title: Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)
text: # Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)
  
  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
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1918 | John Ward | Coalition Liberal |
  | | 1922 | John Ward | National Liberal |
  | | 1923 | John Ward | Liberal |
  | | 1923 | John Ward | Constitutionalist, then Liberal |
  | | 1929 | Lady Mosley | Labour |
  | | 1931 | Lady Mosley | New Party |
  | | 1931 | Ida Copeland | Conservative |
  | | 1935 | Ellis Smith | Labour |
  | 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  General election 1918: Stoke-on-Trent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | C | Liberal | John Ward | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
  | C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  General election 1922: Stoke-on-Trent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Liberal | John Ward | 16,685 | 61.3 | N/A |
  | | Labour | John Watts | 10,522 | 38.7 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,163 | 22.6 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,207 | 68.0 | N/A |
  | | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  General election 1923: Stoke-on-Trent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John Ward | 13,119 | 51.2 | -10.1 |
  | | Labour | John Watts | 12,502 | 48.8 | +10.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 617 | 2.4 | -20.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,621 | 63.2 | -4.8 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -10.1 | |
  
  General election 1924: Stoke-on-Trent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Constitutionalist | John Ward | 17,864 | 57.3 | +6.1 |
  | | Labour | John Watts | 13,318 | 42.7 | -6.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,546 | 14.6 | +12.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,182 | 75.4 | +12.2 |
  | | Constitutionalist hold | Constitutionalist hold | Swing | +6.1 | |
  
  General election 1929: Stoke-on-Trent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Cynthia Mosley | 26,548 | 58.7 | +16.0 |
  | | Liberal | John Ward | 18,698 | 41.3 | -16.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,850 | 17.4 | 32.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,246 | 81.2 | +5.8 |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.0 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  General election 1931: Stoke-on-Trent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ida Copeland | 19,918 | 45.56 | |
  | | Labour | Ellis Smith | 13,264 | 30.34 | |
  | | New Party | Oswald Mosley | 10,534 | 24.10 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,654 | 15.22 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,716 | 75.88 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
  
  General election 1935: Stoke-on-Trent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Ellis Smith | 20,992 | 52.67 | |
  | | Conservative | Ida Copeland | 18,867 | 47.33 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,125 | 5.34 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,859 | 69.98 | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### 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
  
  General election 1945: Stoke-on-Trent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Ellis Smith | 29,551 | 69.12 |
  | | Conservative | W.P. Wentworth Shields | 13,203 | 30.88 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,348 | 38.24 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,754 | 75.68 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  