South East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South East Staffordshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Tamworth, Lichfield |
Created from | Lichfield and Tamworth[1] |
South East Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tamworth constituency.
Boundaries
The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Alrewas, Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, Tame, and Whittington.
The main settlement in the constituency was the town of Tamworth. On the seat's abolition for the 1997 general election, it transferred to the new seat of the same name.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
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1983 | David Lightbown | Conservative | Died in office December 1995 | |
1996 by-election | Brian Jenkins | Labour | Subsequently MP for Tamworth 1997-2010 | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Tamworth & Lichfield |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
By-election 1996: South East Staffordshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Brian Jenkins | 26,155 | 60.1 | +22.0 | |
Conservative | T. James | 12,393 | 28.5 | −22.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | J. Davy | 2,042 | 4.7 | −4.9 | |
UKIP | A. Smith | 1,272 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 506 | 1.2 | N/A | |
National Democrats | Sharron Edwards | 358 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | S. Mountford | 332 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Independent Conservative | L. Tucker | 123 | 0.3 | N/A | |
L!VE TV | News Bunny | 85 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | N. Samuelson | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Natural Law | D. Lucas | 53 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | F. Sandy | 53 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | A. Wood | 45 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,762 | 31.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,497 | 62.0 | −20.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | −22.1 | |||
General Election 1992: Staffordshire South East[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Lightbown | 29,180 | 50.7 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Brian Jenkins | 21,988 | 38.2 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dr. Gilbert N. Penlington | 5,540 | 9.6 | −17.1 | |
Social Democratic | Miss Jill Taylor | 895 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,192 | 12.5 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 57,603 | 82.0 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.3 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Staffordshire South East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Lightbown | 25,115 | 47.2 | −3.5 | |
Social Democratic | Miss Elisabeth Ann Gluck | 14,230 | 26.7 | +5.6 | |
Labour | David Edward Spilsbury | 13,874 | 26.07 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 10,885 | 20.45 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,219 | 80.4 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.6 | |||
General Election 1983: Staffordshire South East | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David Lightbown | 24,556 | 50.7 | N/A | |
Labour | C.M. Crawley | 13,658 | 28.20 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | M.J. Lynch | 10,220 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,898 | 22.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,434 | 76.5 | {{{change}}} | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Notes and references
- ↑ "'Lichfield and Tamworth', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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