Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stroud
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Stroud constituency.svg
Boundary of Stroud in South West England
County Gloucestershire
Electorate 76,249 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Stroud, Dursley, Nailsworth and Stonehouse
Current constituency
Created 1955
Member of Parliament Simon Opher (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Stroud & Thornbury
1885–1950
SeatsOne
Type of constituency County constituency
Replaced by Stroud & Thornbury
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Created from Gloucestershire

Stroud is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is held by Simon Opher of the Labour Party, who won the seat from Siobhan Baillie of the Conservatives in 2024. [2]

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History

The seat's parliamentary borough forerunner was created by the First Reform Act for the 1832 general election. It elected two MPs using the bloc vote until transformed in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for that year's general election, the name being transferred to a single-seat county division which covered a wider zone.

This was abolished at the 1950 general election, chiefly replaced with a new seat, Stroud and Thornbury. That was in turn abolished at the 1955 general election, when the present entity was created. Since this recreation the seat has had boundary changes. [3]

Formerly a safe Conservative seat, Stroud has been a marginal seat since 1997, changing hands five times in eight elections (in 1997, 2010, 2017, 2019 and 2024).

Boundaries

Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of 2010-2024 boundaries

1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Nailsworth and Stroud, the Rural Districts of Dursley, Stroud, and Tetbury, and part of the Rural District of Gloucester.

1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Nailsworth and Stroud, the Rural Districts of Dursley, Stroud, and Tetbury, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the parishes of Arlingham, Brookthorpe with Whaddon, Eastington, Elmore, Frampton on Severn, Fretherne with Saul, Frocester, Hardwicke, Harescombe, Haresfield, Longney, Moreton Valence, Quedgeley, Standish, Upton St Leonards, and Whitminster.

1983–1997: The District of Stroud wards of Berkeley, Bisley, Cainscross, Cam, Cambridge, Central, Chalford, Dursley, Eastington, Hinton, King's Stanley, Leonard Stanley, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Nibley, Painswick, Parklands, Randwick, Rodborough, Severn, Stonehouse, Thrupp, Trinity, Uley, Uplands, Vale, Whiteshill, Woodfield, and Wotton and Kingswood, and the District of Cotswold wards of Avening, Grumbold's Ash, and Tetbury.

1997–2010: All the wards of the District of Stroud except the Wotton and Kingswood ward.

2010–2024: The District of Stroud wards of Amberley and Woodchester, Berkeley, Bisley, Cainscross, Cam East, Cam West, Central, Chalford, Coaley and Uley, Dursley, Eastington and Standish, Farmhill and Paganhill, Hardwicke, Nailsworth, Over Stroud, Painswick, Rodborough, Severn, Slade, Stonehouse, The Stanleys, Thrupp, Trinity, Uplands, Upton St Leonards, Vale, and Valley.

The seat had 24 of the 27 wards of Stroud district (the rest were in The Cotswolds seat). The north-west limit is the Severn, which meanders from Gloucester as the upper estuary.

2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, northern areas, including the communities of Bisley, Hardwicke and Painswick, were transferred to the newly created constituency of North Cotswolds. Wotton-under-Edge was added from The Cotswolds (to be abolished).

Constituency profile

Stroud lies south of Gloucester, between the two larger Gloucestershire constituencies of The Cotswolds and Forest of Dean. Its east climbs the Cotswold Hills but Stroud is both smaller and more industrialised than east and west neighbours.

Most of the seat is rural or semi-rural with a middle belt that has a group of urbanised villages, including Caincross, Cam and Rodborough, with the main towns part of the West Country textile manufacturing heritage. The major market towns include Stroud itself, Dursley in the south, and the smaller towns of Berkeley (which has a smaller electorate than Chalford, but more facilities), Stonehouse and Nailsworth.

In November 2012, unemployment was 2.1%, compared to the national average of 3.8%. [5]

Members of Parliament

Stroud parliamentary borough

MPs 1832–1885

ElectionMember [6] PartyMember [6] Party
1832 David Ricardo Whig [7] William Henry Hyett Whig [7]
1833 by-election George Poulett Scrope Whig [8] [9] [10] [7]
1835 Charles Richard Fox Whig [7] [11] [12]
May 1835 by-election Lord John Russell Whig [7]
1841 William Henry Stanton Whig [13] [14] [15] [9] [10] [7]
1852 Lord Moreton Whig [16]
1853 by-election Edward Horsman Whig [8] [17] [18] [19]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1867 by-election Henry Winterbotham Liberal
1868 Sebastian Dickinson Liberal
Jan. 1874 by-election John Dorington Conservative
1874 [20] Walter John Stanton Liberal
May 1874 by-election [21] John Dorington Conservative Alfred John Stanton Liberal
July 1874 by-election [22] Henry Brand Liberal
1875 by-election [23] Samuel Marling Liberal
1880 Walter John Stanton Liberal Henry Brand Liberal
1880 Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to a new county division

Stroud division of Gloucestershire

MPs 1885–1950

ElectionMember [6] Party
1885 Henry Brand Liberal
1886 George Holloway Conservative
1892 David Brynmor Jones Liberal
1895 Charles Cripps Conservative
1900 Charles Allen Liberal
1918 Sir Ashton Lister Liberal
1922 Stanley Tubbs Conservative
1923 Frederick Guest Liberal
1924 Sir Frank Nelson Unionist
1931 by-election Walter Perkins Conservative
1945 Ben Parkin Labour
1950 constituency abolished. See Stroud & Thornbury

Stroud County Constituency

MPs since 1955

ElectionMember [6] Party
1955 Sir Anthony Kershaw Conservative
1987 Roger Knapman Conservative
1997 David Drew Labour Co-op
2010 Neil Carmichael Conservative
2017 David Drew Labour Co-op
2019 Siobhan Baillie Conservative
2024 Simon Opher Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Stroud [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Opher 25,607 46.4 +4.8
Conservative Siobhan Baillie 14,21925.7−20.0
Reform UK Chris Lester6,32911.5+10.0
Green Pete Kennedy5,72910.4+2.4
Liberal Democrats George James2,9135.3+3.1
Independent Saskia Whitfield2610.5N/A
Volt Jason Hughes1630.3N/A
Majority11,41120.7N/A
Turnout 55,22170.9−8.7
Registered electors 77,912
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg12.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [25]
PartyVote %
Conservative 27,73345.7
Labour 25,26641.6
Green 4,8578.0
Liberal Democrats 1,3562.2
Brexit Party 9091.5
Others5670.9
Turnout60,68879.6
Electorate76,249
General election 2019: Stroud [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Siobhan Baillie 31,582 47.9 +2.0
Labour Co-op David Drew 27,74242.1−4.9
Green Molly Scott Cato 4,9547.5+5.3
Brexit Party Desi Latimer1,0851.6N/A
Libertarian Glenville Gogerly5670.9N/A
Majority3,8405.8N/A
Turnout 65,93078.0+1.0
Registered electors 84,536+2.0
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op Swing +3.5
General election 2017: Stroud [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Drew 29,994 47.0 +9.3
Conservative Neil Carmichael 29,30745.9+0.2
Liberal Democrats Max Wilkinson 2,0533.2−0.2
Green Sarah Lunnon1,4232.2−2.4
UKIP Glenville Gogerly1,0391.6−6.4
Majority6871.1N/A
Turnout 63,81677.0+1.5
Registered electors 82,839+2.8
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +4.5
General election 2015: Stroud [29] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Carmichael 27,813 45.7 +4.9
Labour Co-op David Drew 22,94737.7−0.9
UKIP Caroline Stephens [31] 4,8488.0+5.8
Green Sarah Lunnon2,7794.6+1.9
Liberal Democrats Adrian Walker-Smith2,0863.4−12.0
Independent Richard Wilson2460.4N/A
Free Public TransportDavid Michael1000.2N/A
Majority4,8668.0+5.8
Turnout 60,81975.5+1.4
Registered electors 80,544+2.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
General election 2010: Stroud [32] [33] [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Carmichael 23,679 40.8 +2.5
Labour Co-op David Drew 22,38038.6−1.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Andrewartha8,95515.4+1.5
Green Martin Whiteside1,5422.7−3.0
UKIP Steve Parker1,3012.2+0.3
Independent Alan Lomas1160.2N/A
Majority1,2992.2N/A
Turnout 57,97374.1+3.9
Registered electors 78,286+2.1
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op Swing +2.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Drew 22,527 39.6 −7.0
Conservative Neil Carmichael 22,17739.0+1.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Hirst8,02614.1+3.2
Green Martin Whiteside3,0565.4+1.9
UKIP Edward Noble1,0891.9+0.3
Majority3500.6−8.6
Turnout 56,87571.3+1.4
Registered electors 79,757+1.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing −4.3
General election 2001: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Drew 25,685 46.6 +3.9
Conservative Neil Carmichael 20,64637.4−0.5
Liberal Democrats Janice Beasley6,03610.9−4.6
Green Kevin Cranston1,9133.5−0.4
UKIP Adrian Blake8951.6N/A
Majority5,0399.2+4.4
Turnout 55,17569.9−9.3
Registered electors 78,878+1.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Stroud [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Drew 26,170 42.7 +13.3
Conservative Roger Knapman 23,26037.9−8.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Hodgkinson9,50215.5−6.1
Green John Marjoram2,4153.9+1.2
Majority2,9104.8N/A
Turnout 61,34779.2−4.3
Registered electors 77,494+3.0
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +10.8
General election 1992: Stroud [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Knapman 32,201 46.2 −4.0
Labour David Drew 18,79626.9+8.4
Liberal Democrats Myles Robinson16,75124.0−7.3
Green Sue Atkinson2,0052.9N/A
Majority13,40519.3+0.4
Turnout 69,75384.5+3.9
Registered electors 82,553+1.6
Conservative hold Swing −6.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Knapman 32,883 50.2 −1.1
Liberal Adrian Walker-Smith20,50831.3−0.6
Labour Tom Levitt 12,14518.5+1.7
Majority12,37518.9−0.5
Turnout 65,55380.6+2.9
Registered electors 81,275+4.8
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
General election 1983: Stroud [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 30,896 51.3 −1.2
Liberal Gerald Fallon19,18231.9+4.2
Labour David Parsons10,14116.8−3.0
Majority11,71419.4−5.4
Turnout 60,21977.7−8.3
Registered electors 77,528+7.0
Conservative hold Swing −2.7

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 32,534 52.6 +8.8
Labour B.J. Marshall17,03727.5−3.6
Liberal James Heppell12,31419.9−4.8
Majority15,49725.1+12.4
Turnout 61,88581.3+0.9
Registered electors 76,137+9.7
Conservative hold Swing +6.2
General election October 1974: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 24,406 43.8 +0.2
Labour Co-op Bill Maddocks 17,35231.1+1.9
Liberal S.A. Ritchie13,75624.7−1.7
United Democratic PartyJ.S. Churchill2410.4−0.4
Majority7,05412.7−1.7
Turnout 55,75580.4−5.0
Registered electors 69,381+0.8
Conservative hold Swing +6.2
General election February 1974: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 25,619 43.6 −7.5
Labour Co-op Bill Maddocks 17,14829.2−6.9
Liberal S.A. Ritchie15,52126.4+13.6
Powell ConservativeJ.S. Churchill4700.8N/A
Majority8,47114.4−0.6
Turnout 58,75885.4+5.1
Registered electors 68,805
Conservative hold
General election 1970: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 27,089 51.1 +7.9
Labour R. Derek Wheatley19,15836.1−4.0
Liberal David M. Davies6,79912.8−3.8
Majority7,93115.0+11.9
Turnout 53,04680.3−5.7
Registered electors 66,072+12.4
Conservative hold Swing +5.9

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 21,804 43.2 −0.9
Labour Tom Cox 20,25940.1+1.9
Liberal John V. Smith8,39716.6−1.1
Majority1,5453.1−2.8
Turnout 50,46085.0+0.6
Registered electors 58,779+1.5
Conservative hold Swing −1.4
General election 1964: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 21,802 44.1 −4.0
Labour Dennis V. Hunt18,88938.2+0.6
Liberal Iain P. Crawford8,74717.7+3.4
Majority2,9135.9−4.6
Turnout 49,43885.4+0.2
Registered electors 57,906+1.2
Conservative hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 23,448 48.1 −1.3
Labour Alfred Evans 18,33637.6−3.5
Liberal Clement John McNair, 2nd Baron McNair6,98814.3+4.8
Majority5,11210.5+2.2
Turnout 48,77285.2+0.9
Registered electors 57,220+2.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
General election 1955: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Kershaw 23,318 49.4
Labour Richard W. Evely19,37541.1
Liberal Eric Barnett Ayliffe4,4899.5
Majority3,9438.3
Turnout 47,18284.3
Registered electors 55,962
Conservative win (new seat)

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Parkin 22,495 40.8 +4.0
Conservative Walter Perkins 21,54639.0−24.2
Liberal Peter Cadbury 11,14120.2N/A
Majority9491.8N/A
Turnout 55,18272.6+1.6
Registered electors 75,987+40.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.1

General Election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Perkins 24,282 63.2 −8.2
Labour Constance Borrett 14,13336.8+8.2
Majority10,14926.4−16.6
Turnout 38,41571.0−5.5
Registered electors 54,140+7.1
Conservative hold Swing −8.2
General election 1931: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Perkins 27,612 71.4 +21.9
Labour F W Davies11,03928.6+2.5
Majority16,57342.8+27.8
Turnout 38,65176.5−5.1
Registered electors 50,534+1.3
Conservative hold Swing +11.7
1931 Stroud by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Perkins 17,641 49.6 +5.1
Labour John Maynard 10,68830.0+3.9
Liberal Arthur Stanton 7,26720.4−9.1
Majority6,95319.6+4.6
Turnout 35,59671.4−10.2
Registered electors 49,874+2.3
Unionist hold Swing +6.5

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frank Nelson 17,700 44.5 −9.7
Liberal Arthur Stanton 11,72829.5+8.9
Labour F. E. White 10,38426.1+0.9
Majority5,97215.0−14.0
Turnout 39,81281.6+2.7
Registered electors 48,776+30.6
Unionist hold Swing +4.0
General election 1924: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Frank Nelson 15,973 54.2 +7.4
Labour Edith Picton-Turbervill 7,41825.2N/A
Liberal Arthur Stanton 6,05720.6−32.6
Majority8,55529.0N/A
Turnout 29,44878.9+0.7
Registered electors 37,336+2.3
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +16.8
General election 1923: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Guest 15,179 53.2 +21.9
Unionist Stanley Tubbs 13,35546.8−4.2
Majority1,8246.4N/A
Turnout 28,53478.2−1.7
Registered electors 36,504+1.1
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +13.0
General election 1922: Stroud
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Stanley Tubbs 14,723 51.0 N/A
Liberal Charles Allen 9,04131.3−28.6
Labour Samuel Edward Walters5,08117.6−22.5
Majority5,68219.7−0.1
Turnout 2884579.9+18.6
Registered electors 36,094+4.1
Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections 1832 to 1918

Elections in the 1910s

Lister Robert Ashton Lister.jpg
Lister
General election 1918: Stroud [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Ashton Lister 12,73459.9
Labour Charles Wye Kendall8,52240.1New
Majority4,21219.8
Turnout 21,25661.3
Registered electors 34,685
Liberal hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
George Hardy George Hardy.jpg
George Hardy

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:

General election December 1910: Stroud [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Allen 5,051 51.0 −0.6
Conservative Cecil Edwin Fitch [40] 4,84949.0+0.6
Majority2022.0−1.2
Turnout 9,90090.1−3.1
Registered electors 10,9920.0
Liberal hold Swing −0.6
General election January 1910: Stroud [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Allen 5,285 51.6 −4.5
Conservative Arthur William Clifford4,96248.4+4.5
Majority3233.2−9.0
Turnout 10,24793.2+2.6
Registered electors 10,992+3.5
Liberal hold Swing −4.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Stroud [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Allen 5,401 56.1 +4.4
Conservative William Burton Stewart [41] 4,22143.9−4.4
Majority1,18012.2+8.8
Turnout 9,62290.6+4.0
Registered electors 10,620+1.4
Liberal hold Swing +4.4
C.P. Allen 1910 Charles Peter Allen MP.jpg
C.P. Allen
General election 1900: Stroud [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Allen 4,692 51.7 +5.1
Conservative Charles Cripps 4,37948.3−5.1
Majority3133.4−3.4
Turnout 9,07186.6+3.0
Registered electors 10,474−9.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +5.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Stroud [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Cripps 5,175 53.4 +4.5
Liberal Charles Allen 4,51446.6−4.5
Majority6616.8N/A
Turnout 9,68983.6+2.1
Registered electors 11,588+4.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.5
Brynmor Jones David Brynmor Jones 1895.jpg
Brynmor Jones
General election 1892: Stroud [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Brynmor Jones 4,611 51.1 +5.3
Conservative George Holloway 4,41048.9−5.3
Majority2012.2N/A
Turnout 9,02181.5−0.8
Registered electors 11,069+6.7
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +5.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Stroud [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Holloway 4,620 54.2 +5.9
Liberal Walter John Stanton 3,91145.8−5.9
Majority7098.4N/A
Turnout 8,53182.3−4.3
Registered electors 10,371
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.9
Henry Brand Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden.jpg
Henry Brand
General election 1885: Stroud [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brand 4,646 51.7 −1.1
Conservative George Holloway 4,33348.3+1.1
Majority3133.4+1.1
Turnout 8,97986.6−5.2 (est)
Registered electors 10,371
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1880: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter John Stanton 3,098 26.5 +0.6
Liberal Henry Brand 3,081 26.3 +0.5
Conservative George Holloway 2,81024.0+1.2
Conservative John Dorington 2,72223.2−2.3
Majority2712.3+2.0
Turnout 5,856 (est)91.8 (est)+0.7
Registered electors 6,376
Liberal hold Swing −0.3
Liberal hold Swing +1.4

Elections in the 1870s

1875 Stroud by-election [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Marling 2,783 51.9 +0.2
Conservative William Keppel 2,57748.1−0.2
Majority2063.8+3.5
Turnout 5,36088.7−2.4
Registered electors 6,046
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
July 1874 Stroud by-election [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Brand 2,695 50.8 −0.9
Conservative James Thomas Stanton [43] 2,61349.2+0.9
Majority821.6N/A
Turnout 5,30889.3−1.8
Registered electors 5,942
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing −0.9
May 1874 Stroud by-election [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Dorington 2,796 25.9 +0.4
Liberal Alfred John Stanton 2,722 25.3 −0.6
Liberal Henry Brand 2,67724.8−1.0
Conservative George Holloway 2,58224.0+1.2
Majority1191.1N/A
Majority1401.3+1.0
Turnout 5,389 (est)90.7 (est)−0.4
Registered electors 5,942
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.7
Liberal hold Swing −0.9
General election 1874: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter John Stanton 2,798 25.9 −10.0
Liberal Sebastian Dickinson 2,794 25.8 −11.4
Conservative John Dorington 2,76325.5+12.1
Conservative George Holloway 2,46722.8+9.4
Majority310.3−8.8
Turnout 5,411 (est)91.1 (est)+3.3
Registered electors 5,942
Liberal hold Swing −10.4
Liberal hold Swing −11.1
By-election, 8 Jan 1874: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Dorington 2,817 53.7 +26.9
Liberal Henry Allan 2,42646.3−26.8
Majority3917.4N/A
Turnout 5,24388.2+0.4
Registered electors 5,942
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +26.8

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sebastian Dickinson 2,907 37.2 N/A
Liberal Henry Winterbotham 2,805 35.9 N/A
Conservative John Dorington 2,09626.8N/A
Majority7099.1−14.9
Turnout 4,952 (est)87.8 (est)+16.0
Registered electors 5,642
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
By-election, 20 August 1867: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Winterbotham 580 53.3 N/A
Conservative John Dorington 50846.7New
Majority726.6−17.4
Turnout 1,08880.2+8.4
Registered electors 1,356
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Horsman 687 41.4 N/A
Liberal George Scrope 685 41.3 N/A
Liberal Ashley Ponsonby [46] 28717.3N/A
Majority39824.0N/A
Turnout 973 (est)71.8 (est)N/A
Registered electors 1,356
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Horsman Unopposed
Liberal George Scrope Unopposed
Registered electors 1,320
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1857: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Edward Horsman Unopposed
Whig George Scrope Unopposed
Registered electors 1,287
Whig hold
Whig hold
By-election, 6 March 1855 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Edward Horsman Unopposed
Whig hold
By-election, 28 June 1853 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Edward Horsman Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1852: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Scrope 565 29.8 −12.5
Whig Henry Reynolds-Moreton 528 27.8 −16.2
Conservative Samuel Baker [47] 48825.7New
Radical John Norton [48] [49] [50] 31616.7+2.9
Majority402.1−26.4
Turnout 949 (est)71.4 (est)+11.2
Registered electors 1,328
Whig hold Swing −7.0
Whig hold Swing −8.8

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Stroud [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Henry Stanton 563 44.0 +4.3
Whig George Julius Poulett Scrope 541 42.3 +7.1
Radical Marcus Mereweather Turner [51] [52] 17613.8N/A
Majority36528.5+18.5
Turnout 728 (est)60.2 (est)−14.6
Registered electors 1,210
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1841: Stroud [53] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Henry Stanton 594 39.7 −0.9
Whig George Julius Poulett Scrope 527 35.2 −6.4
Conservative Sir William Lascelles Wraxall, 2nd Baronet37725.2+7.5
Majority15010.0−12.9
Turnout 91674.8+0.8
Registered electors 1,224
Whig hold Swing −2.3
Whig hold Swing −5.1

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Stroud [42] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Julius Poulett Scrope 698 41.6 −7.6
Whig John Russell 681 40.6 +0.4
Conservative John Adams29717.7New
Majority38422.9−6.7
Turnout 99174.0+2.2
Registered electors 1,340
Whig hold
Whig hold
By-election, 19 May 1835: Stroud [42] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Russell Unopposed
Registered electors
Whig hold
General election 1835: Stroud [42] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Julius Poulett Scrope 866 49.2 +22.8
Whig Charles Richard Fox 708 40.2 N/A
Radical Jelinger Cookson Symons 18710.6N/A
Majority52129.6+28.6
Turnout 93771.8−20.9
Registered electors 1,305
Whig hold
Whig hold
By-election, 27 May 1833: Stroud [42] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George Julius Poulett Scrope Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1832: Stroud [42] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Henry Hyett 985 46.2
Whig David Ricardo 585 27.4
Whig George Julius Poulett Scrope 56226.4
Majority231.0
Turnout 1,15692.7
Registered electors 1,247
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

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