Stone (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Stone
Map1 = Stone
Map2 = Staffordshire
Type = County
Year = 1918, 1997
Entity = Staffordshire
County = Staffordshire
EP = West Midlands
MP = Bill Cash
Party = Conservative

Stone 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

Stone is one of the largest geographically in England. It covers from Balterley, Madeley in the North to the west of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It then runs south and out to the outskirts of Market Drayton, running down to the northern edge of Newport. The boundary heads north alongside the western boundary of Stafford around the north of Stafford and down its eastern boundary. It runs across the north of Abbots Bromley before reaching its eastern end. It continues to the west of Uttoxeter in the Burton constituency. It then extends eastwards between the Burton constituency and up to Cheadle and to the south of Stoke-on-Trent. Currently within the constituency are the towns of Eccleshall and Stone.

There are various alterations to the constituency shape in boundary changes to be put place in time for the Next United Kingdom general election. Stone takes the areas covered by the Bradley, and Salt and Enson civil parish from the neighbouring Stafford constituency. In turn, the civil parishes of Hixon, Ellenhall, and Ranton, move back from Stone to Stafford. In the largest alteration, the north-eastern parishes covering Kingsley, Oakamoor, Alton, Farley, and Cotton, are all moved to the altered Staffordshire Moorlands.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918-1950

MPs 1997-present

* "Constituency re-created, 1997"

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Cash
votes = 22,733
percentage = 48.3
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Davis
votes = 13,644
percentage = 29.0
change = -6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Stevens
votes = 9,111
percentage = 19.4
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mike Nattrass
votes = 1,548
percentage = 3.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 9,089
percentage = 19.3
change = +6.0Election box turnout
votes = 47,036
percentage = 66.9
change = +0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +3.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Cash
votes = 22,395
percentage = 49.1
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Palfreyman
votes = 16,359
percentage = 35.8
change = -3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brendan McKeown
votes = 6,888
percentage = 15.1
change = +3.0Election box majority
votes = 6,036
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 45,642
percentage = 66.3
change = -12.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Cash
votes = 24,859
percentage = 46.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Wakefield
votes = 21,041
percentage = 39.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Barry Stamp
votes = 6,392
percentage = 12.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = A. Winfield
votes = 545
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = D. Grice
votes = 237
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,818
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 77.8
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

ee also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

References

*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
*cite book | author= | title=The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935 | publisher=Politico's (reprint) | year=2003 | editor=Iain Dale | id=ISBN 1-84275-033-X
*cite book | author= | title=The Times House of Commons 1945 | publisher= | year=1945 | editor= | id=