Staffordshire Moorlands Sir David Knox (Retiring) 16,637 26,686 6,191 0 0 Staffordshire Moorlands 20,787 21,972 9,381 0 1,629 Labour The redrawing of the parliamentary boundaries at the northern end of Staffordshire has proved a tragedy for the Conservatives. Previously a safe Tory seat, won by Sir David Knox in 1992 with a majority of over 7,000 over Labour, the entire character of Staffordshire Moorlands has been altered by a series of boundary changes. The Boundary Commission has transferred 27,000 mainly Tory voters to other seats. These include the rural areas around Alton Towers, the well known theme park, and the small town of Cheadle, and also the affluent Stoke suburbs of Endon and Brown Edge. In return come 19,000 electors from the strongly Labour Potteries town of Kidsgrove, previously in Stoke North. All this effectively recreates the seat known as Leek that Labour held from 1945 to 1970, and they will have every confidence of holding Staffordshire Moorlands - for holding it will be, as they would have been ahead if it had existed in 1992.

	1,643	4.74	9.03	53
	3,475	10.03	11.17	90
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