Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockport
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stockport in North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	74,769 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Stockport, Brinnington, Four Heatons
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Nav Mishra (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Stockport North, Stockport South
1832–1950
Seats	Two
Replaced by	Stockport North, Stockport South

Stockport is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Navendu Mishra of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

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

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1918-1950: The County Borough of Stockport.^[2]

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, and Manor.^[3]

1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Brinnington, Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, and Manor.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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,^[7][8] 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.^[9]

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 USA.

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 was PPS to the Chancellor of the Exchequer while this role was held by Alistair Darling.

MPs 1832–1950

Election	1st Member[10]		1st Party	2nd Member[10]		2nd Party
1832		Thomas Marsland	Tory[11][12]		John Horatio Lloyd	Radical[11]
1834			Conservative[11][12]
1835					Henry Marsland	Radical[11][12][13]
1841		Richard Cobden	Radical[11]
July 1847					James Heald	Conservative
December 1847		James Kershaw	Radical[14][15]
1852					John Benjamin Smith	Radical[16][14][17]
1859			Liberal			Liberal
May 1864		Edward Watkin	Liberal
1868		William Tipping	Conservative
1874		Charles Henry Hopwood	Liberal		Frederick Pennington	Liberal
1885		Louis John Jennings	Conservative		William Tipping	Conservative
1886					Sydney Gedge	Conservative
1892					Sir Joseph Leigh	Liberal
February 1893		George Whiteley	Conservative
1895					Beresford Melville	Conservative
1900			Liberal
1900		Sir Joseph Leigh	Liberal
1906		James Duckworth	Liberal		George Wardle	Labour
January 1910		Spencer Leigh Hughes	Liberal
1918			Coalition Liberal			Coalition Labour
1920		William Greenwood	Coalition Conservative		Henry Fildes	Coalition Liberal
1922			Conservative			National Liberal
1923					Charles Royle	Liberal
1924					Samuel Hammersley	Conservative
1925		Arnold Townend	Labour
1931		Alan Dower	Conservative
1935		Sir Arnold Gridley	Conservative		Norman Hulbert	Conservative
1950	Constituency abolished

MPs 1983–present

• Constituency recreated (1983)

Election		Member[10]	Party
	1983	Anthony Favell	Conservative
	1992	Ann Coffey	Labour
	February 2019		The Independent Group for Change
	2019	Nav Mishra	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Stockport^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Navendu Mishra	21,787	49.9	−4.4
	Reform UK	Lynn Schofield	6,517	14.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Oliver Johnstone	4,967	11.4	−16.8
	Green	Helena Mellish	4,865	11.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Meikle	3,724	8.5	−0.2
	Workers Party	Ayesha Khan	1,630	3.7	N/A
	Stockport Fights Austerity No To Cuts	Ashley Walker	193	0.4	N/A
Rejected ballots			185
Majority			15,270	35.0	+8.9
Turnout			43,683	57.0	–4.5
Registered electors			76,625
	Labour hold		Swing	–7.0

Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries.^[19]

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[20]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	24,980	54.3
	Conservative	12,968	28.2
	Liberal Democrats	3,986	8.7
	Brexit Party	2,448	5.3
	Green	1,635	3.6
Turnout		46,017	61.5
Electorate		74,769

General election 2019: Stockport^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Navendu Mishra	21,695	52.0	–11.3
	Conservative	Isy Imarni	11,656	27.9	–0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Meikle	5,043	12.1	+7.8
	Brexit Party	Lee Montague-Trenchard	1,918	4.6	N/A
	Green	Helena Mellish	1,403	3.4	+2.0
Majority			10,039	24.1	–10.8
Turnout			41,715	64.1	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	–5.4

General election 2017: Stockport^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Coffey	26,282	63.3	+13.4
	Conservative	Daniel Hamilton	11,805	28.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Hawthorne	1,778	4.3	–3.4
	UKIP	John Kelly	1,088	2.6	–10.5
	Green	Gary Lawson	591	1.4	–3.0
Majority			14,477	34.9	+9.5
Turnout			41,544	64.7	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

Ann Coffey left Labour in February 2019 and joined Change UK.

General election 2015: Stockport^[23]^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Coffey	19,771	49.9	+7.2
	Conservative	Daniel Hamilton	9,710	24.5	–0.8
	UKIP	Steven Woolfe	5,206	13.1	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Hawthorne	3,034	7.7	–17.3
	Green	Gary Lawson	1,753	4.4	+2.7
	Left Unity	John Pearson	175	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,061	25.4	+8.0
Turnout			39,649	62.0	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

General election 2010: Stockport^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Coffey	16,697	42.7	–9.6
	Conservative	Stephen Holland	9,913	25.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bodsworth	9,778	25.0	+3.6
	BNP	Duncan Warner	1,201	3.1	N/A
	UKIP	Michael N. Kelly	862	2.2	–0.5
	Green	Peter Barber	677	1.7	N/A
Majority			6,784	17.4	–11.3
Turnout			39,128	61.6	+7.6
	Labour hold		Swing	–5.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Stockport^[26]

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
	UKIP	Richard Simpson	964	2.7	N/A
Majority			9,163	25.6	−7.1
Turnout			35,771	54.5	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.5

General election 2001: Stockport^[27]

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	−7.9
Turnout			35,383	53.3	−18.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Stockport^[28]

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	William Morley-Scott	1,280	2.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Geoff Southern	255	0.5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Colin Newitt	213	0.5	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	Christopher Dronfield	206	0.4	N/A
Majority			18,912	40.6
Turnout			46,769	71.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Stockport^[29]^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Coffey	21,096	44.1	+8.8
	Conservative	Anthony Favell	19,674	41.2	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anne C. Corris	6,539	13.7	−8.4
	Green	Judith A. Filmore	436	0.9	−0.3
	Natural Law	David N. Saunders	50	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,422	3.1	N/A
Turnout			47,795	82.3	+4.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Stockport^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Favell	19,410	41.4	−0.7
	Labour	Shirley Haines	16,557	35.3	+6.3
	SDP	John Begg	10,365	22.1	−5.5
	Green	Michael Shipley	573	1.2	+0.4
Majority			2,853	6.1	−7.0
Turnout			46,332	78.1	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

General election 1983: Stockport^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Favell	18,517	42.1
	Labour	Peter R. Ward	12,731	29.0
	SDP	Tom McNally	12,129	27.6
	Ecology	Michael Shipley	369	0.8
	Nationalist Party	Kenneth S. Walker	194	0.4
Majority			5,786	13.1
Turnout			43,940	74.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arnold Gridley	31,039	20.6	−10.1
	Conservative	Norman Hulbert	30,792	20.4	−9.6
	Labour	Reginald Stamp	29,674	19.6	−0.5
	Labour	Roland Casasola	29,630	19.6	+0.4
	Liberal	Hugh Sutherland	14,994	9.9	N/A
	Liberal	Frederick William Malbon	14,942	9.9	N/A
Majority			1,118	0.8	−9.1
Turnout			150,239	77.2	−2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arnold Gridley	43,882	30.7	− 6.3
	Conservative	Norman Hulbert	43,001	30.0	−4.7
	Labour	James Hudson	28,798	20.1	+3.1
	Labour	Christopher Thomas Douthwaite	27,528	19.2	N/A
Majority			14,203	9.9	−7.8
Turnout			143,209	79.5	−4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Hammersley	50,936	37.0	+11.3
	Conservative	Alan Dower	47,757	34.7	+15.2
	Labour	Arnold Townend	23,350	17.0	−10.4
	Ind. Labour Party	Tom Abbott	15,591	11.3	N/A
Majority			24,407	17.7	+12.0
Turnout			137,634	84.1	− 0.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Townend	30,955	27.4	+2.6
	Unionist	Samuel Hammersley	29,043	25.7	−4.0
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	22,595	20.0	+6.1
	Unionist	Edwin Noel Lingen-Barker	22,047	19.5	+12.1
	Independent Liberal	Charles Royle	8,355	7.4	−6.5
Majority			8,908	7.9	N/A
Turnout			112,995	84.6	−1.1
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing
	Unionist hold		Swing

1925 Stockport by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arnold Townend	20,219	36.5	+11.7
	Unionist	Thomas Eastham	17,892	32.3	−29.0
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	17,296	31.2	+17.3
Majority			2,327	4.2	N/A
Turnout			55,407	85.7	−0.2
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General election 1924: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Greenwood	28,057	31.6	+9.2
	Unionist	Samuel Hammersley	26,417	29.7	+9.7
	Labour	Arnold Townend	21,986	24.8	+6.8
	Liberal	Charles Royle	12,386	13.9	−7.3
Majority			4,431	15.8	N/A
Turnout			88,846	85.9	+14.2
	Unionist hold		Swing
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 1923: Stockport (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Greenwood	20,308	22.4	−10.7
	Liberal	Charles Royle	19,223	21.2	N/A
	Unionist	Samuel Hammersley	18,129	20.0	N/A
	Liberal	Henry Fildes	16,756	18.4	−16.0
	Labour	Arnold Townend	16,340	18.0	+2.2
Majority			3,552	4.0	−12.4
Majority			1,094	1.2	−16.5
Turnout			90,756	71.7	−11.7
	Unionist hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Henry Fildes

General election 1922: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Henry Fildes	35,241	34.4	+9.3
	Unionist	William Greenwood	33,852	33.1	+7.4
	Labour Co-op	Samuel Perry	17,059	16.7	+0.5
	Labour	James C.H. Robinson	16,126	15.8	−2.2
Majority			18,182	17.7	N/A
Majority			16,793	16.4	+8.7
Turnout			102,278	83.4	+7.7
	National Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing
	Unionist hold		Swing

1920 Stockport by-election (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Greenwood	22,847	25.7	N/A
	National Liberal	Henry Fildes	22,386	25.1	N/A
	Labour	Leo Chiozza Money	16,042	18.0	N/A
	Co-operative Party	Samuel Perry	14,434	16.2	N/A
	Independent	Albert Alfred George Kindell	5,644	6.3	N/A
	Independent	John Joseph Terrett	5,443	6.1	N/A
	Ind. Republican	William O'Brien	2,336	2.6	N/A
Majority			6,805	7.7	N/A
Majority			6,344	7.1	N/A
Turnout			89,132	75.7	N/A
	Unionist gain from Coalition Labour		Swing	N/A
	National Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

S.L. Hughes

General election 1918: Stockport (2 member seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Spencer Leigh Hughes	Unopposed
	Coalition Labour	George Wardle	Unopposed
	Liberal hold
	Labour hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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.

George Wardle

General election December 1910: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Spencer Leigh Hughes	6,169	27.1	−0.8
	Labour	George Wardle	6,094	26.9	−1.1
	Conservative	John Lort-Williams	5,234	23.1	+1.0
	Conservative	Robert Campbell	5,183	22.9	+0.9
Turnout			22,680	90.5	−3.7
Registered electors			13,002
Majority			935	4.0	−1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9
Majority			860	3.8	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1

General election January 1910: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Wardle	6,682	28.0	−4.4
	Liberal	Spencer Leigh Hughes	6,645	27.9	−1.2
	Conservative	George Edward Raine	5,268	22.1	+1.7
	Conservative	James Stuart Rankin	5,249	22.0	+3.9
Turnout			23,844	94.2	+1.1
Registered electors			13,002
Majority			1,414	5.9	−6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.1
Majority			1,377	5.8	−2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.5

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	George Wardle	7,299	32.4	N/A
	Liberal	James Duckworth	6,544	29.1	+2.6
	Conservative	Harry Barnston	4,591	20.4	−4.8
	Conservative	Hugh O'Neill	4,064	18.1	−5.8
Turnout			22,498	93.1	+5.5
Registered electors			12,645
Majority			2,708	12.0	N/A
	Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
Majority			1,953	8.7	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.7

General election 1900: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Leigh	5,666	26.5	+1.8
	Conservative	Beresford Melville	5,377	25.2	−0.2
	Liberal	George Green (Scottish businessmn)	5,200	24.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Alfred Peter Hillier[34]	5,098	23.9	−3.2
Turnout			21,341	87.6	−3.8
Registered electors			12,386
Majority			568	2.6	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.0
Majority			177	0.8	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Whiteley	5,410	27.1	+1.8
	Conservative	Beresford Melville	5,067	25.4	+1.7
	Liberal	Joseph Leigh	4,933	24.7	−1.6
	Liberal	John Henry Roskill[35]	4,562	22.8	−1.9
Turnout			10,115	91.4	−2.4
Registered electors			11,062
Majority			134	0.7	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.8

By-election, 22 Feb 1893: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Whiteley	5,264	52.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Martin Hume	4,799	47.7	−3.3
Majority			465	4.6	+4.0
Registered electors			10,804
Turnout			10,063	93.1	−0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

• Caused by Jennings' death.

General election 1892: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Leigh	5,202	26.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Louis John Jennings	4,986	25.3	−1.8
	Liberal	Martin Hume	4,876	24.7	+2.0
	Conservative	Patrick Bowes-Lyon	4,681	23.7	−2.3
Turnout			9,925	93.8	+2.7
Registered electors			10,577
Majority			521	2.6	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.2
Majority			110	0.6	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis John Jennings	4,702	27.1	+0.1
	Conservative	Sydney Gedge	4,495	26.0	+1.0
	Liberal	Joseph Leigh	4,184	24.2	−0.8
	Liberal	Horace Davey	3,938	22.7	−0.3
Majority			311	1.8	+1.8
Turnout			8,711	91.1	−3.4
Registered electors			9,560
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

General election 1885: Stockport ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis John Jennings	4,855	27.0	+2.6
	Conservative	William Tipping	4,498	25.0	+1.8
	Liberal	Joseph Leigh	4,486	25.0	−0.8
	Liberal	Charles Henry Hopwood	4,132	23.0	−3.6
Majority			753	4.0	N/A
Majority			12	0.0	N/A
Turnout			9,031	94.5	−0.6 (est)
Registered electors			9,560
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.7

General election 1880: Stockport ^[36]^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Henry Hopwood	4,232	26.6	+0.6
	Liberal	Frederick Pennington	4,103	25.8	+0.4
	Conservative	George Arthur Fernley	3,873	24.4	0.0
	Conservative	Henry Bell	3,685	23.2	−1.0
Majority			230	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			7,947 (est)	95.1 (est)	+5.9
Registered electors			8,353
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Henry Hopwood	3,628	26.0	+0.6
	Liberal	Frederick Pennington	3,538	25.4	+0.5
	Conservative	William Tipping	3,406	24.4	−1.6
	Conservative	Percy Mitford[38]	3,372	24.2	+0.5
Majority			132	1.0	N/A
Turnout			6,972 (est)	89.2 (est)	−2.4
Registered electors			7,814
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Tipping	2,714	26.0	+11.0
	Liberal	John Benjamin Smith	2,658	25.4	−7.8
	Liberal	Edward Watkin	2,598	24.9	−11.9
	Conservative	William Ambrose[39]	2,475	23.7	+8.7
Turnout			5,223 (est)	91.6 (est)	−4.9
Registered electors			5,702
Majority			116	1.1	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.4
Majority			183	1.7	−1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.4

General election 1865: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Watkin	736	36.8	−1.6
	Liberal	John Benjamin Smith	664	33.2	+1.2
	Conservative	William Tipping	601	30.0	+0.4
Majority			63	3.2	+0.8
Turnout			1,301 (est)	96.5 (est)	+3.0
Registered electors			1,348
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

By-election, 9 May 1864: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Watkin	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

• Caused by Kershaw's death.

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Kershaw	769	38.4	−3.4
	Liberal	John Benjamin Smith	641	32.0	+1.7
	Conservative	William Gibb	594	29.6	+1.7
Majority			47	2.4	−0.1
Turnout			1,299 (est)	93.5 (est)	+3.4
Registered electors			1,389
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

General election 1857: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	James Kershaw	834	41.8	+3.6
	Radical	John Benjamin Smith	606	30.3	−2.5
	Conservative	William Gibb[40]	557	27.9	−1.1
Majority			49	2.5	−1.3
Turnout			1,277 (est)	90.1 (est)	−1.1
Registered electors			1,417
	Radical hold		Swing	+2.1
	Radical hold		Swing	−1.0

General election 1852: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	James Kershaw	725	38.2	+7.8
	Radical	John Benjamin Smith	622	32.8	−3.7
	Conservative	James Heald	549	29.0	−3.3
Majority			73	3.8	N/A
Turnout			1,223 (est)	91.2 (est)	+11.6
Registered electors			1,341
	Radical hold		Swing	+4.7
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1840s

By-election, 16 December 1847: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	James Kershaw	545	51.3	+15.6
	Conservative	Thomas Marsland	518	48.7	+16.4
Majority			27	2.6	−1.6
Turnout			1,063	88.2	+8.6
Registered electors			1,205
	Radical hold		Swing	−0.4

• Caused by Cobden declining the seat after also being elected for West Riding of Yorkshire and opting to sit there.

General election 1847: Stockport ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Richard Cobden	643	36.5	−0.6
	Conservative	James Heald	570	32.3	+8.6
	Radical	James Kershaw	537	30.4	−8.8
	Chartist	John West[41]	14	0.8	N/A
Turnout			882 (est)	79.6 (est)	+7.8
Registered electors			1,108
Majority			73	4.2	−9.2
	Radical hold		Swing	−2.5
Majority			33	1.9	N/A
	Conservative gain from Radical		Swing	+9.0

General election 1841: Stockport ^[36]^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Henry Marsland	571	39.2	+4.5
	Radical	Richard Cobden	541	37.1	+6.5
	Conservative	Thomas Marsland	346	23.7	−11.0
Majority			195	13.4	N/A
Turnout			889	71.8	−1.6
Registered electors			1,238
	Radical hold		Swing	+5.0
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.0

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Stockport ^[36]^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Henry Marsland	467	34.7	+14.3
	Conservative	Thomas Marsland	467	34.7	+0.9
	Radical	Richard Cobden	412	30.6	+10.2
Turnout			875	73.4	−21.5
Registered electors			1,192
Majority			0	0.0	−7.0
	Radical hold		Swing	+6.9
Majority			55	4.1	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.8

General election 1835: Stockport ^[36]^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Henry Marsland	582	40.8	−11.8
	Conservative	Thomas Marsland	482	33.8	+0.7
	Whig	Edward Davies Davenport[42]	361	25.3	+11.0
Turnout			875	94.9	+0.5
Registered electors			922
Majority			100	7.0	+6.2
	Radical hold		Swing	−8.7
Majority			121	8.5	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.4

General election 1832: Stockport ^[36]^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Thomas Marsland	551	33.1
	Radical	John Horatio Lloyd	444	26.7
	Radical	Henry Marsland	431	25.9
	Whig	Edward Davies Davenport[43]	237	14.3
Turnout			955	94.4
Registered electors			1,012
Majority			107	6.4
	Tory win (new seat)
Majority			13	0.8
	Radical win (new seat)

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

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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• Election results, 1992–2005 (Guardian)
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• 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