Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Stoke-on-Trent South is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat since its creation in 1950. The current MP is Robert Flello, first elected at the 2005 general election. The best-known MP in the past was Jack Ashley, the disability campaigner.
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