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15 December 1832 | 955/1,012 | 94.37 | |
Tory | 551 | 57.70 | |
Radical | 444 | 46.49 | |
Radical | 431 | 45.13 | |
Whig | 237 | 24.82 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.36 | |
15 January 1835 | 875/922 | 94.90 | |
Radical | 582 | 66.51 | |
Conservative Party | 482 | 55.09 | |
Whig | 361 | 41.26 | |
Majority | 121 | 13.83 | |
28 August 1837 | 875/1,192 | 73.41 | |
Radical | 467 | 53.37 | |
Conservative Party | 467 | 53.37 | |
Radical | 412 | 47.09 | |
Majority | 55 | 6.29 | |
30 June 1841 | 889/1,238 | 71.81 | |
Radical | 571 | 64.23 | |
Radical | 541 | 60.85 | |
Conservative Party | 346 | 38.92 | |
Majority | 195 | 21.93 | |
31 July 1847 | 882/1,108 | 79.60 | |
Radical | 643 | 72.90 | |
Conservative Party | 570 | 64.63 | |
Radical | 537 | 60.88 | |
Chartist | 14 | 1.59 | |
Majority | 33 | 3.74 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
December 1847 Richard Cobden elects to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire. | |||
16 December 1847 | 1,063/1,205 | 88.22 | |
Radical | 545 | 51.27 | |
Conservative Party | 518 | 48.73 | |
Majority | 27 | 2.54 | |
9 July 1852 | 1,223/1,341 | 91.20 | |
Radical | 725 | 59.28 | |
Radical | 622 | 50.86 | |
Conservative Party | 549 | 44.89 | |
Majority | 73 | 5.97 | |
28 March 1857 | 1,277/1,417 | 90.12 | |
Radical | 834 | 65.31 | |
Radical | 606 | 47.45 | |
Conservative Party | 557 | 43.62 | |
Majority | 49 | 3.84 | |
30 April 1859 | 1,299/1,389 | 93.52 | |
Liberal Party | 769 | 59.20 | |
Liberal Party | 641 | 49.35 | |
Conservative Party | 594 | 45.73 | |
Majority | 47 | 3.62 | |
27 April 1864 Death of James Kershaw. | |||
9 May 1864 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 July 1865 | 1,301/1,348 | 96.51 | |
Liberal Party | 736 | 56.57 | |
Liberal Party | 664 | 51.04 | |
Conservative Party | 601 | 46.20 | |
Majority | 63 | 4.84 | |
17 November 1868 | 5,223/6,702 | 77.93 | |
Conservative Party | 2,714 | 51.96 | |
Liberal Party | 2,658 | 50.89 | |
Liberal Party | 2,698 | 51.66 | |
Conservative Party | 2,475 | 47.39 | |
1869 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
4 February 1874 | 6,972/7,814 | 89.22 | |
Liberal Party | 3,628 | 52.04 | |
Liberal Party | 3,538 | 50.75 | |
Conservative Party | 3,406 | 48.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,372 | 48.36 | |
Majority | 132 | 1.89 | |
1874 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
31 March 1880 | 7,947/8,353 | 95.14 | |
Liberal Party | 4,232 | 53.25 | |
Liberal Party | 4,103 | 51.63 | |
Conservative Party | 3,873 | 48.74 | |
Conservative Party | 3,685 | 46.37 | |
Majority | 230 | 2.89 | |
26 November 1885 | 9,031/9,560 | 94.47 | |
Conservative Party | 4,855 | 53.76 | |
Conservative Party | 4,498 | 49.81 | |
Liberal Party | 4,486 | 49.67 | |
Liberal Party | 4,132 | 45.75 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.13 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,711/9,560 | 91.12 | |
Conservative Party | 4,702 | 53.98 | |
Conservative Party | 4,495 | 51.60 | |
Liberal Party | 4,184 | 48.03 | |
Liberal Party | 3,938 | 45.21 | |
Majority | 311 | 3.57 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
4 July 1892 | 9,925/10,577 | 93.84 | |
Liberal Party | 5,202 | 52.41 | |
Conservative Party | 4,986 | 50.24 | |
Liberal Party | 4,876 | 49.13 | |
Conservative Party | 4,681 | 47.16 | |
Majority | 110 | 1.11 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
9 February 1893 Death of Louis Jennings. | |||
22 February 1893 | 10,063/10,804 | 93.14 | |
Conservative Party | 5,264 | 52.31 | |
Liberal Party | 4,799 | 47.69 | |
Majority | 465 | 4.62 | |
13 July 1895 | 10,115/11,062 | 91.44 | |
Conservative Party | 5,410 | 53.48 | |
Conservative Party | 5,067 | 50.09 | |
Liberal Party | 4,933 | 48.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,562 | 45.10 | |
Majority | 134 | 1.32 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
4 October 1900 | 10,853/12,386 | 87.62 | |
Liberal Party | 5,666 | 52.21 | |
Conservative Party | 5,377 | 49.54 | |
Liberal Party | 5,200 | 47.91 | |
Conservative Party | 5,098 | 46.97 | |
Majority | 177 | 1.63 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
16 January 1906 | 11,767/12,645 | 93.06 | |
Labour Party | 7,299 | 62.03 | |
Liberal Party | 6,544 | 55.61 | |
Conservative Party | 4,591 | 39.02 | |
Conservative Party | 4,064 | 34.54 | |
Majority | 1,953 | 16.60 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
17 January 1910 | 12,246/13,002 | 94.19 | |
Labour Party | 6,682 | 54.56 | |
Liberal Party | 6,645 | 54.26 | |
Conservative Party | 5,268 | 43.02 | |
Conservative Party | 5,249 | 42.86 | |
Majority | 1,377 | 11.24 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
5 December 1910 | 11,772/13,002 | 90.54 | |
Liberal Party | 6,169 | 52.40 | |
Labour Party | 6,094 | 51.77 | |
Conservative Party | 5,234 | 44.46 | |
Conservative Party | 5,183 | 44.03 | |
Majority | 860 | 7.31 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
14 December 1918 | 60,777 | ||
Liberal Party - Coalition | Unopposed |   | |
Labour Party - Coalition | Unopposed |   | |
George Wardle was not an official Coalition candidate and did not receive a "coupon". He did, however, fully support the Coalition and sought election as a Coalition candidate. | |||
22 February 1920 Death of Spencer Hughes. | |||
9 March 1920 Resignation of George Wardle. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
27 March 1920 | 45,789/60,508 | 75.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 22,847 | 49.90 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 22,386 | 48.89 | |
Labour Party | 16,042 | 35.03 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 14,434 | 31.52 | |
Independent | 5,644 | 12.33 | |
Independent | 5,443 | 11.89 | |
Ind R | 2,336 | 5.10 | |
Majority | 6,344 | 13.85 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
William O'Brien sought election as an Irish Workers' Republican candidate. He was the nominee of the Stockport Irish Election Committee and a prominent member of the Irish Labour Party. At the time of the election he was serving a prison sentence. | |||
Albert Kindell was supported by Horatio Bottomley. | |||
John Terrett was supported by Horatio Bottomley. | |||
15 November 1922 | 52,539/63,010 | 83.38 | |
National Liberal Party | 35,241 | 67.08 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 33,852 | 64.43 | |
Labour and Co-operative Party | 17,059 | 32.47 | |
Labour Party | 16,126 | 30.69 | |
Majority | 16,793 | 31.96 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
6 December 1923 | 52,095/63,781 | 81.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,308 | 38.98 | |
Liberal Party | 19,223 | 36.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,129 | 34.80 | |
Liberal Party | 16,756 | 32.16 | |
Labour Party | 16,340 | 31.37 | |
Majority | 1,094 | 2.10 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
29 October 1924 | 55,536/64,689 | 85.85 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,057 | 50.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,417 | 47.57 | |
Labour Party | 21,986 | 39.59 | |
Liberal Party | 12,386 | 22.30 | |
Majority | 4,431 | 7.98 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
12 August 1925 Death of William Greenwood. | |||
17 September 1925 | 55,407/64,689 | 85.65 | |
Labour Party | 20,219 | 36.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,892 | 32.29 | |
Liberal Party | 17,296 | 31.22 | |
Majority | 2,327 | 4.20 | |
30 May 1929 | 71,410/84,433 | 84.58 | |
Labour Party | 30,955 | 43.35 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 29,043 | 40.67 | |
Liberal Party | 22,595 | 31.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,047 | 30.87 | |
Independent Liberal | 8,355 | 11.70 | |
Majority | 6,448 | 9.03 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
27 October 1931 | 72,588/86,284 | 84.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 50,936 | 70.17 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 47,757 | 65.79 | |
Labour Party | 23,350 | 32.17 | |
Independent Labour Party | 15,591 | 21.48 | |
Majority | 24,407 | 33.62 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
14 November 1935 | 72,322/90,969 | 79.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 43,882 | 60.68 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 43,001 | 59.46 | |
Labour Party | 28,798 | 39.82 | |
Labour Party | 27,528 | 38.06 | |
Majority | 14,203 | 19.64 | |
Breakdown of Votes | |||
5 July 1945 | 77,035/99,836 | 77.16 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 31,039 | 40.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 30,792 | 39.97 | |
Labour Party | 29,674 | 38.52 | |
Labour Party | 29,630 | 38.46 | |
Liberal Party | 14,994 | 19.46 | |
Liberal Party | 14,942 | 19.40 | |
Majority | 1,118 | 1.45 | |
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9 June 1983 | 43,940/59,389 | 73.99 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,517 | 42.14 | |
Labour Party | 12,731 | 28.97 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 12,129 | 27.60 | |
Ecology Party | 369 | 0.84 | |
Nationalist | 194 | 0.44 | |
Majority | 5,786 | 13.17 | |
11 June 1987 | 46,905/60,618 | 77.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,410 | 41.38 | |
Labour Party | 16,557 | 35.30 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 10,365 | 22.10 | |
Green Party | 573 | 1.22 | |
Majority | 2,853 | 6.08 | |
9 April 1992 | 47,795/58,095 | 82.27 | |
Labour Party | 21,096 | 44.14 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,674 | 41.16 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,539 | 13.68 | |
Green Party | 436 | 0.91 | |
Natural Law Party | 50 | 0.10 | |
Majority | 1,422 | 2.98 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
1 May 1997 | 46,667/65,232 | 71.54 | |
Labour Party | 29,336 | 62.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,426 | 22.34 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,951 | 10.61 | |
Referendum Party | 1,280 | 2.74 | |
Socialist Labour | 255 | 0.55 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 213 | 0.46 | |
Independent | 206 | 0.44 | |
Majority | 18,910 | 40.52 | |
7 June 2001 | 35,383/66,397 | 53.29 | |
Labour Party | 20,731 | 58.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,162 | 25.89 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,490 | 15.52 | |
Majority | 11,569 | 32.70 | |
5 May 2005 | 35,771/65,593 | 54.53 | |
Labour Party | 18,069 | 50.51 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,906 | 24.90 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7,832 | 21.89 | |
UK Independence Party | 964 | 2.69 | |
Majority | 9,163 | 25.62 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 39,128/63,381 | 61.73 | |
Labour Party | 16,697 | 42.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,913 | 25.33 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9,778 | 24.99 | |
British National Party | 1,201 | 3.07 | |
UK Independence Party | 862 | 2.20 | |
Green Party | 677 | 1.73 | |
Majority | 6,784 | 17.34 | |
7 May 2015 | 39,649/63,931 | 62.02 | |
Labour Party | 19,771 | 49.87 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,710 | 24.49 | |
UK Independence Party | 5,206 | 13.13 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,034 | 7.65 | |
Green Party | 1,753 | 4.42 | |
Left Unity | 175 | 0.44 | |
Majority | 10,061 | 25.38 | |
8 June 2017 | 41,544/64,236 | 64.67 | |
Labour Party | 26,282 | 63.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,805 | 28.42 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,778 | 4.28 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,088 | 2.62 | |
Green Party | 591 | 1.42 | |
Majority | 14,477 | 34.85 | |
18 February 2019 Ann Coffey resigns the Labour whip and joins The Independent Group. | |||
4 June 2019 Ann Coffey resigns from Change UK. | |||
12 December 2019 | 41,715/65,391 | 63.79 | |
Labour Party | 21,695 | 52.01 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,656 | 27.94 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,043 | 12.09 | |
Brexit Party | 1,918 | 4.60 | |
Green Party | 1,403 | 3.36 | |
Majority | 10,039 | 24.07 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
4 July 2024 | 43,683/76,625 | 57.01 | |
Labour Party | 21,787 | 49.88 | |
Reform UK | 6,517 | 14.92 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,967 | 11.37 | |
Green Party | 4,865 | 11.14 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,724 | 8.53 | |
Workers Britain | 1,630 | 3.73 | |
Stockport Fights Austerity | 193 | 0.44 | |
Majority | 15,270 | 34.96 | |