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
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!Election!!colspan="2"|1st Member!!1st Party!!colspan="2"|2nd Member
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| 1841
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="2"| Richard Cobden
|rowspan="2"| Radical <!-- 1795 to 27 Apr 1864 -->
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| 1852
|rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="4"| John Benjamin Smith
|| Radical <!-- died 15 Sep 1879 -->
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| 1859
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|Liberal
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="3" | Liberal
|-
| May 1864
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| Edward Watkin
| Liberal <!-- 26 Sep 1819 to 14 Apr 1901 -->
|-
| 1868
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| William Tipping
| Conservative <!-- 1816 to 16 January 1897 -->
|-
| 1874
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| Charles Henry Hopwood
| Liberal <!-- 1829 to 14 Oct 1904 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Frederick Pennington
| Liberal <!-- 1819 to 11 May 1914 -->
|-
| 1885
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="3"| Louis John Jennings
|rowspan="3"| Conservative <!-- 1837 to 9 Feb 1893 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| William Tipping
| Conservative <!-- 1816 to 16 January 1897 -->
|-
| 1886
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Sydney Gedge
| Conservative <!-- 16 Oct 1829 to 6 Apr 1923 -->
|-
| 1892
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="2"| Sir Joseph Leigh
|rowspan="2"| Liberal <!-- 1841 to 22 Sep 1908 -->
|-
| February 1893
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="3"| George Whiteley
|rowspan="2"| Conservative <!-- 30 Aug 1855 to 21 Oct 1925 -->
|-
| 1895
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="3"| Beresford Melville
|rowspan="3"| Conservative <!-- 30 Sep 1857 to 1 Oct 1931 -->
|-
| 1900
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| Liberal
|-
| 1900
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Sir Joseph Leigh
| Liberal <!-- 1841 to 22 Sep 1908 -->
|-
| 1906
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| James Duckworth
| Liberal
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="3"|George Wardle
|rowspan="2"|Labour
|-
| January 1910
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|rowspan="2"|Spencer Leigh Hughes
| Liberal
|-
| 1918
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| Coalition Liberal
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Coalition Labour
|-
| 1920
| style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="4"| William Greenwood
| Coalition Conservative
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="2"| Henry Fildes
| Coalition Liberal
|-
| 1922
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: " | <!-- Greenwood -->
|rowspan="3"| Conservative <!-- Greenwood was a Conservative from 1922 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " | <!-- Fildes -->
| National Liberal <!-- Fildes was a National Liberal in 1922 -->
|-
| 1923
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Charles Royle
| Liberal
|-
| 1924
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
|rowspan="3"| Samuel Hammersley
|rowspan="3"| Conservative
|-
| 1925
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| Arnold Townend
| Labour
|-
| 1931
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| Alan Dower
| Conservative
|-
| 1935
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| Sir Arnold Gridley
| Conservative
|style="color:inherit;background-color: " |
| Norman Hulbert
| Conservative
|-
|1950
|colspan="6"|Constituency abolished
|}
MPs 1983–present
- Constituency recreated (1983)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member
Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries.
Elections in the 2010s
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
|
| Labour ||align=right| 24,980 ||align=right| 54.3
|-
|
| Conservative ||align=right| 12,968 ||align=right| 28.2
|-
|
| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 3,986 ||align=right| 8.7
|-
|
| Brexit Party ||align=right| 2,448 ||align=right| 5.3
|-
|
| Green ||align=right| 1,635 ||align=right| 3.6
|-
|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
|-
|colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|46,017
|align=right|61.5
|-
|colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|74,769
|}
Ann Coffey left Labour in February 2019 and joined Change UK.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
thumb|120px|Henry Fildes
Elections in the 1910s
thumb|120px|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.
thumb|120px|George Wardle
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1860s
See also
- 1920 Stockport by-election
- 1925 Stockport by-election
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
- History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire
Notes
References
Sources
- Election results, 1992–2005 (Guardian)
- Election results 1983–1992
- John McHugh, The Stockport by-election of 1920
External links
- Stockport UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Stockport UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Stockport UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK