Cheadle (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°23′46″N 2°12′14″W / 53.396°N 2.204°W / 53.396; -2.204

Cheadle
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Cheadle in Greater Manchester.
County	Greater Manchester
Population	91,023 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	71,797 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Cheadle
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Mary Robinson (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Cheadle is a borough 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 voting system.

It is a marginal seat between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. From 1970 until 2001 it was held by the Conservatives, after which it was held by the Liberal Democrats from 2001 until the 2015 General Election when it was taken back by Conservative Mary Robinson.^[3]

Boundaries

Cheadle election results (click for larger version)

1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, and Marple.

1955-1974: The Urban Districts of Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, and Marple, and the Urban District of Bredbury and Romiley except the part of the Bredbury ward added to the County Borough of Stockport by the Stockport (Extension) Order 1952.

1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Cheadle and Gatley, and Wilmslow.

1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, East Bramhall, Heald Green, and West Bramhall.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Bramhall North, Bramhall South, Cheadle and Gatley, Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, Heald Green, and Stepping Hill.

When originally created in 1950, Cheadle was a county constituency and its area was predominantly urban in the south-eastern suburbs of the Manchester conurbation, and relatively affluent.

The growth of suburbs of Manchester led to a rapidly rising electorate from the late 1950s and by the 1970 election there were 107,225 electors and some reduction was inevitable. At the February 1974 general election the seat was re-classified as a borough constituency and split in two, with the eastern parts forming the new Hazel Grove constituency.

As a result of changes to the county boundaries, the constituency crossed between Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Realigning with the county boundaries in 1983, the constituency was redrawn, losing Wilmslow to Tatton and smaller parts to Macclesfield and Stockport.

Members of Parliament

The current MP is the Conservatives' Mary Robinson, who defeated Mark Hunter in the 2015 General Election.

The seat had safe Conservative majorities until the 1997 election, when the Liberal Democrats reduced the margin to around 3,000 votes. Patsy Calton scraped home in 2001 by a majority of 33 votes, the narrowest in the House of Commons, but returned with a much safer 4,000 votes in 2005. She died on 29 May 2005, triggering a by-election in July 2005, where Mark Hunter was elected with a majority of 3,657.

	Member^[4]^[5]	Party
1950	William Shepherd	Conservative
1966	Michael Winstanley	Liberal
1970	Tom Normanton	Conservative
1987	Stephen Day	Conservative
2001	Patsy Calton	Liberal Democrat
2005 by-election	Mark Hunter	Liberal Democrat
2015	Mary Robinson	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Cheadle^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mary Robinson	22,889	43.1	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Hunter	16,436	31.0	-16.1
	Labour	Martin Miller	8,673	16.3	+7.0
	UKIP	Shaun Hopkins	4,423	8.3	+5.6
	Independent	Matthew Torbitt	390	0.7	+0.7
	Above and Beyond	Drew Carswell	208	0.4	+0.4
	Independence from Europe	Helen Bashford	76	0.1	+0.1
Majority			6,453	12.2
Turnout			53,095	72.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

General Election 2010: Cheadle^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Hunter	24,717	47.1	−0.7
	Conservative	Ben Jeffreys	21,445	40.8	+0.5
	Labour	Martin Miller	4,920	9.4	−0.5
	UKIP	Tony Moore	1,430	2.7	N/A
Majority			3,272	6.2	−1.2
Turnout			52,512	72.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 2000s

By-election 2005: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Hunter	19,593	52.2	+3.3
	Conservative	Stephen Day	15,936	42.4	+2.0
	Labour	Martin Miller	1,739	4.6	−4.2
	Veritas	Leslie Leggett	218	0.6	N/A
	Alliance for Change (UK)	John Allman	81	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,657	9.7
Turnout			37,567	55.2	−14.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+0.6

General Election 2005: Cheadle^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Patsy Calton	23,189	48.9	+6.5
	Conservative	Stephen Day	19,169	40.4	−1.9
	Labour	Martin Miller	4,169	8.8	−5.2
	UKIP	Vincent L. Cavanagh	489	1.0	−0.4
	BNP	Richard Chadfield	421	0.9	N/A
Majority			4,020	8.5
Turnout			47,437	69.6	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+4.2

General Election 2001: Cheadle^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Patsy Calton	18,477	42.4	+4.6
	Conservative	Stephen Day	18,444	42.3	−1.3
	Labour	Howard Dawber	6,086	14.0	−1.7
	UKIP	Vincent Cavanagh	599	1.4	N/A
Majority			33	0.1
Turnout			43,606	63.2	-14.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.95

Elections in the 1990s

The Cheadle constituency underwent minor boundary changes after the 1992 general election and as such the change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1997: Cheadle^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Day	22,944	43.7	−14.0
	Liberal Democrat	Patsy Calton	19,755	37.7	+8.1
	Labour	Paul Diggett	8,253	15.7	+3.3
	Referendum	Paul Brook	1,511	2.9	N/A
Majority			3,189	6.0
Turnout			52,463	77.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.1

General Election 1992: Cheadle^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Day	32,504	58.2	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Patsy Calton	16,726	30.0	−5.9
	Labour	Mrs. Sandra R. Broadhurst	6,442	11.5	+2.4
	Natural Law	Mrs. Phillipa M. Whittle	168	0.3	N/A
Majority			15,778	28.2	+9.1
Turnout			55,840	84.4	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Cheadle^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Day	30,484	55.0	−0.7
	Liberal	Brian Leah	19,853	35.9	−1.4
	Labour	Ann Coffey	5,037	9.1	+2.1
Majority			10,631	19.1
Turnout			55,374	81.0	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

The boundaries of the constituency changed in 1983. Changes in the vote are based on the estimated results for 1979 had the 1983 boundaries been in operation then.

General Election 1983: Cheadle^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	28,452	55.7	−4.5
	Liberal	Paul R. Clark	19,072	37.3	+9.0
	Labour	Kenneth Parker	3,553	7.0	−4.5
Majority			9,380	18.4
Turnout			51,077	76.8	−5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	32,407	58.8	+9.6
	Liberal	David Austick	15,268	27.7	−7.8
	Labour	Frances Done	7,415	13.5	−1.8
Majority			17,139	31.1
Turnout			55,090	81.8	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.7

General Election October 1974: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	25,863	49.2	−0.5
	Liberal	Christopher Green	18,687	35.5	−3.0
	Labour	Paul Castle	8,048	15.3	+3.4
Majority			7,176	13.6
Turnout			52,598	80.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

After the 1970 general election, boundary changes created the Hazel Grove constituency which reduced the size of the Cheadle one. The previous Member of Parliament for Cheadle, Dr. Michael Winstanley became the first member returned by Hazel Grove.

General Election February 1974: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	27,556	49.7
	Liberal	Christopher Green	21,332	38.5	+2.3 (est.)
	Labour	Paul Castle	6,584	11.9
Majority			6,224	11.2
Turnout			55,472	85.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Normanton	39,728	46.3	+4.8
	Liberal	Michael Winstanley	37,974	44.3	+1.8
	Labour	Roger Stott	8,062	9.4	−6.8
Majority			1,754	2.0
Turnout			85,764	79.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Michael Winstanley	32,071	42.4	+7.8
	Conservative	William Shepherd	31,416	41.5	−5.3
	Labour	Sholto Moxley	12,244	16.2	−2.2
Majority			655	0.9
Turnout			75,731	82.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.7

General Election 1964: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Shepherd	33,911	46.8	−8.2
	Liberal	Roger Cuss	25,220	34.8	+8.8
	Labour	Sholto Moxley	13,379	18.5	−0.6
Majority			8,691	12.0
Turnout			72,510	83.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.5

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Shepherd	32,787	55.0	−7.3
	Liberal	Roger Cuss	15,469	26.0	+10.4
	Labour	Charles Morris	11,373	19.0	−3.1
Majority			17,318	29.0
Turnout			59,629	83.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.9

General Election 1955: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Shepherd	30,940	62.3	−0.3
	Labour	Harry V. Stone	10,966	22.1	−2.9
	Liberal	Ronald Palmer	7,756	15.6	+3.2
Majority			19,974	40.2
Turnout			49,662	80.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

General Election 1951: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Shepherd	32,369	62.6	+4.4
	Labour	Rev. Hatton Jones	12,910	25.0	−0.3
	Liberal	George Samways	6,388	12.4	−4.2
Majority			19,459	37.6
Turnout			51,667	85.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

General Election 1950: Cheadle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Shepherd	30,740	58.2	N/A
	Labour	Rev. Hatton Jones	13,389	25.3	N/A
	Liberal	George Edward Samways	8,801	16.6	N/A
Majority			17,351	32.8	N/A
Turnout			52,930	88.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

References

↑ "Cheadle: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Statham, Nick (8 May 2015). "Cheadle constituency results: General Election 2015 - Tories take seat from the Liberal Democrats". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
↑ "Cheadle 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Cheadle parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

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Election result, 2005
Election results, 1997 - 2001
Election results, 1983 - 1992
Election results, 1959 - 2001
F.W.S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973. ISBN 0-900178-07-8

External links

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