Staffordshire South (UK Parliament constituency)
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Staffordshire South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
The constituency is made up of about two-thirds of the South Staffordshire local government district. It wraps round the western edge of the city of Wolverhampton and it does not contain any large towns. Its settlements include Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Codsall, Great Wyrley, Featherstone, Kinver, Perton and Wombourne.
Member of Parliament
- Patrick Cormack, Conservative Party (1983– )
Election results
| General Election 2005: Staffordshire South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Penny Barber | ||||
| Conservative | Patrick Cormack | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Josephine Harrison | ||||
| UKIP | Malcolm Hurst | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| General Election 2001: Staffordshire South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patrick Cormack | 21,295 | 50.5 | +0.5 | |
| Labour | Paul Kalinauckas | 14,414 | 34.2 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Josephine Harrison | 4,891 | 11.6 | +0.3 | |
| UKIP | Mike Lynch | 1,580 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,881 | 16.3 | |||
| Turnout | 42,180 | 60.3 | -13.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Politics and history of the constituency
On April 30, 2005, the Liberal Democrat candidate Jo Harrison (53) died of an illness (yet to be disclosed). Election procedures require that in the event of a candidate's death after the close of nominations, the returning officer has to declare the General Election poll to be abandoned, and to call a fresh General Election poll in South Staffordshire, under the same writ of election, 28 days after having seen proof of death.
On May 9, 2005, the Labour candidate, Penny Barber, announced that she was standing down as she could not afford to take any more time off work. The constituency Labour Party has begun the process of selecting a new candidate.
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See also
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
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