South East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Staffordshire was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was replaced by the new Tamworth constituency.

The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Alrewas, Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, Tame, and Whittington.

The main settlement in the constituency was the town of Tamworth; on the seat's abolition for the 1997 general election, it was transferred to the new Tamworth constituency.

General election 1987: Staffordshire South East^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lightbown	25,115	47.2	3.5
	SDP	Elisabeth Gluck	14,230	26.7	5.6
	Labour	David Spilsbury	13,874	26.07	2.1
Majority			10,885	20.45	2.1
Turnout			53,219	80.4	3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.6

General election 1992: Staffordshire South East^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lightbown	29,180	50.7	3.5
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	21,988	38.2	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Penlington	5,540	9.6	17.1
	SDP	Jill Taylor	895	1.6	New
Majority			7,192	12.5	7.9
Turnout			57,603	82.0	1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.3

By-election 1996: South East Staffordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Jenkins	26,155	60.1	21.9
	Conservative	Timothy James	12,393	28.5	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jennette Davy	2,042	4.7	4.9
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	1,272	2.9	New
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	506	1.2	New
	National Democrats	Sharron Edwards	358	0.8	New
	Liberal	Steven Mountford	332	0.8	New
	Independent Conservative	Leslie Tucker	123	0.3	New
	L!VE TV	News Bunny	85	0.2	New
	Independent	Neville Samuelson	80	0.2	New
	Natural Law	David Lucas	53	0.1	New
	Independent	Frederick Sandy	53	0.1	New
	Independent	Alan Wood	45	0.1	New
Majority			13,762	31.6	N/A
Turnout			43,497	62.0	20.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	22.1