Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Stockport in Greater Manchester.
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Location of Greater Manchester within England.
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County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 62,764 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Stockport |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Ann Coffey (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Stockport North, Stockport South |
1832–1950 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | Stockport North, Stockport South |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Stockport is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Ann Coffey, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
The constituency covers the electoral wards of Brinnington and Central, Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Heatons North, Heatons South and Manor in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. Brinnington had been in the Denton and Reddish constituency from 1983 until 1997 when it was transferred into Stockport.
History
Stockport was created as a two-member constituency by the Reform Act 1832. It survived as such until 1950, when it was split into single-member seats of Stockport North and Stockport South.
The single Stockport seat was recreated in 1983 on a more central ambit, returning one member, with the remainder of the ex-county borough forming part of the new Denton and Reddish seat.
- Prominent members
Edward William Watkin was a railway entrepreneur, who helped to fund and plan lines across Britain, in Canada and, to a lesser extent, in the USA.
George Whiteley became later in his tenure for Stockport Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith.
In the 21st century, Ann Coffey was PPS to the Chancellor of the Exchequer while this role was held by Alastair Darling.
Constituency profile
The historic town at the centre of the seat now has good links to Manchester city centre and is close to Alderley Edge and fairly close to the Peak District National Park to one side and access to the M6 on the other. The area has a Council which is currently in 'No Overall Control'. The most recent opposition has been relatively strong but equally split between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats have in local elections to date been strongest in Davenport and Cale Green, and Manor whereas the Conservatives have been strongest in Heatons North, having had councillors in these wards. The Labour Party have been strongest in the other two wards to date. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, and regional average of 4.4% at 4.9% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1950
MPs 1983-present
- Constituency recreated (1983)
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1983 | Anthony Favell | Conservative | |
1992 | Ann Coffey | Labour |
Elections
Elections of the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Coffey | 19,771 | 49.9 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Daniel Hamilton | 9,710 | 24.5 | -0.8 | |
UKIP | Steven Woolfe | 5,206 | 13.1 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Daniel Hawthorne | 3,034 | 7.7 | -17.3 | |
Green | Gary Lawson | 1,753 | 4.4 | +2.7 | |
Left Unity | John Pearson | 175 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,061 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 39,649 | 62.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Coffey | 16,697 | 42.7 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Holland | 9,913 | 25.3 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stuart Bodsworth | 9,778 | 25.0 | +3.6 | |
BNP | Duncan Warner | 1,201 | 3.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Michael N. Kelly | 862 | 2.2 | −0.5 | |
Green | Peter Barber | 677 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,784 | 17.3 | |||
Turnout | 39,128 | 61.6 | +7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.7 |
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Coffey | 18,069 | 50.5 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Berridge | 8,906 | 24.9 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Lyn-Su Floodgate | 7,832 | 21.9 | +6.4 | |
UKIP | Richard Simpson | 964 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 9,163 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 35,771 | 54.5 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Coffey | 20,731 | 58.6 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | John Allen | 9,162 | 25.9 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mark Hunter | 5,490 | 15.5 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 11,569 | 32.7 | |||
Turnout | 35,383 | 53.3 | −18.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Coffey | 29,338 | 62.9 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Fitzsimmons | 10,426 | 22.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Sylvia Roberts | 4,951 | 10.6 | ||
Referendum | William Morley-Scott | 1,280 | 2.7 | ||
Socialist Labour | Geoff Southern | 255 | 0.5 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Colin Newitt | 213 | 0.5 | ||
Independent Conservative | Christopher Dronfield | 206 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 18,912 | 40.6 | |||
Turnout | 46,769 | 71.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Coffey | 21,096 | 44.1 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Anthony Favell | 19,674 | 41.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs Anne C. Corris | 6,539 | 13.7 | −8.4 | |
Green | Miss Judith A. Filmore | 436 | 0.9 | −0.3 | |
Natural Law | David N. Saunders | 50 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,422 | 3.0 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,795 | 82.3 | +4.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Favell | 19,410 | 41.4 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Mrs. Shirley Haines | 16,557 | 35.3 | +6.3 | |
Social Democratic | John Lovat Begg | 10,365 | 22.1 | −5.5 | |
Green | Michael John Shipley | 573 | 1.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 2,853 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 46,332 | 78.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Favell | 18,517 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Peter R. Ward | 12,731 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Tom McNally | 12,129 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Ecology | Michael John Shipley | 369 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Nationalist Party | Kenneth S. Walker | 194 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,786 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,940 | 74.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections of the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arnold Babb Gridley | 31,039 | 20.6 | - 10.1 | |
Conservative | Norman John Hulbert | 30,792 | 20.4 | - 9.6 | |
Labour | A. Reginald Stamp | 29,674 | 19.6 | - 0.5 | |
Labour | Roland Casasola | 28,798 | 19.6 | + 0.4 | |
Liberal | H. Sutherland | 14,994 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | F. W. Malbon | 14,942 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,118 | 0.8 | - 9.1 | ||
Turnout | 77.2 | - 2.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arnold Babb Gridley | 43,882 | 30.7 | - 6.3 | |
Conservative | Norman John Hulbert | 43,001 | 30.0 | - 4.7 | |
Labour | James Hindle Hudson | 28,798 | 20.1 | + 3.1 | |
Labour | Christopher Thomas Douthwaite | 27,528 | 19.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,203 | 9.9 | - 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 79.5 | - 4.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel Schofield Hammersley | 50,936 | 37.0 | + 11.3 | |
Conservative | Alan Vincent Gandar Dower | 47,757 | 34.7 | + 15.2 | |
Labour | Arnold Ernest Townend | 23,350 | 17.0 | - 10.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | John Thomas Abbott | 15,591 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 24,407 | 17.7 | + 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 84.1 | - 0.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arnold Ernest Townend | 30,955 | 27.4 | ||
Unionist | Samuel Schofield Hammersley | 29,043 | 25.7 | ||
Liberal | Henry Fildes | 22,595 | 20.0 | ||
Unionist | Edwin Noel Lingen-Barker | 22,047 | 19.5 | ||
Independent Liberal | Charles Royle | 8,355 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 6,448 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 84.6 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arnold Ernest Townend | 20,219 | 36.5 | ||
Unionist | Thomas Eastham | 17,892 | 32.3 | ||
Liberal | Henry Fildes | 17,296 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 2,327 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 55,407 | 85.7 | −0.2 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Greenwood | 28,057 | 31.6 | ||
Unionist | Samuel Schofield Hammersley | 26,417 | 29.7 | ||
Labour | Arnold Ernest Townend | 21,986 | 24.8 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Royle | 12,386 | 13.9 | ||
Majority | 4,431 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 88,846 | 85.9 | +4.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Greenwood | 20,308 | 22.4 | ||
Liberal | Charles Royle | 19,223 | 21.2 | ||
Unionist | Samuel Schofield Hammersley | 18,129 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal | Henry Fildes | 16,756 | 18.4 | ||
Labour | Arnold Ernest Townend | 16,340 | 18.0 | ||
Majority | 3,552 | 4.0 | |||
Majority | 1,094 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 71.7 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Henry Fildes | 35,241 | 34.4 | ||
Unionist | William Greenwood | 33,852 | 33.1 | ||
Co-operative Party | Samuel Perry | 17,059 | 16.7 | ||
Labour | James C.H. Robinson | 16,126 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 18,182 | 17.7 | |||
Majority | 16,793 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 81.2 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Coalition Conservative | William Greenwood | 22,847 | |||
Coalition Liberal | Henry Fildes | 22,386 | |||
Labour | Sir Leo George Chiozza Money | 16,042 | N/A | ||
Co-operative Party | Samuel Frederick Perry | 14,434 | N/A | ||
Independent | Albert Alfred George Kindell | 5,644 | N/A | ||
Independent | John Joseph Terrett | 5,543 | N/A | ||
Independent Republican | Ald. William X. O'Brien | 2,336 | N/A | ||
Majority | 6,805 | 7.7 | |||
Majority | 6,344 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 73.5 | ||||
Coalition Conservative gain from Coalition Labour | Swing | ||||
Coalition Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Coalition Liberal | Spencer Leigh Hughes | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Coalition Labour | George Wardle | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Coalition Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Coalition Labour hold | Swing |
Hughes was endorsed by the Coalition Government. The Coalition had a policy of not publicly endorsing Labour Party candidates but Wardle was a known supporter of the Coalition.
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Spencer Leigh Hughes | 6,169 | |||
Labour | George James Wardle | 6,094 | |||
Conservative | John Rolleston Lort-Williams | 5,234 | |||
Conservative | Robert Campbell | 5,183 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George James Wardle | 6,682 | 28.0 | ||
Liberal | Spencer Leigh Hughes | 6,645 | 27.9 | ||
Conservative | George Edward Raine | 5,268 | 22.1 | ||
Conservative | James Stuart Rankin | 5,249 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 94.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George James Wardle | 7,299 | 32.4 | ||
Liberal | James Duckworth | 6,544 | 29.1 | ||
Conservative | Harry Barnston | 4,591 | 20.4 | ||
Conservative | Hon. Robert William Hugh O'Neill | 4,064 | 18.1 | ||
Turnout | 93.1 | ||||
Majority | 2,708 | 12.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Majority | 1,953 | 8.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir Joseph Leigh | 5,666 | 26.5 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Beresford Valentine Melville | 5,377 | 25.2 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | G Green | 5,200 | 24.4 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Dr A P Hillier | 5,098 | 23.9 | -3.2 | |
Turnout | 87.6 | -3.8 | |||
Majority | 568 | 2.6 | |||
Majority | 177 | 0.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
See also
- Stockport by-election, 1920
- Stockport by-election, 1925
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Stockport UKPOLLING
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
Sources
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- Election results, 1992–2005 (Guardian)
- Election results 1983–1992
- John McHugh, The Stockport by-election of 1920
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Pages with broken file links
- Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- Politics of Stockport Borough
- Stockport