Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Stoke-on-Trent North
Map1 = StokeOnTrentNorth
Map2 = Staffordshire
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Entity = Staffordshire
County = Staffordshire
EP = West Midlands
MP = Joan Walley
Party = Labour

Stoke-on-Trent North 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.

Boundaries

Each of the three constituencies of Stoke-on-Trent contain two of the historic ‘six towns’ of the Potteries. Burslem and Tunstall are Stoke-on-Trent North's historic towns.

A local inquiry of the Boundary Commission For England was held in Stoke-on-Trent on 25th and 26th June 2002. To raise Stoke-on-Trent North's electorate to nearly 70,000, the inquiry recommended that the six wards in the north of the City - Burslem North, Burslem South, Chell and Packmoor, East Valley (consisting of most of Smallthorne, Sneyd Green, Milton and Baddeley Green), Norton and Bradeley, and Tunstall - are joined by four wards from the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme - Butt Lane, Kidsgrove, Ravenscliffe, and Talke.

The new Parliamentary constituency will become a reality once the Commission's recommendations have been accepted by Parliament.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Walley
votes = 16,191
percentage = 52.6
change = -5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Benjamin Browning
votes = 6,155
percentage = 20.0
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Henry Jebb
votes = 4,561
percentage = 14.8
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Spencer Cartlidge
votes = 2,132
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Eileen Braithwaite
votes = 696
percentage = 2.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Veritas (political party)
candidate = Ian Taylor
votes = 689
percentage = 2.2
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Harry Chesters
votes = 336
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 10,036
percentage = 32.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 30,760
percentage = 52.7
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Stoke-on-Trent NorthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Walley
votes = 17,460
percentage = 58.0
change = -7.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Benjamin Browning
votes = 5,676
percentage = 18.8
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Henry Jebb
votes = 3,580
percentage = 11.9
change = +1.2Election box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Charles Wanger
votes = 3,399
percentage = 11.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 11,784
percentage = 39.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,115
percentage = 51.9
change = -13.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire