South West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South West Staffordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Staffordshire
1974–1983
Number of members	One
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.

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

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Patrick Cormack	Conservative
1983		renamed South Staffordshire

Election results

General Election 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick Cormack	32,153	60.39
	Labour	GJ Lane	14,720	27.65
	Liberal	R Fox	5,460	5,460
	National Front	J Thomas	912	1.71
Majority			17,433	32.74
Turnout				79.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick Cormack	22,604	49.11
	Labour	IK Wymer	15,065	32.73
	Liberal	A Lambert	8,355	18.15
Majority			7,539	16.38
Turnout				75.40
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick Cormack	23,878	48.84
	Labour	IK Wymer	14,120	28.88
	Liberal	E Freeman	10,408	21.29
	English National	D Maxwell	482	0.99
Majority			9,758	19.96
Turnout				80.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)