Burton (UK Parliament constituency)

Burton
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Burton in Staffordshire.
Location of Staffordshire within England.
County	Staffordshire
Population	102,731 (2011 census)
Electorate	75,302 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Andrew Griffiths (Conservative)
Number of members	One
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Burton is a county 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.

This constituency covers most of the East Staffordshire district. The main town is Burton upon Trent, while it also includes Uttoxeter, Tutbury and Rocester. The remaining small part of East Staffordshire, the area around Abbots Bromley and Yoxall, and, from the 2010 general election (following a review by the Boundary Commission for England), the Needwood ward (containing the village of Barton-under-Needwood), is in the Lichfield constituency.

The constituency was formed in 1885. Burton-upon-Trent is a centre of the brewing industry and from the seat's creation in 1885 until 1945, the MPs were members of brewery-owning families. From 1950 until 1997, the seat was held by the Conservative Party. However, like many traditionally Conservative seats, it fell to the Labour Party during their landslide victory at the 1997 general election. Labour's Janet Dean held the seat until 2010 when the Tories retook the seat.