Stockport South (UK Parliament constituency)
| Stockport South | |
|---|---|
|
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1950–1983 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Stockport and Hazel Grove and Denton & Reddish[1] |
| Created from | Stockport |
Stockport South was a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Stockport wards of Cale Green, Davenport, Heaviley, Hempshaw Lane, Portwood, St Mary's, St Thomas's, Shaw Heath, and Vernon.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Arnold Gridley | Conservative | Resigned 1955 on being raised to the peerage | |
| 1955 by-election | Harold Steward | Conservative | ||
| 1964 | Maurice Orbach | Labour | Announced retirement at 1979 general election, died 24 April | |
| 1979 | Tom McNally | Labour | ||
| 1981 | SDP | |||
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Stockport & Denton and Reddish | |||
Election results
Elections 1950-1979
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Election 1979 [1][2] Electorate: 48,513 Turnout: 37,527 (77.35%) +3.05 | Labour hold Majority: 1,125 (3.00%) -8.89 Swing: 4.44% from Lab to Con | Tom McNally | Labour | 16,910 | 45.06 | -0.80 | ||
| Frederic David Skidmore | Conservative | 15,785 | 42.06 | +8.09 | ||||
| John Martin Quayle | Liberal | 4,458 | 11.88 | -8.29 | ||||
| Robert Joseph Murphy | National Front | 374 | 1.00 | N/A | ||||
| General Election, October 1974 [1][3] Electorate: 47,782 Turnout: 35,502 (74.30%) -4.94 | Labour hold Majority: 4,220 (11.89%) +3.63 Swing: 1.82% from Con to Lab | Maurice Orbach | Labour | 16,281 | 45.86 | +3.97 | ||
| Viscount Lewisham | Conservative | 12,061 | 33.97 | +0.33 | ||||
| Christopher John Carter | Liberal | 7,160 | 20.17 | -4.30 | ||||
| General Election, February 1974 [1][4] Electorate: 47,360 Turnout: 37,528 (79.24%) +8.95 | Labour hold Majority: 3,098 (8.26%) +2.52 | Maurice Orbach | Labour | 15,722 | 41.89 | -4.58 | ||
| David Elgan Hugh Edwards | Conservative | 12,624 | 33.64 | -7.09 | ||||
| Christopher John Carter | Liberal | 9,182 | 24.47 | +11.67 | ||||
| General Election 1970 [5] Electorate: 49,173 Turnout: 36,039 (73.29%) -3.45 | Labour hold Majority: 2,068 (5.74%) -5.94 | Maurice Orbach | Labour | 16,747 | 46.47 | -9.37 | ||
| C Howson | Conservative | 14,679 | 40.73 | -3.43 | ||||
| T Jones | Liberal | 4,613 | 12.80 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1966 [6] Electorate: 45,406 Turnout: 34,843 (76.74%) -5.04 | Labour hold Majority: 4,069 (11.68%) +3.60 | Maurice Orbach | Labour | 19,456 | 55.84 | +11.26 | ||
| C Howson | Conservative | 15,387 | 44.16 | +7.66 | ||||
| General Election 1964 [7] Electorate: 45,955 Turnout: 37,580 (81.78%) +0.32 | Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 3,037 (8.08%) +1.48 | Maurice Orbach | Labour | 16,755 | 44.58 | -2.12 | ||
| Harold Macdonald Steward | Conservative | 13,718 | 36.50 | -16.80 | ||||
| DF Kerr | Liberal | 7,107 | 18.91 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1959 [8] Electorate: 47,265 Turnout: 38,504 (81.46%) +2.50 | Conservative hold Majority: 2,540 (6.60%) -4.35 | Harold Macdonald Steward | Conservative | 20,522 | 53.30 | -2.18 | ||
| S Orme | Labour | 17,982 | 46.70 | +2.18 | ||||
| General Election 1955 [9] Electorate: 47,251 Turnout: 37,310 (78.96%) -5.21 | Conservative hold Majority: 4,086 (10.95%) +2.61 | Harold Macdonald Steward | Conservative | 20,698 | 55.48 | +1.31 | ||
| EAC Roberts | Labour | 16,612 | 44.52 | -1.31 | ||||
| By-election, 3 Feb 1955 [10] Held due to Arnold Gridley's elevation to the House of Lords Turnout: 30,079 | Conservative hold Majority: 2,563 (8.52%) +0.18 | Harold Macdonald Steward | Conservative | 16,321 | 54.26 | +0.09 | ||
| H Davies | Labour | 13,758 | 45.73 | -0.09 | ||||
| General Election 1951 [11] Electorate: 48,413 Turnout: 40,750 (84.17%) -2.76 | Conservative hold Majority: 3,400 (8.34%) -7.73 | Arnold Babb Gridley | Conservative | 22,075 | 54.17 | +8.48 | ||
| F Bibby | Labour | 18,675 | 45.83 | +5.36 | ||||
| General Election 1950 [12] Electorate: 48,032 Turnout: 41,754 (86.93%) | Conservative win new seat Majority: 6,980 (16.07%) | Arnold Babb Gridley | Conservative | 19,079 | 45.69 | N/A | ||
| H Ponsonby | Labour | 16,897 | 40.47 | N/A | ||||
| R Hewitt | Liberal | 5,778 | 13.84 | N/A | ||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 "'Stockport South', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results March 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results May 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ British Parliament by-election: 1955
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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