South Staffordshire (constituency)

South Staffordshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire.
Location of Staffordshire within England.
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
Overlaps
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.

1832-1868: The Hundreds of South Offlow, Seisdon and Cuttlestone.

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.