Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stockport Borough constituency

Stockport shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1832, 1983
MP:	Ann Coffey
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Stockport is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the Brinnington, Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor and Manor wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. Brinnington ward had been in Denton and Reddish (UK Parliament constituency) from 1983-1997. It was transferred into the Stockport seat at that election.

Politically, Edgeley, Davenport and (especially) Brinnington are good Labour areas; the Tories fight back in the Heatons, and the Lib Dems have local councillors now in Cale Green and Manor. Labour held the seat fairly safely in 2005, but it still has the potential to become a three-way-marginal in the next election if local voting patterns continue.

[edit] History

Stockport was created a two-member constituency by the Reform Act 1832. It survived as such until 1950, when it was partitioned into Stockport North and Stockport South. A single Stockport seat was created in 1983, returning only one member.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1841–1847: Richard Cobden
1893–1900: George Whiteley, Liberal
1950–1983: see Stockport North and Stockport South
Constituency recreated (1983)
1983–1992: Anthony Favell, Conservative
1992–present: Ann Coffey, Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

[edit] General election of 2005

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 Democrats	Lyn-Su Floodgate	7,832	21.9	+6.4
	UK Independence	Richard Simpson	964	2.7	+2.7
Majority			9,163	25.6
Turnout			35,771	54.5	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.5

[edit] General election of 2001

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 Democrats	Mark Hunter	5,490	15.5	+4.9
Majority			11,569	32.7
Turnout			35,383	53.3	-18.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

[edit] General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Coffey	29,338	62.9
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	10,426	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	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
Turnout			46,769	71.5
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Coffey	21,096	44.1
	Conservative	Anthony Favell	19,674	41.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Corris	6,539	13.7
	Green	Judith Filmore	436	0.9
	Natural Law	D Saunders	50	0.1
Majority			1,422	2.3
Turnout			47,795	82.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

[edit] General election of 1987

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

[edit] General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Stockport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Favell	18,517	42.1
	Labour	P R Ward	12,731	29.0
	Social Democrat	Thomas McNally	12,129	27.6
	Ecology	M Shipley	369	0.8
	Nationalist	K Walker	194	0.4
Majority			5,786	13.2
Turnout				74.6

[edit] Sources

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne \| Barrow and Furness \| Birkenhead \| Blackburn \| Blackpool North and Fleetwood \| Blackpool South \| Bolton North East \| Bolton South East \| Bolton West \| Bootle \| Burnley \| Bury North \| Bury South \| Carlisle \| Chorley \| City of Chester \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Crosby \| Denton and Reddish \| Eccles \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Halton \| Heywood and Middleton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley North and Sefton East \| Knowsley South \| Leigh \| Liverpool Garston \| Liverpool Riverside \| Liverpool Walton \| Liverpool Wavertree \| Liverpool West Derby \| Makerfield \| Manchester Blackley \| Manchester Central \| Manchester Gorton \| Morecambe and Lunesdale \| Oldham East and Saddleworth \| Oldham West and Royton \| Pendle \| Preston \| Rossendale and Darwen \| Salford \| South Ribble \| St Helens North \| St Helens South \| Stalybridge and Hyde \| Stockport \| Stretford and Urmston \| Wallasey \| Warrington North \| Warrington South \| Weaver Vale \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral South \| Wirral West \| Workington \| Worsley \| Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West \| Congleton \| Eddisbury \| Fylde \| Lancaster and Wyre \| Macclesfield \| Penrith and The Border \| Ribble Valley \| Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle \| Hazel Grove \| Manchester Withington \| Rochdale \| Southport \| Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) \| Conservative (3) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| UKIP (1)

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