Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stoke-on-Trent South
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
West Midlands - Stoke-on-Trent South constituency.svg
Boundary of Stoke-on-Trent South in West Midlands region
County Staffordshire
Electorate 68,624 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Stoke-on-Trent (part), Longton, Forsbrook, Barlaston
Current constituency
Created 1950
Member of Parliament Allison Gardner
SeatsOne
Created from Stoke-on-Trent/"Stoke"

Stoke-on-Trent South is a constituency [n 1] created in 1950, and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Allison Gardner, a Labour party representative. [n 2]

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Boundaries

Historic

1950–1955: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 19 to 26.

1955–1983: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24.

1983–2010: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Blurton, Fenton Green, Great Fenton, Longton South, Meir Park, Trentham Park, and Weston.

2010–2024: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Blurton, Fenton, Longton North, Longton South, Meir Park and Sandon, Trentham and Hanford, and Weston and Meir North.

Current

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was defined as composing the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Significant changes, with northern parts, including the town of Fenton, being transferred to Stoke-on-Trent Central. To compensate and bring the electorate within the permitted range, the parts in the Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands local authorities were added from the abolished constituency of Stone.

Following a further local government boundary review in the City of Stoke-on-Trent which came into effect in May 2023, [3] [4] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

Constituency profile

The seat is non-rural and in the upper valley of the Trent covering half of the main city of the Potteries, a major ceramics centre since the 17th century.

A former safe Labour seat, like the other Stoke-on-Trent constituencies, it includes the city's most middle-class electoral wards of Meir that contrast with much of the neighbouring, predominantly lower income, population of the other wards. [6]

The seat is home to Stoke City F.C. whose Bet365 Stadium is at the northern edge of the constituency.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 equal to the regional average of 4.7% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [7]

History

Political history

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election as the successor to the Stoke Division of Stoke-on-Trent. It also included parts of the abolished Stone constituency which had been absorbed by the County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent.

The constituency and its predecessor were safe Labour seats from 1935 until the 2010s when it became marginal. It was won by the Conservative Party for the first time in 2017 when Jack Brereton became its MP. [8] At the 2019 general election, the Conservatives increased their majority to over 11,000 votes; with a vote share of 62%. This was overturned in the 2024 election when, despite boundary changes favorable to the Conservatives, Labour'sAllison Gardner won the seat, albeit with a small majority of 627 votes. [9]

Prominent members

Jack Ashley (later Lord Ashley) became deaf as a result of an operation, but his disability campaigns led to major enactments and public sector changes to improve ordinary life for deaf people, including the inclusion of sign language in television programmes and campaigns to help other disabled people.

Members of Parliament

Stoke-on-Trent/"Stoke" prior to 1950

ElectionMember [10] Party
1950 Ellis Smith Labour
1966 Jack Ashley Labour
1992 George Stevenson Labour
2005 Rob Flello Labour
2017 Jack Brereton Conservative
2024 Allison Gardner Labour

Elections

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Stoke South election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Stoke-on-Trent South [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allison Gardner 14,221 34.7 +5.1
Conservative Jack Brereton 13,59433.2−29.3
Reform UK Michael Bailey8,85121.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Alec Sandiford1,5773.9−2.3
Independent Asif Mehmood1,3723.4N/A
Green Peggy Wiseman1,2072.9+1.3
Independent Carla Parrish1200.3N/A
Majority6271.5N/A
Turnout 40,94259.7−1.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +15.0

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Stoke-on-Trent South [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Brereton 24,632 62.2 +13.1
Labour Mark McDonald13,36133.7–13.8
Liberal Democrats Rosalyn Gordon1,6114.1+2.2
Majority11,27128.5+26.9
Turnout 39,60461.4–1.7
Conservative hold Swing +13.4
General election 2017: Stoke-on-Trent South [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Brereton 20,451 49.1 +16.4
Labour Rob Flello 19,78847.5+8.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Wilkes8081.9–1.4
Green Jan Zablocki6431.5–1.1
Majority6631.6N/A
Turnout 41,69063.1+5.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.1
General election 2015: Stoke-on-Trent South [14] [15] [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Flello 15,319 39.2 +0.4
Conservative Joe Rich12,78032.7+4.3
UKIP Tariq Mahmood8,29821.2+17.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Andras1,3093.3–12.6
Green Luke Bellamy1,0292.6New
TUSC Matthew Wright3721.0New
Majority2,5396.5–3.9
Turnout 39,10757.3–1.5
Labour hold Swing –2.0
General election 2010: Stoke-on-Trent South [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Flello 15,446 38.8 –8.1
Conservative James Rushton11,31628.4+4.2
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali6,32315.9+0.8
BNP Michael Coleman3,7629.4+0.4
UKIP Mark Barlow1,3633.4+0.7
Staffordshire Independent GroupTerry Follows1,2083.0New
Independent Mark Breeze4341.1New
Majority4,13010.4–12.6
Turnout 39,85258.8+4.4
Labour hold Swing –6.2

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent South [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Flello 17,727 46.9 –6.9
Conservative Mark Deaville9,04623.9–0.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Martin5,89415.6+2.5
BNP Mark Leat3,3058.7+4.9
UKIP Neville Benson1,0432.8New
Veritas Grant Allen8052.1New
Majority8,61823.0–6.2
Turnout 37,82053.6+2.2
Labour hold Swing –3.1
General election 2001: Stoke-on-Trent South [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Stevenson 19,366 53.8 –8.2
Conservative Philip Bastiman8,87724.6+2.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Coleman4,72413.1+2.9
Independent Adrian Knapper1,7034.7New
BNP Steven Batkin1,3583.8+2.6
Majority10,48929.2–10.4
Turnout 36,02851.4–14.7
Labour hold Swing –5.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Stoke-on-Trent South [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Stevenson 28,645 62.0 +12.2
Conservative Sheila Scott10,34222.4–14.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Barnett4,71010.2+2.8
Referendum Richard Adams1,1032.4New
Liberal Alison Micklem5801.3New
BNP Steven Batkin5681.2New
National Democrats Brian Lawrence2880.6New
Majority18,30339.6+26.5
Turnout 46,23666.1–8.2
Labour hold Swing +13.3
General election 1992: Stoke-on-Trent South [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Stevenson 26,380 49.8 +2.3
Conservative Roger Ibbs19,47136.7–1.1
Liberal Democrats Fred Jones6,87013.0–1.7
Natural Law Elizabeth Lines2910.5New
Majority6,90913.1+3.4
Turnout 53,01274.3+0.6
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1987: Stoke-on-Trent South [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Ashley 24,794 47.5
Conservative Dennis Hartshorne19,74137.8
Liberal Peter Wild7,66914.69
Majority5,0539.68
Turnout 52,20473.73
Labour hold Swing
General election 1983: Stoke-on-Trent South [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Ashley 23,611 48.0 −10.8
Conservative Peter Maxwell16,50633.6+1.3
Liberal William Walley9,05018.4+9.4
Majority7,10514.4−12.1
Turnout 49,16769.6−2.9
Labour hold Swing -6.0

Elections of the 1970s

General election 1979: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Ashley 31,610 58.75
Conservative R Rayner17,36432.27
Liberal D Chantrey4,8298.98
Majority14,24626.48
Turnout 53,80372.52
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Ashley 30,699 61.18
Conservative S Heath14,20428.31
Liberal E Johnson5,27810.52
Majority16,49532.87
Turnout 50,18169.09
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Ashley 31,650 56.83
Conservative S Newall15,98128.70
Liberal M Smith7,57813.61New
Communist S Lomas4810.86
Majority15,66928.13
Turnout 55,69077.38
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Ashley 20,770 60.24
Conservative RJ Apps13,34438.70
Communist SJ Lomas3641.06
Majority7,42621.54
Turnout 34,47850.66
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1960s

General election 1966: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Ashley 27,380 61.65
Conservative FW Thornton14,76933.26
Communist SJ Lomas2,2625.09New
Majority12,61128.39
Turnout 44,41171.02
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellis Smith 28,928 60.56
Conservative Clive Howson18,83939.44
Majority10,08921.12
Turnout 47,76775.65
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1950s

General election 1959: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellis Smith 29,578 59.28
Conservative Geoffrey S Tucker20,31840.72
Majority9,26018.56
Turnout 49,89678.24
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellis Smith 31,003 63.61
Conservative Basil GC Webb17,73936.39
Majority13,26427.22
Turnout 48,74273.62
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ellis Smith 35,261 65.77
Conservative Basil Webb18,35534.23
Majority16,90631.54
Turnout 53,61684.21
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Stoke-on-Trent South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ellis Smith 34,339 64.45
Conservative L Orridge14,63727.47
Liberal William Herbert Kemp 4,3078.08
Majority19,70236.98
Turnout 53,28385.27
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough 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. ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  3. ↑ LGBCE. "Stoke-on-Trent | LGBCE". lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Stoke-on-Trent (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  5. ↑ "New Seat Details – Stoke-on-Trent South". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Local statistics – Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk.
  7. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  8. ↑ Brereton's was 1 of 6 total gains offset by greater losses (13 net seats lost) for his party in the 2017 results nationwide. In 2017 the two largest parties increased their share of the vote largely in England at the expense of UKIP.
  9. ↑ Andrews, Rob (5 July 2024). "Labour win Stoke-on-Trent South as Jack Brereton kicked out". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
  11. ↑ "Stoke-on-Trent South". BBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Stoke-on-Trent South Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Stoke-on-Trent South". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Candidates (PPCS) for Stoke-on-Trent South in the UK 2015 General Ele…". Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Peter Andras PPC page". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "MORE TUSC CANDIDATES IN PLACE AS ELECTION CHALLENGE GROWS". tusc.org.uk. 19 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated".[ permanent dead link ]
  20. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2005 – Results – Stoke-on-Trent South". BBC News.
  22. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "BBC NEWS – VOTE 2001 – RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES – Stoke-on-Trent South". BBC News.
  24. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ↑ "BBC – Error 404 : Not Found". Archived from the original on 28 October 2004.
  26. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  27. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  28. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  29. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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