The ceremonial county of Staffordshire (which includes the area of the Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority) is divided into 12 seats - 4 borough and 8 county constituencies. Staffordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England. At the 2024 general election, nine of the seats were won by Labour and three by the Conservatives.

Constituencies

Historic constituencies

Before 1832

1832-1885

The county constituency was divided into:

1885-1918

The county constituencies were divided into:

1918-1950

1950-1983

1983-1997

1997 to 2024

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details. For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Staffordshire be combined with the Black Country as a sub-region of the West Midlands Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, which included part of the abolished constituency of South Staffordshire; remaining areas of this seat wwee combined with parts of the abolished constituency of Stone to form Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. Although the seat was unchanged, Burton was renamed Burton and Uttoxeter. The following constituencies are proposed: Containing electoral wards from Cannock Chase Containing electoral wards from East Staffordshire Containing electoral wards from Lichfield Containing electoral wards from Newcastle-under-Lyme Containing electoral wards from South Staffordshire Containing electoral wards from Stafford Containing electoral wards from Staffordshire Moorlands Containing electoral wards from Stoke-on-Trent Containing electoral wards from Tamworth

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the 12 constituencies covering Staffordshire for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Staffordshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes

12019 - Brexit Party 21983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

• Included in Other

Seats

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

• Transferred to Warwickshire 1911

1918 to 1950

1950 to 1983

The West Midlands Order 1965 transferred the Dudley area from Worcestershire to Staffordshire and part of the Warley area from Staffordshire to Worcestershire. These changes were incorporated into the new constituency boundaries for the February 1974 general election.

1983 to 2010

2010 to present