South West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| South West Staffordshire | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Staffordshire |
| 1974–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | South Staffordshire |
| Created from | Wolverhampton North East, Brierley Hill and Cannock (parts) |
South West Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The Rural Districts of Cannock (the civil parishes of Acton Trussell and Bednall, Blymhill, Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Coppenhall, Dunston, Essington, Featherstone, Great Wyrley, Hatherton, Hilton, Huntington, Lapley, Penkridge, Saredon, Shareshill, Stretton, Teddesley Hay, and Weston-under-Lizard) and Seisdon (the civil parishes of Bobbington, Codsall, Enville, Himley, Kinver, Lower Penn, Patshull, Pattingham, Swindon, Trysull and Seisdon, Upper Penn, Wombourne, and Wrottesley).
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Patrick Cormack | Conservative | |
| 1983 | renamed South Staffordshire | ||
Election results
| General Election 1979 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patrick Cormack | 32,153 | 60.39 | ||
| Labour | GJ Lane | 14,720 | 27.65 | ||
| Liberal | R Fox | 5,460 | 5,460 | ||
| National Front | J Thomas | 912 | 1.71 | ||
| Majority | 17,433 | 32.74 | |||
| Turnout | 79.02 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election October 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patrick Cormack | 22,604 | 49.11 | ||
| Labour | IK Wymer | 15,065 | 32.73 | ||
| Liberal | A Lambert | 8,355 | 18.15 | ||
| Majority | 7,539 | 16.38 | |||
| Turnout | 75.40 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election February 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patrick Cormack | 23,878 | 48.84 | ||
| Labour | IK Wymer | 14,120 | 28.88 | ||
| Liberal | E Freeman | 10,408 | 21.29 | ||
| English National | D Maxwell | 482 | 0.99 | ||
| Majority | 9,758 | 19.96 | |||
| Turnout | 80.74 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||