Stalybridge and Hyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Stalybridge and Hyde
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stalybridge and Hyde in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	70,691 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Hyde, Mossley, Stalybridge
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Jonathan Reynolds (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Stalybridge, Hyde and Mossley
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jonathan Reynolds, a member of the Labour Party and the Cooperative Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918. During its first 37 years it was held by Conservatives for 34 of these, and for the other three years by the other two main parties, the Liberal Party and the Labour Party. In 1945 the seat was won by Rev. Gordon Lang who was honorary secretary of the United Europe Movement and a leading member of the Proportional Representation Society but who retired on ill health in 1951.

The area is a safe seat for Labour, which has held it since the 1945 general election. James Purnell, a former 10 Downing Street special advisor, who was first elected at the 2001 general election resigned his cabinet position as Work and Pensions Secretary on 4 June 2009, citing concerns over Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leadership. On 19 February 2010, he announced that he would not contest the 2010 election.^[2] Senior Labour Party officials were concerned that Unite was strategically attempting to have Peter Wheeler, a senior Unite official, selected as the Labour candidate, as one of a series of seats, leading to the National Executive Committee putting forward Jonathan Reynolds on the selection shortlist who, as widely expected, won the election.^[3]

Boundaries

The constituency covers the areas of the former municipal boroughs of Stalybridge, Hyde and Mossley, as well as the former urban districts of Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale. Until 1997 it also included the area of the former municipal borough of Dukinfield, most of which since that date mostly forms part of the Denton and Reddish constituency.

It is made up of the following electoral wards, almost completely unchanged from the 1983 general election.^[4]

Dukinfield Stalybridge,^{[n 3]} Hyde: Godley, Newton and Werneth wards, Longdendale, Mossley, Stalybridge North and Stalybridge South in the Borough of Tameside^[5]

Constituency profile

The constituency lies on the lower slopes of the Pennines and beginning of the plain below, on the cusp of Greater Manchester and has three broad settlements, the largest of which are Hyde which is bordered by the River Tame and Peak Forest Canal, and Stalybridge which similarly has several parks and recreation grounds and leads up the Tame Valley to Mossley. The geographic features include the footpaths from both towns on neighbouring promontories, Harridge and Wild Bank. Stamford Golf Club and Werneth Low Country Park are in the seat.^[6]

The area has been susceptible to a major downturn in all but the most affluent and productive areas and workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, and regional average of 4.4%, at 5.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[7]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[8]	Party
1918	Sir John Wood, Bt	Conservative
1922	John Phillips Rhodes	Conservative
1923	John Lincoln Tattersall	Liberal
1924	Edmund Walter Hanbury Wood	Conservative
1929	Hugh Hartley Lawrie	Labour
1931	Sydney Hope	Conservative
1935	Philip Russell Rendel Dunne	Conservative
1937 by-election	Horace Trevor-Cox	Conservative
1945	Gordon Lang	Labour
1951	Fred Blackburn	Labour
1970	Tom Pendry	Labour
2001	James Purnell	Labour
2010	Jonathan Reynolds	Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Stalybridge and Hyde^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jonathan Reynolds	18,447	45.0	+5.4
	Conservative	Martin Riley	11,761	28.7	-4.2
	UKIP	Angela McManus	7,720	18.8	+15.5
	Green	Jenny Ross	1,850	4.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Flynn	1,256	3.1	-14.0
Majority			6,686	16.3	+9.6
Turnout			41,034	59.4	+0.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+4.8

General Election 2010: Stalybridge and Hyde^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jonathan Reynolds	16,189	39.6	−10.1
	Conservative	Rob Adlard	13,445	32.9	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Potter	6,965	17.0	+1.4
	BNP	Anthony Jones	2,259	5.5	+1.6
	UKIP	John Cooke	1,342	3.3	+1.6
	Green	Ruth Bergan	679	1.7	−1.4
Majority			2,744	6.7
Turnout			40,879	59.2	+5.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−8.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Stalybridge and Hyde^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Purnell	17,535	49.7	−5.8
	Conservative	Lisa Boardman	9,187	26.0	−1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Viv Bingham	5,532	15.7	+2.2
	BNP	Nigel Byrne	1,399	4.0	+4.0
	Green	Mike Smee	1,088	3.1	+3.1
	UKIP	John Whittaker	573	1.6	−1.5
Majority			8,348	23.7
Turnout			35,314	53.5	+5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.0

General Election 2001: Stalybridge and Hyde^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Purnell	17,781	55.5	−3.4
	Conservative	Andrew R. Reid	8,922	27.8	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Brendon Jones	4,327	13.5	+1.5
	UKIP	Frank Bennett	1,016	3.2	N/A
Majority			8,859	27.7
Turnout			32,046	48.4	−17.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Stalybridge and Hyde^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pendry	25,363	58.9
	Conservative	Nick de Bois	10,557	24.5
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Cross	5,169	12.0
	Referendum	Robert J.D. Clapham	1,992	4.6	N/A
Majority			14,806	34.4
Turnout			43,081	65.7	−7.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Stalybridge and Hyde^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pendry	26,207	52.3	+3.9
	Conservative	Simon R. Mort	17,376	34.7	−2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ian M. Kirk	4,740	9.5	−5.0
	Liberal	Robert G.J. Powell	1,199	2.4	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Darren J. Poyzer	337	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	Edward J. Blomfield	238	0.5	N/A
Majority			8,831	17.6	+6.4
Turnout			50,097	73.5	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Stalybridge and Hyde^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pendry	24,401	48.37
	Conservative	Richard Nigel Greenwood	18,738	37.14
	Social Democratic	Peter John Ashenden	7,311	14.49
Majority			5,663	11.22
Turnout				74.21
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Stalybridge and Hyde^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pendry	21,798	45.54
	Conservative	Brian Silvester	17,436	36.43
	Liberal	John Hughes	8,339	17.42
	National Front	Bryan Nylan	294	0.61
Majority			4,362	9.11
Turnout				70.48
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pendry	27,082	51.86
	Conservative	J Kershaw	20,502	39.26
	Liberal	J Pickup	4,642	8.89
Majority			6,580	12.60
Turnout				77.06
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pendry	25,161	51.76
	Conservative	S Burgoyne	15,404	31.69
	Liberal	Donald Fletcher Burden	7,725	15.89
	Independent	G Tetler	318	0.65
Majority			9,757	20.07
Turnout				73.22
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pendry	24,922	47.36
	Conservative	Sam M. Swerling	16,854	32.03
	Independent Liberal	Harold White	10,850	20.62
Majority			8,068	15.33
Turnout				79.94
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pendry	22,226	47.38
	Conservative	John E Rogerson	19,377	41.31
	Liberal	Robert Cooke	5,303	11.31
Majority			2,849	6.07
Turnout				73.40
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Blackburn	23,974	56.91
	Conservative	John E Rogerson	18,153	43.09
Majority			5,821	13.82
Turnout				73.56
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Blackburn	23,164	53.99
	Conservative	Sydney Brookes Chapman	19,739	46.01
Majority			3,425	7.98
Turnout				78.59
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Blackburn	23,732	51.55
	Conservative	Sir Edward Joseph Brown	22,309	48.45
Majority			1,423	3.09
Turnout				83.43
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Blackburn	23,617	50.16
	Conservative	Idris Wyn Owen	23,462	49.84
Majority			155	0.33
Turnout				83.53
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Blackburn	25,402	50.30
	Conservative	Sir Douglas Glover	25,104	49.70
Majority			298	0.59
Turnout				87.45
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Lang	23,462	46.55
	Conservative	Sir Douglas Glover	21,619	42.89
	Liberal	Donald Fletcher Burden	4,930	9.78
	Communist	DP Herrick	389	0.77
Majority			1,843	3.66
Turnout				87.72
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Lang	20,597	44.71
	Conservative	Horace Brimson Trevor-Cox	16,227	35.23
	Liberal	Donald Fletcher Burden	9,240
Majority			4,370	9.49
Turnout				80.69
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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: Horace Trevor-Cox
Labour: Gordon Lang

Elections in the 1930s

Stalybridge and Hyde by-election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Horace Brimson Trevor-Cox	21,901
	Labour	Gordon Lang	21,567
Majority			334
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Russell Rendel Dunne	25,502	55.53
	Labour	Rowland William Casasola	20,421	44.47
Majority			5,081	11.06
Turnout				78.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney Hope	27,557	54.4	+18.1
	Labour	William Dobbie	14,251	28.1
	Liberal	Percy Herbert Jones	8,849	17.5
Majority			13,306	26.3
Turnout				86.9	+0.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Hartley Lawrie	20,343	41.1	+7.4
	Unionist	Edmund Walter Hanbury Wood	17,983	36.3	-7.9
	Liberal	Percy Herbert Jones	11,186	22.6	+0.5
Majority			2,360	4.8	15.3
Turnout				86.4	+2.4
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.6

General Election 1924: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edmund Walter Hanbury Wood	16,412	44.2
	Labour	Walter Fowden	12,509	33.7
	Liberal	John Lincoln Tattersall	8,201	22.1
Majority			3,903	10.5
Turnout				84.0
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lincoln Tattersall	17,082	53.7	+24.4
	Unionist	John Phillips Rhodes	14,708	46.3	-2.8
Majority			2,374	7.4	27.2
Turnout				72.2	-8.9
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+13.6

General Election 1922: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Phillips Rhodes	17,216	49.1
	Liberal	John Lincoln Tattersall	10,265	29.3
	Labour	Percy Horace Ward	7,578	21.6
Majority			6,951	19.8
Turnout				81.1	+21.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John Wood	13,462	51.4
	Labour	Walter Fowden	6,508	24.8
	Liberal	Thomas Owen Jacobsen	6,241	23.8
Majority			6,954	26.6
Turnout				60.0
	Unionist hold		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.
↑ This is only the easternmost part of Dukinfield, which is primarily in Denton and Reddish

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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↑ Wintour, Patrick (16 March 2010). "No 10 acts over 'secret' Unite plan to fill safe seats". The Guardian (London).
↑ Crewe, Ivor (1983). British Parliamentary Constituencies - a statistical compendium. faber and faber. ISBN 0-571-13236-7.
↑ 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England
↑ 146655 Tameside on OpenStreetMap
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
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↑ Stalybridge and Hyde result, BBC News, 7 May 2010
↑ "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.
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Coordinates: 53°28′N 2°04′W / 53.46°N 2.06°W / 53.46; -2.06

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