Burton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Burton
Burton
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Burton in Staffordshire
	Location of Staffordshire within England
County	Staffordshire
Population	102,731 (2011 census)
Electorate	75,302 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Kate Kniveton (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	East Staffordshire and North Staffordshire

Burton (UK Parliament constituency)

UK Parliament constituency in England since 1885

Burton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, there will be no changes to the constituency boundaries, but it will be renamed Burton and Uttoxeter from the next general election, due by January 2025.^[3]^[4]

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	Member^[9]^[10]	Party
1885	Sir Michael Bass	Liberal
1886 by-election	Sydney Evershed	Liberal
1900	Robert Ratcliff	Liberal Unionist
1912	Robert Ratcliff	Unionist
1918	John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton	Unionist
1943	John Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton	Conservative
1945	Arthur W. Lyne	Labour
1950	Arthur Colegate	Conservative
1955	John Jennings	Conservative
1974	Ivan Lawrence	Conservative
1997	Janet Dean	Labour
2010	Andrew Griffiths	Conservative
2018		Independent
2018		Conservative
2019	Kate Kniveton	Conservative

Party		Candidate
	Labour	Jacob Collier^[11]
	Reform UK	John Roberts^[12]
	Green	Anna Williams Westwood^[13]
Majority
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Griffiths	29,560	60.7	2.7
	Labour	Louise Walker	15,064	30.9	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Wain	2,681	5.5	3.0
	Green	Kate Copeland	1,433	2.9	1.2
Majority			14,496	29.8	9.6
Turnout			48,738	65.0	2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Griffiths	28,936	58.0	8.2
	Labour	John McKiernan	18,889	37.8	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hardwick	1,262	2.5	0.0
	Green	Simon Hales	824	1.7	0.8
Majority			10,047	20.2	2.3
Turnout			49,911	67.5	2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Griffiths	24,376	49.8	5.3
	Labour	Jon Wheale ^[17]	13,484	27.3	4.4
	UKIP	Mike Green ^[17]	8,658	17.5	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	David MacDonald ^[18]	1,232	2.5	13.3
	Green	Samantha Patrone ^[19]	1,224	2.5	New
Majority			11,252	22.5	10.9
Turnout			49,334	65.5	1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.9

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Burton
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Burton in Staffordshire
Location of Staffordshire within England
County	Staffordshire
Population	102,731 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	75,302 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Burton upon Trent and Uttoxeter
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Kate Kniveton (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	East Staffordshire and North Staffordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Griffiths	22,188	44.5	7.2
	Labour	Ruth Smeeth	15,884	31.9	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Rodgers	7,891	15.8	3.4
	BNP	Alan Hewitt	2,409	4.8	1.0
	UKIP	Philip Lancaster	1,451	2.9	1.0
Majority			6,304	12.6	N/A
Turnout			49,823	66.5	6.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Dean	19,701	41.1	7.9
	Conservative	Adrian Pepper	18,280	38.2	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Johnson	6,236	13.0	3.4
	BNP	Julie Russell	1,840	3.8	New
	UKIP	Philip Lancaster	913	1.9	0.2
	Veritas	Brian Buxton	912	1.9	New
Majority			1,421	2.9	7.5
Turnout			47,882	61.0	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Dean	22,783	49.0	2.0
	Conservative	Maggie A. Punyer	17,934	38.6	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Fletcher	4,468	9.6	1.1
	UKIP	Ian E. Crompton	984	2.1	New
	ProLife Alliance	John D.W. Roberts	288	0.6	New
Majority			4,849	10.4	1.2
Turnout			46,457	61.7	13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Dean	27,810	51.0	11.0
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	21,480	39.4	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	David A. Fletcher	4,617	8.5	1.8
	National Democrats	Keith Sharp	604	1.1	New
Majority			6,330	11.6	N/A
Turnout			54,514	75.1	7.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	10.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	30,845	49.7	1.0
	Labour	Patricia K. Muddyman	24,849	40.0	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rob C. Renold	6,375	10.3	5.4
Majority			5,996	9.7	7.4
Turnout			62,069	82.4	3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	29,160	50.7	0.4
	Labour	Dennis Heptonstall	19,330	33.6	3.8
	Liberal	Kenneth Hemsley	9,046	15.7	3.4
Majority			9,830	17.1	4.2
Turnout			57,536	78.6	2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	27,874	51.1	2.9
	Labour	Robert Slater	16,227	29.8	6.5
	Liberal	June Garner	10,420	19.1	9.4
Majority			11,647	21.3	3.6
Turnout			54,521	75.9	2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	29,821	54.00
	Labour	GS Jones	20,020	36.25
	Liberal	K Stevens	5,383	9.75
Majority			9,801	17.75
Turnout			55,224	78.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	23,496	44.45
	Labour	David Hill	21,398	40.48
	Liberal	K Stevens	7,969	15.07	New
Majority			2,098	3.97
Turnout			52,863	77.97
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Burton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Jennings	27,428	54.32
	Labour	Ronald G Truman	23,063	45.68
Majority			4,365	8.64
Turnout			50,491	75.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Burton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Jennings	23,773	50.29
	Labour	Charles William Shepherd	23,496	49.71
Majority			277	0.58
Turnout			47,269	78.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Burton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Jennings	25,236	53.24
	Labour	Thomas S Pritchard	22,161	46.76
Majority			3,075	6.48
Turnout			47,397	80.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Burton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Jennings	26,926	56.14
	Labour	Edward McGarry	21,032	43.86
Majority			5,894	12.28
Turnout			47,958	82.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ivan Lawrence	28,343	53.09
	Labour	David Hill	25,040	46.91
Majority			3,303	6.18
Turnout			58,383	79.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Jennings	24,519	53.23
	Labour Co-op	Ewart Taylor	21,546	46.77
Majority			2,973	6.46
Turnout			46,065	80.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Colegate	24,884	50.75
	Labour	John Stonehouse	24,151	49.25
Majority			733	1.50
Turnout			49,035	86.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Colegate	24,903	51.54
	Labour	Arthur W. Lyne	23,418	48.46
Majority			1,485	3.08	N/A
Turnout			48,321	86.05
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur W. Lyne	18,288	51.06
	Conservative	John Gretton	17,528	48.94
Majority			760	2.12	N/A
Turnout			35,816	66.84
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gretton	23,539	74.54
	Labour	Gladys Nellie Paling	8,041	25.46
Majority			15,498	49.08
Turnout			31,580	65.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gretton	26,117	74.73
	Labour	William Paling	8,832	25.27
Majority			17,285	49.46
Turnout			34,949	74.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Gretton	18,243	52.6	−21.6
	Labour	William Paling	10,511	30.3	+4.5
	Liberal	Ifor Bowen Lloyd	5,943	17.1	New
Majority			7,732	22.3	−26.1
Turnout			34,697	75.3	−2.5
Registered electors			46,099
	Unionist hold		Swing	−13.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Gretton	20,550	74.2	*N/A*
	Labour	F. Thoresby	7,141	25.8	New
Majority			13,409	48.4	N/A
Turnout			27,691	77.8	N/A
Registered electors			35,599
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
C	Unionist	John Gretton	Unopposed
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Ratcliff	5,877	60.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	Harold Rylett	3,784	39.2	New
Majority			2,093	21.6	N/A
Turnout			9,661	81.3	N/A
Registered electors			11,878
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Ratcliff	5,613	55.1	−6.9
	Liberal	Francis Vane	4,572	44.9	+6.9
Majority			1,041	10.2	−13.8
Turnout			10,185	88.8	+5.7
Registered electors			11,465
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	−6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Ratcliff	5,592	62.0	*New*
	Liberal	Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson	3,421	38.0	N/A
Majority			2,171	24.0	N/A
Turnout			9,013	83.1	N/A
Registered electors			10,852
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Evershed	4,792	67.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Gerald Holbech Hardy	2,319	32.6	New
Majority			2,473	34.8	N/A
Turnout			7,111	75.1	N/A
Registered electors			9,463
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michael Bass	5,395	68.0
	Conservative	Gerald Holbech Hardy	2,543	32.0
Majority			2,852	36.0
Turnout			7,938	83.9
Registered electors			9,463
	Liberal win (new seat)