South West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South West Staffordshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Staffordshire
1974 (1974)1983
Number of membersOne
Replaced by South Staffordshire
Created from Wolverhampton North East, Brierley Hill and Cannock (parts)

South West Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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History

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Rural Districts of Cannock and Seisdon.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Feb 1974 Patrick Cormack Conservative
1983 renamed South Staffordshire

Election results

General election February 1974: South West Staffordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 23,87848.84
Labour Ivor Wymer14,12028.88
Liberal Eric Freeman10,40821.29
English National David Maxwell4820.99
Majority9,75819.96
Turnout 48,88880.74
Conservative win (new seat)
General election October 1974: South West Staffordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 22,60449.11+0.27
Labour Ivor Wymer15,06532.73+3.85
Liberal Anthony Lambert8,35518.15-3.14
Majority7,53916.38-3.58
Turnout 46,02475.40-5.34
Conservative hold Swing -1.79
General election 1979: South West Staffordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Cormack 32,15360.39+11.28
Labour GJ Lane14,72027.65-5.08
Liberal R Fox5,46010.25-7.90
National Front J Thomas9121.71New
Majority17,43332.74+16.36
Turnout 53,24579.02+3.62
Conservative hold Swing +8.18

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