Cheadle | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Population | 91,023 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 73,775 (2023) [2] |
Major settlements | Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Bramhall |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bucklow, Knutsford and Macclesfield |
Cheadle is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Tom Morrison of the Liberal Democrats. 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 the Conservatives. [3] It was regained by the Liberal Democrats at the 2024 general election.
1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, and Marple. [4]
1955–1974: As above except the part of Bredbury ward added to the County Borough of Stockport by the Stockport (Extension) Order 1952, which was transferred to Stockport South (Statutory Instrument 1953–742). [4]
1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Cheadle and Gatley, and Wilmslow. [4]
From 1 April 1974 until the next boundary review came into effect for the 1983 general election, the constituency comprised parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester (Cheadle and Gatley) and parts of the expanded Borough of Macclesfield in Cheshire (Wilmslow), but its boundaries were unchanged.
1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, East Bramhall, Heald Green, and West Bramhall. [5] [6]
2010–2023: 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. [7]
2023–present: Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [8] [9] the constituency now comprises the following wards or part wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport:
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged. [11]
Cheadle was created as a county constituency under the Representation of the People Act 1948, for the 1950 general election. it covered a predominantly urban and relatively affluent area in the south-eastern suburbs of the Manchester conurbation.
The growth of the 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 which came into effect on 1 April 1974, the constituency crossed between Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Realigning with the county boundaries in 1983, the constituency was redrawn, losing Wilmslow to Tatton, whilst gaining back Bramhall from Hazel Grove.
The current MP is the Liberal Democrat Tom Morrison, who defeated Mary Robinson at the 2024 General Election.
From 1974 (when half of the seat was split off to create the Hazel Grove constituency), Cheadle 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. Although held by Hunter in 2010, the Conservatives regained the seat in 2015 and held it in 2017 and 2019, albeit with reduced majorities on each occasion.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tom Morrison | 23,681 | 46.7 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Mary Robinson | 11,446 | 22.6 | −23.4 | |
Labour | Kelly Fowler | 7,909 | 15.6 | +3.3 | |
Reform UK | Stephen Speakman | 5,149 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Green | Alexander Drury | 1,630 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Workers Party | Tanya Manzoor | 811 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Marcus Farmer | 105 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 110 | ||||
Majority | 12,235 | 24.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,731 | 68.2 | –7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 74,385 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Robinson | 25,694 | 46.0 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Morrison | 23,358 | 41.8 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Zahid Chauhan | 6,851 | 12.3 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 2,336 | 4.2 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 55,903 | 74.9 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Robinson | 24,331 | 44.6 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Hunter | 19,824 | 36.3 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Martin Miller | 10,417 | 19.1 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 4,507 | 8.3 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,572 | 74.3 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Robinson | 22,889 | 43.1 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Hunter | 16,436 | 31.0 | −16.1 | |
Labour | Martin Miller | 8,673 | 16.3 | +6.9 | |
UKIP | Shaun Hopkins | 4,423 | 8.3 | +5.6 | |
Independent | Matthew Torbitt | 390 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Above and Beyond | Drew Carswell | 208 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independence from Europe | Helen Bashford | 76 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,453 | 12.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,095 | 72.5 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
Majority | 3,272 | 6.3 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,512 | 72.5 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | 9.8 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,567 | 55.2 | ―14.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,437 | 69.6 | +6.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Patsy Calton | 18,477 | 42.4 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Day | 18,444 | 42.3 | ―1.4 | |
Labour | Howard Dawber | 6,086 | 14.0 | ―1.7 | |
UKIP | Vincent Cavanagh | 599 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 33 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,606 | 63.2 | ―14.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.0 |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Day | 22,944 | 43.7 | −14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | −21.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,463 | 77.3 | −6.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Day | 32,504 | 58.2 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patsy Calton | 16,726 | 30.0 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Sandra R. Broadhurst | 6,442 | 11.5 | +2.4 | |
Natural Law | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | +0.7 | ||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | −11.7 | ||
Turnout | 51,077 | 76.8 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 55,090 | 81.8 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.7 |
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 | 13.7 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,598 | 80.2 | −5.2 | ||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Normanton | 27,556 | 49.7 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Christopher Green | 21,332 | 38.5 | +2.3 (est.) | |
Labour | Paul Castle | 6,584 | 11.9 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 6,224 | 11.2 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 55,472 | 85.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Normanton | 39,728 | 46.3 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Michael Winstanley | 37,974 | 44.3 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Roger Stott | 8,062 | 9.4 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 1,754 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 85,764 | 79.9 | −2.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Winstanley | 32,071 | 42.4 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | William Shepherd | 31,416 | 41.5 | −5.3 | |
Labour | Sholto Moxley | 12,244 | 16.2 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 655 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 75,731 | 82.4 | −1.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7 |
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 | −17.0 | ||
Turnout | 72,510 | 83.6 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.5 |
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 | −11.2 | ||
Turnout | 59,629 | 83.7 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.9 |
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 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,662 | 80.6 | −5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Shepherd | 32,369 | 62.6 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Hatton Jones | 12,910 | 25.0 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | George Samways | 6,388 | 12.4 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 19,459 | 37.6 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,667 | 85.7 | −3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Shepherd | 30,740 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | Hatton Jones | 13,389 | 25.3 | ||
Liberal | George Edward Samways | 8,801 | 16.6 | ||
Majority | 17,351 | 32.8 | |||
Turnout | 52,930 | 88.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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