| Stafford County constituency |
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| Stafford shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295, 1983 |
| MP: | David Kidney |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Staffordshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Stafford is a 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. The sitting MP is David Kidney. The Conservatives have selected Jeremy Lefroy to contest the seat at the next General Election.
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Boundaries
The constituency includes the southerly part of the borough of Stafford, including the town of Stafford itself, plus the Penkridge area of South Staffordshire district.
Political complexion
Labour has only gained the seat on two occasions:
- In their landslide victory in 1945, but the Conservatives regained the seat at the next election, in 1950.
- Boundary changes in 1997 made Stafford somewhat more marginal than previously, and Labour gained the constituency in their landslide victory in 1997. The defeated Tory candidate in 1997 was David Cameron, who in the next election was elected as the MP for the safe seat of Witney, and became the Conservative Party leader in 2005.
Members of Parliament
1295-1640
- Constituency created (1295)
- 1547: Sir Henry Stafford [1]
- 1555: Henry Stafford [2]
- 1558-1559: Edward Stafford [2]
- 1588-1598: Henry Bourchier [3]
- 1601: William Essex [2][4]
- 1601: Sir Edward Stafford [5]
- 1604-1611: George Cradock [6]
- 1604-1611: Arthur Ingram [6]
- 1614: Sir Walter Devereux [7]
- 1614: Thomas Gibbs [8]
- 1621-1622: Matthew Cradock [6]
- 1621-1622: Richard Dyott [6]
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1640-1885
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| April 1640 | ? | ? | ||||
| November 1640 | Ralph Sneyd | Royalist | Richard Weston | Royalist | ||
| October 1642 | Weston disabled from sitting - seat vacant | |||||
| May 1643 | Sneyd disabled from sitting - seat vacant | |||||
| 1645 | John Swinfen | Edward Leigh | ||||
| December 1648 | Swinfen and Leigh excluded in Pride's Purge - both seats vacant | |||||
| 1653 | Stafford was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | |||||
| 1654 | John Bradshaw | Stafford had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
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| 1656 | Martin Noel | |||||
| January 1659 | William Jessop | |||||
| May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | |||||
| April 1660 | John Swinfen | Sir Charles Wolseley | ||||
| 1661 | Robert Milward | William Chetwynd | ||||
| 1674 | Walter Chetwynd | |||||
| February 1679 | Sir Thomas Armstrong | |||||
| August 1679 | Sir Thomas Wilbraham | |||||
| 1681 | Edwin Skrymsher | |||||
| 1685 | Walter Chetwynd | Rowland Okeover | ||||
| 1689 | Philip Foley | John Chetwynd | ||||
| 1690 | Jonathan Cope | |||||
| 1694 | Thomas Foley | |||||
| 1695 | Philip Foley | |||||
| January 1701 | John Chetwynd | |||||
| November 1701 | John Pershall | |||||
| July 1702 | John Chetwynd | |||||
| December 1702 | Walter Chetwynd [9] | |||||
| 1711 | Henry Vernon | |||||
| 1712 | 1st Viscount Chetwynd | |||||
| 1715 | William Chetwynd | |||||
| 1722 | Thomas Foley | John Dolphin | ||||
| 1724 | Francis Elde [10] | |||||
| 1725 | 1st Viscount Chetwynd | |||||
| 1727 | Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale | |||||
| 1734 | Hon. William Chetwynd 3rd Viscount Chetwynd from 1767 |
Thomas Foley | ||||
| 1738 | 2nd Viscount Chetwynd | |||||
| 1747 | John Robins | |||||
| 1754 | William Richard Chetwynd | |||||
| 1765 | John Crewe | Whig | ||||
| 1768 | Richard Whitworth | |||||
| 1770 | William Neville Hart | |||||
| 1774 | Hugo Meynell | |||||
| 1780 | Hon. Edward Monckton | Tory | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Whig | ||
| 1806 | Richard Mansel-Philipps | Tory | ||||
| 1812 | Ralph Benson | Thomas Wilson | ||||
| 1818 | Benjamin Benyon | Whig | Samuel Homfray | |||
| 1820 | Sir George Chetwynd | Whig | ||||
| June 1826 | Richard Ironmonger | Ralph Benson | ||||
| December 1826 | Thomas Beaumont | Whig | ||||
| 1830 | John Campbell | Whig | Thomas Gisborne | Whig | ||
| 1832 | William Fawkener Chetwynd | Whig | Rees Howell Gronow | Whig | ||
| January 1835 | Sir Francis Goodricke | Conservative | ||||
| May 1835 | Writ suspended - seat left vacant[11] | |||||
| 1837 | Robert Farrand | Conservative | ||||
| 1841 | Hon. Swynfen Carnegie | Conservative | Edward Manningham-Buller | Whig | ||
| 1847 | David Urquhart | Conservative | Thomas Sidney | Conservative | ||
| 1852 | John Ayshford Wise | Whig | Arthur Otway | Whig | ||
| 1857 | Viscount Ingestre | Conservative | ||||
| 1859 | Liberal | Thomas Salt | Conservative | |||
| 1860 | Thomas Sidney | Liberal | ||||
| 1865 | Michael Bass | Liberal | Walter Meller | Conservative | ||
| 1868 [12] | Henry Davis Pochin | Liberal | ||||
| 1869 | Thomas Salt | Conservative | Hon. Reginald Talbot | Conservative | ||
| 1874 | Alexander Macdonald | Liberal-Labour | ||||
| 1880 | Charles McLaren | Liberal | ||||
| 1881 | Thomas Salt | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Representation reduced to one member | |||||
1885-1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Charles McLaren | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Thomas Salt | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Sir Theodore Shaw | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Sir Richard Essex | ||
| 1918 | Hon. William Ormsby-Gore | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Conservative | ||
| 1938 | Peter Thorneycroft | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Stephen Swingler | Labour | |
| 1950 | Constituency abolished: see Stafford & Stone | ||
1983-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Constituency re-established | ||
| 1983 | Sir Hugh Fraser | Conservative | |
| 1984 by-election | Bill Cash | Conservative | |
| 1997 | David Kidney | Labour | |
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Stafford[13] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Kidney | 19,889 | 43.7 | -4.3 | |
| Conservative | David Chambers | 17,768 | 39.0 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Barry Stamp | 6,390 | 14.0 | +4.5 | |
| UKIP | Frederick Goode | 1,507 | 3.3 | -1.9 | |
| Majority | 2,121 | 4.7 | -6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 45,554 | 64.7 | -0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Stafford[14] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Kidney | 21,285 | 48.0 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Philip Cochrane | 16,253 | 36.6 | -2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jeanne Pinkerton | 4,205 | 9.5 | -1.1 | |
| UKIP | Earl of Bradford | 2,315 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Michael Hames | 308 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,032 | 11.4 | |||
| Turnout | 44,366 | 65.3 | -12.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Stafford[15] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Kidney | 24,606 | 47.5 | +12.6 | |
| Conservative | David Cameron | 20,292 | 39.2 | -8.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | P.A. Hornby | 5,840 | 10.6 | -5.9 | |
| Referendum Party | S.R. Culley | 1,146 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Ashton May | 248 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,314 | 8.3 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1980s
| 3 May 1984 by-election: Stafford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bill Cash | 18,713 | 40.4 | -10.8 | |
| Social Democrat | David Dunn | 14,733 | 31.8 | +7.1 | |
| Labour | Michael Poulter | 12,677 | 27.4 | +3.7 | |
| Independent | Christopher Teasdale | 210 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,980 | 8.6 | -17.9 | ||
| Turnout | 46,333 | 65.6 | -10.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Registered Electors | 70,635 | ||||
- Death of Sir Hugh Fraser 6 March 1984
Notes and references
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's historical list of MPs: Constituencies beginning with "S", part 4
- ^ J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- ^ , Heywood Townshend, Historical Collections:: or, An exact Account of the Proceedings of the Four last Parliaments of Q. Elizabeth (1680) [1]
- ^ Heywood Townshend, Historical Collections:: or, An exact Account of the Proceedings of the Four last Parliaments of Q. Elizabeth (1680) [2]
- ^ a b c d Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [3]
- ^ Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
- ^ Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
- ^ Chetwynd was initially declared re-elected in 1710, but on petition (in a dispute over the franchise), he was adjudged not have been duly elected and his opponent, Vernon, was seated in his place. (Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (1807), Volume 1, p 177)
- ^ Elde's opponent, Chetwynd, petitioned against the result. Elde was "unanimously expelled the House for having offered to compromise the petition against his return", and Chetwynd was seated in his place. (Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, Volume 2 (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1845), p 45)
- ^ After Goodricke resigned to contest another constituency in May 1835, the House of Commons refused to issue a writ for a new election until February 1837, when the motion to issue a writ was passed by a single vote. (F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, 2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989, p 283)
- ^ The 1868 election was declared void on petition and a new election was held - F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. (F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, 2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989, p 283)
- ^ BBC 2005 General Election Site
- ^ BBC 2001 General Election Site
- ^ BBC 1997 General Election Site
Bibliography
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Britain Votes/Europe Votes By-Election Supplement 1983-, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1985)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [4]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [5]
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847, Volume 2 (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1845) [6]
See also
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