Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire.
Location of Staffordshire within England.
County	Staffordshire
Electorate	68,692 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Keele and Audley
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Paul Farrelly (Labour)
Number of members	One
1354–1885
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency in the Potteries represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Paul Farrelly of the Labour Party.

From its creation in 1354, Newcastle-under-Lyme returned two MPs to the House of Commons. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency's representation was cut to one member. Among renowned MPs are two of widespread fame. A Josiah Wedgwood of the pottery family, who was repeatedly reelected to the seat from 1906 until he was ennobled to join the Lords in 1942, as 1st Baron Wedgwood and campaigned in the US for that country to join World War II and for Indian Independence. Before the 20th century the constituency was often influenced and represented by members of the Leveson/Leveson-Gower/Egerton family who owned in this constituency the Trentham estate - their most important MP was the Viscount Trentham who obtained a Dukedom.

This constituency is one of the most loyal Labour Party seats having returned a Labour MP since 1922 when Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood joined the Labour Party. However, at the 2010 General Election it was won by Farrelly with a margin of 3%, the smallest margin in a long time with a Conservative increase of +9.4% and a Labour decline of -7.4%.