Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stoke-on-Trent South is a constituency[n 1] created in 1950, and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Jack Brereton, a Conservative.[n 2] The local electorate returned a Labour MP in every election until 2017, when Brereton became its first Conservative MP.[2] The seat is non-rural and in the upper valley of the Trent covering half of the main city of the Potteries, a major ceramics centre since the 17th century.
Stoke-on-Trent South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
Electorate | 68,624 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Stoke-on-Trent |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Jack Brereton (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Stoke-on-Trent/"Stoke" |
Previously a safe Labour seat, it is now held by the Conservatives by a majority of over 11,000, having gained the seat in the 2017 election and hugely increased their vote in the 2019 election.