Historical place archive

Staffordshire in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Staffordshire in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records2 event labels3 people1990–1996

Historical events in Staffordshire

1990

22 March 1990
Election
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Conservative Party Government

The Tories lose Mid-Staffordshire after holding it with a majority of over 19,000. Labour win the Mid-Staffordshire by-election

22 March 1990
Member of Parliament
Sylvia Heal · Labour Party

Elected Member of Parliament for Mid-Staffordshire, overturns Tory majority of 14,654

1996

11 April 1996
Election
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair · Labour Party

Labour wins the Staffs South East byelection reducing the Government majority to 3

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Staffordshire. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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