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
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]}

Boundaries

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.

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

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

Election	1st Member[3]		1st Party	2nd Member[3]		2nd Party
1832		Thomas Marsland	Tory Party		John Horatio Lloyd	Liberal
1835					Henry Marsland	Liberal
1841		Richard Cobden	Radical
July 1847					James Heald	Conservative
December 1847		James Kershaw	Liberal
1852					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
1895					Beresford Valentine Melville	Conservative
1900			Liberal
1900		Sir Joseph Leigh	Liberal
1906		James Duckworth	Liberal		George Wardle	Labour
January 1910		Spencer Leigh Hughes	Liberal
1918			Coalition Liberal			Coalition Labour
1920		William Greenwood	Coalition Conservative		Henry Fildes	Coalition Liberal
1922			Conservative			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

• Constituency recreated (1983)

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

Elections

Elections of the 2010s

General Election 2015: Stockport^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

General Election 2010: Stockport^[6]

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

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: Stockport^[7]

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^[8]

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

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Stockport^[9]

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	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^[10][11]

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

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1987: Stockport^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

General Election 1983: Stockport^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

General Election 1945: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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	Rowland William Casasola	28,798	19.6	+ 0.4
	Liberal	Hugh Sutherland	14,994	9.9	N/A
	Liberal	Frederick William 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

General Election 1935: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

General Election 1931: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

General Election 1929: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arnold Ernest Townend	30,955	27.4	n/a
	Unionist	Samuel Schofield Hammersley	29,043	25.7	n/a
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	22,595	20.0	n/a
	Unionist	Edwin Noel Lingen-Barker	22,047	19.5	n/a
	Independent Liberal	Charles Royle	8,355	7.4	n/a
Majority			6,448	5.7	n/a
Turnout				84.6	-1.1
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Stockport by-election, 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arnold Ernest Townend	20,219	36.5	n/a
	Unionist	Thomas Eastham	17,892	32.3	n/a
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	17,296	31.2	n/a
Majority			2,327	4.2	n/a
Turnout			55,407	85.7	−0.2
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	William Greenwood	28,057	31.6	+9.2
	Unionist	Samuel Schofield Hammersley	26,417	29.7	+9.7
	Labour	Arnold Ernest Townend	21,986	24.8	+6.8
	Liberal	Charles Royle	12,386	13.9	-7.3
Majority			4,431	4.9
Turnout			88,846	85.9	+4.2
	Unionist hold		Swing
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Stockport (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	William Greenwood	20,308	22.4	-10.7
	Liberal	Charles Royle	19,223	21.2	n/a
	Unionist	Samuel Schofield Hammersley	18,129	20.0	n/a
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	16,756	18.4	-16.0
	Labour	Arnold Ernest Townend	16,340	18.0	+2.2
Majority			3,552	4.0
Majority			1,094	1.2
Turnout				71.7	-9.5
	Unionist hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Henry Fildes

General Election 1922: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	Henry Fildes	35,241	34.4	+9.3
	Unionist	William Greenwood	33,852	33.1	+7.4
	Co-operative Party	Samuel Frederick Perry	17,059	16.7	+0.5
	Labour	James C.H. Robinson	16,126	15.8	-2.2
Majority			18,182	17.7
Majority			16,793	16.4
Turnout				83.4	+7.7
	National Liberal hold		Swing
	Unionist hold		Swing

Stockport by-election, 1920 (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	William Greenwood	22,847	25.7	n/a
	Coalition Liberal	Henry Fildes	22,386	25.1	n/a
	Labour	Sir Leo George Chiozza Money	16,042	18.0	n/a
	Co-operative Party	Samuel Frederick Perry	14,434	16.2	n/a
	Independent	Albert Alfred George Kindell	5,644	6.3	n/a
	Independent	John Joseph Terrett	5,443	6.1	n/a
	Independent Republican	William X. O'Brien	2,336	2.6	n/a
Majority			6,805	7.7	n/a
Majority			6,344	7.1	n/a
Turnout				75.7	n/a
	Unionist gain from Coalition Labour		Swing	n/a
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Elections of the 1910s

S.L. Hughes

General Election 1918: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

George Wardle

General Election December 1910 Stockport ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

General Election January 1910 Stockport ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

General Election 1906 Stockport ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

General Election 1900 Stockport ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Joseph Leigh	5,666	26.5	+1.8
	Conservative	Beresford Valentine Melville	5,377	25.2	-0.2
	Liberal	George Green	5,200	24.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Alfred Peter 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

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "Stockport". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
8. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
12. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd 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