Stone was in the top decile in geographical size in England. It covered the area from
Madeley in the north to the west of
Newcastle-under-Lyme, then ran south and out to the outskirts of
Market Drayton, running down to the northern edge of
Newport. The boundary headed north alongside the western boundary of
Stafford around the north of Stafford and down its eastern boundary. It ran across the north of
Abbots Bromley before reaching its eastern end. It continued to the west of
Uttoxeter in the
Burton constituency. It then extended eastwards between the Burton constituency and up to
Cheadle and to the south of
Stoke-on-Trent. The towns of
Eccleshall,
Cheadle and
Stone were within the constituency.
2010–2024: The Borough of Stafford wards of Barlaston and Oulton, Chartley, Church Eaton, Eccleshall, Fulford, Gnosall and Woodseaves, Milwich, St Michael's, Stonefield and Christchurch, Swynnerton, and Walton, the District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East, Cheadle West, Checkley, and Forsbrook, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Loggerheads and Whitmore, and Madeley.
1997–2010: The Borough of Stafford wards of Barlaston, Chartley, Church Eaton, Eccleshall, Fulford, Gnosall, Milwich, Oulton, St Michael's, Stonefield and Christchurch, Swynnerton, Walton, and Woodseaves, the District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of Alton, Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East, Cheadle West, Checkley, Forsbrook, and Kingsley, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Loggerheads, Madeley, and Whitmore.
1918–1950: The Urban District of Stone, and the Rural Districts of Blore Heath, Cheadle, Mayfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Stone. There were various alterations to the constituency shape in boundary changes put in place for the
2010 general election. Stone took the areas covered by the Bradley, and Salt and Enson
civil parish from the neighbouring Stafford constituency. In turn, the
parishes of Hixon, Ellenhall, and Ranton, were moved back from Stone to Stafford. In the largest alteration, the north-eastern parishes covering Kingsley, Oakamoor, Alton, Farley, and Cotton, were all moved to the altered
Staffordshire Moorlands. From the
2024 general election, the constituency was merged with parts of the current
South Staffordshire and
Dudley South constituencies to form the new constituency of
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge.
Gavin Williamson, MP for South Staffordshire, stood as the Conservative candidate in place of Bill Cash who announced his retirement from the
House of Commons in June 2023. ==History==