We now know that the country will be going to the polls on July 4 – but do you know which constituency you live in?

This may seem like a straightforward question, but the upcoming general election will be the first to be contested with new electoral boundaries – the first such change since 2010.

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent will still be covered by 12 seats, but most have seen their boundaries changed at least a little, while some have been altered considerably. This could mean that you will be voting for a different MP in a different constituency compared to the last general election in 2019.

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent will still be covered by 12 seats but most have been their boundaries changed a little (Nub News).

Here is a rundown on the changes to Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle and Staffordshire Moorlands parliamentary seats:

Stoke-on-Trent North

Stoke-on-Trent North is mostly unchanged, but has lost parts of some wards to Stoke-on-Trent Central, while gaining part of Newchapel and Mow Cop from Staffordshire Moorlands and part of Baddeley, Milton and Norton from Stoke-on-Trent Central.

Stoke-on-Trent Central

Stoke-on-Trent Central previously had one of the smallest electorates in England, and so one of the aims of the changes was to bring it closer to the average constituency size.

Fenton East and Sandford Hill wards have been moved from Stoke-on-Trent South, along with parts of Fenton West and Mount Pleasant; Hanley Park, Joiners Square and Shelton; Longton and Meir Hay South; and Meir Hay North, Parkhall and Weston Coyney.

Parts of Birches Head and Northwood; Etruria and Hanley; and Moorcroft and Sneyd Green have been moved from Stoke-on-Trent North.

Stoke-on-Trent South

While the name is still the same, Stoke-on-Trent South now includes the rural areas to the south and south-east of the city, Checkley,

Forsbrook, Barlaston, Fulford and Synnerton and Oulton have all been transferred from the old Stone constituency.

Part of Hanford, Newstead and Trentham, which was previously part of Stoke-on-Trent Central, has also been moved to Stoke-on-Trent South.

Stoke-on-Trent South is now classed as a county constituency, as opposed to a borough constituency, reflecting its more rural make-up. But the only real difference this makes is that there is a higher spending limit for election campaigns.

Staffordshire Moorlands

Under the previous electoral boundaries, Cheadle was part of the Stone constituency, despite lying within the district of the Staffordshire Moorlands. This anomaly has now been removed, with Cheadle North East, Cheadle South East and Cheadle West all being transferred to the Staffordshire Moorlands constituency.

Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Newcastle-under-Lyme seat remains largely unchanged, only gaining part of the Madeley and Betley ward from Stone.