BBC Profile:
Newcastle-under-Lyme has one of the longest records of continuous Labour representation in the country. It first returned the party in 1919 when the sitting MP, Josiah Wedgwood, of the famous local pottery dynasty, defected from the Liberals. It has remained Labour ever since. Current MP Paul Farrelly replaced Llin Golding in 2001.
The constituency takes in the largest part of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, although two of the rural wards are included in the Stone constituency. There are no boundary changes ahead of the next election.
Virtually equidistant between Birmingham and Manchester, Newcastle-under-Lyme is sandwiched between scenic north Shropshire and south Cheshire to the west and runs almost seamlessly into sprawling Stoke-on-Trent to the east.
The Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency encompasses considerable variety. In the east it extends into the industrial Potteries and to ex-coal mining communities such as Silverdale and Chesterton, while in the west it reaches into Keele University as well as rural villages like Madeley.
The pottery industry still has a presence here, alongside other local industries such as textiles and bakeries. In recent years the Potteries has become an expanding centre of business parks and warehouses with a number of national and international distribution companies setting up bases in the borough.
The Parkhouse Industrial Estate and the Lymedale Business Park are popular locations thanks to the close pr
[More...]BBC Profile:
Newcastle-under-Lyme has one of the longest records of continuous Labour representation in the country. It first returned the party in 1919 when the sitting MP, Josiah Wedgwood, of the famous local pottery dynasty, defected from the Liberals. It has remained Labour ever since. Current MP Paul Farrelly replaced Llin Golding in 2001.
The constituency takes in the largest part of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, although two of the rural wards are included in the Stone constituency. There are no boundary changes ahead of the next election.
Virtually equidistant between Birmingham and Manchester, Newcastle-under-Lyme is sandwiched between scenic north Shropshire and south Cheshire to the west and runs almost seamlessly into sprawling Stoke-on-Trent to the east.
The Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency encompasses considerable variety. In the east it extends into the industrial Potteries and to ex-coal mining communities such as Silverdale and Chesterton, while in the west it reaches into Keele University as well as rural villages like Madeley.
The pottery industry still has a presence here, alongside other local industries such as textiles and bakeries. In recent years the Potteries has become an expanding centre of business parks and warehouses with a number of national and international distribution companies setting up bases in the borough.
The Parkhouse Industrial Estate and the Lymedale Business Park are popular locations thanks to the close proximately to the Midlands network of motorways and other transport links.
Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
No Boundary Changes
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