Stone (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stone
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Stone in Staffordshire
EnglandStaffordshire.svg
Location of Staffordshire within England
County Staffordshire
Electorate 66,729 (December 2010) [1]
1997–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Mid Staffordshire
Replaced by Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Type of constituency County constituency
Created from North West Staffordshire, West Staffordshire, Leek and Burton
Replaced by Stafford and Stone

Stone was a constituency [n 1] in Staffordshire in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented since its 1997 recreation by Sir Bill Cash, a Conservative. [n 2] On 9 June 2023, he announced his intention to stand down at the 2024 general election. [2]

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to moderate boundary changes, it will be reformed as Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge , to be first contested at the 2024 general election. [3]

Constituency profile

This was a mostly rural seat to the south of the Stoke-on-Trent conurbation. Electoral Calculus described the seat as "Strong Right" characterised by retired, socially conservative voters who strongly supported Brexit. [4]

Boundaries

Stone (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

Stone was in the top decile in geographical size in England. It covered the area from Madeley in the north to the west of Newcastle-under-Lyme, then ran south and out to the outskirts of Market Drayton, running down to the northern edge of Newport. The boundary headed north alongside the western boundary of Stafford around the north of Stafford and down its eastern boundary. It ran across the north of Abbots Bromley before reaching its eastern end. It continued to the west of Uttoxeter in the Burton constituency. It then extended eastwards between the Burton constituency and up to Cheadle and to the south of Stoke-on-Trent. The towns of Eccleshall, Cheadle and Stone were within the constituency.

2010–2024: The Borough of Stafford wards of Barlaston and Oulton, Chartley, Church Eaton, Eccleshall, Fulford, Gnosall and Woodseaves, Milwich, St Michael's, Stonefield and Christchurch, Swynnerton, and Walton, the District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East, Cheadle West, Checkley, and Forsbrook, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Loggerheads and Whitmore, and Madeley.

1997–2010: The Borough of Stafford wards of Barlaston, Chartley, Church Eaton, Eccleshall, Fulford, Gnosall, Milwich, Oulton, St Michael's, Stonefield and Christchurch, Swynnerton, Walton, and Woodseaves, the District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of Alton, Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East, Cheadle West, Checkley, Forsbrook, and Kingsley, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Loggerheads, Madeley, and Whitmore.

1918–1950: The Urban District of Stone, and the Rural Districts of Blore Heath, Cheadle, Mayfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Stone.

There were various alterations to the constituency shape in boundary changes put in place for the 2010 general election. Stone took the areas covered by the Bradley, and Salt and Enson civil parish from the neighbouring Stafford constituency. In turn, the parishes of Hixon, Ellenhall, and Ranton, were moved back from Stone to Stafford. In the largest alteration, the north-eastern parishes covering Kingsley, Oakamoor, Alton, Farley, and Cotton, were all moved to the altered Staffordshire Moorlands. [5]

From the 2024 general election, the constituency will be merged with parts of the current South Staffordshire and Dudley South constituencies to form the new constituency of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. Gavin Williamson, MP for South Staffordshire, will stand as the Conservative candidate in place of Bill Cash who announced his retirement from the House of Commons in June 2023. [6] [7]

History

The earlier constituency of the same name that existed 1918-1950 elected Conservatives, all three officers who had fought with some distinction in either of the two World Wars.

A new Stone constituency was created for the 1997 general election, when Parliament approved for Staffordshire the additional seat proposed by the Boundary Commission. The constituency was formed from parts of the Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Mid Staffordshire.

Presenting a safe seat for the Conservatives and proving to be one, [8] its creation reduced the Conservative majority in the Staffordshire Moorlands and Stafford constituencies, [8] both of which were gained by a Labour Party member at the 1997 general election.

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished prior to the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed to a newly created seat and four neighbouring constituencies: [3]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

ElectionMember [9] Party
1918 Sir Smith Child, Bt. Coalition Conservative
1922 Sir Joseph Lamb Conservative
1945 Hugh Fraser Conservative
1950 Constituency abolished

MPs 1997–2024

ElectionMember [9] Party
1997 Sir Bill Cash Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Stone [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Cash 31,687 63.6 +0.4
Labour Mike Stubbs11,74223.6−4.6
Liberal Democrats Alec Sandiford4,4128.9+4.5
Green Tom Adamson2,0024.0+2.6
Majority19,94540.0+5.0
Turnout 49,84371.8−2.0
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
General election 2017: Stone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Cash 31,614 63.2 +8.5
Labour Co-op Sam Hale14,11928.2+8.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Lewis2,2224.4−0.9
UKIP Edward Whitfield1,3702.7−13.5
Green Sam Pancheri7071.4−1.1
Majority17,49535.0+0.5
Turnout 50,03273.8+3.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.2
General election 2015: Stone [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Cash 25,733 54.7 +4.1
Labour Sam Hale9,48320.2−0.5
UKIP Andrew Illsley [12] 7,62016.2+10.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Lewis2,4735.3−17.1
Green Wenslie Naylon1,1912.5+1.5
Independent John Coutouvidis5311.1New
Majority16,25034.5+6.3
Turnout 47,03170.1−0.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2010: Stone [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Cash 23,890 50.6 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Tinker10,59822.4+3.8
Labour Joanne Lewis9,77020.7−9.0
UKIP Andrew Illsley2,4815.3+2.0
Green Damon Hoppe4901.0New
Majority13,29228.2+8.9
Turnout 47,22970.5+3.5
Conservative hold Swing −0.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Stone [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Cash 22,733 48.3 −0.8
Labour Mark Davis13,64429.0−6.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Stevens9,11119.4+4.3
UKIP Mike Nattrass 1,5483.3New
Majority9,08919.3+6.0
Turnout 47,03666.9+0.6
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
General election 2001: Stone [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Cash 22,395 49.1 +2.3
Labour John Palfreyman16,35935.8−3.8
Liberal Democrats Brendan McKeown6,88815.1+3.1
Majority6,03613.3+6.1
Turnout 45,64266.3−12.5
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1990s

General election 1997: Stone [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Cash 24,859 46.8
Labour John Wakefield21,04139.6
Liberal Democrats Barry Stamp6,39212.0
Liberal Ann Winfield5451.0
Natural Law Dinah Grice2370.4
Majority3,8187.2
Turnout 53,07477.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Fraser 20,279 42.9 −18.1
Labour W Simcock18,17338.4−0.6
Liberal John Wedgwood 8,85318.7New
Majority2,1064.5−17.5
Turnout 47,30572.6+6.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Lamb 20,498 61.0 −1.1
Labour WI Simcock13,09939.0+20.7
Majority7,39922.0−20.5
Turnout 33,59766.3−8.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Stone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Lamb 20,327 62.1 +22.1
Liberal Walter Meakin 6,40719.6−8.7
Labour WI Simcock5,99318.3−9.4
Majority13,92042.5+26.8
Turnout 32,72774.6−2.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Stone [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Joseph Lamb 13,965 44.0 −13.3
Liberal Walter Meakin 8,97528.3+4.5
Labour George Belt 8,79227.7+8.8
Majority4,99015.7−17.8
Turnout 31,73276.9+2.0
Registered electors 41,268
Unionist hold Swing −8.9
General election 1924: Stone [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Joseph Lamb 12,856 57.3 +6.5
Liberal Walter Meakin 5,35123.8−25.4
Labour C.A. Brook4,24518.9New
Majority7,50533.5+31.9
Turnout 22,45274.9+7.4
Registered electors 29,994
Unionist hold Swing +16.0
General election 1923: Stone [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Joseph Lamb 10,001 50.8 +12.5
Liberal Walter Meakin 9,68749.2+13.5
Majority3141.6−1.0
Turnout 19,68867.5−3.9
Registered electors 29,151
Unionist hold Swing −0.5
General election 1922: Stone [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Joseph Lamb 7,742 38.3 −8.4
Liberal George Townsend7,19835.7+1.3
AgriculturalistW.L. Steel5,24326.0+7.1
Majority5442.6−9.7
Turnout 20,18371.4+9.4
Registered electors 28,273
Unionist hold Swing −4.9

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Stone [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Smith Child 7,56846.7
Liberal George Townsend5,57334.4
Agriculturalist Joseph Lamb 3,05618.9
Majority1,99512.3
Turnout 16,19762.0
Registered electors 26,113
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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.

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. ↑ Castle, Richard (9 June 2023). "Stone MP Sir Bill Cash announces retirement after 40 years in Parliament". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Stone
  5. ↑ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
  6. ↑ "Sir Gavin to stand for Tories in new constituency". BBC News. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Veteran Tory MP and arch Eurosceptic Sir Bill Cash to retire at next election". The Independent. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. 1 2 Almanac of British Politics, 5th ed, Robert Waller
  9. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
  10. ↑ "Stone parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Election 2019 selected. BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983

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