Stockport North | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Stockport |
Replaced by | Denton & Reddish and Stockport |
Stockport North 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.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, which came into effect for the 1950 general election, the two-member parliamentary borough of Stockport was abolished and replaced by the single-member borough constituencies of Stockport North and Stockport South.
Further to the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which followed the local government reorganisation implemented on 1 April 1974, the constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, with 60% of the electorate going to the new single-member Stockport constituency, and 40% going to form part of the new Denton and Reddish constituency.
1950–1974: The County Borough of Stockport wards of Edgeley, Heaton Lane, Heaton Norris North, Heaton Norris South, Hollywood, Lancashire Hill, Old Road, Reddish North, and Reddish South. [1]
1974–1983: The County Borough of Stockport wards of Cheadle Heath, Edgeley, Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, Heaton Norris, Lancashire Hill, Longford, and Reddish Green. [1] [2]
Boundaries adjusted to take account of revision of local authority wards
From 1 April 1974 until the constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, the constituency comprised parts of the metropolitan borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, but its boundaries were unchanged.
On abolition, the majority of the constituency was re-combined with the majority of Stockport South to form the re-established constituency of Stockport. Northern-most parts, comprising the town of Reddish, were included in the new constituency of Denton and Reddish.
Always a fairly marginal seat, the constituency changed hands at the 1964, 1970 and February 1974 general elections.
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Norman Hulbert | Conservative | |
1964 | Arnold Gregory | Labour | |
1970 | Idris Owen | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Andrew Bennett | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Stockport & Denton and Reddish |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Hulbert | 22,762 | 47.9 | ||
Labour | AM Watson | 19,134 | 40.3 | ||
Liberal | William Hugh Evans | 5,638 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 3,628 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 47,534 | 88.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Hulbert | 25,691 | 55.1 | +7.2 | |
Labour | John Owen | 20,893 | 44.9 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 4,798 | 10.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,584 | 85.4 | -3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Hulbert | 23,547 | 55.4 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Muriel Nichol | 18,980 | 44.6 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 4,567 | 10.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,527 | 79.8 | -5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Hulbert | 23,487 | 53.7 | -1.7 | |
Labour | Mervyn Edward J. Swain | 20,265 | 46.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 3,222 | 7.4 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,752 | 82.1 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arnold Gregory | 18,969 | 44.5 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Norman Hulbert | 17,067 | 40.1 | -13.6 | |
Liberal | Barry Downs | 6,560 | 15.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,902 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,596 | 81.5 | -0.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arnold Gregory | 21,598 | 54.2 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Idris Owen | 18,262 | 45.8 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 3,336 | 8.4 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,860 | 79.1 | -2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Idris Owen | 18,132 | 46.0 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Arnold Gregory | 17,261 | 43.8 | -10.4 | |
Liberal | Samuel Collier | 4,022 | 10.2 | New | |
Majority | 871 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,415 | 74.4 | -4.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Bennett | 16,948 | 39.4 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Idris Owen | 16,745 | 39.0 | -7.0 | |
Liberal | P.J. Arnold | 9,283 | 21.6 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 203 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,976 | 82.0 | +7.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Bennett | 17,979 | 43.6 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Idris Owen | 16,155 | 39.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | P.J. Arnold | 7,085 | 17.2 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 1,824 | 4.4 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,219 | 78.0 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Bennett | 18,789 | 44.1 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | John William Last | 18,456 | 43.3 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | J. Hartley | 5,096 | 12.0 | -5.2 | |
National Front | K Walker | 244 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 333 | 0.8 | -3.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,585 | 79.5 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
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