Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)

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Staffordshire Moorlands
County constituency

Staffordshire Moorlands shown within Staffordshire, and Staffordshire shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Charlotte Atkins
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Staffordshire
EP constituency: West Midlands

Staffordshire Moorlands 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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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1983 Sir David Knox Conservative
1997 Charlotte Atkins Labour

[edit] Election results

Next United Kingdom general election: Staffordshire Moorlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Bradley
UK Independence Steve Povey
General Election 2005: Staffordshire Moorlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlotte Atkins 18,126 41.0 -8.0
Conservative Marcus Hayes 15,688 35.5 +0.2
Liberal Democrat John Fisher 6,927 15.7 +1.8
UK Independence Stephen Povey 3,512 7.9 +6.1
Majority 2,438 5.5 -8.2
Turnout 44,253 64.0 +0.1
Labour hold Swing -4.1
General Election 2001: Staffordshire Moorlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlotte Atkins 20,904 49.0 -3.2
Conservative Marcus Hayes 15,066 35.3 +2.8
Liberal Democrat John Redfern 5,928 13.9 +1.8
UK Independence Paul Gilbert 760 1.8 N/A
Majority 5,838 13.7
Turnout 42,658 63.9 -13.9
Labour hold Swing

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