Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stoke
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
19181950
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Stoke-on-Trent Central, Stoke-on-Trent North and Stoke-on-Trent South
Created from Stoke-upon-Trent

Stoke was a borough constituency in Stoke-on-Trent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, a new name and form of a seat which had existed from the Reform Act 1832. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.

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History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 John Ward Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Liberal
1923 Constitutionalist, then Liberal
1929 Lady Mosley Labour
1931 New Party
1931 Ida Copeland Conservative
1935 Ellis Smith Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Ward 1910 John Ward.jpg
Ward
General election 1918: Stoke-on-Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal John Ward Unopposed
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Stoke-on-Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal John Ward 16,685 61.3 N/A
Labour John Watts 10,52238.7New
Majority6,16322.6N/A
Turnout 27,20768.0N/A
National Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Stoke-on-Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Ward 13,119 51.2 -10.1
Labour John Watts 12,50248.8+10.1
Majority6172.4-20.2
Turnout 25,62163.2-4.8
Liberal hold Swing -10.1
General election 1924: Stoke-on-Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Constitutionalist John Ward 17,864 57.3 +6.1
Labour John Watts 13,31842.7-6.1
Majority4,54614.6+12.2
Turnout 31,18275.4+12.2
Constitutionalist hold Swing +6.1
General election 1929: Stoke-on-Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cynthia Mosley 26,548 58.7 +16.0
Liberal John Ward 18,69841.3-16.0
Majority7,85017.432.0
Turnout 45,24681.2+5.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +16.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Stoke-on-Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ida Copeland 19,91845.56
Labour Ellis Smith 13,26430.34
New Party Oswald Mosley 10,53424.10New
Majority6,65415.22N/A
Turnout 43,71675.88
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Stoke-on-Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellis Smith 20,99252.67
Conservative Ida Copeland 18,86747.33
Majority2,1255.34N/A
Turnout 39,85969.98
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Stoke-on-Trent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellis Smith 29,55169.12
Conservative W.P. Wentworth Shields13,20330.88
Majority16,34838.24
Turnout 42,75475.68
Labour hold Swing

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