Stafford and Stone (UK Parliament constituency)
Stafford and Stone | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
Major settlements | Stafford, Stone |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Stafford and Mid Staffordshire[1] |
Stafford and Stone was county constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1950 and abolished in 1983.
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Stafford, the Urban District of Stone, and the Rural Districts of Stafford and Stone.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Hugh Fraser | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 34,387 | 52.38 | ||
Labour | MJD Poulter | 12,210 | 32.31 | ||
Liberal | R Burman | 10,049 | 15.31 | ||
Majority | 13,177 | 20.07 | |||
Turnout | 78.81 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 27,173 | 45.39 | ||
Labour | TE Cowlinshaw | 20,845 | 34.82 | ||
Liberal | HS Martin | 11,491 | 19.20 | ||
Go To Blazes Party | David Sutch | 351 | 0.59 | ||
Majority | 6,328 | 10.57 | |||
Turnout | 75.95 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 30,056 | 46.77 | ||
Labour | TE Cowlinshaw | 21,073 | 32.79 | ||
Liberal | HS Martin | 13,132 | 20.44 | ||
Majority | 8,983 | 13.98 | |||
Turnout | 82.29 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 30,056 | 54.84 | ||
Labour | MJK Stanworth | 20,380 | 37.19 | ||
Liberal | W Williams | 4,370 | 7.97 | ||
Majority | 9,676 | 17.66 | |||
Turnout | 73.37 | ||||
Elections in the 1960's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 25,259 | 49.43 | ||
Labour | GS Rea | 20,218 | 39.57 | ||
Liberal | E Furniss | 5,623 | 11.00 | ||
Majority | 5,041 | 9.86 | |||
Turnout | 79.45 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 25,373 | 50.19 | ||
Labour | AL Balham | 18,587 | 36.77 | ||
Liberal | BD King | 6,593 | 13.04 | ||
Majority | 6,786 | 13.42 | |||
Turnout | 80.99 | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 28,107 | 60.92 | ||
Labour | A Gregory | 18,034 | 39.08 | ||
Majority | 10,073 | 21.83 | |||
Turnout | 80.84 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 26,206 | 59.89 | ||
Labour | KE Richardson | 17,550 | 40.11 | ||
Majority | 8,656 | 19.78 | |||
Turnout | 78.99 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 25,795 | 56.64 | ||
Labour | GP Grant | 19,749 | 43.36 | ||
Majority | 6,046 | 13.28 | |||
Turnout | 84.15 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Hugh Fraser | 24,046 | 52.65 | ||
Labour | ST Swingler | 19,008 | 41.62 | ||
Liberal | Rev. William Joseph McEldowney | 2,617 | 5.73 | ||
Majority | 5,038 | 11.03 | |||
Turnout | 85.98 | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Stafford and Stone', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
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