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14 December 1832 | 588/718 | 81.89 | |
Tory | 433 | 73.64 | |
Whig | 402 | 68.37 | |
Tory | 186 | 31.63 | |
Majority | 216 | 36.73 | |
13 January 1835 | 706/895 | 78.88 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 65.72 | |
Whig | 424 | 60.06 | |
Conservative Party | 342 | 48.44 | |
Majority | 82 | 11.61 | |
27 July 1837 | 764/975 | 78.36 | |
Whig | 546 | 71.47 | |
Conservative Party | 471 | 61.65 | |
Whig | 292 | 38.22 | |
Majority | 179 | 23.43 | |
1 July 1841 | 636/894 | 71.14 | |
Whig | 534 | 83.96 | |
Conservative Party | 410 | 64.47 | |
Whig | 327 | 51.42 | |
Majority | 83 | 13.05 | |
31 July 1847 | 763/946 | 80.66 | |
Whig | 598 | 78.37 | |
Chartist | 500 | 65.53 | |
Conservative Party | 428 | 56.09 | |
Majority | 72 | 9.44 | |
8 July 1852 | 813/1,058 | 76.84 | |
Whig | 628 | 77.24 | |
Conservative Party | 530 | 65.19 | |
Chartist | 468 | 57.56 | |
Majority | 62 | 7.63 | |
28 March 1857 | 640/1,106 | 57.87 | |
Whig | 637 | 99.53 | |
Conservative Party | 556 | 86.88 | |
Whig | 9 | 1.41 | |
Majority | 547 | 85.47 | |
29 April 1859 | 1,073 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 July 1865 | 916/943 | 97.14 | |
Conservative Party | 471 | 51.42 | |
Liberal Party | 469 | 51.20 | |
Liberal Party | 421 | 45.96 | |
Majority | 48 | 5.24 | |
Boundary Change | |||
17 November 1868 | 3,821/4,737 | 80.66 | |
Liberal Party | 2,812 | 73.59 | |
Liberal Party | 2,509 | 65.66 | |
Conservative Party | 2,321 | 60.74 | |
Majority | 188 | 4.92 | |
2 February 1874 | 5,483/6,224 | 88.09 | |
Liberal Party | 3,173 | 57.87 | |
Liberal Party | 2,792 | 50.92 | |
Conservative Party | 2,750 | 50.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,250 | 41.04 | |
Majority | 42 | 0.77 | |
1 April 1880 | 5,278/5,304 | 99.51 | |
Liberal Party | 2,946 | 55.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,744 | 51.99 | |
Conservative Party | 2,678 | 50.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,188 | 41.46 | |
Majority | 66 | 1.25 | |
1880 Petition - election declared void and writ suspended pending a Royal Commission. | |||
September 1880 A Royal Commission was appointed to investigate alleged irregularities. | |||
March 1881 The Royal Commission's report confirms corruption within the constituency. | |||
25 June 1885 The Borough of Macclesfield was disenfranchised. | |||
2 December 1885 | 6,157/7,211 | 85.38 | |
Liberal Party | 3,311 | 53.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,846 | 46.22 | |
Majority | 465 | 7.55 | |
15 July 1886 | 6,039/7,211 | 83.75 | |
Conservative Party | 3,283 | 54.36 | |
Liberal Party | 2,756 | 45.64 | |
Majority | 527 | 8.73 | |
13 July 1892 | 7,718/8,959 | 86.15 | |
Conservative Party | 4,322 | 56.00 | |
Liberal Party | 3,396 | 44.00 | |
Majority | 926 | 12.00 | |
13 July 1895 | 8,567 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 October 1900 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 January 1906 | 8,008/8,636 | 92.73 | |
Liberal Party | 4,251 | 53.08 | |
Conservative Party | 3,757 | 46.92 | |
Majority | 494 | 6.17 | |
19 January 1910 | 8,918/9,306 | 95.83 | |
Liberal Party | 4,534 | 50.84 | |
Conservative Party | 4,384 | 49.16 | |
Majority | 150 | 1.68 | |
10 December 1910 | 8,552/9,306 | 91.90 | |
Liberal Party | 4,410 | 51.57 | |
Conservative Party | 4,142 | 48.43 | |
Majority | 268 | 3.13 | |
14 December 1918 | 24,530/36,577 | 67.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 14,277 | 58.20 | |
Labour Party | 10,253 | 41.80 | |
Majority | 4,024 | 16.40 | |
15 November 1922 | 32,886/38,245 | 85.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,825 | 48.12 | |
Liberal Party | 10,477 | 31.86 | |
Labour Party | 6,584 | 20.02 | |
Majority | 5,348 | 16.26 | |
6 December 1923 | 32,716/38,982 | 83.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,744 | 45.07 | |
Liberal Party | 11,259 | 34.41 | |
Labour Party | 6,713 | 20.52 | |
Majority | 3,485 | 10.65 | |
29 October 1924 | 33,792/39,962 | 84.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,171 | 50.81 | |
Labour Party | 10,187 | 30.15 | |
Liberal Party | 6,434 | 19.04 | |
Majority | 6,984 | 20.67 | |
30 May 1929 | 46,131/53,053 | 86.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,329 | 41.90 | |
Labour Party | 13,911 | 30.16 | |
Liberal Party | 12,891 | 27.94 | |
Majority | 5,418 | 11.74 | |
27 October 1931 | 44,650/54,954 | 81.25 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,796 | 68.97 | |
Labour Party | 13,854 | 31.03 | |
Majority | 16,942 | 37.94 | |
14 November 1935 | 46,161/58,529 | 78.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,249 | 52.53 | |
Labour Party | 14,761 | 31.98 | |
Liberal Party | 7,151 | 15.49 | |
Majority | 9,488 | 20.55 | |
6 November 1939 Resignation of John Remer. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
22 November 1939 | |||
Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 51,639/64,448 | 80.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,495 | 45.50 | |
Labour Party | 20,442 | 39.59 | |
Liberal Party | 7,702 | 14.92 | |
Majority | 3,053 | 5.91 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 50,621/56,609 | 89.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,781 | 50.93 | |
Labour Party | 19,219 | 37.97 | |
Liberal Party | 5,621 | 11.10 | |
Majority | 6,562 | 12.96 | |
25 October 1951 | 49,862/57,134 | 87.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,434 | 59.03 | |
Labour Party | 20,428 | 40.97 | |
Majority | 9,006 | 18.06 | |
26 May 1955 | 45,913/56,991 | 80.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,551 | 60.01 | |
Labour Party | 18,362 | 39.99 | |
Majority | 9,189 | 20.01 | |
8 October 1959 | 48,630/58,892 | 82.57 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,978 | 59.59 | |
Labour Party | 19,652 | 40.41 | |
Majority | 9,326 | 19.18 | |
15 October 1964 | 52,263/62,175 | 84.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,824 | 47.50 | |
Labour Party | 18,464 | 35.33 | |
Liberal Party | 8,975 | 17.17 | |
Majority | 6,360 | 12.17 | |
31 March 1966 | 52,814/64,639 | 81.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,736 | 46.84 | |
Labour Party | 20,533 | 38.88 | |
Liberal Party | 7,545 | 14.29 | |
Majority | 4,203 | 7.96 | |
18 June 1970 | 55,718/72,900 | 76.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,023 | 52.09 | |
Labour Party | 18,571 | 33.33 | |
Liberal Party | 8,124 | 14.58 | |
Majority | 10,452 | 18.76 | |
1 May 1971 Elevation of Sir Arthur Harvey to the Peerage - Baron Harvey of Prestbury. | |||
30 September 1971 | 55,846/73,831 | 75.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,933 | 44.65 | |
Labour Party | 23,854 | 42.71 | |
Liberal Party | 5,991 | 10.73 | |
Independent Conservative | 976 | 1.75 | |
Independent | 92 | 0.16 | |
Majority | 1,079 | 1.93 | |
Reginald Simmerson was the founder and chairman of the Democratic Conservatives Against the Common Market. | |||
28 February 1974 | 66,916/79,514 | 84.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,638 | 48.77 | |
Labour Party | 18,352 | 27.43 | |
Liberal Party | 15,926 | 23.80 | |
Majority | 14,286 | 21.35 | |
10 October 1974 | 63,041/80,131 | 78.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,685 | 50.26 | |
Labour Party | 18,592 | 29.49 | |
Liberal Party | 12,764 | 20.25 | |
Majority | 13,093 | 20.77 | |
3 May 1979 | 68,621/87,864 | 78.10 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 40,116 | 58.46 | |
Labour Party | 16,779 | 24.45 | |
Liberal Party | 11,726 | 17.09 | |
Majority | 23,337 | 34.01 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 54,808/74,118 | 73.95 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 32,538 | 59.37 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 11,859 | 21.64 | |
Labour Party | 9,923 | 18.11 | |
Independent | 488 | 0.89 | |
Majority | 20,679 | 37.73 | |
11 June 1987 | 58,887/77,018 | 76.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,208 | 56.39 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 14,116 | 23.97 | |
Labour Party | 11,563 | 19.64 | |
Majority | 19,092 | 32.42 | |
9 April 1992 | 62,995/76,548 | 82.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 36,447 | 57.86 | |
Labour Party | 13,680 | 21.72 | |
Liberal Democrats | 12,600 | 20.00 | |
Natural Law Party | 268 | 0.43 | |
Majority | 22,767 | 36.14 | |
1 May 1997 | 54,197/72,049 | 75.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,888 | 49.61 | |
Labour Party | 18,234 | 33.64 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9,075 | 16.74 | |
Majority | 8,654 | 15.97 | |
7 June 2001 | 45,585/73,123 | 62.34 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,284 | 48.88 | |
Labour Party | 15,084 | 33.09 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8,217 | 18.03 | |
Majority | 7,200 | 15.79 | |
5 May 2005 | 45,621/72,267 | 63.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,628 | 49.60 | |
Labour Party | 13,227 | 28.99 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8,918 | 19.55 | |
Veritas | 848 | 1.86 | |
Majority | 9,401 | 20.61 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 50,059/75,355 | 66.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,503 | 46.95 | |
Liberal Democrats | 11,544 | 23.06 | |
Labour Party | 10,164 | 20.30 | |
Independent | 2,590 | 5.17 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,418 | 2.83 | |
Green Party | 840 | 1.68 | |
Majority | 11,959 | 23.89 | |
7 May 2015 | 49,598/71,580 | 69.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,063 | 52.55 | |
Labour Party | 11,252 | 22.69 | |
UK Independence Party | 6,037 | 12.17 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,842 | 7.75 | |
Green Party | 2,404 | 4.85 | |
Majority | 14,811 | 29.86 | |
8 June 2017 | 54,307/75,228 | 72.19 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,595 | 52.65 | |
Labour Party | 19,987 | 36.80 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,350 | 6.17 | |
Green Party | 1,213 | 2.23 | |
Independent | 1,162 | 2.14 | |
Majority | 8,608 | 15.85 | |
12 December 2019 | 53,867/76,216 | 70.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,292 | 52.52 | |
Labour Party | 17,581 | 32.64 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,684 | 10.55 | |
Green Party | 2,310 | 4.29 | |
Majority | 10,711 | 19.88 | |