Stretford | |
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Former
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
1950– 1997 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Stretford and Urmston, Manchester Central |
1885– 1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | South West Lancashire |
Stretford was a parliamentary constituency in North West England, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. The constituency was centred on the town of Stretford and originally included an area to the south west of the city of Manchester. The boundaries changed considerably over its existence, at times extending east to include parts of the city itself and at other times including the towns of Irlam and Urmston to the west.
The Stretford Division of the County of Lancashire was formed by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The constituency consisted of a number of civil parishes and townships to the south and south-east of the city of Manchester and north-east of the borough of Stockport: [1]
An extension of the boundaries of Manchester meant that Rusholme became part of the city later in 1885. A further enlargement saw Burnage, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury and Withington included in Manchester in 1904. Similarly, the County Borough of Stockport was enlarged to include Reddish in 1901 and Heaton Norris in 1913. [2] These local government boundary changes did not affect the constituency until the next parliamentary redistribution in 1918.
The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies throughout the United Kingdom. A new Stretford Division of Lancashire was formed. The areas in Manchester and Stockport passed to the Manchester Rusholme, Manchester Withington and Stockport constituencies. [2] The new Stretford constituency included areas further to the west and was defined as consisting of the following local government units of the administrative county of Lancashire: [3]
For the 1950 general election, a new Stretford borough constituency was created. The constituency comprised the Municipal Borough of Stretford (successor to the urban district) and the urban district of Urmston. [4] The Astley area passed to the Leigh borough constituency and Clifton to the Farnworth county constituency. [2]
Constituencies were redrawn for the 1983 general election to reflect the changes in local government in 1974. A new Stretford borough constituency, part of the Greater Manchester parliamentary county, was formed. The new constituency consisted of two wards of the City of Manchester, and five wards from the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford. The Manchester wards were Moss Side and Whalley Range, and the Trafford wards were Clifford, Longford, Park, Stretford and Talbot. Urmston became part of the new constituency of Davyhulme. [5]
The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995, which came into effect for the 1997 general election, abolished the Stretford constituency. The area was redistributed, with Moss Side and Whalley Range added to an enlarged Manchester Central seat. The remainder became part of the new Stretford and Urmston constituency. [6] The last MP for Stretford, Tony Lloyd, was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament for Manchester Central.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Agnew | 4,866 | 51.0 | ||
Conservative | John MacClure | 4,676 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 190 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,542 | 85.7 | |||
Registered electors | 11,140 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John MacClure | 4,750 | 54.2 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | William Agnew | 4,011 | 45.8 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 739 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,761 | 78.6 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,140 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John MacClure | 6,623 | 55.7 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | William Agnew | 5,278 | 44.3 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 1,345 | 11.4 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,901 | 77.2 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 15,425 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John MacClure | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John MacClure | 7,519 | 60.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harry Nuttall | 4,938 | 39.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,581 | 20.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,457 | 65.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 18,909 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Maclure died 28 January 1901. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Cripps | 7,088 | 55.0 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | Franklin Thomasson | 5,791 | 45.0 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,297 | 10.0 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 12,879 | 65.4 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 19,706 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Nuttall | 11,131 | 57.3 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | Charles Cripps | 8,307 | 42.7 | −17.7 | |
Majority | 2,824 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,438 | 79.9 | +14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 24,326 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Nuttall | 12,917 | 54.9 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Arthur Samuel | 10,626 | 45.1 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 2,921 | 9.8 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,543 | 85.2 | +5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 27,629 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Nuttall | 11,343 | 52.0 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Arthur Samuel | 10,467 | 48.0 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 876 | 4.0 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,810 | 78.9 | −6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 27,629 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Thomas Robinson* | 17,161 | 76.7 | +24.7 |
Labour | Joseph Hallsworth | 5,216 | 23.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,945 | 53.4 | +49.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,377 | 61.4 | −17.5 | ||
Registered electors | 36,459 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Thomas Robinson | 19,185 | 68.7 | −8.0 | |
Labour | Alfred Hartley Turner | 8,733 | 31.3 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 10,452 | 37.4 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,918 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Robinson | 15,971 | 58.2 | −10.5 | |
Labour | John Corlett | 11,451 | 41.8 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 4,520 | 16.4 | −21.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,422 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Constitutionalist | Thomas Robinson | 20,826 | 64.4 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Joseph Robinson | 11,520 | 35.6 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 9,306 | 28.8 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,346 | ||||
Constitutionalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Thomas Robinson | 25,799 | 58.6 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Frank Anderson | 18,199 | 41.4 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 7,600 | 16.8 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,998 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gustav Renwick | 39,002 | 75.3 | New | |
Labour | Frank Anderson | 12,796 | 24.7 | −16.7 | |
Majority | 26,206 | 50.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,798 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Crossley | 34,874 | 64.4 | −10.9 | |
Labour | Tom Myers | 19,278 | 35.6 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 15,596 | 28.8 | −21.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,152 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Crossley died in an aeroplane crash off the coast of Denmark on 15 August 1939. [20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ralph Etherton | 23,408 | 79.8 | +15.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Bob Edwards | 4,424 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Communist | Eric Gower | 1,514 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 18,984 | 64.7 | +35.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,346 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herschel Austin | 35,715 | 54.8 | +19.2 | |
Conservative | Ralph Etherton | 29,421 | 45.2 | −19.2 | |
Majority | 6,294 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 65,136 | 78.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samuel Storey | 30,678 | 48.6 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Herschel Austin | 25,075 | 39.7 | −15.1 | |
Liberal | Stephen Cawley | 7,464 | 11.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,603 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63,217 | 86.9 | +8.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 35,419 | 58.0 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Charles Mapp | 25,694 | 42.0 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 9,725 | 16.0 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 61,113 | 83.4 | −3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 33,101 | 60.9 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Fred Barton | 21,267 | 39.1 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 11,834 | 21.8 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,368 | 76.1 | −7.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 32,888 | 58.3 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Edward Reid | 23,538 | 41.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 9,350 | 16.6 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,426 | 79.1 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 22,004 | 40.0 | −18.3 | |
Labour | Edward Cavanagh | 20,080 | 36.5 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | Michael Winstanley | 12,884 | 23.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,924 | 3.5 | −11.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,968 | 79.2 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Davies | 24,739 | 47.1 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 21,374 | 40.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Clifford L. Jones | 6,382 | 12.2 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 3,365 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,495 | 77.1 | −2.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Winston Churchill | 28,629 | 53.8 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Ernest Davies | 24,614 | 46.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 4,015 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,243 | 74.9 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 23,630 | 42.3 | −11.5 | |
Labour | Kenneth Anthony | 19,641 | 35.2 | −11.0 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 12,558 | 22.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,989 | 7.1 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 55,829 | 82.0 | +7.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Winston Churchill | 22,114 | 42.0 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Peter N. Scott | 20,877 | 39.7 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 9,629 | 18.3 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 1,237 | 2.3 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,620 | 76.5 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 25,972 | 48.3 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Peter N. Scott | 21,466 | 39.9 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 6,369 | 11.8 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 4,506 | 8.4 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,807 | 77.7 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Lloyd | 18,028 | 44.8 | ||
Conservative | Walter Sweeney | 13,686 | 34.1 | ||
SDP | David Wilks | 8,141 | 20.3 | ||
Independent Labour | Syad Ud-Din | 336 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,342 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,191 | 70.0 | +2.3 | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Boundary changes meant that the seat would notionally have been won by Labour in 1979 with a majority of 3,607. The sitting MP, Winston Churchill, moved to the newly created Davyhulme constituency which included part of the pre-1983 Stretford seat [34]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Lloyd | 22,831 | 55.2 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Dougherty | 13,429 | 32.4 | −1.7 | |
SDP | Dennis Lee | 5,125 | 12.4 | −7.9 | |
Majority | 9,402 | 22.8 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,385 | 71.9 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Lloyd | 22,300 | 59.6 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | John C.B. Rae | 11,163 | 29.8 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis C. Beswick | 3,722 | 9.9 | −2.5 | |
Natural Law | Andrew Boyton | 268 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 11,137 | 29.8 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,453 | 68.8 | −3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Stretford | |
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Former
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
1950– 1997 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Stretford and Urmston, Manchester Central |
1885– 1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | South West Lancashire |
Stretford was a parliamentary constituency in North West England, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. The constituency was centred on the town of Stretford and originally included an area to the south west of the city of Manchester. The boundaries changed considerably over its existence, at times extending east to include parts of the city itself and at other times including the towns of Irlam and Urmston to the west.
The Stretford Division of the County of Lancashire was formed by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The constituency consisted of a number of civil parishes and townships to the south and south-east of the city of Manchester and north-east of the borough of Stockport: [1]
An extension of the boundaries of Manchester meant that Rusholme became part of the city later in 1885. A further enlargement saw Burnage, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury and Withington included in Manchester in 1904. Similarly, the County Borough of Stockport was enlarged to include Reddish in 1901 and Heaton Norris in 1913. [2] These local government boundary changes did not affect the constituency until the next parliamentary redistribution in 1918.
The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies throughout the United Kingdom. A new Stretford Division of Lancashire was formed. The areas in Manchester and Stockport passed to the Manchester Rusholme, Manchester Withington and Stockport constituencies. [2] The new Stretford constituency included areas further to the west and was defined as consisting of the following local government units of the administrative county of Lancashire: [3]
For the 1950 general election, a new Stretford borough constituency was created. The constituency comprised the Municipal Borough of Stretford (successor to the urban district) and the urban district of Urmston. [4] The Astley area passed to the Leigh borough constituency and Clifton to the Farnworth county constituency. [2]
Constituencies were redrawn for the 1983 general election to reflect the changes in local government in 1974. A new Stretford borough constituency, part of the Greater Manchester parliamentary county, was formed. The new constituency consisted of two wards of the City of Manchester, and five wards from the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford. The Manchester wards were Moss Side and Whalley Range, and the Trafford wards were Clifford, Longford, Park, Stretford and Talbot. Urmston became part of the new constituency of Davyhulme. [5]
The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995, which came into effect for the 1997 general election, abolished the Stretford constituency. The area was redistributed, with Moss Side and Whalley Range added to an enlarged Manchester Central seat. The remainder became part of the new Stretford and Urmston constituency. [6] The last MP for Stretford, Tony Lloyd, was subsequently elected as the Member of Parliament for Manchester Central.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Agnew | 4,866 | 51.0 | ||
Conservative | John MacClure | 4,676 | 49.0 | ||
Majority | 190 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,542 | 85.7 | |||
Registered electors | 11,140 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John MacClure | 4,750 | 54.2 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | William Agnew | 4,011 | 45.8 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 739 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,761 | 78.6 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,140 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John MacClure | 6,623 | 55.7 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | William Agnew | 5,278 | 44.3 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 1,345 | 11.4 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,901 | 77.2 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 15,425 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John MacClure | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John MacClure | 7,519 | 60.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harry Nuttall | 4,938 | 39.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,581 | 20.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,457 | 65.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 18,909 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Maclure died 28 January 1901. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Cripps | 7,088 | 55.0 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | Franklin Thomasson | 5,791 | 45.0 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,297 | 10.0 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 12,879 | 65.4 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 19,706 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Nuttall | 11,131 | 57.3 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | Charles Cripps | 8,307 | 42.7 | −17.7 | |
Majority | 2,824 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,438 | 79.9 | +14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 24,326 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Nuttall | 12,917 | 54.9 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Arthur Samuel | 10,626 | 45.1 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 2,921 | 9.8 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 23,543 | 85.2 | +5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 27,629 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Nuttall | 11,343 | 52.0 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Arthur Samuel | 10,467 | 48.0 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 876 | 4.0 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,810 | 78.9 | −6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 27,629 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Thomas Robinson* | 17,161 | 76.7 | +24.7 |
Labour | Joseph Hallsworth | 5,216 | 23.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,945 | 53.4 | +49.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,377 | 61.4 | −17.5 | ||
Registered electors | 36,459 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Thomas Robinson | 19,185 | 68.7 | −8.0 | |
Labour | Alfred Hartley Turner | 8,733 | 31.3 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 10,452 | 37.4 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,918 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Robinson | 15,971 | 58.2 | −10.5 | |
Labour | John Corlett | 11,451 | 41.8 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 4,520 | 16.4 | −21.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,422 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constitutionalist | Thomas Robinson | 20,826 | 64.4 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Joseph Robinson | 11,520 | 35.6 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 9,306 | 28.8 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,346 | ||||
Constitutionalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Robinson | 25,799 | 58.6 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Frank Anderson | 18,199 | 41.4 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 7,600 | 16.8 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,998 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gustav Renwick | 39,002 | 75.3 | New | |
Labour | Frank Anderson | 12,796 | 24.7 | −16.7 | |
Majority | 26,206 | 50.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,798 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Crossley | 34,874 | 64.4 | −10.9 | |
Labour | Tom Myers | 19,278 | 35.6 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 15,596 | 28.8 | −21.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,152 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Crossley died in an aeroplane crash off the coast of Denmark on 15 August 1939. [20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Etherton | 23,408 | 79.8 | +15.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Bob Edwards | 4,424 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Communist | Eric Gower | 1,514 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 18,984 | 64.7 | +35.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,346 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herschel Austin | 35,715 | 54.8 | +19.2 | |
Conservative | Ralph Etherton | 29,421 | 45.2 | −19.2 | |
Majority | 6,294 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 65,136 | 78.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 30,678 | 48.6 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Herschel Austin | 25,075 | 39.7 | −15.1 | |
Liberal | Stephen Cawley | 7,464 | 11.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,603 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63,217 | 86.9 | +8.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 35,419 | 58.0 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Charles Mapp | 25,694 | 42.0 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 9,725 | 16.0 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 61,113 | 83.4 | −3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 33,101 | 60.9 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Fred Barton | 21,267 | 39.1 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 11,834 | 21.8 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,368 | 76.1 | −7.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 32,888 | 58.3 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Edward Reid | 23,538 | 41.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 9,350 | 16.6 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,426 | 79.1 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 22,004 | 40.0 | −18.3 | |
Labour | Edward Cavanagh | 20,080 | 36.5 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | Michael Winstanley | 12,884 | 23.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,924 | 3.5 | −11.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,968 | 79.2 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Davies | 24,739 | 47.1 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Samuel Storey | 21,374 | 40.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Clifford L. Jones | 6,382 | 12.2 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 3,365 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,495 | 77.1 | −2.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 28,629 | 53.8 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Ernest Davies | 24,614 | 46.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 4,015 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,243 | 74.9 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 23,630 | 42.3 | −11.5 | |
Labour | Kenneth Anthony | 19,641 | 35.2 | −11.0 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 12,558 | 22.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,989 | 7.1 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 55,829 | 82.0 | +7.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 22,114 | 42.0 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Peter N. Scott | 20,877 | 39.7 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 9,629 | 18.3 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 1,237 | 2.3 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,620 | 76.5 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 25,972 | 48.3 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Peter N. Scott | 21,466 | 39.9 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Dennis Wrigley | 6,369 | 11.8 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 4,506 | 8.4 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,807 | 77.7 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Lloyd | 18,028 | 44.8 | ||
Conservative | Walter Sweeney | 13,686 | 34.1 | ||
SDP | David Wilks | 8,141 | 20.3 | ||
Independent Labour | Syad Ud-Din | 336 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,342 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,191 | 70.0 | +2.3 | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Boundary changes meant that the seat would notionally have been won by Labour in 1979 with a majority of 3,607. The sitting MP, Winston Churchill, moved to the newly created Davyhulme constituency which included part of the pre-1983 Stretford seat [34]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Lloyd | 22,831 | 55.2 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Dougherty | 13,429 | 32.4 | −1.7 | |
SDP | Dennis Lee | 5,125 | 12.4 | −7.9 | |
Majority | 9,402 | 22.8 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,385 | 71.9 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Lloyd | 22,300 | 59.6 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | John C.B. Rae | 11,163 | 29.8 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis C. Beswick | 3,722 | 9.9 | −2.5 | |
Natural Law | Andrew Boyton | 268 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 11,137 | 29.8 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,453 | 68.8 | −3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 |