Staffordshire

Ceremonial County in England

Region: West Midlands

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Overview ⁞ Staffordshire sits in the heart of England and offers a mix of rural landscapes, post-industrial towns, and historic market centres. Once central to the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent, the county is also home to Stafford, Lichfield, and the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The ceremonial county includes Staffordshire County Council, which oversees several districts, and the unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, which is independent administratively but still part of the ceremonial boundary.

Is Staffordshire a historic county? Yes—Staffordshire is a historic county. Administratively, the ceremonial county includes Staffordshire County Council (with its districts) and the unitary authority of the City of Stoke-on-Trent.

Staffordshire has 9 Local Authority Districts. The chart below shows how this compares with other counties in England.

Number of local authority districts in Staffordshire and other counties — Number of local authority districts in Staffordshire, compared with other counties

This county page, Staffordshire, is a sub-page this region page: West Midlands. It zooms in to local authorities, administrative districts, and parliamentary constituencies in this county. We have this list page for easy browsing of all historic counties, ceremonial counties, and administrative counties: List of all counties in the UK.

Local Authorities in Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council (County Council) 🔗 staffordshire.gov.uk
Cannock Chase District Council (District Council) 🔗 cannockchasedc.gov.uk
East Staffordshire Borough Council (District Council) 🔗 eaststaffsbc.gov.uk
Lichfield City Council (District Council) 🔗 lichfielddc.gov.uk
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council (District Council) 🔗 newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
South Staffordshire District Council (District Council) 🔗 sstaffs.gov.uk
Stafford Borough Council (District Council) 🔗 staffordbc.gov.uk
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (District Council) 🔗 staffsmoorlands.gov.uk
Tamworth Borough Council (District Council) 🔗 tamworth.gov.uk
Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Unitary Authority) 🔗 stoke.gov.uk

Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England, is served by Staffordshire County Council alongside eight district councils: Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, and Tamworth. Each district manages local services such as planning, housing, and waste collection, while the county council oversees wider responsibilities including education, transport, and social care. In addition, Stoke-on-Trent operates as a separate unitary authority with its own council, independent of the county structure, reflecting its distinct identity as a historic centre of the pottery industry. Together, these councils provide a two-tier system of governance across most of Staffordshire, balancing county-wide services with more locally focused administration.

Districts in Staffordshire

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Staffordshire is within one of ITLs Level 2 area, Shropshire and Staffordshire, that contains the following 4 ITLs Level 3 areas:

(ITL 1) West Midlands
(ITL 2) ⇒ Shropshire and Staffordshire
(ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Telford and Wrekin ⁞ Shropshire ⁞ Stoke-on-Trent ⁞ Staffordshire CC

Constituencies in Staffordshire

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 59 of them are in the West Midlands region, 12 of them are in Staffordshire.

Local Authorities in Staffordshire

Districts in Staffordshire

Constituencies in Staffordshire

Counties in West Midlands