Stretford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stretford
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Stretford1983Constituency.svg
Stretford in Greater Manchester, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997
County Greater Manchester
19501997
SeatsOne
Replaced by Stretford and Urmston, Manchester Central
18851950
SeatsOne
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.

Contents

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.

Boundaries

Stretford in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83 Stretford1974Constituency.svg
Stretford in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83

1885–1918

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.

1918–1950

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]

1950–1983

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]

1983–1997

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]

Abolition

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [7] Party
1885 William Agnew Liberal
1886 Sir John Maclure Unionist
1901 by-election Charles Cripps Unionist
1906 Harry Nuttall Liberal
1918 Thomas Robinson Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Liberal
1924 Constitutionalist
Liberal
Independent
1931 Gustav Renwick Conservative
1935 Anthony Crossley Conservative
1939 by-election Ralph Etherton Conservative
1945 Herschel Austin Labour
1950 Sir Samuel Storey Conservative
1966 Ernest Davies Labour
1970 Winston Churchill Conservative
1983 Tony Lloyd Labour
1997 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Agnew 4,866 51.0
Conservative John MacClure 4,67649.0
Majority1902.0
Turnout 9,54285.7
Registered electors 11,140
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John MacClure 4,750 54.2 +5.2
Liberal William Agnew 4,01145.85.2
Majority7398.4N/A
Turnout 8,76178.67.1
Registered electors 11,140
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John MacClure 6,623 55.7 +1.5
Liberal William Agnew 5,27844.3-1.5
Majority1,34511.4+3.0
Turnout 11,90177.21.4
Registered electors 15,425
Conservative hold Swing +1.5
General election 1895: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John MacClure Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Stretford [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John MacClure 7,519 60.4 N/A
Liberal Harry Nuttall 4,93839.6New
Majority2,58120.8N/A
Turnout 12,45765.9N/A
Registered electors 18,909
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Maclure died 28 January 1901. [10]

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Thomasson
1901 Stretford by-election: Stretford [11] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Cripps 7,088 55.0 5.4
Liberal Franklin Thomasson 5,79145.0+5.4
Majority1,29710.010.8
Turnout 12,87965.40.5
Registered electors 19,706
Conservative hold Swing 5.4
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Nuttall
General election 1906: Stretford [12] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harry Nuttall 11,131 57.3 +17.7
Conservative Charles Cripps 8,30742.7-17.7
Majority2,82414.5N/A
Turnout 19,43879.9+14.0
Registered electors 24,326
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.3

Elections in the 1910s

General election, January 1910: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division [13] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harry Nuttall 12,917 54.9 2.4
Conservative Arthur Samuel 10,62645.1+2.4
Majority2,9219.8-4.7
Turnout 23,54385.2+5.3
Registered electors 27,629
Liberal hold Swing 2.4
General election, December 1910: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division [14] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harry Nuttall 11,343 52.0 2.9
Conservative Arthur Samuel 10,46748.0+2.9
Majority8764.05.8
Turnout 21,81078.96.3
Registered electors 27,629
Liberal hold Swing 2.9
General election, 1918: Lancashire, Stretford Division [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Thomas Robinson *17,16176.7+24.7
Labour Joseph Hallsworth 5,21623.3New
Majority11,94553.4+49.4
Turnout 22,37761.417.5
Registered electors 36,459
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
* Robinson stood as an 'Independent Free Trade and Anti-Socialist' candidate, but he was claimed as a Liberal candidate and has thus been denoted as such.

Elections in the 1920s

General election, 1922: Lancashire, Stretford Division [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Thomas Robinson 19,185 68.7 -8.0
Labour Alfred Hartley Turner8,73331.3+8.0
Majority10,45237.4-16.0
Turnout 27,918
National Liberal hold Swing
General election, 1923: Stretford [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Robinson 15,971 58.2 -10.5
Labour John Corlett 11,45141.8+10.5
Majority4,52016.4-21.0
Turnout 27,422
Liberal hold Swing -10.5
General election, 1924: Lancashire, Stretford Division [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Constitutionalist Thomas Robinson 20,826 64.4 +6.2
Labour Joseph Robinson11,52035.6-6.2
Majority9,30628.8+12.4
Turnout 32,346
Constitutionalist hold Swing
General election, 1929: Stretford [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Thomas Robinson 25,799 58.6 -5.8
Labour Frank Anderson 18,19941.4+5.8
Majority7,60016.8-12.0
Turnout 43,998
Independent hold Swing -5.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election, 1931: Lancashire, Stretford Division
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gustav Renwick 39,002 75.3 New
Labour Frank Anderson 12,79624.7-16.7
Majority26,20650.6N/A
Turnout 51,798
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
General election 1935: Lancashire, Stretford Division [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Crossley 34,874 64.4 -10.9
Labour Tom Myers 19,27835.6+10.9
Majority15,59628.8-21.8
Turnout 54,152
Conservative hold Swing

Crossley died in an aeroplane crash off the coast of Denmark on 15 August 1939. [20]

By-election 1939: Lancashire, Stretford Division [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ralph Etherton 23,408 79.8 +15.4
Ind. Labour Party Bob Edwards 4,42415.1New
Communist Eric Gower1,5145.1New
Majority18,98464.7+35.9
Turnout 29,346
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Lancashire, Stretford Division [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herschel Austin 35,715 54.8 +19.2
Conservative Ralph Etherton 29,42145.2−19.2
Majority6,2949.6N/A
Turnout 65,13678.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Stretford Borough Constituency [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Storey 30,678 48.6 +3.4
Labour Herschel Austin 25,07539.7−15.1
Liberal Stephen Cawley 7,46411.8New
Majority5,6038.9N/A
Turnout 63,21786.9+8.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1951: Stretford Borough Constituency [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Storey 35,419 58.0 +9.4
Labour Charles Mapp 25,69442.0+0.3
Majority9,72516.0+7.1
Turnout 61,11383.4−3.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Stretford Borough Constituency [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Storey 33,101 60.9 +2.9
Labour Fred Barton 21,26739.1−2.9
Majority11,83421.8+5.8
Turnout 54,36876.1−7.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Stretford Borough Constituency [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Storey 32,888 58.3 −2.6
Labour Edward Reid23,53841.7+2.6
Majority9,35016.6−5.2
Turnout 56,42679.1+3.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Stretford Borough Constituency [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Storey 22,004 40.0 −18.3
Labour Edward Cavanagh20,08036.5−5.2
Liberal Michael Winstanley 12,88423.4New
Majority1,9243.5−11.1
Turnout 54,96879.2+0.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Stretford Borough Constituency [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Davies 24,739 47.1 +10.6
Conservative Samuel Storey 21,37440.7+0.7
Liberal Clifford L. Jones6,38212.2−11.2
Majority3,3656.4N/A
Turnout 52,49577.1−2.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Stretford Borough Constituency [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 28,629 53.8 +13.1
Labour Ernest Davies 24,61446.2−0.9
Majority4,0157.6N/A
Turnout 53,24374.9−2.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election February 1974: Stretford Borough Constituency [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 23,630 42.3 −11.5
Labour Kenneth Anthony19,64135.2−11.0
Liberal Dennis Wrigley 12,55822.5New
Majority3,9897.1−0.5
Turnout 55,82982.0+7.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Stretford Borough Constituency [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 22,114 42.0 −0.3
Labour Peter N. Scott20,87739.7+4.4
Liberal Dennis Wrigley 9,62918.3−4.2
Majority1,2372.3−4.8
Turnout 52,62076.5−5.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Stretford Borough Constituency [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 25,972 48.3 +6.3
Labour Peter N. Scott21,46639.9+0.2
Liberal Dennis Wrigley 6,36911.8−6.5
Majority4,5068.4+6.1
Turnout 53,80777.7+1.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Stretford Borough Constituency [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Lloyd 18,028 44.8
Conservative Walter Sweeney 13,68634.1
SDP David Wilks8,14120.3
Independent Labour Syad Ud-Din3360.8New
Majority4,34210.7
Turnout 40,19170.0+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]

General election 1987: Stretford Borough Constituency [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Lloyd 22,831 55.2 +10.4
Conservative Daniel Dougherty13,42932.4−1.7
SDP Dennis Lee5,12512.4−7.9
Majority9,40222.8+12.1
Turnout 41,38571.9+1.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Stretford Borough Constituency [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Lloyd 22,300 59.6 +4.4
Conservative John C.B. Rae11,16329.8−2.6
Liberal Democrats Francis C. Beswick3,7229.9−2.5
Natural Law Andrew Boyton2680.7New
Majority11,13729.8+7.0
Turnout 37,45368.8−3.1
Labour hold Swing +3.6

Notes and references

  1. Seventh Schedule: Counties at Large, Number of Members and Names and Contents of Divisions Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. C.23)
  2. 1 2 3 F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991
  3. Ninth Schedule: Part II, Parliamentary counties: England, excluding Monmouthshire, Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 C. 64)
  4. First Schedule, Representation of the People Act 1948, (11 & 12 Geo. 6, C 65.)
  5. The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No. 417)
  6. The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995, (S.I. 1995 No. 1626)
  7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 The General Election, The Times, 6 October 1900; p. 12
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  10. C. W. Sutton. "Maclure, Sir John William, first baronet (1835–1901)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  11. Election Intelligence: Lancashire (Stretford Division) The Times, 27 February 1901, p. 10
  12. The General Election, The Times, 19 January 1906, p. 10
  13. Progress Of The General Election, The Times, 20 January 1910, p. 6
  14. Progress Of The General Election, The Times, 10 December 1910, p. 7
  15. 1 2 The General Election, The Times, 16 November 1922, p. 6
  16. The General Election, The Times, 7 December 1923, p. 6
  17. The General Election, The Times, 30 October 1924, p. 6
  18. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, FWS Craig
  19. The General Election, The Times, 15 November 1935 p.10
  20. British Airways Liner Lost: M.P. Drowned With Four Others, Crash Off Danish Coast, 16 August 1939, p. 10
  21. Unionist Victory at Stretford The Times, 11 December 1939, p. 5
  22. "UK General Election results July 1945". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  23. "UK General Election results February 1950". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  24. "UK General Election results October 1951". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  25. "UK General Election results May 1955". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  26. "UK General Election results October 1959". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  27. "UK General Election results October 1964". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  28. "UK General Election results March 1966". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  29. "UK General Election results 1970". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  30. "UK General Election results, February 1974". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  31. "UK General Election results, October 1974". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  32. "UK General Election results, May 1979". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  33. "UK General Election results, June 1983". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  34. The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books Ltd. 1983. pp. 91 & 280. ISBN   0-7230-0255-X.
  35. "UK General Election results, June 1987". Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain. University of Keele . Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  36. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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