| Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
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| County | Staffordshire |
| Electorate | 70,025 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Newcastle-under-Lyme, Keele and Audley |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 |
| Member of Parliament | Adam Jogee (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| 1354–1885 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency[n 1] in northern Staffordshire created in 1354 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Adam Jogee of the Labour Party.[n 2] It was the last to be co-represented by a member of the Conservative Party when it was dual-member, before the 1885 general election which followed the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 coupled with the Reform Act 1884. In 1919 the local MP, Josiah Wedgwood, shifted his allegiance from the Liberal Party — the Lloyd George Coalition Liberals allying with the Conservatives — to the Labour Party and the seat elected the Labour candidate who has stood at each election for the next hundred years, a total of 29 elections in succession. Labour came close to losing the seat in 1969, 1986, 2015 and 2017, and eventually lost the seat in 2019.
Its 2017 general election result was the fifth-closest result, a winning margin of 30 votes.[2] In 2019, it was won by the Conservatives for the first time since its creation, by over 7,000 votes.
Newcastle-under-Lyme is one of twelve Staffordshire seats won (held or gained) by a Conservative candidate in 2019 out of a total of twelve covering the county.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ McInnes, Roderick (23 June 2017). "GE2017: Marginal seats and turnout".
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