South Staffordshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes, it was reformed as Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, which was first contested at the 2024 general election. Part of the constituency was absorbed into the new seat of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge, with Sir Gavin Williamson becoming its MP.
Boundaries
1832–1868: The Hundreds of South Offlow, Seisdon and Cuttleston.
1983–1997: The District of South Staffordshire.
1997–2010: The District of South Staffordshire wards of Bilbrook, Brewood and Coven, Cheslyn Hay, Codsall North, Codsall South, Essington, Featherstone, Great Wyrley Landywood, Great Wyrley Town, Kinver, Lower Penn, Pattingham and Patshull, Perton Central, Perton Dippons, Shareshill, Swindon, Trysull and Seisdon, Wombourne North, Wombourne South East, and Wombourne South West.
2010–2024: The District of South Staffordshire wards of Bilbrook, Brewood and Coven, Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon, Cheslyn Hay South, Codsall North, Codsall South, Essington, Featherstone and Shareshill, Great Wyrley Landywood, Great Wyrley Town, Himley and Swindon, Huntington and Hatherton, Kinver, Pattingham and Patshull, Perton Dippons, Perton East, Perton Lakeside, Trysull and Seisdon, Wombourne North and Lower Penn, Wombourne South East, and Wombourne South West.
The constituency was made up of about two-thirds of the South Staffordshire local government district, its southern bulk. It flanked the western edge of the West Midlands, the closest parts being Wolverhampton and Dudley and did not contain any large towns; the largest town (by electorate) was Wombourne. Its settlements included Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Codsall, Featherstone, Great Wyrley, Kinver, Perton and Wombourne. Most electoral wards were locally Conservative safe seats with Labour's only area of frequent strength, Cheslyn Hay, a town with historically a greater dependence on coal mining than the others.
Abolition
Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Northern parts, including Great Wyrley along with adjoining built up areas such as Cheslyn Hay, were moved to the newly created constituency of Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. To compensate, the Borough of Dudley communities of Kingswinford, Wall Heath and Wordsley were transferred from the also-abolished seat of Dudley South, thereby forming a cross-boundary constituency, to be named Kingswinford and South Staffordshire.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1868
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!Election!!!!First member
!First party!!!!Second member!!Second party
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|1832||style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|Edward Littleton|| Whig
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="2" |Sir John Wrottesley, Bt ||rowspan="2" | Whig
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|1837 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="2"|George Anson||rowspan="2"| Whig
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|1854 by-election || style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge || Whig
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|1857 || style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="2" | William Orme Foster || Whig
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="2" | Henry Hodgetts-Foley || Whig
The vote share change in 2010 comes from the notional, not actual, results because of boundary changes.
Elections in the 2000s
- The 2005 election in South Staffordshire was postponed until 23 June 2005, after Jo Harrison, the original candidate of the Liberal Democrats, died on 30 April 2005, shortly before the general election.