The historic town at the centre of the seat has links to Manchester city centre and access to the M6. The Liberal Democrats have in local elections been strongest in Davenport and Cale Green and Manor, and the Conservatives in Heatons North. The Labour Party have been strongest in the other wards. Registered jobseekers were, in November 2012, higher than the national average of 3.8%, and regional average of 4.4%, at 4.9% of the population.[2]
History
Stockport was created as a two-member parliamentary borough by the Reform Act 1832. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the constituency was retained as one of only 12 two-member non-university seats, with the boundaries being brought into line with those of the county borough, which had expanded through absorbing the urban districts of Reddish and Heaton Norris (formerly part of the Stretford constituency), and into neighbouring parishes in the abolished constituency of Hyde.
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, and Manor.[4]
1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Brinnington, Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, and Manor.[5]
Brinnington ward transferred from Denton and Reddish.
2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Brinnington and Central, Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Heatons North, Heatons South, and Manor.[6]
Boundaries adjusted to take account of revision of local authority wards.
Members of Parliament
Prominent members
Edward William Watkin was a railway entrepreneur, who helped to fund and plan lines across Britain, in Canada and, to a lesser extent, in the USA.
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
In 1918 Hughes was endorsed by the Coalition Government. The Coalition had a policy of not publicly endorsing Labour Party candidates but Wardle was a known supporter of the Coalition.
History of Parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire
Notes and references
Notes
^A borough 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.
^ abcdefghiCraig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 194. ISBN 9781349022984.
^HILLIER, Alfred Peter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 22 September 2017
^ abcdefghijklmnCraig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885(e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
^"Nominations Yesterday". Huddersfield Chronicle. 31 March 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"The General Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 5 February 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Election Intelligence". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 4 September 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"The Nominations". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 28 March 1857. pp. 5–7. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Stockport". Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. 9 January 1835. p. 3. Retrieved 26 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Local Intelligence". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 15 December 1832. p. 2. Retrieved 26 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Sources
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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