County Staffordshire European Parliament constituency West Midlands Number of members 1 Replaced by Hanley, Leek | Electorate 72,225 (December 2010) Member of parliament Ruth Smeeth Major settlements Burslem, Tunstall Created from Hanley, Leek | |
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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.
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Boundaries
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.
History
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.
Constituency profile
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.