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 - 2 borough and 10 county constituencies, one of which includes part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. Staffordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England. At the 2024 general election, nine of the seats were won by Labour and three by the Conservatives.

Constituencies

Conservative † Labour ‡ Reform UK ¤

Constituency^{[nb 1]}	Electorate	Majority^{[nb 2]}
Burton and Uttoxeter CC	77,992	2,266	Jacob Collier ‡	Kate Kniveton †
Cannock Chase CC	76,974	3,125	Josh Newbury ‡	Amanda Milling †
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC (part)	71,662	6,303	Mike Wood †	Sally Benton ‡
Lichfield CC	76,118	810	Dave Robertson ‡	Michael Fabricant †
Newcastle-under-Lyme CC	67,839	5,069	Adam Jogee ‡	Simon Tagg †
Stafford CC	70,608	4,595	Leigh Ingham ‡	Theo Clarke †
Staffordshire Moorlands CC	69,892	1,175	Karen Bradley †	Alastair Watson ‡
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC	73,693	6,409	Gareth Snell ‡	Luke Shenton ¤
Stoke-on-Trent North BC	69,790	5,082	David Williams ‡	Jonathan Gullis †
Stoke-on-Trent South CC	68,263	627	Allison Gardner ‡	Jack Brereton †
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge CC	71,570	5,466	Gavin Williamson †	Jacqueline Brown ‡
Tamworth CC	75,059	1,382	Sarah Edwards ‡	Eddie Hughes †

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

1997 to 2024

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name	Boundaries 2010-2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–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	2010-2024 constituencies in Staffordshire	Burton and Uttoxeter CC Cannock Chase CC Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC Lichfield CC Newcastle-under-Lyme CC Stafford CC Staffordshire Moorlands CC Stoke-on-Trent Central BC Stoke-on-Trent North BC Stoke-on-Trent South CC Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge CC Tamworth CC	Current constituencies in Staffordshire

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Staffordshire 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 included part of the abolished constituency of South Staffordshire; remaining areas of this seat were 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.^[1]^[2]

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

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)

2010

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 2010–2024
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

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[3]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Staffordshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	183,181	35.4%	7.1%	9	9
Conservative	164,440	31.8%	29.8%	3	9
Reform	105,605	20.4%	19.3%	0
Greens	23,018	4.4%	1.3%	0
Liberal Democrats	21,396	4.1%	1.5%	0
Others	9,757	1.9%	1.5%	0
Total	517,614	100.0		12

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	32.9	33.9	41.8	51.3	48.0	41.4	31.1	29.2	37.9	28.2	35.4
Conservative	44.9	44.9	44.0	33.7	35.9	35.2	41.6	45.7	56.3	61.6	31.8
Reform¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1	20.4
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	0.2	2.8	1.5	3.1	4.4
Liberal Democrat²	22.1	21.1	13.4	10.7	12.5	15.5	17.9	3.6	3.1	5.6	4.1
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	5.1	17.6	0.9	*	*
Other	0.1	0.2	0.9	4.2	3.6	7.8	4.1	1.2	0.3	0.4	1.9

¹2019 - Brexit Party
²1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	4	4	5	9	9	9	4	4	3	0	9
Conservative	7	7	6	3	3	3	8	8	9	12	3
Total	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Maps

1885-1910

1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910

1918-1945

1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945

1950-1979

1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
Feb 1974
Oct 1974
1979

1983-present

1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
2024

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

Constituency	1885	1886	86	90	91	1892	93	1895	96	98	1900	05	1906	07	08	09	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	12	16
Burton	M. Bass		Evershed								Ratcliff								→
Handsworth*	Wiggin	→				H. Meysey-Thompson							E. Meysey-Thompson						→
Hanley	Woodall										Heath		Edwards			→			Outhwaite
Kingswinford	A. Staveley Hill										Webb	H. Staveley-Hill
Leek	Crompton	Davenport				Bill							Pearce				Heath	Pearce
Lichfield	Swinburne					Darwin		Fulford	Warner
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Allen	Coghill				Allen					Haslam		Wedgwood
Stafford	C. McLaren	Salt				Shaw												Essex
Staffordshire, North West	Leveson-Gower	Edwards-Heathcote				Heath							Billson	Stanley			→			Finney
Staffordshire, West	H. Bass	→								Henderson			H. McLaren				Lloyd		→
Stoke-upon-Trent	Bright			Leveson-Gower				Coghill			→		Ward
Walsall	Forster				Holden	James	Hayter	Gedge			Hayter		Dunne				Cooper
Wednesbury	Lloyd	Stanhope				Lloyd		Green					Hyde				Norton-Griffiths
West Bromwich	Blades	Spencer											Hazel				Legge
Wolverhampton East	Fowler														Thorne
Wolverhampton South	Villiers	→								Gibbons	Norman						Hickman
Wolverhampton West	Hickman	Plowden				Hickman							Richards				Bird

*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

Constituency	1918	19	22	1922	1923	1924	24	26	28	1929	31	1931	31	32	1935	38	41	42	43	44	1945	45
Burslem	Finney			MacLaren	Robinson	MacLaren						Allen	→		MacLaren						Davies
Burton	J. Gretton																		J. F. Gretton		Lyne
Cannock	J. Parker			Adamson								Ward			Adamson						Lee
Hanley	Seddon			M. Parker		Clowes			Hollins			Hales			Hollins						Stross
Kingswinford	Sitch											Todd			Henderson
Leek	Bromfield											Ratcliffe			Bromfield						Davies
Lichfield	Warner				Hodges	Wilson				Lovat-Fraser	→					Poole
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Wedgwood	→																Mack
Smethwick	Davison							O. Mosley			→	Wise									Dobbs	Gordon Walker
Stafford	Ormsby-Gore															Thorneycroft					Swingler
Stoke	Ward				→	→	→			C. Mosley	→	Copeland			Smith
Stone	Hill Child			Lamb																	Fraser
Walsall	Cooper		→	Collins		Preston				McShane		Leckie	→			Schuster					Wells
Wednesbury	Short											Ward		Banfield							Evans
West Bromwich	Roberts											Ramsay			Roberts		Dugdale
Wolverhampton Bilston	Hickman			Howard-Bury		Baker						Peto			Hannah					Gibbons	Nally
Wolverhampton East	Thorne									Mander											Baird
Wolverhampton West	A. Bird		R. Bird							Brown	→	R. Bird									Hughes

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

Constituency	1950	1951	53	1955	57	1959	63	1964	1966	67	69	1970	73	Feb 74	Oct 74	76	1979
Bilston / W'hampton SE ('74)	Nally			Edwards
Brierley Hill / Staffs SW (1974)	Simmons					Talbot				Montgomery				Cormack
Burton	Colegate			Jennings										Lawrence
Cannock	Lee											Cormack		Roberts
Leek	Davies											Knox
Lichfield and Tamworth	Snow											J. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid			Grocott		Heddle
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Mack	Swingler									Golding
Rowley Regis & Tipton / Dudley E ('74)	Henderson								Archer					Gilbert
Smethwick / Warley East ('74)	Gordon Walker							Griffiths	Faulds
Stafford and Stone	Fraser
Stoke-on-Trent Central	Stross								Cant
Stoke-on-Trent North	Davies		Slater						Forrester
Stoke-on-Trent South	Smith								Ashley
Walsall / Walsall North (1955)	Wells													Stonehouse		Hodgson	Winnick
Wednesbury / W. Brom. W ('74)	Evans				Stonehouse									Boothroyd
West Bromwich / W. Brom. E ('74)	Dugdale						Foley						Boothroyd	Snape
Wolverhampton North East	Baird							Short
Wolverhampton South West	Powell													Budgen
Walsall South				H. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid										George
Aldridge-Brownhills														Edge			Shepherd
Dudley West														Phipps			Blackburn

1983 to 2010

Conservative Labour

Constituency	1983	84	86	1987	90	1992	96	1997	2001	2005
Burton	Lawrence							Dean
Cannock and Burntwood / Cannock Chase (1997)	Howarth					Wright
Mid Staffordshire / Lichfield (1997)	Heddle				Heal	Fabricant
Newcastle-under-Lyme	J. Golding		L. Golding						Farrelly
Stafford	Fraser	Cash						Kidney
Staffordshire Moorlands	Knox							Atkins
South East Staffordshire / Tamworth (1997)	Lightbown						Jenkins
South Staffordshire	Cormack
Stoke-on-Trent Central	Fisher
Stoke-on-Trent North	Forrester			Walley
Stoke-on-Trent South	Ashley					Stevenson				Flello
Stone								Cash

2010 to present

Conservative Independent Labour

Constituency	2010	2015	17	2017	18	18	2019	22	23	2024
Burton / Burton and Uttoxeter (2024)	Griffiths				→	→	Kniveton			Collier
Cannock Chase	Burley	Milling								Newbury
Lichfield	Fabricant									Robertson
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Farrelly						Bell			Jogee
S Staffordshire / Kingswinford & S Staffs ('24)	Williamson									Wood
Stafford	Lefroy						Clarke			Ingham
Staffordshire Moorlands	Bradley
Stoke-on-Trent South	Flello			Brereton						Gardner
Stoke-on-Trent Central	Hunt		Snell				Gideon			Snell
Stoke-on-Trent North	Walley	Smeeth					Gullis			Williams
Stone / Stone, Great Wyrley & Penkridge ('24)	Cash									Williamson
Tamworth	Pincher							→	Edwards

Notes

^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

^ Madeley, Peter. "In detail: Proposed boundary changes for the Black Country and Staffordshire". Express & Star. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 1271-1293. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

[1] BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

[2] The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

[3] Madeley, Peter. "In detail: Proposed boundary changes for the Black Country and Staffordshire". Express & Star. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[4] "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 1271-1293. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[5] Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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2024

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