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]}
Burton CC	73,954	10,047	Andrew Griffiths	John McKeirnan
Cannock Chase CC	74,540	8,391	Amanda Milling	Paul Dadge
Lichfield CC	74,430	18,581	Michael Fabricant	Chris Worsey
Newcastle-under-Lyme BC	65,596	30	Paul Farrelly	Owen Meredith
South Staffordshire CC	73,441	22,733	Gavin Williamson	Adam Freeman
Stafford CC	68,445	7,729	Jeremy Lefroy	David Williams
Staffordshire Moorlands CC	63,260	10,830	Karen Bradley	Dave Jones
Stoke-on-Trent Central BC	56,915	3,897	Gareth Snell	Daniel Jellyman
Stoke-on-Trent North BC	71,558	2,359	Ruth Smeeth	Ben Adams
Stoke-on-Trent South BC	66,057	663	Jack Brereton	Robert Flello
Stone CC	67,824	17,495	Bill Cash	Sam Hale
Tamworth CC	71,308	12,347	Christopher Pincher	Andrew Hammond

Following the 2017 General Election, the Conservative Party made a net gain of one seat in Staffordshire by gaining Stoke-On-Trent South. This also saw Newcastle-under-Lyme become the third most marginal Labour seat in the England.

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.

Changes proposed for 2022

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England proposed the following constituencies covering Staffordshire.^[1]

Results

2005	2010	2015	2017

Historical representation by party

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	17
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 (or Liberal?)
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
Tamworth	Muntz															Newdegate					Wilson-Fox
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	29	31	1931	31	32	35	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
Tamworth	Wilson-Fox		Newson		Iliffe						Steel-Maitland					Mellor							*
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

*majority moved to Sutton Coldfield (new constituency 1945); see Warwickshire list

1950 to 1983

Conservative Labour

Constituency	1950	1951	53	1955	57	1959	63	1964	1966	67	69	1970	73	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	76	1979
Aldridge-Brownhills														Edge			Shepherd
Bilston / Wolverhampton South East (1974)	Nally			Edwards
Brierley Hill / Staffordshire South West (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
Smethwick	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
Walsall South				H. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid										George
Wednesbury	Evans				Stonehouse
West Bromwich / West Bromwich West (1974)	Dugdale						Foley						Boothroyd
West Bromwich East														Snape
Wolverhampton North East	Baird							Short
Wolverhampton South West	Powell													Budgen

1983 to present