Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
Major settlements | Stone, Great Wyrley, Penkridge |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Gavin Williamson (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Stone South Staffordshire |
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election [2] and is represented by Sir Gavin Williamson of the Conservative Party.
The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the three eponymous communities interspersed largely with rural areas: [4]
Following a local government boundary review in South Staffordshire which came into effect in May 2023, [5] [6] the constituency now comprises the following from the next general election:
Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit. [7]
Following the announcement that Sir Bill Cash, the MP for Stone, would not be standing at the next general election, Sir Gavin Williamson, the current MP for South Staffordshire, was chosen as the Conservative candidate for this seat in July 2023. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gavin Williamson [9] | 19,880 | 46.5 | −22.0 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Brown [10] | 14,414 | 33.7 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Harper-Wallis [11] | 2,952 | 6.9 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Janice MacKay | 2,638 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Green | Danni Braine [12] | 2,236 | 5.2 | +1.8 | |
SDP | Alexander Bramham [13] | 650 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,466 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 42,770 | 60.8 | |||
Registered electors | 71,570 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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