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.infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Stoke-on-Trent South</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/County_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="County constituency">County constituency</a><br /><span class="category">for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-overlays="["_8d2e0f2f430ad16d1a70865204d0999663a384a8"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&revid=1254775851&groups=_8d2e0f2f430ad16d1a70865204d0999663a384a8" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&revid=1254775851&groups=_8d2e0f2f430ad16d1a70865204d0999663a384a8 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Boundaries since 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midlands_-_Stoke-on-Trent_South_constituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of constituency" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/West_Midlands_-_Stoke-on-Trent_South_constituency.svg/215px-West_Midlands_-_Stoke-on-Trent_South_constituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="215" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/West_Midlands_-_Stoke-on-Trent_South_constituency.svg/323px-West_Midlands_-_Stoke-on-Trent_South_constituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/West_Midlands_-_Stoke-on-Trent_South_constituency.svg/430px-West_Midlands_-_Stoke-on-Trent_South_constituency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="807" data-file-height="924" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Boundary of Stoke-on-Trent South in <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a> region</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_registration_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Electoral registration in the United Kingdom">Electorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">68,624 (December 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Major settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Current constituency</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Allison_Gardner" title="Allison Gardner">Allison Gardner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">One</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent,_Stoke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent/"Stoke"</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stoke-on-Trent South</b> is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Parliament_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies">constituency</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> created in 1950, and represented in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliament">UK Parliament</a> since 2024 by <a href="/wiki/Allison_Gardner" title="Allison Gardner">Allison Gardner</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> party representative.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The local electorate returned a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP in every election until 2017, when <a href="/wiki/Jack_Brereton" title="Jack Brereton">Jack Brereton</a> became its first <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seat is non-rural and in the upper valley of the <a href="/wiki/River_Trent" title="River Trent">Trent</a> covering half of the main city of <a href="/wiki/The_Potteries" class="mw-redirect" title="The Potteries">the Potteries</a>, a major ceramics centre since the 17th century. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 election</a> Labour overturned a majority of over 11,000, to regain the seat from the Conservatives.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>2024–present</b>: <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Stafford" title="Borough of Stafford">The Borough of Stafford</a> wards of: Barlaston; Fulford; Swynnerton & Oulton; <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Moorlands" title="Staffordshire Moorlands">the District of Staffordshire Moorlands</a> wards of: Checkley; Forsbrook; and <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">the City of Stoke-on-Trent</a> wards of: Blurton; Dresden & Florence; Hanford, Newstead & Trentham; Hollybush; Lightwood North & Normacot; Longton & Meir Hay South (nearly all); Meir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coney (majority); Meir North; Meir Park; Meir South.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>2010–2024</b>: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Blurton, Fenton, Longton North, Longton South, Meir Park and Sandon, Trentham and Hanford, and Weston and Meir North. </p><p><b>1983–2010</b>: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Blurton, Fenton Green, Great Fenton, Longton South, Meir Park, Trentham Park, and Weston. </p><p><b>1955–1983</b>: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24. </p><p><b>1950–1955</b>: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constituency_profile">Constituency profile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Constituency profile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A former safe Labour seat, like the other <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> constituencies, it includes the city's most middle-class electoral wards of <a href="/wiki/Meir,_Staffordshire" title="Meir, Staffordshire">Meir</a> that contrast with much of the neighbouring, predominantly lower income, population of the other wards.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The seat is home to <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City F.C.</a> whose <a href="/wiki/Bet365_Stadium" title="Bet365 Stadium">Bet365 Stadium</a> is at the northern edge of the constituency. </p><p>Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 equal to the regional average of 4.7% of the population based on a statistical compilation by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_history">Political history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constituency and <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent,_Stoke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)">its predecessor</a> was a safe <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> seat from 1935 until the 2010s when it became marginal. It was won by the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> for the first time in <a href="/wiki/2017_UK_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 UK general election">2017</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2019_UK_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 UK general election">2019 general election</a>, the Conservatives increased their majority to over 11,000 votes; with a vote share of 62%. </p><p>In 2023 parliament accepted the proposal of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a> and enacted changes to constituencies, which resulted in the following boundaries (as of 1 December 2020): </p> <ul><li>The Borough of Stafford wards of: Barlaston; Fulford; Swynnerton & Oulton.</li> <li>The District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of: Checkley; Forsbrook.</li> <li>The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of: Blurton East; Blurton West and Newstead; Broadway and Longton East; Dresden and Florence; Hanford and Trentham; Hollybush and Longton West; Lightwood North and Normacot; Meir North; Meir Park; Meir South; Weston Coyney.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>However following a further local government boundary review in the City of Stoke-on-Trent which came into effect in May 2023,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the constituency obtained boundaries for the 2024 election onwards. </p><p>Changes to the constituency since 2024 were described as following: </p> <dl><dd><i>Significant changes, with northern parts, including the town of <a href="/wiki/Fenton,_Staffordshire" title="Fenton, Staffordshire">Fenton</a> to be transferred to <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoke-on-Trent Central">Stoke-on-Trent Central</a>. To compensate and bring the electorate within the permitted range, the parts in the Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands local authorities will be added from the current constituency of <a href="/wiki/Stone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stone (UK Parliament constituency)">Stone</a> (to be abolished).</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prominent_members">Prominent members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prominent members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> (later Lord Ashley) became deaf as a result of an operation, but his disability campaigns led to major enactments and public sector changes to improve ordinary life for deaf people, including the inclusion of sign language in television programmes and campaigns to help other disabled people. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent,_Stoke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent/"Stoke"</a> prior to 1950</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election</th> <th>Member<sup id="cite_ref-rayment_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rayment-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellis_Smith" title="Ellis Smith">Ellis Smith</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Stevenson_(British_politician)" title="George Stevenson (British politician)">George Stevenson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Flello" title="Rob Flello">Rob Flello</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brereton" title="Jack Brereton">Jack Brereton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allison_Gardner" title="Allison Gardner">Allison Gardner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stoke_South_election_results.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Stoke_South_election_results.png" decoding="async" width="704" height="432" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="704" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>Stoke South election results</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2020s">Elections in the 2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">General election 2024</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Allison_Gardner" title="Allison Gardner">Allison Gardner</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>14,221 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>34.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brereton" title="Jack Brereton">Jack Brereton</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,594 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−29.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Bailey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,851 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alec Sandiford </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,577 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Asif Mehmood </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,372 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peggy Wiseman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,207 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Carla Parrish </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">120 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">627 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40,942 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+15.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2010s">Elections in the 2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">General election 2019</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brereton" title="Jack Brereton">Jack Brereton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,632 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+13.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark McDonald </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,361 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–13.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rosalyn Gordon </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,611 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,271 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+26.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39,604 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+13.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/General_election_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="General election 2017">General election 2017</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-Stoke-on-Trent_South_parliamentary_constituency_-_Election_2017_-_BBC_News_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stoke-on-Trent_South_parliamentary_constituency_-_Election_2017_-_BBC_News-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Brereton" title="Jack Brereton">Jack Brereton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,451 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+16.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Flello" title="Rob Flello">Rob Flello</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,788 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ian Wilkes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">808 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jan Zablocki </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">643 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">663 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41,690 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">General election 2015</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2015_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rob_Flello" title="Rob Flello">Rob Flello</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,319 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>39.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joe Rich </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,780 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tariq Mahmood </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,298 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+17.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Andras </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,309 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–12.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Luke Bellamy </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,029 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #EC008C; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition" title="Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition">TUSC</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matthew Wright </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">372 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,539 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39,107 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–2.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">General election 2010</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rob_Flello" title="Rob Flello">Rob Flello</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,446 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>38.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–8.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Rushton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,316 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Zulfiqar Ali </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,323 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2e3b74; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Coleman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,762 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Barlow </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,363 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Staffordshire Independent Group </td> <td class="fn">Terry Follows </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,208 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Breeze </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">434 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,130 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–12.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39,852 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–6.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2000s">Elections in the 2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">General election 2005</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rob_Flello" title="Rob Flello">Rob Flello</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,727 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–6.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Deaville </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,046 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–0.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Andrew Martin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,894 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2e3b74; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Leat </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,305 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Neville Benson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,043 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #663399; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Veritas_(political_party)" title="Veritas (political party)">Veritas</a> </td> <td class="fn">Grant Allen </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">805 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,618 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–6.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,820 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–3.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">General election 2001</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2001_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2001-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Stevenson_(British_politician)" title="George Stevenson (British politician)">George Stevenson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>19,366 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>–8.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Philip Bastiman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,877 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Christopher Coleman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,724 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Adrian Knapper </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,703 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2e3b74; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven Batkin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,358 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,489 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–10.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36,028 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–14.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">–5.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1990s">Elections in the 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">General election 1997</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Stevenson_(British_politician)" title="George Stevenson (British politician)">George Stevenson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>28,645 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+12.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Scott </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,342 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–14.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Barnett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,710 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #bf475c; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Adams </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,103 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #EB7A43; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alison Micklem </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">580 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2e3b74; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven Batkin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">568 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2F4F4F; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Democrats_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democrats (UK)">National Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brian Lawrence </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">288 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,303 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+26.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,236 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–8.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+13.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">General election 1992</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1992_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1992-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Stevenson_(British_politician)" title="George Stevenson (British politician)">George Stevenson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>26,380 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roger Ibbs </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,471 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Fred Jones </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,870 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">–1.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a> </td> <td class="fn">Elizabeth Lines </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">291 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,909 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53,012 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_of_the_1980s">Elections of the 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Elections of the 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">General election 1987</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1987_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1987-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,794 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dennis Hartshorne </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,741 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.8 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Wild </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,669 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.69 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,053 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.68 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52,204 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.73 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">General election 1983</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1983_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1983-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,611 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−10.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Maxwell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,506 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Walley </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,050 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,105 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49,167 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-6.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_of_the_1970s">Elections of the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Elections of the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">General election 1979</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,610 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.75 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">R Rayner </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,364 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.27 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">D Chantrey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,829 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.98 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,246 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.48 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53,803 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.52 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election October 1974</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,699 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.18 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">S Heath </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,204 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.31 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">E Johnson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,278 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.52 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,495 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.87 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50,181 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.09 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election February 1974</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,650 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.83 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">S Newall </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,981 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.70 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">M Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,578 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.61 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: red; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">S Lomas </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">481 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.86 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,669 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55,690 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.38 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,770 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.24 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">RJ Apps </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,344 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.70 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: red; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">SJ Lomas </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">364 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.06 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,426 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.54 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,478 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">50.66 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_of_the_1960s">Elections of the 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elections of the 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ashley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Ashley">Jack Ashley</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,380 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.65 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">FW Thornton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,769 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.26 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: red; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">SJ Lomas </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,262 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.09 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,611 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.39 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44,411 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">71.02 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ellis_Smith" title="Ellis Smith">Ellis Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>28,928 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.56 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clive Howson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,839 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.44 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,089 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.12 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47,767 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.65 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_of_the_1950s">Elections of the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Elections of the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ellis_Smith" title="Ellis Smith">Ellis Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>29,578 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.28 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Geoffrey S Tucker </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,318 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.72 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,260 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.56 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49,896 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ellis_Smith" title="Ellis Smith">Ellis Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,003 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.61 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Basil GC Webb </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,739 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.39 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,264 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48,742 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.62 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ellis_Smith" title="Ellis Smith">Ellis Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>35,261 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.77 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Basil Webb </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,355 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.23 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,906 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.54 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53,616 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.21 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Stoke-on-Trent South </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ellis_Smith" title="Ellis Smith">Ellis Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>34,339 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.45 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">L Orridge </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,637 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.47 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Herbert_Kemp" title="William Herbert Kemp">William Herbert Kemp</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,307 </td> <td style="text-align:right">8.08 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,702 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.98 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53,283 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.27 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_Staffordshire" title="List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire">List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_constituencies_in_the_West_Midlands_(region)" title="Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)">List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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the <a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">first past the post</a> system of election at least every five years.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output 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Staffordshire">Basford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentilee" title="Bentilee">Bentilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birches_Head" title="Birches Head">Birches Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blurton" title="Blurton">Blurton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blythe_Bridge" title="Blythe Bridge">Blythe Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradeley" title="Bradeley">Bradeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucknall,_Staffordshire" title="Bucknall, Staffordshire">Bucknall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chell,_Staffordshire" title="Chell, Staffordshire">Chell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffe_Vale,_Staffordshire" title="Cliffe Vale, Staffordshire">Cliffe Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobridge" title="Cobridge">Cobridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dresden,_Staffordshire" title="Dresden, Staffordshire">Dresden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria,_Staffordshire" title="Etruria, Staffordshire">Etruria</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Darwin%E2%80%93Wedgwood_family" title="Darwin–Wedgwood family">Darwin–Wedgwood family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Federation of Stoke-on-Trent">Federation of Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Port_Vale_F.C." title="History of Port Vale F.C.">History of Port Vale F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Stoke_City_F.C." title="History of Stoke City F.C.">History of Stoke City F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Potteries" title="Staffordshire Potteries">Staffordshire Potteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood" title="Wedgwood">Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Pottery_Riots" title="1842 Pottery Riots">1842 Pottery Riots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Politics of Stoke-on-Trent">Parliamentary<br />constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent Central</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stoke-on-Trent South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Stoke-on-Trent_(historic)" title="Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent (historic)">Historic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Burslem (UK Parliament constituency)">Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hanley (UK Parliament constituency)">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent,_Stoke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-upon-Trent_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-upon-Trent (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-upon-Trent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Minster" title="Stoke Minster">Stoke Minster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Methodist_Chapel,_Hanley" title="Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Hanley">Bethesda Methodist Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist%27s_Church,_Burslem" title="St John the Baptist's Church, Burslem">St John's Church, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Fenton" title="Christ Church, Fenton">Christ Church, Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulton_Abbey" title="Hulton Abbey">Hulton Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Longton" title="St James' Church, Longton">St James' Church, Longton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Methodist_Central_Hall" title="Longton Methodist Central Hall">Longton Methodist Central Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_and_St_Peter_in_Chains_Church,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent">Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Tunstall" title="Christ Church, Tunstall">Christ Church, Tunstall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tourism</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Buildings" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Buildings and structures in Stoke-on-Trent">Buildings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Listed buildings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Grade II*</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottle_oven" title="Bottle oven">Bottle ovens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Market_Hall" title="Burslem Market Hall">Burslem Market Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Hall" title="Etruria Hall">Etruria Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Green_Hall" title="Ford Green Hall">Ford Green Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Burslem" title="Old Town Hall, Burslem">Old Town Hall, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Mausoleum" title="Trentham Mausoleum">Trentham Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Villas" title="The Villas">The Villas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood_Institute" title="Wedgwood Institute">Wedgwood Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterworld,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Waterworld, Stoke-on-Trent">Water World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winton_Square" title="Winton Square">Winton Square</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Stafford_Hotel" title="North Stafford Hotel">North Stafford Hotel</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theatres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Arts_Centre" title="Mitchell Arts Centre">Mitchell Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Theatre,_Burslem" title="Queen's Theatre, Burslem">Queen's Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent_Theatre,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent">Regent Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Repertory_Theatre" title="Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Theatre">Stoke Rep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Hanley" title="Theatre Royal, Hanley">Theatre Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Hall,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent">Victoria Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Museums_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Museums in Stoke-on-Trent">Museums</a><br />and libraries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_School_of_Art" title="Burslem School of Art">Burslem School of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatterley_Whitfield" title="Chatterley Whitfield">Chatterley Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Industrial_Museum" title="Etruria Industrial Museum">Etruria Industrial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_Pottery_Museum" title="Gladstone Pottery Museum">Gladstone Pottery Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagu_C._Butler_Library" title="Montagu C. Butler Library">Montagu C. Butler Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Museum_%26_Art_Gallery" title="Potteries Museum & Art Gallery">Potteries Museum & Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spode_Museum" title="Spode Museum">Spode Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Sentral" title="City Sentral">City Sentral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Shopping_Centre" title="Potteries Shopping Centre">Potteries Shopping Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks and<br />countryside</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagnall_Road_Wood" title="Bagnall Road Wood">Bagnall Road Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berryhill_Fields" title="Berryhill Fields">Berryhill Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Park" title="Burslem Park">Burslem Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Park" title="Hanley Park">Hanley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartshill_Park" title="Hartshill Park">Hartshill Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hem_Heath_Woods" title="Hem Heath Woods">Hem Heath Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Garden_Festival" title="Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival">Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Estate" title="Trentham Estate">Trentham Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Tunstall" title="Victoria Park, Tunstall">Victoria Park, Tunstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport_Lake,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent">Westport Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitfield_Valley" title="Whitfield Valley">Whitfield Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport and<br />music venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bet365_Stadium" title="Bet365 Stadium">Bet365 Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Torch" title="Golden Torch">Golden Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jollees" title="Jollees">Jollees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Cricket_Club_Ground" title="Longton Cricket Club Ground">Longton Cricket Club Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_Heath_Cricket_Club" title="Meir Heath Cricket Club">Meir Heath Cricket Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley%27s_Laserdome" title="Shelley's Laserdome">Shelley's Laserdome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sugarmill" title="The Sugarmill">The Sugarmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Underground_(Stoke_concert_venue)" title="The Underground (Stoke concert venue)">The Underground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a></li></ul> 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style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">BBC Radio Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Rhythms_City_Radio" title="Cross Rhythms City Radio">Cross Rhythms City Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" title="Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Christian_Broadcasters#UCB_United_Kingdom" title="United Christian Broadcasters">UCB UK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Education_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Education in Stoke-on-Trent">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="List of schools in Stoke-on-Trent">List of schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_College" title="Stoke-on-Trent College">Stoke-on-Trent College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Stoke-on-Trent_Sixth_Form_College" title="City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College">City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Stoke_University_Hospital" title="Royal Stoke University Hospital">Royal Stoke University Hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent">Companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pottery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aynsley_China" title="Aynsley China">Aynsley China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beswick_Pottery" title="Beswick Pottery">Beswick Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleigh_Pottery" title="Burleigh Pottery">Burleigh Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Ware" title="Carlton Ware">Carlton Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_China" title="Churchill China">Churchill China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayburn_Pottery" title="Clayburn Pottery">Clayburn Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudson" title="Dudson">Dudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Bridgewater" title="Emma Bridgewater">Emma Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Works" title="Etruria Works">Etruria Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Pottery" title="Gray's Pottery">Gray's Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sadler_and_Sons_Ltd" title="James Sadler and Sons Ltd">James Sadler and Sons Ltd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucideon" title="Lucideon">Lucideon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._%26_G._Meakin" title="J. & G. 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Meakin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwinter_Pottery" title="Midwinter Pottery">Midwinter Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mintons" title="Mintons">Mintons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorcroft" title="Moorcroft">Moorcroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palissy" title="Palissy">Palissy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paragon_China" title="Paragon China">Paragon China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portmeirion_Pottery" title="Portmeirion Pottery">Portmeirion Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Doulton" title="Royal Doulton">Royal Doulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Winton" title="Royal Winton">Royal Winton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Potteries" title="Shelley Potteries">Shelley Potteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spode" title="Spode">Spode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steelite" title="Steelite">Steelite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood" title="Wedgwood">Wedgwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_H_Grindley" title="W H Grindley">W H Grindley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armitage_Shanks" title="Armitage Shanks">Armitage Shanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bet365" title="Bet365">Bet365</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Records" title="Clay Records">Clay Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodwin_plc" title="Goodwin plc">Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Economic_Building_Society" title="Hanley Economic Building Society">Hanley Economic Building Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton_Bar" title="Shelton Bar">Shelton Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SONS_Records" title="SONS Records">SONS Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Brewery" title="Titanic Brewery">Titanic Brewery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twyford_Bathrooms" title="Twyford Bathrooms">Twyford Bathrooms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrights_Pies" title="Wrights Pies">Wrights Pies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Sport_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Sport in Stoke-on-Trent">Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Association football teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Hulton_United_F.C." title="Abbey Hulton United F.C.">Abbey Hulton United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dresden_United_F.C." title="Dresden United F.C.">Dresden United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Hanley_F.C." title="Eastwood Hanley F.C.">Eastwood Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Town_F.C." title="Hanley Town F.C.">Hanley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_K.A._F.C." title="Meir K.A. F.C.">Meir K.A.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_United_F.C." title="Norton United F.C.">Norton United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rugby union teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Longton_RUFC" title="Longton RUFC">Longton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_RUFC" title="Stoke-on-Trent RUFC">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Speedway teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Potters" title="Stoke Potters">Stoke Potters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Spitfires" title="Stoke Spitfires">Stoke Spitfires</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Canals_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Canals in Stoke-on-Trent">Canals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caldon_Canal" title="Caldon Canal">Caldon Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_and_Mersey_Canal" title="Trent and Mersey Canal">Trent and Mersey Canal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%26G_Bus" title="D&G Bus">D&G Bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Potteries" title="First Potteries">First Potteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Streetcar" title="Stoke Streetcar">Stoke Streetcar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Rail_transport_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Rail transport in Stoke-on-Trent">Rail</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Longport_railway_station" title="Longport railway station">Longport railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_railway_station" title="Longton railway station">Longton railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Railway" title="North Staffordshire Railway">North Staffordshire Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford%E2%80%93Manchester_line" title="Stafford–Manchester line">Stafford–Manchester line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_railway_station" title="Stoke-on-Trent railway station">Stoke-on-Trent railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_railway_works" title="Stoke railway works">Stoke railway works</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major roads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A34_road" title="A34 road">A34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A50_road" title="A50 road">A50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A52_road" title="A52 road">A52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A53_road" title="A53 road">A53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A500_road" title="A500 road">A500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Interchange" title="Longton Interchange">Longton Interchange</a></li></ul> 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constituency)">Birmingham Edgbaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Erdington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Erdington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Hall_Green_and_Moseley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Hodge_Hill_and_Solihull_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Ladywood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Ladywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Northfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Northfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Selly_Oak_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Selly Oak (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Selly Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Yardley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Yardley (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Yardley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_and_Uttoxeter_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Burton and Uttoxeter (UK Parliament constituency)">Burton and Uttoxeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency)">Cannock Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coventry East (UK Parliament constituency)">Coventry East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coventry North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Coventry North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dudley (UK Parliament constituency)">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halesowen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Halesowen (UK Parliament constituency)">Halesowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Lichfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Warwickshire_and_Bedworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Warwickshire and Bedworth (UK Parliament constituency)">North Warwickshire and Bedworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)">Nuneaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redditch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Redditch (UK Parliament constituency)">Redditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)">Rugby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smethwick_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency)">Smethwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent North</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stoke-on-Trent South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stourbridge (UK Parliament constituency)">Stourbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Tamworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Telford (UK Parliament constituency)">Telford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipton_and_Wednesbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tipton and Wednesbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Tipton and Wednesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_and_Bloxwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Walsall and Bloxwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Walsall and Bloxwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwick_and_Leamington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)">Warwick and Leamington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Bromwich (UK Parliament constituency)">West Bromwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)">Wolverhampton North East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wolverhampton South East (UK Parliament constituency)">Wolverhampton South East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wolverhampton West (UK Parliament constituency)">Wolverhampton West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aldridge-Brownhills_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aldridge-Brownhills (UK Parliament constituency)">Aldridge-Brownhills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)">Bromsgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Droitwich_and_Evesham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Droitwich and Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)">Droitwich and Evesham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford_and_South_Herefordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hereford and South Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Hereford and South Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenilworth_and_Southam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)">Kenilworth and Southam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingswinford_and_South_Staffordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Kingswinford and South Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meriden_and_Solihull_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Meriden and Solihull East (UK Parliament constituency)">Meriden and Solihull East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solihull_West_and_Shirley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Solihull West and Shirley (UK Parliament constituency)">Solihull West and Shirley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shropshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Moorlands_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)">Staffordshire Moorlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone,_Great_Wyrley_and_Penkridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge (UK Parliament constituency)">Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Sutton Coldfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wrekin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency)">The Wrekin</a></li> <li><a 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