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Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)
Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

FieldValue
nameStockport
parliamentuk
year1983
year21832
abolished21950
typeBorough
elects_howmanyOne
elects_howmany2Two
previousStockport North, Stockport South
next2Stockport North, Stockport South
electorate74,769 (2023){{cite weburl= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-north-west/#lg_stockport-bc-74769
titleThe 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West
publisherBoundary Commission for England
access-date21 July 2024
dfdmy
mpNav Mishra
partyLabour
regionEngland
countyGreater Manchester
europeanNorth West England
townsStockport, Brinnington, Four Heatons
image2[[File:North West England - Stockport constituency.svg215pxalt=Map of constituency]]caption2=Boundary of Stockport in North West England

|access-date=21 July 2024

Stockport is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Navendu Mishra of the Labour Party.

History

Stockport was created as a two-member parliamentary borough by the Reform Act 1832. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the constituency was retained as one of only 12 two-member non-university seats, with the boundaries being brought into line with those of the county borough, which had expanded through absorbing the urban districts of Reddish and Heaton Norris (formerly part of the Stretford constituency), and into neighbouring parishes in the abolished constituency of Hyde.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, all 2-member seats were abolished and Stockport was split into the single member seats of Stockport North and Stockport South.

Following the formation of the metropolitan borough of Stockport under the Local Government Act 1972, the single Stockport seat, electing one MP, was recreated for the 1983 general election, encompassing central and southern parts of the ex-county borough, with northern parts, including Reddish, forming part of the new Denton and Reddish seat.

Boundaries

Historic

1918-1950: The County Borough of Stockport.

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, and Manor.

1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Brinnington, Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, and Manor.

Brinnington ward transferred from Denton and Reddish.

2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Brinnington and Central, Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Heatons North, Heatons South, and Manor.

Boundaries adjusted to take account of revision of local authority wards.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election, the constituency is defined as comprising the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport as they existed on 1 December 2020:

  • Brinnington and Central; Davenport and Cale Green; Edgeley and Cheadle Heath; Heatons North; Heatons South; Reddish North; Reddish South.

To bring the electorate within the permitted range, the two Reddish wards were transferred from the abolished constituency of Denton and Reddish, partly offset by the transfer of Manor ward to Hazel Grove.

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport from the 2024 general election:

  • Brinnington & Stockport Central; Davenport & Cale Green (most); Edgeley; Heatons North; Heatons South; Reddish North; Reddish South; and part of Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North.

Members of Parliament

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 United States.

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 served as a Parliamentary private secretary under the Blair government. During Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party she defected from Labour to the short-lived Change UK.

MPs 1832–1950

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832Tories (British political party)}}"Thomas MarslandTory{{cite booklast=Stooks Smith
1834Conservative Party (UK)}}"Conservative
1835Radicals (UK)}}"Henry MarslandRadical
1841Radicals (UK)}}"Richard CobdenRadical
July 1847Conservative Party (UK)}}"James HealdConservative
December 1847Radicals (UK)}}"James KershawRadical
1852Radicals (UK)}}"John Benjamin SmithRadical
1859Liberal Party (UK)}}"LiberalLiberal Party (UK)}}"Liberal
May 1864Liberal Party (UK)}}"Edward WatkinLiberal
1868Conservative Party (UK)}}"William TippingConservative
1874Liberal Party (UK)}}"Charles Henry HopwoodLiberalLiberal Party (UK)}}"
1885Conservative Party (UK)}}"Louis John JenningsConservativeConservative Party (UK)}}"
1886Conservative Party (UK)}}"Sydney GedgeConservative
1892Liberal Party (UK)}}"Sir Joseph LeighLiberal
February 1893Conservative Party (UK)}}"George WhiteleyConservative
1895Conservative Party (UK)}}"Beresford MelvilleConservative
1900Liberal Party (UK)}}"Liberal
1900Liberal Party (UK)}}"Sir Joseph LeighLiberal
1906Liberal Party (UK)}}"James DuckworthLiberalLabour Party (UK)}}"
January 1910Liberal Party (UK)}}"Spencer Leigh HughesLiberal
1918Coalition Liberal}}"Coalition LiberalCoalition Labour}}"Coalition Labour
1920Coalition Conservative}}"William GreenwoodCoalition ConservativeCoalition Liberal}}"
1922Conservative Party (UK)}}"ConservativeNational Liberal Party (UK, 1922)}}"National Liberal
1923Liberal Party (UK)}}"Charles RoyleLiberal
1924Conservative Party (UK)}}"Samuel HammersleyConservative
1925Labour Party (UK)}}"Arnold TownendLabour
1931Conservative Party (UK)}}"Alan DowerConservative
1935Conservative Party (UK)}}"Sir Arnold GridleyConservativeConservative Party (UK)}}"
1950Constituency abolished

MPs 1983–present

  • Constituency recreated (1983)
ElectionMemberParty
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1983Anthony Favell
Labour Party (UK)}}"1992Ann Coffey
Change UK}}"February 2019The Independent Group for Change
Labour Party (UK)}}"2019Nav Mishra

Elections

Election results 1950-2024

Elections in the 2020s

|reg. electors=76,625 Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries.

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional resultPartyVote%
Labour24,98054.3
Conservative12,96828.2
Liberal Democrats3,9868.7
Brexit Party2,4485.3
Green1,6353.6
Turnout46,01761.5
Electorate74,769

Ann Coffey left Labour in February 2019 and joined Change UK. | access-date = 11 May 2015}}

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i18.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06}}

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

Henry Fildes

Elections in the 1910s

S.L. Hughes

In 1918 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.

George Wardle

|reg. electors = 13,002 |reg. electors = 13,002

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 12,645 |reg. electors = 12,386

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 11,062

|reg. electors = 10,804

  • Caused by Jennings' death.

|reg. electors = 10,577

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 9,560

|reg. electors = 9,560

|reg. electors = 8,353

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 7,814

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 5,702

|reg. electors = 1,348

  • Caused by Kershaw's death.

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 1,389

|reg. electors = 1,417

|reg. electors = 1,341

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 1,205

  • Caused by Cobden declining the seat after also being elected for West Riding of Yorkshire and opting to sit there.

|reg. electors = 1,108

|reg. electors = 1,238

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 1,192

|reg. electors = 922

|reg. electors = 1,012

Notes

References

Sources

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