Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Macclesfield
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Macclesfield in Cheshire.
Location of Cheshire within England.
County	Cheshire
Electorate	73,613 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Macclesfield, Bollington and Prestbury
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	David Rutley (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	East Cheshire
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	East Cheshire
Created from	Cheshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Macclesfield is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by David Rutley, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Borough of Macclesfield wards of Alderley Edge, Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley, Gawsworth, Henbury, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield North East, Macclesfield North West, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield West, Nether Alderley, Poynton Central, Poynton East, Poynton West, Prestbury, Rainow, and Sutton.

1997-2010: The Borough of Macclesfield wards of Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley, Gawsworth, Henbury, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield North East, Macclesfield North West, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield West, Poynton Central, Poynton East, Poynton West, Prestbury, Rainow, and Sutton.

2010-present: The Borough of Macclesfield wards of Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley and Lyme Handley, Gawsworth, Henbury, Macclesfield Bollinbrook, Macclesfield Broken Cross, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield, Macclesfield Ivy, Macclesfield Ryles, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield Tytherington, Macclesfield West, Poynton Central, Poynton East, Poynton West, Prestbury, Rainow, and Sutton.

NB: The Borough of Macclesfield and its constituent wards were abolished on 1 April 2009, when they became part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.

The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the Cheshire East unitary authority, including the town of Macclesfield itself and the area surrounding it, such as Bollington and Prestbury, as well as Disley and Poynton. Much of the constituency is commuter territory for Manchester.^[2]

History

Macclesfield was first represented in Parliament after the Reform Act of 1832, from when it had two members of Parliament. This situation lasted until 1880, when after problems at the general election that year it was decided to declare the election void and suspend the writ of election (so no by-election could take place).

In September 1880 a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate further. A report of March 1881 confirmed the allegations of corruption. As a result, the borough constituency was disenfranchised for corruption. The disenfranchisement took effect on 25 June 1885, when the town was transferred to the East Cheshire constituency.

However under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the Macclesfield constituency was recreated with extended boundaries, as a county division, later in 1885. From the 1885 general election it has elected one MP.

Macclesfield has for some time been considered to be a safe seat for the Conservative Party, having been held by them since the 1918 general election.

Long-serving member (1971–2010)

Sir Nicholas Winterton who had been the Conservative MP, was first elected at a by-election in 1971 and held the seat until his retirement as an MP on the dissolution of the House of Commons in April 2010. Both Sir Nicholas and his wife Ann, Conservative MP for Congleton from 1983 to 2010, announced that they would not be candidates at the general election. On 17 October 2009 David Rutley was selected as the Conservative candidate by way of an open primary organised by the party and on 6 May 2010 was elected MP with an increased majority.^[3]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885: Macclesfield Parliamentary Borough

From 1832 until 1880, Macclesfield was represented by two members of parliament.

Election	1st Member^[4]		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		John Brocklehurst	Liberal	John Ryle	Conservative
1837				Thomas Grimsditch	Conservative
1847				John Williams	Conservative
1852				Edward Christopher Egerton	Conservative
1868		William Coare Brocklehurst	Liberal	David Chadwick	Liberal
1880	writ suspended

MPs since 1885: Macclesfield county constituency

The Macclesfield constituency was recreated in 1885, and subsequently has elected one MP only.

	Member^[4]	Party
1885	William Coare Brocklehurst	Liberal
1886	William Bromley-Davenport	Conservative
1906	William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst	Liberal
1918	John Rumney Remer	Coalition Conservative
1939 by-election	W. Garfield Weston	Conservative
1945	Sir Arthur Vere Harvey	Conservative
1971 by-election	Sir Nicholas Winterton	Conservative
2010	David Rutley	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Macclesfield^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Rutley	26,063	52.5	+5.6
	Labour	Tim Roca	11,252	22.7	+2.4
	UKIP	Adrian Howard	6,037	12.2	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Christian	3,842	7.7	-15.3
	Green	Joan Plimmer	2,404	4.8	+3.2
Majority			14,811	29.9
Turnout			49,598	69.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

General Election 2010: Macclesfield^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Rutley	23,503	47.0	−2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Barlow	11,544	23.1	+3.5
	Labour	Adrian Heald	10,164	20.3	−8.7
	Independent	Brendan Murphy	2,590	5.2	+5.2
	UKIP	Jacqueline Smith	1,418	2.8	+2.8
	Green	John Knight	840	1.7	+1.7
Majority			11,959	23.9
Turnout			50,059	68.31	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Macclesfield^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	22,628	49.6	+0.7
	Labour	Stephen Carter	13,227	29.0	−4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine O'Brien	8,918	19.5	+1.5
	Veritas	John Scott	848	1.9	+1.9
Majority			9,401	20.6
Turnout			45,621	63.1	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

General Election 2001: Macclesfield^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	22,284	48.9	−0.7
	Labour	Stephen Carter	15,084	33.1	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Flynn	8,217	18.0	+1.3
Majority			7,200	15.8
Turnout			45,585	62.3	-12.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.05

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Macclesfield^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	26,888	49.6	−8.3
	Labour	Janet A. Jackson	18,234	33.6	+11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Flynn	9,075	16.7	−3.3
Majority			8,654	16.0
Turnout			54,197	75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.6

General Election 1992: Macclesfield^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	36,447	57.9	+1.5
	Labour	Martina C. Longworth	13,680	21.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Paul C.W. Beatty	12,600	20.0	−4.0
	Natural Law	Mrs Cheryl A. Penn	268	0.4	+0.4
Majority			22,767	36.1	+3.7
Turnout			62,995	82.3	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Macclesfield^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	33,208	56.4
	Liberal	Andrew Bain Haldane	14,116	24.0
	Labour	Caroline Pinder	11,563	19.6
Majority			19,092	32.4
Turnout			58,887	77.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Macclesfield^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	32,538	59.37
	Liberal	Ruth Coleman	11,859	21.64
	Labour	Peter B. Kelly	9,923	18.11
	Independent	M. Reeman	488	0.89
Majority			20,679	37.73
Turnout				75.00
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	40,116	58.46
	Labour	R.A. Foster	16,779	24.45
	Liberal	Anthony J. Berry	11,726	17.09
Majority			23,337	34.01
Turnout				78.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	31,685	50.26
	Labour	Kenneth W. Little	18,592	29.49
	Liberal	Anthony J. Berry	12,764	20.25
Majority			13,093	20.77
Turnout				78.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	32,638	48.77
	Labour	Harry Silverman	18,352	27.43
	Liberal	Anthony J. Berry	15,926	23.80
Majority			14,286	21.35
Turnout				84.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Macclesfield by-election, 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	24,933	44.7	-7.4
	Labour	Diana Jeuda	23,854	42.7	+9.4
	Liberal	Robert M. Hammond	5,991	10.7	-3.9
	Anti-Common Market Party	Reginald Simmerson	976	1.7	N/A
	English National Resurgence	Robert Goodall	92	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,079
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Vere Harvey	29,023	52.09
	Labour	Basil S. Jeuda	18,571	33.33
	Liberal	Robert M. Hammond	8,124	14.58
Majority			10,452	18.76
Turnout				76.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Vere Harvey	24,736	46.84
	Labour	Alec George Read	20,533	38.88
	Liberal	Donald Fletcher Burden	7,545	14.29
Majority			4,203	7.96
Turnout				81.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Vere Harvey	24,824	47.50
	Labour	Denis W. Coe	18,464	35.33
	Liberal	Gordon Hewlett-Johnson	8,975	17.17
Majority			6,360	12.17
Turnout				84.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Vere Harvey	28,978	59.59
	Labour	John F. Bex	19,652	40.41
Majority			9,326	19.18
Turnout				82.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Vere Harvey	27,551	60.01
	Labour	Kenneth Lomas	18,362	39.99
Majority			9,189	20.01
Turnout				80.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Vere Harvey	29,434	59.03
	Labour	Agnes E. Taylor	20,428	40.97
Majority			9,006	18.06
Turnout				87.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Vere Harvey	25,781	50.93
	Labour	Fred Blackburn	19,219	37.97
	Liberal	Clarence Frederick Doncaster	5,621	11.10
Majority			6,562	12.96
Turnout				89.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Vere Harvey	23,495	45.50
	Labour	Harold Fraser Urquhart	20,442	39.59
	Liberal	Edward Anthony Brooke Fletcher	7,702	14.92
Majority			3,053	5.91
Turnout				80.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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;

Conservative: Willard Garfield Weston
Labour: Christopher Thomas Douthwaite
Liberal: Edward Anthony Brooke Fletcher

Macclesfield by-election 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Willard Garfield Weston	unopposed	N/A	-
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1935: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Remer	24,249	52.53	-17.44
	Labour	George Darling	14,761	31.98	+0.95
	Liberal	John L. Poole	7,151	15.49	N/A
Majority			9,488	20.55
Turnout				78.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Macclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Remer	30,796	69.97	+28.07
	Labour	D.S. Morton	13,854	31.03	+0.83
Majority			16,942	37.94
Turnout				81.25
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.62

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Macclesfield ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Rumney Remer	19,329	41.9	-9.0
	Labour	John Williams	13,911	30.2	+0.1
	Liberal	John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd	12,891	27.9	+8.9
Majority			5,418	11.7	-9.1
Turnout				87.0	+2.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.5

General Election 1924: Macclesfield^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Rumney Remer	17,171	50.9
	Labour	John Williams	10,187	30.1
	Liberal	Harry Krauss Nield	6,434	19.0
Majority			6,984	20.8	+10.1
Turnout				84.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Macclesfield ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Rumney Remer	14,744	45.1	-3.0
	Liberal	William Tudor Davies	11,259	34.4	+2.5
	Labour	Andrew Joseph Penston	6,713	20.5	+0.5
Majority			3,485	10.7	-5.5
Turnout				83.9	-2.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-2.8

General Election 1922 : Macclesfield^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Rumney Remer	15,825	48.1	-10.1
	Liberal	Thomas Artemus Jones	10,477		n/a
	Labour	Andrew Joseph Penston	6,584	20.0
Majority			5,348	16.2
Turnout				86.0	+
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Macclesfield^[20] Electorate 36,577
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Remer	14,277
	Labour	William Pimblott	10,253
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst
Unionist:

General Election December 1910 Macclesfield^[21] Electorate 9,306
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst	4,410
	Conservative	Ben Dent	4,142
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election January 1910 Macclesfield^[22] Electorate 9,306
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst	4,534	50.8	-2.3
	Conservative	William Bromley-Davenport	4,384	49.2	+2.3
Majority			150	1.6	-4.6
Turnout				95.8	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.3

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906 Macclesfield^[23] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst	4,251	53.1
	Conservative	William Bromley-Davenport	3,757	46.9
Majority			494	6.2
Turnout				92.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Association of Train Operating Companies – Official Timetable
↑ "David Rutley adopted to succeed Sir Nicholas Winterton in Macclesfield". Conservative Home. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Macclesfield". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/electoral_services/parliamentary_general_election/macclesfield_constituency.aspx
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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Liberal Democrats (2)	Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

North West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (3) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 53°19′N 2°8′W / 53.317°N 2.133°W / 53.317; -2.133

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