Stone (UK Parliament constituency)
Stone | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Stone in Staffordshire | |
![]() Location of Staffordshire within England | |
County | Staffordshire |
Electorate | 66,729 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Bill Cash (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Stafford and Stone |
Created from | North West Staffordshire, West Staffordshire, Leek and Burton |
Stone is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 recreation by Bill Cash, a Conservative.[n 2]
Members of Parliament[]
MPs 1918–1950[]
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir Smith Child, Bt. | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Sir Joseph Lamb | Conservative | |
1945 | Hugh Fraser | Conservative | |
1950 | Constituency abolished |
MPs since 1997[]
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Sir Bill Cash | Conservative |
Constituency profile[]
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.9% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]
Boundaries[]
Stone is in the top decile in geographical size in England. It covers the area from Madeley in the north to the west of Newcastle-under-Lyme, then runs south and out to the outskirts of Market Drayton, running down to the northern edge of Newport. The boundary heads north alongside the western boundary of Stafford around the north of Stafford and down its eastern boundary. It runs across the north of Abbots Bromley before reaching its eastern end. It continues to the west of Uttoxeter in the Burton constituency. It then extends eastwards between the Burton constituency and up to Cheadle and to the south of Stoke-on-Trent. Currently within the constituency are the towns of Eccleshall, Cheadle and Stone.
2010–present: The Borough of Stafford wards of Barlaston and Oulton, Chartley, Church Eaton, Eccleshall, Fulford, Gnosall and Woodseaves, Milwich, St Michael’s, Stonefield and Christchurch, Swynnerton, and Walton, the District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East, Cheadle West, Checkley, and Forsbrook, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Loggerheads and Whitmore, and Madeley.
1997–2010: The Borough of Stafford wards of Barlaston, Chartley, Church Eaton, Eccleshall, Fulford, Gnosall, Milwich, Oulton, St Michael's, Stonefield and Christchurch, Swynnerton, Walton, and Woodseaves, the District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of Alton, Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East, Cheadle West, Checkley, Forsbrook, and Kingsley, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Loggerheads, Madeley, and Whitmore.
1918–1950: The Urban District of Stone, and the Rural Districts of Blore Heath, Cheadle, Mayfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Stone.
There were various alterations to the constituency shape in boundary changes put in place for the 2010 general election. Stone took the areas covered by the Bradley, and Salt and Enson civil parish from the neighbouring Stafford constituency. In turn, the parishes of Hixon, Ellenhall, and Ranton, were moved back from Stone to Stafford. In the largest alteration, the north-eastern parishes covering Kingsley, Oakamoor, Alton, Farley, and Cotton, were all moved to the altered Staffordshire Moorlands.[4]
History[]
The earlier constituency of the same name that existed 1918-1950 elected Conservatives, all three officers who had fought with some distinction in either of the two World Wars.
The current constituency was created for the 1997 general election, when Parliament approved for Staffordshire the additional seat proposed by the Boundary Commission. The constituency was formed from parts of the Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Mid Staffordshire.
Presenting a safe seat for the Conservatives and proving to be one,[5] its creation reduced the Conservative majority in the Staffordshire Moorlands and Stafford constituencies,[5] both of which were gained by a Labour party member at the 1997 general election.
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Cash | 31,687 | 63.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mike Stubbs | 11,742 | 23.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alec Sandiford | 4,412 | 8.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Tom Adamson | 2,002 | 4.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 19,945 | 40.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 49,843 | 71.8 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Cash | 31,614 | 63.2 | ![]() | |
Labour Co-op | Sam Hale | 14,119 | 28.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Lewis | 2,222 | 4.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Edward Whitfield | 1,370 | 2.7 | ![]() | |
Green | Sam Pancheri | 707 | 1.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 17,495 | 35.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 50,032 | 73.8 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Cash | 25,733 | 54.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Sam Hale | 9,483 | 20.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Andrew Illsley[8] | 7,620 | 16.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Lewis | 2,473 | 5.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Wenslie Naylon | 1,191 | 2.5 | ![]() | |
Independent | John Coutouvidis | 531 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,250 | 34.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 47,031 | 70.1 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Cash | 23,890 | 50.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Tinker | 10,598 | 22.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Joanne Lewis | 9,770 | 20.7 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Andrew Illsley | 2,481 | 5.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Damon Hoppe | 490 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 13,292 | 28.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 47,229 | 70.5 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Cash | 22,733 | 48.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mark Davis | 13,644 | 29.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Stevens | 9,111 | 19.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Mike Nattrass | 1,548 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 9,089 | 19.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 47,036 | 66.9 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Cash | 22,395 | 49.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | John Palfreyman | 16,359 | 35.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Brendan McKeown | 6,888 | 15.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 6,036 | 13.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 45,642 | 66.3 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Election in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Cash | 24,859 | 46.8 | ||
Labour | John Wakefield | 21,041 | 39.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Stamp | 6,392 | 12.0 | ||
Liberal | Ann Winfield | 545 | 1.0 | ||
Natural Law | Dinah Grice | 237 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 3,818 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 53,074 | 77.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Election in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Fraser | 20,279 | 42.9 | -18.1 | |
Labour | W Simcock | 18,173 | 38.4 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | John Wedgwood | 8,853 | 18.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,106 | 4.5 | -17.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,305 | 72.6 | +6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Lamb | 20,498 | 61.0 | -1.1 | |
Labour | WI Simcock | 13,099 | 39.0 | +20.7 | |
Majority | 7,399 | 22.0 | -20.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,597 | 66.3 | -8.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Lamb | 20,327 | 62.1 | +22.1 | |
Liberal | Walter Meakin | 6,407 | 19.6 | -8.7 | |
Labour | WI Simcock | 5,993 | 18.3 | -9.4 | |
Majority | 13,920 | 42.5 | +26.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,727 | 74.6 | -2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Joseph Lamb | 13,965 | 44.0 | −13.3 | |
Liberal | Walter Meakin | 8,975 | 28.3 | +4.5 | |
Labour | George Belt | 8,792 | 27.7 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 4,990 | 15.7 | −17.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,732 | 76.9 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 41,268 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Joseph Lamb | 12,856 | 57.3 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | Walter Meakin | 5,351 | 23.8 | −25.4 | |
Labour | C.A. Brook | 4,245 | 18.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,505 | 33.5 | +31.9 | ||
Turnout | 22,452 | 74.9 | +7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 29,994 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +16.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Joseph Lamb | 10,001 | 50.8 | +12.5 | |
Liberal | Walter Meakin | 9,687 | 49.2 | +13.5 | |
Majority | 314 | 1.6 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 19,688 | 67.5 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 29,151 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Joseph Lamb | 7,742 | 38.3 | −8.4 | |
Liberal | George Townsend | 7,198 | 35.7 | +1.3 | |
Agriculturalist | W.L. Steel | 5,243 | 26.0 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 544 | 2.6 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 20,183 | 71.4 | +9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 28,273 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Election in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Smith Child | 7,568 | 46.7 | |
Liberal | George Townsend | 5,573 | 34.4 | ||
Agriculturalist | Joseph Lamb | 3,056 | 18.9 | ||
Majority | 1,995 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 16,197 | 62.0 | |||
Registered electors | 26,113 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
- ^ Jump up to: a b Almanac of British Politics, 5th ed, Robert Waller
- ^ "Stone parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Election 2019 selected. BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Fred W. S. Craig Parliamentary Research Services, 1983
Sources[]
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945.
- Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
- Borough of Stafford
- Politics of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997