Stoke-on-Trent South covers the southern part of the city and includes established residential neighbourhoods, former industrial areas and local centres within the Potteries conurbation. The constituency is strongly urban, with a mixture of terraced housing, suburban development, manufacturing land and major road corridors. The Trent valley and open spaces create some breaks in the built-up area, particularly toward the outer edge. Road and rail links connect the seat with central Stoke, Stafford and the wider Midlands. Overall, the constituency represents the southern urban and suburban districts of Stoke-on-Trent rather than a broad rural hinterland.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Stoke-on-Trent South, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population96,710
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationWest Midlands
Age profile
0 to 1721.5% · 20,746 people
18 to 246.8% · 6,560 people
25 to 3411.5% · 11,085 people
35 to 4918.2% · 17,608 people
50 to 6419.5% · 18,830 people
65 and over22.6% · 21,881 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
39,972 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners70.6% · 28,234 households
Private renters12.3% · 4,903 households
Social renters16.5% · 6,585 households
Other tenure0.6% · 250 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
39,972 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households28.3% · 11,320 households
Families with dependent children28.3% · 11,306 households
Other single-family households40.9% · 16,343 households
Other household types2.5% · 1,003 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
94,488 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot9.3% · 8,761 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little11.2% · 10,564 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act79.5% · 75,163 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 16 March 2027
Reduce the state pension age to 65 for all
Signatures in this constituency207
Signatures nationally112,140
Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded26
Total awarded£1,299,539
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 4 June 2026
Update SMART Recovery InsideOut Programme
UK SMART Recovery
£19,100
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
UK SMART Recovery - Health & Wellbeing - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 14 May 2026
Beyond Wedgwood: Discovering the Wider Ceramics Stories within the V&A Wedgwood Collection.
Victoria and Albert Museum
£250,000
The National Lottery Heritage Fund · Heritage
About this award
In 2014, the Wedgwood Collection, one of the most historically significant ceramics collections in the world comprising over 175,000 items, was saved for the nation and taken into the V&A’s care after a fundraising campaign led by Art Fund and supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Within the Collection are approximately 60,000 items from the archives of the subsidiary companies acquired by the Wedgwood Company which now urgently need cataloguing and digitising. These iconic Staffordshire brands, including Susie Cooper, Johnson’s, Mason’s, Coalport and Midwinter, form a core part of the V&A Wedgwood Collection and tell a story ‘Beyond Wedgwood’. ‘Beyond Wedgwood’ represents a further development in the V&A’s commitment to making the breadth of the V&A Wedgwood Collection available for future generations. Through new staff posts and a comprehensive programme of engagement activities with local communities and partner organisations, we will bring new meaning to the wider Potteries story.
National Lottery grantAwarded 23 April 2026
Untitled Project Grants Application
Urban Wilderness Stoke C.I.C.
£100,000
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
Untitled Project Grants Application - Combined arts - National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery grantAwarded 20 April 2026
YOUNG MUMS CONNECT – FIRST 1001 DAYS PROGRAMME
MGM FOUNDATION CIC
£13,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
MGM FOUNDATION CIC - Environment - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 4 March 2026
NLPG O30 Nov25
Brilliant Bamboo CIC
£50,000
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
NLPG O30 Nov25 - Visual arts - National Lottery Project Grants
21 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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