South Staffordshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire.
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Location of Staffordshire within England.
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County | Staffordshire |
Electorate | 74,189 (December 2010) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Gavin Williamson (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | South West Staffordshire |
1832–1868 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | East Staffordshire and West Staffordshire |
Created from | Staffordshire |
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European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
South Staffordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Gavin Williamson, a Conservative. This article also covers the history of the previous constituency of South Staffordshire or Staffordshire Southern which existed from 1832 to 1868, covering a much larger area.
1983-1997: The District of South Staffordshire.
1997-2010: The District of South Staffordshire wards of Bilbrook, Brewood and Coven, Cheslyn Hay, Codsall North, Codsall South, Essington, Featherstone, Great Wyrley Landywood, Great Wyrley Town, Kinver, Lower Penn, Pattingham and Patshull, Perton Central, Perton Dippons, Shareshill, Swindon, Trysull and Seisdon, Wombourne North, Wombourne South East, and Wombourne South West.
2010-present: The District of South Staffordshire wards of Bilbrook, Brewood and Coven, Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon, Cheslyn Hay South, Codsall North, Codsall South, Essington, Featherstone and Shareshill, Great Wyrley Landywood, Great Wyrley Town, Himley and Swindon, Huntington and Hatherton, Kinver, Pattingham and Patshull, Perton Dippons, Perton East, Perton Lakeside, Trysull and Seisdon, Wombourne North and Lower Penn, Wombourne South East, and Wombourne South West.
The constituency is made up of about two-thirds of the South Staffordshire local government district, its southern bulk. It flanks the western edge of the West Midlands, the closest parts being Wolverhampton and Dudley and it does not contain any large towns; the largest town (by ) is Wombourne. Its settlements include Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Codsall, Featherstone, Great Wyrley, Kinver, Perton and Wombourne. Most electoral wards have to date been locally Conservative safe seats with Labour's only area of frequent strength, Cheslyn Hay, a town with historically a greater dependence on coal mining than the others.