Stoke was a borough constituency in Stoke-on-Trent which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, a new name and form of a seat which had existed from the Reform Act 1832. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.
History The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1918 John Ward Coalition Liberal 1922 National Liberal 1923 Liberal 1923 Constitutionalist, then Liberal 1929 Lady Mosley Labour 1931 New Party 1931 Ida Copeland Conservative 1935 Ellis Smith Labour1950 constituency abolished
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Labour: Ellis Smith
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