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Stafford — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Stafford was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 4,595 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Stafford from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 William Fawkener Chetwynd (Whig); Rees Howell Gronow (Whig) 526 42.4% (top seat) William Blount (Whig) 50 (2.9 pts) 89.2%
1835 Francis Lyttelton Holyoake Goodricke (Conservative); William Fawkener Chetwynd (Whig) 456 36.7% (top seat) Robert Farrand (Conservative) 144 (8.7 pts) 73.8%
1837 William Fawkener Chetwynd (Whig); Robert Farrand (Conservative) 504 30.0% (top seat) William Bingham Baring (Conservative) 40 (2.1 pts) 75.5%
1841 Swynfen Thomas Carnegie (Conservative); Edward Buller-Yarde-Buller (Whig) 587 42.4% (top seat) William Holmes (Conservative) 248 (15.4 pts) 69.6%
1847 David Urquhart (Conservative); Thomas Sidney (Conservative) 516 48.7% (top seat) Swynfen Thomas Carnegie (Conservative) 245 (15.8 pts) 60.8%
1852 John Ayshford Wise (Whig); Arthur John Otway (Whig) 501 44.5% (top seat) John Bourne (Conservative) 43 (2.4 pts) 72.2%
1857 John Ayshford Wise (Whig); Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot (Conservative) 745 49.1% (top seat) Frederick William Cadogan (Whig) 459 (22.7 pts) 80.8%
1859 John Ayshford Wise (Liberal); Thomas Salt (Conservative) 624 43.8% (top seat) Thomas Sidney (Liberal) 258 (12.4 pts) 76.3%
1865 Michael Arthur Bass (Liberal); Walter Meller (Conservative) 658 46.5% (top seat) Henry Davis Pochin (Liberal) 60 (2.6 pts) 76.2%
1868 Henry Davis Pochin (Liberal); Walter Meller (Conservative) 1,124 34.8% (top seat) Richard Croft Chawner (Liberal) 17 (0.5 pts) 54.3%
1874 Thomas Salt (Conservative); Alexander Macdonald (Liberal-Labour) 1,183 29.0% (top seat) Francis Charles Bridgeman (Conservative) 236 (5.5 pts) 57.7%
1880 Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren (Liberal); Alexander Macdonald (Liberal-Labour) 1,345 28.7% (top seat) Thomas Salt (Conservative) 115 (2.2 pts) 70.6%
1885 Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren (Liberal) 1,532 50.8% Thomas Salt (Conservative) 47 (1.6 pts) 92.4%
1886 Thomas Salt (Conservative) 1,528 51.6% Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren (Liberal) 93 (3.1 pts) 90.8%
1892 Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw (Liberal) 1,684 56.0% Douglas Straight (Conservative) 362 (12.0 pts) 88.2%
1895 Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw (Liberal) 1,568 50.2% Thomas Salt (Conservative) 12 (0.4 pts) 92.9%
1900 Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw (Liberal) 1,633 51.7% George Cawston (Conservative) 105 (3.3 pts) 89.4%
1906 Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw (Liberal) 1,947 54.3% Ronald Courthope Bosanquet (Conservative) 311 (8.7 pts) 92.2%
Jan 1910 Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw (Liberal) 2,042 51.1% Reginald Higgs Jones Mortimer (Conservative) 85 (2.1 pts) 96.7%
Dec 1910 Richard Walter Essex (Liberal) 1,992 52.0% John Sanctuary Nicholson (Conservative) 155 (4.0 pts) 92.6%
1918 William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore (Unionist) 8,304 66.4% Walter Meakin (Liberal) 4,101 (32.8 pts) 54.0%
1922 William George Arthur Orsmby-Gore (Unionist) 10,990 58.9% William Holmes (Labour) 3,318 (17.8 pts) 76.7%
1923 William George Arthur Orsmby-Gore (Unionist) 9,823 53.9% William Thomas Scott (Labour) 1,411 (7.7 pts) 72.9%
1924 William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore (Unionist) 12,404 62.1% William Thomas Scott (Labour) 4,833 (24.2 pts) 79.1%
1929 William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore (Unionist) 12,324 45.1% Leonard Smith (Labour) 2,313 (8.5 pts) 81.8%
1931 William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore (Conservative) 18,467 68.1% Leonard Smith (Labour) 9,827 (36.2 pts) 78.5%
1935 William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore (Conservative) 16,175 56.4% Frank Lloyd (Labour) 3,661 (12.8 pts) 79.0%
1945 Stephen Thomas Swingler (Labour) 17,293 51.2% George Edward Peter Thorneycroft (Conservative) 793 (2.4 pts) 78.0%
1983 Sir Hugh Fraser (Conservative) 27,639 51.2% David Dunn (Social Democratic Party) 14,277 (26.4 pts) 76.5%
1987 Bill Cash (Conservative) 29,541 51.3% Colin Phipps (Social Democratic Party) 13,707 (23.8 pts) 79.5%
1992 Bill Cash (Conservative) 30,876 49.9% David Kidney (Labour) 10,900 (17.6 pts) 82.9%
1997 David Kidney (Labour) 24,606 47.5% David Cameron (Conservative) 4,314 (8.3 pts) 76.6%
2001 David Kidney (Labour) 21,285 48.0% Philip Cochrane (Conservative) 5,032 (11.3 pts) 65.3%
2005 David Kidney (Labour) 19,889 43.7% David Chambers (Conservative) 2,121 (4.7 pts) 64.7%
2010 Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative) 22,047 43.9% David Kidney (Labour) 5,460 (10.9 pts) 71.2%
2015 Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative) 23,606 48.4% Kate Godfrey (Labour) 9,177 (18.8 pts) 71.2%
2017 Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative) 28,424 54.7% David Williams (Labour) 7,729 (14.9 pts) 76.0%
2019 Theo Clarke (Conservative) 29,992 58.6% Joyce Still (Labour) 14,377 (28.1 pts) 70.7%
2024 Leigh Ingham (Labour) 18,531 40.3% Theo Clarke (Conservative) 4,595 (10.0 pts) 65.4%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Fawkener Chetwynd Whig 73942.4% Yes
Rees Howell Gronow Whig 52630.2% Yes
William Blount Whig 47627.3% No
Robert Farrand Conservative 00.0% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Lyttelton Holyoake Goodricke Conservative 60536.7% Yes
William Fawkener Chetwynd Whig 45627.7% Yes
Robert Farrand Conservative 31218.9% No
Rees Howell Gronow Whig 24614.9% No
Charles Wolseley Radical 291.8% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Fawkener Chetwynd Whig 56530.0% Yes
Robert Farrand Conservative 50426.8% Yes
William Bingham Baring Conservative 46424.7% No
William Blount Whig 34818.5% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Swynfen Thomas Carnegie Conservative 68142.4% Yes
Edward Buller-Yarde-Buller Whig 58736.5% Yes
William Holmes Conservative 33921.1% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Urquhart Conservative 75448.7% Yes
Thomas Sidney Conservative 51633.3% Yes
Swynfen Thomas Carnegie Conservative 27117.5% No
John Lea Whig 60.4% No
James Adam Gordon Whig 10.1% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ayshford Wise Whig 80144.5% Yes
Arthur John Otway Whig 50127.8% Yes
John Bourne Conservative 45825.4% No
James Cook Evans Whig 392.2% No
Edmund Hopkinson Conservative 10.1% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ayshford Wise Whig 99349.1% Yes
Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot Conservative 74536.8% Yes
Frederick William Cadogan Whig 28614.1% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ayshford Wise Liberal 91143.8% Yes
Thomas Salt Conservative 62430.0% Yes
Thomas Sidney Liberal 36617.6% No
Henry Robert Addison Liberal 1818.7% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Arthur Bass Liberal 1,09146.5% Yes
Walter Meller Conservative 65828.0% Yes
Henry Davis Pochin Liberal 59825.5% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Davis Pochin Liberal 1,18934.8% Yes
Walter Meller Conservative 1,12432.9% Yes
Richard Croft Chawner Liberal 1,10732.4% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Salt Conservative 1,23829.0% Yes
Alexander Macdonald Liberal-Labour 1,18327.7% Yes
Francis Charles Bridgeman Conservative 94722.2% No
Henry Davis Pochin Liberal 90321.1% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren Liberal 1,49828.7% Yes
Alexander Macdonald Liberal-Labour 1,34525.8% Yes
Thomas Salt Conservative 1,23023.6% No
Gerald Francis Talbot Conservative 1,14922.0% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren Liberal 1,53250.8% Yes
Thomas Salt Conservative 1,48549.2% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Salt Conservative 1,52851.6% Yes
Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren Liberal 1,43548.4% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw Liberal 1,68456.0% Yes
Douglas Straight Conservative 1,32244.0% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw Liberal 1,56850.2% Yes
Thomas Salt Conservative 1,55649.8% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw Liberal 1,63351.7% Yes
George Cawston Conservative 1,52848.3% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw Liberal 1,94754.3% Yes
Ronald Courthope Bosanquet Conservative 1,63645.7% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theodore Frederick Charles Edward Shaw Liberal 2,04251.1% Yes
Reginald Higgs Jones Mortimer Conservative 1,95748.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Walter Essex Liberal 1,99252.0% Yes
John Sanctuary Nicholson Conservative 1,83748.0% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore Unionist 8,30466.4% Yes
Walter Meakin Liberal 4,20333.6% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Arthur Orsmby-Gore Unionist 10,99058.9% Yes
William Holmes Labour 7,67241.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Arthur Orsmby-Gore Unionist 9,82353.9% Yes
William Thomas Scott Labour 8,41246.1% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore Unionist 12,40462.1% Yes
William Thomas Scott Labour 7,57137.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore Unionist 12,32445.1% Yes
Leonard Smith Labour 10,01136.6% No
Arthur Stanley Leyland Liberal 5,00018.3% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore Conservative 18,46768.1% Yes
Leonard Smith Labour 8,64031.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore Conservative 16,17556.4% Yes
Frank Lloyd Labour 12,51443.6% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Thomas Swingler Labour 17,29351.2% Yes
George Edward Peter Thorneycroft Conservative 16,50048.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Hugh Fraser Conservative 27,63951.2% Yes
David Dunn Social Democratic Party 13,36224.7% No
Michael Poulter Labour 12,78923.7% No
Guiliano Mark James Caruso Gizza Job 2120.4% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Cash Conservative 29,54151.3% Yes
Colin Phipps Social Democratic Party 15,83427.5% No
Najma Hafeez Labour 12,17721.2% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Cash Conservative 30,87649.9% Yes
David Kidney Labour 19,97632.3% No
Jamie Calder Liberal Democrat 10,70217.3% No
Philip David Myott Peat Independent 1780.3% No
Christopher Anthony Lines Natural Law 1760.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Kidney Labour 24,60647.5% Yes
David Cameron Conservative 20,29239.2% No
Pam Hornby Liberal Democrat 5,48010.6% No
Stephen Culley Referendum Party 1,1462.2% No
Ashton May Monster Raving Loony 2480.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Kidney Labour 21,28548.0% Yes
Philip Cochrane Conservative 16,25336.6% No
Jeanne Pinkerton Liberal Democrat 4,2059.5% No
Earl of Bradford UKIP 2,3155.2% No
Michael Hames Rock 'n' Roll Loony 3080.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Kidney Labour 19,88943.7% Yes
David Chambers Conservative 17,76839.0% No
Barry Stamp Liberal Democrat 6,39014.0% No
Frederick Goode UKIP 1,5073.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Lefroy Conservative 22,04743.9% Yes
David Kidney Labour 16,58733.0% No
Barry Stamp Liberal Democrat 8,21116.3% No
Roy Goode UKIP 1,7273.4% No
Roland Hynd BNP 1,1032.2% No
Mike Shone Green 5641.1% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Lefroy Conservative 23,60648.4% Yes
Kate Godfrey Labour 14,42929.6% No
Ed Whitfield UKIP 6,29312.9% No
Karen Howell National Health Action Party 1,7013.5% No
Mike Shone Green 1,3902.9% No
Keith Miller Liberal Democrat 1,3482.8% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Lefroy Conservative 28,42454.7% Yes
David Williams Labour 20,69539.9% No
Christine Tinker Liberal Democrat 1,5403.0% No
Tony Pearce Green 1,2652.4% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Theo Clarke Conservative 29,99258.6% Yes
Joyce Still Labour 15,61530.5% No
Alexander Wagner Liberal Democrat 3,1756.2% No
Emma Carter Green 2,3674.6% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leigh Ingham Labour 18,53140.3% Yes
Theo Clarke Conservative 13,93630.3% No
Michael Riley Reform UK 8,61218.7% No
Scott Spencer Green 2,8566.2% No
Peter Andras Liberal Democrat 1,6763.6% No
Titus Anything Monster Raving Loony Party 3070.7% No
Craig Morton Heritage Party 910.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 2.9 pts 1835: Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1837: Whig margin 2.1 pts 1841: Conservative margin 15.4 pts 1847: Conservative margin 15.8 pts 1852: Whig margin 2.4 pts 1857: Whig margin 22.7 pts 1859: Liberal margin 12.4 pts 1865: Liberal margin 2.6 pts 1868: Liberal margin 0.5 pts 1874: Conservative margin 5.5 pts 1880: Liberal margin 2.2 pts 1885: Liberal margin 1.6 pts 1886: Conservative margin 3.1 pts 1892: Liberal margin 12.0 pts 1895: Liberal margin 0.4 pts 1900: Liberal margin 3.3 pts 1906: Liberal margin 8.7 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 2.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 4.0 pts 1918: Unionist margin 32.8 pts 1922: Unionist margin 17.8 pts 1923: Unionist margin 7.7 pts 1924: Unionist margin 24.2 pts 1929: Unionist margin 8.5 pts 1931: Conservative margin 36.2 pts 1935: Conservative margin 12.8 pts 1945: Labour margin 2.4 pts 1983: Conservative margin 26.4 pts 1987: Conservative margin 23.8 pts 1992: Conservative margin 17.6 pts 1997: Labour margin 8.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 11.3 pts 2005: Labour margin 4.7 pts 2010: Conservative margin 10.9 pts 2015: Conservative margin 18.8 pts 2017: Conservative margin 14.9 pts 2019: Conservative margin 28.1 pts 2024: Labour margin 10.0 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Stafford has been contested at 39 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Labour, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Stafford in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Stafford in 2024 with 18,531 votes (40.3%), a majority of 4,595 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Stafford since 1832?

Since 1832, Stafford has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal-Labour, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Stafford?

The closest result on record for Stafford was 1895, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 12 votes (0.4 percentage points).

Did Stafford ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Stafford elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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