Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)

Stoke-on-Trent North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stoke-on-Trent North in Staffordshire.
Location of Staffordshire within England.
County	Staffordshire
Electorate	72,225 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Burslem, Tunstall
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Ruth Smeeth (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Hanley Leek
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Stoke-on-Trent North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Ruth Smeeth, a member of the Labour Party.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 27.

1955-1983: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

1983-1997: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Burslem Central, Burslem Green, Chell, East Valley, Norton and Bradeley, and Tunstall North, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Butt Lane, Kidsgrove, Newchapel, and Talke.

1997-2010: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Burslem Central, Burslem Grange, Chell, East Valley, Norton and Bradeley, and Tunstall North, and the District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of Brown Edge and Endon, and Stanley.

2010-present: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Burslem North, Burslem South, Chell and Packmoor, East Valley, Norton and Bradeley, and Tunstall, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Butt Lane, Kidsgrove, Ravenscliffe, and Talke.

Each of the three constituencies of Stoke-on-Trent contain two of the historic 'six towns' of the Potteries. Burslem and Tunstall are Stoke-on-Trent North's long-established ceramics and porcelain settlements; see Staffordshire Potteries.

This constituency was formed in 1950 at which time it incorporated parts of the former Leek and Hanley seats.

As a frontbench member in government, John Forrester became in 1970 a Health Minister, before the election of that year.

As described, a productivity base exists on a large international scale in the form of the porcelain industry. The area has relatively fast connections compared to other seats in the county equally to Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 5.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian, the middle figure of the three rates for the city's seats.