List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

The ceremonial county of Staffordshire (which includes the area of the Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority) is divided into 12 seats - 4 borough and 8 county constituencies. Staffordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England. At the 2019 general election, for the first time in history all of Staffordshire's elected MPs were Conservatives.

Constituencies

  Conservative †   Labour ‡

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
Burton CC	75,036	14,496		Kate Kniveton †		Louise Walker ‡
Cannock Chase CC	74,813	19,879		Amanda Milling †		Anne Hobbs ‡
Lichfield CC	76,616	23,638		Michael Fabricant †		Dave Robertson ‡
Newcastle-under-Lyme BC	68,211	7,446		Aaron Bell †		Carl Greatbatch ‡
South Staffordshire CC	73,668	28,250		Gavin Williamson †		Adam Freeman ‡
Stafford CC	72,572	14,377		Theo Clarke †		Joyce Still ‡
Staffordshire Moorlands CC	65,485	16,428		Karen Bradley †		Darren Price ‡
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC	55,419	670		Jo Gideon †		Gareth Snell ‡
Stoke-on-Trent North BC	68,298	6,286		Jonathan Gullis †		Ruth Smeeth ‡
Stoke-on-Trent South BC	64,491	11,271		Jack Brereton †		Mark McDonald ‡
Stone CC	69,378	19,945		Bill Cash †		Mike Stubbs ‡
Tamworth CC		1,316		Sarah Edwards ‡		Andrew Cooper †

At the 2017 general election, the Conservative Party (its candidates) made a net gain of one seat by gaining Stoke-on-Trent South. This also saw Newcastle-under-Lyme become the third-most-marginal Labour seat in England.

In the 2019 UK general election, Conservative candidates made a net gain of three seats: gaining Stoke-on-Trent North, Stoke-on-Trent Central and Newcastle-under-Lyme. This meant all seats in Staffordshire had a Conservative MP.

The above were all at the expense of Labour seats, in the same way that Labour gained most of its maximal 9 seats in the county, recorded to date, in 1997.

Historic constituencies

Before 1832

• Staffordshire County Constituency (2 members)
• Lichfield Borough Constituency
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Constituency
• Stafford Borough Constituency

1832-1885

The county constituency was divided into:

• North Staffordshire
• South Staffordshire
• Walsall new Borough Constituency
• Wolverhampton new Borough Constituency

1885-1918

The county constituencies were divided into:

• Burton (still exists)
• Handsworth (until 1918 when it became a Birmingham constituency)
• Hanley (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stoke-on-Trent Central)
• Kingswinford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Brierley Hill)
• Leek (until 1983 when replaced by Staffordshire Moorlands)
• Lichfield (until 1950 when it was replaced by Lichfield and Tamworth)
• Newcastle-under-Lyme (still exists)
• Stafford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stafford and Stone)
• Staffordshire North-West (until 1918)
• Staffordshire West (until 1918)
• Stoke-upon-Trent (until 1918)
• Tamworth (until 1950)
• Walsall (until 1955)
• Wednesbury (until 1974)
• West Bromwich (until 1974)
• Wolverhampton East (until 1950)
• Wolverhampton South (until 1918)
• Wolverhampton West (until 1950)

1918-1950

• Burslem (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stoke-on-Trent North)
• Burton (still exists)
• Cannock (created out of Kingswinford, West Staffordshire and Lichfield)
• Hanley (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stoke-on-Trent Central)
• Kingswinford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Brierley Hill)
• Leek (until 1983 when replaced by Staffordshire Moorlands)
• Lichfield (until 1950 when it was replaced by Lichfield and Tamworth)
• Newcastle-under-Lyme (still exists)
• Smethwick (until 1974 when it was replaced by Warley East)
• Stafford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stafford and Stone)
• Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stoke-on-Trent Central, Stoke-on-Trent North and Stoke-on-Trent South)
• Stone (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stafford and Stone)
• Tamworth (until 1950)
• Walsall (until 1955)
• Wednesbury (until 1974)
• West Bromwich (until 1974)
• Woverhampton Bilston (until 1974)
• Wolverhampton East (until 1950)
• Wolverhampton West (until 1950)

1950-1983

• Aldridge-Brownhills (since 1974, created out of Walsall North and Walsall South)
• Brierley Hill (until 1974)
• Burton (still exists)
• Cannock
• Leek
• Lichfield and Tamworth
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Smethwick (until 1974)
• South West Staffordshire (1974
• Stafford and Stone
• Stoke-on-Trent Central
• Stoke-on-Trent North
• Stoke-on-Trent South
• Walsall (until 1955)
• Walsall North (created out of Walsall in 1955)
• Walsall South (created out of Walsall in 1955)
• Wednesbury (until 1974)
• West Bromwich (until 1974)
• West Bromwich East (from 1974)
• West Bromwich West (from 1974)
• Wolverhampton Bilston (until 1974)
• Wolverhampton North East (from 1950)
• Wolverhampton South East (from 1974)
• Wolverhampton South West (from 1950)

1983-1997

• Burton
• Cannock and Burntwood
• Mid Staffordshire
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• South Staffordshire
• South West Staffordshire
• Stafford
• Staffordshire Moorlands
• Stoke-on-Trent Central
• Stoke-on-Trent North
• Stoke-on-Trent South
• Stone

1997 to present

• Burton
• Cannock Chase
• Lichfield
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• South Staffordshire
• Stafford
• Staffordshire Moorlands
• Stoke-on-Trent Central
• Stoke-on-Trent North
• Stoke-on-Trent South
• Stone
• Tamworth

2010 Boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the 12 constituencies covering Staffordshire for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Boundaries 2010–present
Burton CC Cannock Chase CC Lichfield CC Newcastle-under-Lyme BC South Staffordshire CC Stafford CC Staffordshire Moorlands CC Stoke-on-Trent Central BC Stoke-on-Trent North BC Stoke-on-Trent South BC Stone CC Tamworth CC

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission proposed that Staffordshire be combined with the Black Country as a sub-region of the West Midlands Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, which would include part of the abolished constituency of South Staffordshire; remaining areas of this seat would be combined with parts of the abolished constituency of Stone to form Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. Although the seat was unchanged, Burton was renamed Burton and Uttoxeter.^[4][5]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Cannock Chase

• Cannock Chase

Containing electoral wards from East Staffordshire

• Burton and Uttoxeter
• Lichfield (part)

Containing electoral wards from Lichfield

• Lichfield (part)
• Tamworth (part)

Containing electoral wards from Newcastle-under-Lyme

• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Stafford (part)
• Stoke-on-Trent North (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Staffordshire

• Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (part also in the West Midlands metropolitan borough of Dudley)
• Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (part)

Containing electoral wards from Stafford

• Stafford (part)
• Stoke-on-Trent South (part)
• Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (part)

Containing electoral wards from Staffordshire Moorlands

• Staffordshire Moorlands
• Stoke-on-Trent South (part)

Containing electoral wards from Stoke-on-Trent

• Stoke-on-Trent Central
• Stoke-on-Trent North (part)
• Stoke-on-Trent South (part)

Containing electoral wards from Tamworth

• Tamworth (part)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[6]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Staffordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	336,621	61.6%	5.3%	12	3
Labour	154,301	28.2%	9.7%	0	3
Liberal Democrats	30,431	5.6%	2.5%	0	0
Greens	16,826	3.1%	1.6%	0	0
Brexit	5,986	1.1%	new
Others	2,135	0.4%	0.8%	0	0
Total	546,300	100.0		12

Percentage votes

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Maps

1885-1910

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1918-1945

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  1918
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  1922
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  1923
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  1924
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  1929
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  1931
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  1935
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  1945

1950-1979

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  1951
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  1955
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  1959
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  1964
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  1966
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  1970
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1983-present

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  1983
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  1987
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  1992
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  1997
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  2005
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  2010
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  2015
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  2019

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist   National Party

*Transferred to Warwickshire 1911

1918 to 1950

  Coalition Labour   Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Coalition National Democratic & Labour   Conservative   Constitutionalist   Independent Labour   Labour   Liberal   National Government   National Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)   National Party   New Party

1950 to 1983

The West Midlands Order 1965 transferred the Dudley area from Worcestershire to Staffordshire and part of the Warley area from Staffordshire to Worcestershire. These changes were incorporated into the new constituency boundaries for the February 1974 general election.

  Conservative   Labour

1983 to 2010

  Conservative   Labour

2010 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)

Notes

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs