How many serving Prime Ministers came to North Staffordshire in the 20th century?

The answer is five – Ramsay MacDonald (1929 and 1931), Clement Attlee (1947), Harold Wilson (1967 and 1970), Edward Heath (1972), and Margaret Thatcher (1980 and 1987). If the local area is extended to Crewe, the list includes Winston Churchill, who was caretaker Prime Minister when he visited the town during the election campaign in 1945. Clem Attlee addressed a meeting at the Victoria Hall, Hanley, in 1947 during a fuel crisis. Harold Wilson spoke in the same hall in 1967 and returned in 1970 to open Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College. Edward Heath opened Westport Lake park in 1972 and Margaret Thatcher visited Minton’s Pottery in 1980. She called at JCB and Alton Towers during the 1987 election campaign.