Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Stoke-on-Trent South in Staffordshire.
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Location of Staffordshire within England.
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| County | Staffordshire |
| Electorate | 68,624 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Stoke-on-Trent |
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| Created | 1950 |
| Member of parliament | Robert Flello (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Stoke-on-Trent/"Stoke" |
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| European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
Stoke-on-Trent South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Robert Flello, a member of the Labour Party.
The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat since its creation in 1950, supported with majorities narrowly above a marginal level, even during strong years for the Conservative Party, such as 1983 and 2010, who form the main opposition locally.
Jack Ashley (later Lord Ashley), became deaf as a result of an operation, but his disability campaigns led to major enactments and public sector changes to improve ordinary life for deaf people, including the inclusion of sign language in television programmes and campaigns to help other disabled people.
1983-2010: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Blurton, Fenton Green, Great Fenton, Longton South, Meir Park, Trentham Park, and Weston.
2010-present: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Blurton, Fenton, Longton North, Longton South, Meir Park and Sandon, Trentham and Hanford, and Weston and Meir North.
A safe Labour seat, like the other Stoke-on-Trent constituencies, it includes the city's most middle-class electoral wards of Trentham and Meir that contrast with much of the neighbouring, predominantly lower income, population of the other wards.
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 equal to the regional average of 4.7% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.
In 2015, Independent Pete Higgins announced his candidacy, but failed to stand.
Coordinates: 52°59′N 2°9′W / 52.983°N 2.150°W
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