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 Parliamentary constituencies - 4 Borough constituencies and 8 County constituencies.

2010 Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate	Majority[nb 2]	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Burton CC	75,248	11,252		Andrew Griffiths		Jon Wheale
Cannock Chase CC	74,542	4,923		Amanda Milling		Janos Toth
Lichfield CC	74,234	18,189		Michael Fabricant		Chris Worsey
Newcastle-under-Lyme BC	66,753	650		Paul Farrelly		Tony Cox
South Staffordshire CC	72,771	20,371		Gavin Williamson		Kevin McElduff
Stafford CC	68,705	9,177		Jeremy Lefroy		Kate Godfrey
Staffordshire Moorlands CC	63,104	10,174		Karen Bradley		Trudie McGuinness
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC	60,634	5,179		Tristram Hunt		Mick Harold
Stoke-on-Trent North BC	71,438	4,836		Ruth Smeeth		Ben Adams
Stoke-on-Trent South BC	68,091	2,539		Robert Flello		Joe Rich
Stone CC	67,339	16,250		Bill Cash		Sam Hale
Tamworth CC	71,903	11,302		Christopher Pincher		Carol Dean

Historic Constituencies

Before 1832

• Stafforshire County Constituency 2 members
• Lichfield Brough Constituency
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Constituency
• Stafford Borough Constuency

1832-1885

The County Constituency was divided into:

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

1885 on

The County Constituencies were divided into:

• Burton (still exists)
• Handsworth (until 1918 when it became a Birmingham constituency)
• Kingswinford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Brierley Hill)
• Leek (until 1983 when replaced by Staffordshire Moorlands)
• Lichfield (until 1950)
• Staffordshire North-West (until 1918)
• Staffordshire West (until 1918)

Boundary changes

Name	Pre-2010 boundaries	Boundaries from 2010
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

The proposals by the Boundary Commission for England retained these 12 constituencies with changes to align with current local government wards, and to better equalise the electorates. These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Results

2005	2010	2015

Notes

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.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs