 13,343 52.0 Increase2.svg 1.5
Labour Paul Kalinauckas4,49617.6Decrease2.svg 16.6
Liberal Democrats Jo Crotty3,54013.8Increase2.svg 2.2
UKIP Malcolm Hurst2,67510.4Increase2.svg 6.7
English Democrat Garry Bushell 6432.5New
Green Kate Spohrer4371.7New
Freedom (UK) Adrian Davies4341.7New
Clause 28 Children's Protection Christian DemocratsDavid Braid670.3New
Majority8,84734.4Increase2.svg 18.1
Turnout 25,60937.3Decrease2.svg 23.0
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 9.1
General election 2001: South Staffordshire [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 21,295 50.5 Increase2.svg 0.5
Labour Paul Kalinauckas14,41434.2Decrease2.svg 0.5
Liberal Democrats Josephine Harrison4,89111.6Increase2.svg 0.3
UKIP Mike Lynch1,5803.7New
Majority6,88116.3Increase2.svg1.0
Turnout 42,18060.3Decrease2.svg 13.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: South Staffordshire [29] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 25,568 50.0 Decrease2.svg 9.7
Labour Judith LeMaistre17,74734.7Increase2.svg 8.6
Liberal Democrats Jamie Calder5,79711.3Decrease2.svg 2.9
Referendum Peter Carnell2,0023.9New
Majority7,82115.3Decrease2.svg 18.3
Turnout 51,11474.2Decrease2.svg 7.3
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 9.0
General election 1992: South Staffordshire [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 40,266 59.7 Decrease2.svg 1.2
Labour BA Wylie17,63326.1Increase2.svg 7.0
Liberal Democrats IL Sadler9,58414.2Decrease2.svg 5.9
Majority22,63333.6Decrease2.svg 7.2
Turnout 67,48381.5Increase2.svg 3.3
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 4.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: South Staffordshire [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 37,708 60.9 +1.7
Liberal Fran Oborski12,44020.1−3.4
Labour Philip Bateman11,80519.1+1.8
Majority25,26840.8+5.1
Turnout 61,95378.2+2.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: South Staffordshire [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 32,764 59.2 −1.2
Liberal John Chambers13,00423.5+13.2
Labour Martin Cartwright9,56817.3−10.4
Majority19,76035.7+3.0
Turnout 55,33675.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Hodgetts-Foley Unopposed
Liberal William Orme Foster Unopposed
Registered electors 10,841
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Hodgetts-Foley Unopposed
Liberal William Orme Foster Unopposed
Registered electors 11,375
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1857: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Hodgetts-Foley Unopposed
Whig William Orme Foster Unopposed
Registered electors 11,202
Whig hold
Whig gain from Conservative
By-election, 8 February 1854: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Paget 4,328 61.0 N/A
Conservative Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2,76939.0N/A
Majority1,55922.0N/A
Turnout 7,09771.4N/A
Registered electors 9,933
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A
By-election, 15 August 1853: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Edward Littleton Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1852: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Anson Unopposed
Conservative William Legge Unopposed
Registered electors 10,116
Whig hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

By-election, 19 February 1849: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Legge Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Anson Unopposed
Conservative Henry Chetwynd-Talbot Unopposed
Registered electors 8,545
Whig hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 17 July 1846: South Staffordshire [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Anson Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1841: South Staffordshire [35] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Anson Unopposed
Conservative Henry Chetwynd-Talbot Unopposed
Registered electors 8,798
Whig hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: South Staffordshire [35] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George Anson 3,173 25.7
Conservative Henry Chetwynd-Talbot 3,126 25.3
Conservative Richard Dyott 3,04624.7
Whig John Wrottesley 2,99324.3
Turnout 6,26979.6
Registered electors 7,871
Majority470.4
Whig hold
Majority1801.4
Conservative gain from Whig
By-election, 23 May 1835: South Staffordshire [35] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Francis Holyoake Goodricke 1,776 53.3
Whig George Anson 1,55346.7
Majority2236.6
Turnout 3,32983.4
Registered electors 3,990
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1835: South Staffordshire [35] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Edward Littleton Unopposed
Whig John Wrottesley Unopposed
Registered electors 3,990
Whig hold
Whig hold
By-election, 7 June 1833: South Staffordshire [35] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Edward Littleton 439 98.7
Tory Henry Chetwynd-Talbot 61.3
Majority43397.4
Turnout 44514.3
Registered electors 3,107
Whig hold
General election 1832: South Staffordshire [35] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Edward Littleton Unopposed
Whig John Wrottesley Unopposed
Registered electors 3,107
Whig win (new seat)
Whig 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.

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