Election 97

Stoke On Trent Central

Current MP Mark Fisher
Conservative 97 6,738
Labour 97 26,662
LibDem 97 4,809
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 965
Elected party
Stoke On Trent Central

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Stoke on Trent Central
Conservative 92 12,477
Labour 92 25,897
LibDem 92 6,073
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 196
Elected party Labour

The industrial city of Stoke in Staffordshire, famed for its potteries, and surrounded by an old coalfield, may well be the most favourable city in England for the Labour party. As a percentage of the vote, Hull polled more in 1992, but Stoke has returned a full slate of three Labour member since 1945 - a unique record. Its bleak industrial landscape offers little refuge for the Tories. The Central constituency contains poor working-class areas and much of Stoke's small (4 per cent) ethnic population. MP Mark Fisher has a safe seat here for as long as he wishes.


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