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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
South East Staffordshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Lichfield and Tamworth[1] |
Replaced by | Tamworth, Lichfield |
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 was transferred to the new Tamworth constituency.
Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
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1983 | David Lightbown | Conservative | Died December 1995 | |
1996 by-election | Brian Jenkins | Labour | Subsequently, MP for Tamworth 1997-2010 | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Tamworth & Lichfield |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lightbown | 24,556 | 50.7 | ||
Labour | Christine Crawley | 13,658 | 28.2 | ||
SDP | Michael Lynch | 10,220 | 21.1 | ||
Majority | 10,898 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,434 | 76.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lightbown | 25,115 | 47.2 | 3.5 | |
SDP | Elisabeth Gluck | 14,230 | 26.7 | 5.6 | |
Labour | David Spilsbury | 13,874 | 26.07 | 2.1 | |
Majority | 10,885 | 20.45 | 2.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,219 | 80.4 | 3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lightbown | 29,180 | 50.7 | 3.5 | |
Labour | Brian Jenkins | 21,988 | 38.2 | 12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gilbert Penlington | 5,540 | 9.6 | 17.1 | |
SDP | Jill Taylor | 895 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,192 | 12.5 | 7.9 | ||
Turnout | 57,603 | 82.0 | 1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Jenkins | 26,155 | 60.1 | 21.9 | |
Conservative | Timothy James | 12,393 | 28.5 | 22.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennette Davy | 2,042 | 4.7 | 4.9 | |
UKIP | Andrew Smith | 1,272 | 2.9 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 506 | 1.2 | New | |
National Democrats | Sharron Edwards | 358 | 0.8 | New | |
Liberal | Steven Mountford | 332 | 0.8 | New | |
Independent Conservative | Leslie Tucker | 123 | 0.3 | New | |
L!VE TV | News Bunny | 85 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent | Neville Samuelson | 80 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | David Lucas | 53 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | Frederick Sandy | 53 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | Alan Wood | 45 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,762 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,497 | 62.0 | 20.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 22.1 |
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