South Staffordshire (constituency)
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| South Staffordshire County constituency | |||||
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| Creation | 1983 | ||||
| MP | Patrick Cormack | ||||
| Party | Conservative | ||||
| Type | House of Commons | ||||
| County | Staffordshire | ||||
| EP constituency | West Midlands | ||||
South Staffordshire 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.
History
On April 30, 2005, the Liberal Democrat candidate Jo Harrison (53) died of an undisclosed illness. 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.
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
- 1983 — present: Patrick Cormack, Conservative
General Election 2005
| General Election 2005: Staffordshire South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Clause 28 | Rev. David Braid | ||||
| English Democrats Party | Garry Bushell | ||||
| Conservative | Sir Patrick Cormack | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Crotty | ||||
| Freedom Party | Adrian Davies | ||||
| UKIP | Malcolm Hurst | ||||
| Labour | Paul Kalinauckas | ||||
| Green | Kate Spohrer | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Source (http://www.by_elections.blogspot.com/)
Due to the death of the Liberal Democrat candidate Jo Harrison the May 5th Parliamentary election in this seat was rescheduled. A Parliamentary Election will be held in the constituency of of South Staffordshire, on 23 June, 2005.
This poll is strictly not a by-election, but rather a part of the UK General Election, 2005 which was postponed due to the death of the Liberal Democrat candidate, Josephine Harrison, after nominations for the poll had closed. As such it is run under General Election regulations, for instance it does not qualify for the significantly higher Election Expense limits applicable to by-elections.
With the seat being apparently safely Conservative, and the UK media satiated by coverage of the General Election, it is unlikely to attract as much attention as recent by-elections where seats held by the governing Labour Party were under threat. The candidates for this seat on the original date of election were to have been:
| General Election 2005: Staffordshire South (original candidates) | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Penny Barber | – | – | – | |
| Conservative | Patrick Cormack | – | – | – | |
| Liberal Democrats | Josephine Harrison | – | – | – | |
| UKIP | Malcolm Hurst | – | – | – | |
| Majority | – | – | – | ||
| Turnout | – | – | – | ||
Previous election results
| General Election 2001: Staffordshire South | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
See also
External links
- Lib Dems announce candidate death (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/england/4503577.stm), BBC News
- Labour's search for new candidate (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/4532245.stm), BBC News
- The Guardian: Election begins in the seat time forgot (http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1497197,00.html)
