South East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
# South East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tamworth constituency.

## Boundaries

The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Alrewas, Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, Tame, and Whittington.

The main settlement in the constituency was the town of Tamworth; on the seat's abolition for the 1997 general election, it was transferred to the new Tamworth constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1983 | David Lightbown | Conservative | Died December 1995 |
| | 1996 by-election | Brian Jenkins | Labour | Subsequently, MP for Tamworth 1997-2010 |
| 1997 | 1997 | constituency abolished: see Tamworth & Lichfield | constituency abolished: see Tamworth & Lichfield |

## Elections

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Staffordshire South East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | David Lightbown | 24,556 | 50.7 | |
| | Labour | Christine Crawley | 13,658 | 28.2 | |
| | SDP | Michael Lynch | 10,220 | 21.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,898 | 22.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,434 | 76.5 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

General election 1987: Staffordshire South East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | David Lightbown | 25,115 | 47.2 | 3.5 |
| | SDP | Elisabeth Gluck | 14,230 | 26.7 | 5.6 |
| | Labour | David Spilsbury | 13,874 | 26.07 | 2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,885 | 20.45 | 2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,219 | 80.4 | 3.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 4.6 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Staffordshire South East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | David Lightbown | 29,180 | 50.7 | 3.5 |
| | Labour | Brian Jenkins | 21,988 | 38.2 | 12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gilbert Penlington | 5,540 | 9.6 | 17.1 |
| | SDP | Jill Taylor | 895 | 1.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,192 | 12.5 | 7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,603 | 82.0 | 1.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 4.3 | |

By-election 1996: South East Staffordshire :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Brian Jenkins | 26,155 | 60.1 | 21.9 |
| | Conservative | Timothy James | 12,393 | 28.5 | 22.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennette Davy | 2,042 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Smith | 1,272 | 2.9 | New |
| | Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 506 | 1.2 | New |
| | National Democrats | Sharron Edwards | 358 | 0.8 | New |
| | Liberal | Steven Mountford | 332 | 0.8 | New |
| | Independent Conservative | Leslie Tucker | 123 | 0.3 | New |
| | L!VE TV | News Bunny | 85 | 0.2 | New |
| | Independent | Neville Samuelson | 80 | 0.2 | New |
| | Natural Law | David Lucas | 53 | 0.1 | New |
| | Independent | Frederick Sandy | 53 | 0.1 | New |
| | Independent | Alan Wood | 45 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,762 | 31.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,497 | 62.0 | 20.0 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 22.1 | |
