Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Stoke-on-Trent South Borough constituency |
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| Stoke-on-Trent South shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Robert Flello |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Stoke-on-Trent South is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
A safe Labour seat, like the other Stoke-on-Trent constituencies, it includes the city's most middle-class ward (Trentham), which is usually out-voted by neighbouring working class areas.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Ellis Smith | Labour | |
| 1966 | Jack Ashley | Labour | |
| 1992 | George Stevenson | Labour | |
| 2005 | Robert Flello | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Stoke-on-Trent South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Robert Flello | 17,727 | 46.9 | -6.9 | |
| Conservative | Mark Deaville | 9,046 | 23.9 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Martin | 5,894 | 15.6 | +2.5 | |
| British National Party | Mark Leat | 3,305 | 8.7 | +4.9 | |
| UK Independence | Neville Benson | 1,043 | 2.8 | N/A | |
| Veritas | Grant Allen | 805 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,618 | 23.0 | -6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 37,820 | 53.6 | +1.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stoke-on-Trent South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | George Stevenson | 19,366 | 53.8 | -8.2 | |
| Conservative | Philip Bastiman | 8,877 | 24.6 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Coleman | 4,724 | 13.1 | +2.9 | |
| Independent (politician) | Adrian Knapper | 1,703 | 4.7 | N/A | |
| British National Party | Steven Batkin | 1,358 | 3.8 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 10,489 | 29.2 | |||
| Turnout | 36,028 | 51.4 | -14.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
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