Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockport
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stockport in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	62,764 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Stockport
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Ann Coffey (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Stockport North, Stockport South
1832 (1832)–1950 (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]}

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Constituency Profile
4 Members of Parliament
- 4.1 MPs 1832–1950
- 4.2 MPs 1983-present
5 Elections
6 See also
7 Notes and References
8 Sources

Boundaries [edit]

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 & Reddish constituency from 1983 until 1997 when it was transferred into Stockport.

History [edit]

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 & Reddish seat.

Prominent Members

Edward William Watkin was a railway entrepeneur, 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 [edit]

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 [edit]

MPs 1832–1950 [edit]

Election	1st Member^[3]		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Thomas Marsland	Tory Party	John Horatio Lloyd	Liberal
1835		Thomas Marsland	Tory Party	Henry Marsland	Liberal
1841		Richard Cobden	Radical	Henry Marsland	Liberal
July 1847		Richard Cobden	Radical	James Heald	Conservative
December 1847		James Kershaw	Liberal	James Heald	Conservative
1852		James Kershaw	Liberal	John Benjamin Smith	Liberal
May 1864		Edward William Watkin	Liberal
1868		William Tipping	Conservative
1874		Charles Henry Hopwood	Liberal	Frederick Pennington	Liberal
1885		Louis John Jennings	Conservative	William Tipping	Conservative
1886				Sydney Gedge	Conservative
1892				Sir Joseph Leigh	Liberal
February 1893		George Whiteley	Conservative	Sir Joseph Leigh	Liberal
1895			Conservative	Beresford Valentine Melville	Conservative
1900			Liberal
1900		Sir Joseph Leigh	Liberal
1906		James Duckworth	Liberal	George Wardle	Labour
January 1910		Spencer Leigh Hughes	Liberal		Labour
1918		Spencer Leigh Hughes	Coalition Liberal		Coalition Labour
1920		William Greenwood	Coalition Conservative	Henry Fildes	Coalition Liberal
1922			Conservative	Henry Fildes	National Liberal
1923				Charles Royle	Liberal
1924				Samuel Hammersley	Conservative
1925		Arnold Townend	Labour
1931		Alan Dower	Conservative
1935		Sir Arnold Gridley	Conservative	Norman Hulbert	Conservative
1950	Constituency abolished

MPs 1983-present [edit]

Constituency recreated (1983)

Election		Member^[3]	Party
	1983	Anthony Favell	Conservative
	1992	Ann Coffey	Labour

Elections [edit]

2010s [edit]

General Election 2010: Stockport^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2000s (decade) [edit]

General Election 2005: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2001: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1990s [edit]

General Election 1997: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Coffey	29,338	62.9
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	10,426	22.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Roberts	4,951	10.6
	Referendum Party	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

General Election 1992: Stockport^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1980s [edit]

General Election 1987: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Favell	19,410	41.4	−0.7
	Labour	Mrs. S Haines	16,557	35.3	+6.3
	Social Democrat	J.L. Begg	10,365	22.1	−5.5
	Green	M.J. Shipley	573	1.2	+0.4
Majority			2,853	6.1
Turnout			46,332	78.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

General Election 1983: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Favell	18,517	42.1	N/A
	Labour	Peter R. Ward	12,731	29.0	N/A
	Social Democrat	Tom McNally	12,129	27.6	N/A
	Ecology	M.J. Shipley	369	0.8	N/A
	Nationalist Party	Ken 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)

1940s [edit]

General Election 1945: Stockport (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arnold Gridley	31,039	20.6	- 10.1
	Conservative	Norman Hulbert	30,792	20.4	- 9.6
	Labour	A. R. Stamp	29,674	19.6	- 0.5
	Labour	C. T. Douthwaite	28,798	19.6	+ 0.4
	Liberal	H. Sletherland	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

1930s [edit]

General Election 1935: Stockport (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arnold Gridley	43,882	30.7	- 6.3
	Conservative	Norman Hulbert	43,001	30.0	- 4.7
	Labour	James Hindle Hudson	28,798	20.1	+ 3.1
	Labour	C. T. 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

General Election 1931: Stockport (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Hammersley	50,936	37.0	+ 11.3
	Conservative	Alan Dower	47,757	34.7	+ 15.2
	Labour	Arnold Townend	23,350	17.0	- 10.4
	Ind. Labour Party	J. T. 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

1920s [edit]

General Election 1929: Stockport (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Townend	30,955	27.4
	Conservative	Samuel Hammersley	29,043	25.7
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	22,595	20.0
	Conservative	E. N. 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 Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stockport by-election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Townend	20,219	36.5
	Conservative	T. 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 Conservative		Swing

General Election 1924: Stockport (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Greenwood	28,057	31.6
	Conservative	Samuel Hammersley	26,417	29.7
	Labour	Arnold 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
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Stockport (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Greenwood	20,308	22.4
	Liberal	Charles Royle	19,223	21.2
	Conservative	Samuel Hammersley	18,129	20.0
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	16,756	18.4
	Labour	Arnold Townend	16,340	18.0
Majority			3,552	4.0
Majority			1,094	1.2
Turnout				71.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Stockport (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Henry Fildes	35,241	34.4
	Conservative	William Greenwood	33,852	33.1
	Co-operative Party	Samuel Perry	17,059	16.7
	Labour	J C H Robinson	16,126	15.8
Majority			18,182	17.7
Majority			16,793	16.4
Turnout				81.2
	National Liberal hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stockport by-election, 1920 (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1910s [edit]

General Election 1918: Stockport (2 member seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Liberal	Spencer Leigh Hughes
	Coalition Labour	George Wardle
Registered electors
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing
	Coalition Labour hold		Swing

In this election Spencer Leigh Hughes and George Wardle were elected unopposed.

Notes and References [edit]

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

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ ^a ^b ^c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ Stockport UKPOLLING
^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Sources [edit]

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Election results, 1992–2005 (Guardian)
Election results 1983–1992
John McHugh, The Stockport by-election of 1920

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