The ceremonial county of Staffordshire (which includes the area of the Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority) is divided into 12 seats - 4 borough and 8 county constituencies. Staffordshire is a county in the West Midlands of England. At the 2019 general election, for the first time in history all of Staffordshire's elected MPs were Conservatives.
Constituencies
At the 2017 general election, the Conservative Party (its candidates) made a net gain of one seat by gaining Stoke-on-Trent South. This also saw Newcastle-under-Lyme become the third-most-marginal Labour seat in England.
In the 2019 UK general election, Conservative candidates made a net gain of three seats: gaining Stoke-on-Trent North, Stoke-on-Trent Central and Newcastle-under-Lyme. This meant all seats in Staffordshire had a Conservative MP.
The above were all at the expense of Labour seats, in the same way that Labour gained most of its maximal 9 seats in the county, recorded to date, in 1997.
Historic constituencies
Before 1832
Staffordshire County Constituency (2 members) Lichfield Borough Constituency Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Constituency Stafford Borough Constituency
1832-1885
The county constituency was divided into: North Staffordshire South Staffordshire Walsall new Borough Constituency Wolverhampton new Borough Constituency
1885-1918
The county constituencies were divided into: Burton (still exists) Handsworth (until 1918 when it became a Birmingham constituency) Hanley (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stoke-on-Trent Central) Kingswinford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Brierley Hill) Leek (until 1983 when replaced by Staffordshire Moorlands) Lichfield (until 1950 when it was replaced by Lichfield and Tamworth) Newcastle-under-Lyme (still exists) Stafford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stafford and Stone) Staffordshire North-West (until 1918) Staffordshire West (until 1918) Stoke-upon-Trent (until 1918) Tamworth (until 1950) Walsall (until 1955) Wednesbury (until 1974) West Bromwich (until 1974) Wolverhampton East (until 1950) Wolverhampton South (until 1918) Wolverhampton West (until 1950)
1918-1950
Burslem (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stoke-on-Trent North) Burton (still exists) Cannock (created out of Kingswinford, West Staffordshire and Lichfield) Hanley (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stoke-on-Trent Central) Kingswinford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Brierley Hill) Leek (until 1983 when replaced by Staffordshire Moorlands) Lichfield (until 1950 when it was replaced by Lichfield and Tamworth) Newcastle-under-Lyme (still exists) Smethwick (until 1974 when it was replaced by Warley East) Stafford (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stafford and Stone) Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stoke-on-Trent Central, Stoke-on-Trent North and Stoke-on-Trent South) Stone (until 1950 when it was replaced by Stafford and Stone) Tamworth (until 1950) Walsall (until 1955) Wednesbury (until 1974) West Bromwich (until 1974) Woverhampton Bilston (until 1974) Wolverhampton East (until 1950) Wolverhampton West (until 1950)
1950-1983
Aldridge-Brownhills (since 1974, created out of Walsall North and Walsall South) Brierley Hill (until 1974) Burton (still exists) Cannock Leek Lichfield and Tamworth Newcastle-under-Lyme Smethwick (until 1974) South West Staffordshire (1974 Stafford and Stone Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Walsall (until 1955) Walsall North (created out of Walsall in 1955) Walsall South (created out of Walsall in 1955) Wednesbury (until 1974) West Bromwich (until 1974) West Bromwich East (from 1974) West Bromwich West (from 1974) Wolverhampton Bilston (until 1974) Wolverhampton North East (from 1950) Wolverhampton South East (from 1974) Wolverhampton South West (from 1950)