Stafford and Stone | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
Major settlements | Stafford, Stone |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Stafford, Stone and Burton |
Replaced by | Stafford and Mid Staffordshire [1] |
Stafford and Stone was county constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.
The Borough of Stafford, the Urban District of Stone, and the Rural Districts of Stafford and Stone.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Hugh Fraser | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 24,046 | 52.65 | ||
Labour | Stephen Swingler | 19,008 | 41.62 | ||
Liberal | William Joseph McEldowney | 2,617 | 5.73 | ||
Majority | 5,038 | 11.03 | |||
Turnout | 45.671 | 85.98 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 25,795 | 56.64 | ||
Labour | Ghriam Passmore Grant | 19,749 | 43.36 | ||
Majority | 6,046 | 13.28 | |||
Turnout | 45,544 | 84.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 26,206 | 59.89 | ||
Labour | Kenneth E Richardson | 17,550 | 40.11 | ||
Majority | 8,656 | 19.78 | |||
Turnout | 43,756 | 78.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 28,107 | 60.92 | ||
Labour | Arnold Gregory | 18,034 | 39.08 | ||
Majority | 10,073 | 21.84 | |||
Turnout | 46,141 | 80.84 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 25,373 | 50.19 | ||
Labour | Arthur Lewis Ballham | 18,587 | 36.77 | ||
Liberal | Brian D King | 6,593 | 13.04 | New | |
Majority | 6,786 | 13.42 | |||
Turnout | 50,553 | 80.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 25,259 | 49.43 | ||
Labour | Graham S Rea | 20,218 | 39.57 | ||
Liberal | Eric Furniss | 5,623 | 11.00 | ||
Majority | 5,041 | 9.86 | |||
Turnout | 51,100 | 79.45 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 30,056 | 54.84 | ||
Labour | Michael John Kenneth Stanworth | 20,380 | 37.19 | ||
Liberal | Arnold Williams | 4,370 | 7.97 | ||
Majority | 9,676 | 17.65 | |||
Turnout | 54,806 | 73.37 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 30,056 | 46.77 | ||
Labour | TE Cowlinshaw | 21,073 | 32.79 | ||
Liberal | HS Martin | 13,132 | 20.44 | ||
Majority | 8,983 | 13.98 | |||
Turnout | 64,261 | 82.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 27,173 | 45.39 | ||
Labour | TE Cowlinshaw | 20,845 | 34.82 | ||
Liberal | HS Martin | 11,491 | 19.20 | ||
Go To Blazes Party | David Sutch | 351 | 0.59 | New | |
Majority | 6,328 | 10.57 | |||
Turnout | 59,860 | 75.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 34,387 | 52.38 | ||
Labour | Michael JD Poulter | 21,210 | 32.31 | ||
Liberal | R Burman | 10,049 | 15.31 | ||
Majority | 13,177 | 20.07 | |||
Turnout | 65,646 | 78.81 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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