Hazel Grove (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hazel Grove County constituency
Hazel Grove shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1974
MP:	Andrew Stunell
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Hazel Grove is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.1.1 General election of 2005 4.1.2 General election of 2001 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 4.2.1 General election of 1997 4.2.2 General Election of 1992 4.3 Elections in the 1980s 4.3.1 General election of 1987 4.3.2 General election of 1983 4.4 Elections in the 1970s 4.4.1 General election of 1979 4.4.2 General election of October 1974 4.4.3 General election of February 1974 5 See also 6 Sources 7 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1974 following a Boundary Commission report published in 1969. It took areas previously within the Cheadle constituency. When created, it was defined as consisting of the Urban Districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, and Marple.

In 1983, the constituency lost the area of Bramhall back to the redrawn Cheadle constituency. In return it gained some areas formerly in Stockport South. It was defined as the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport: Bredbury, Great Moor, Hazel Grove, North Marple, Romiley and South Marple. A minor boundary change in 1997 was made around the village of Lower Cliffe but this affected only a single voter.

[edit] History

The constituency was established in time for the February 1974 general election, having previously formed part of the Cheadle constituency. At that election, the seat was won by Michael Winstanley of the Liberal Party. Winstanley only held it for a few months, because at the general election October 1974 he lost to the Conservatives' Tom Arnold.

Arnold held the seat until 1997, although (with the exception of the 1979 election) this was with small majorities over the Liberals/SDP-Liberal Alliance/Liberal Democrats. At the 1997 general election, Arnold stood down, and the seat was taken by Andrew Stunell of the Liberal Democrats. Stunell has held the seat comfortably since then.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1974)

Year		Member	Party
	1974	Dr. Michael Winstanley	Liberal
	1974	Tom Arnold	Conservative
	1997	Andrew Stunell	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

[edit] General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Stunell	19,355	49.5	-2.5
	Conservative	Alan White	11,607	29.7	-0.4
	Labour	Andrew Graystone	6,834	17.5	+1.3
	UK Independence	Keith Ryan	1,321	3.4	+1.7
Majority			7,748	19.8
Turnout			39,117	60.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.0

[edit] General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Stunell	20,020	52.0	-2.5
	Conservative	Nadine Bargery	11,585	30.1	-0.4
	Labour	Martin Miller	6,230	16.2	+4.3
	UK Independence	Gerald Price	643	1.7	+1.1
Majority			8,435	21.9
Turnout			38,478	59.1	-18.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

[edit] General election of 1997

General Election 1997: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Stunell	26,883	54.5	+11.4
	Conservative	Brendan Murphy	15,069	30.5	-14.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Lewis	5,882	11.9	+0.2
	Referendum Party	John Stanyer	1,055	2.1
	UK Independence	Gordon Black	268	0.5
	Humanist	Douglas Firkin-Flood	183	0.4
Majority			11,814	23.9
Turnout			49,340	77.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] General Election of 1992

General Election 1992: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Arnold	24,479	44.8	-0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Stunell	23,550	43.1	+1.1
	Labour	Colin MacAllister	6,390	11.7	-0.1
	Natural Law	Michael Penn	204	0.4
Majority			929	1.7
Turnout			54,623	84.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

[edit] General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Arnold	24,396	45.5	-0.5
	Liberal	Andrew Vos	22,556	42.0	+0.1
	Labour	Glyn Ford	6,354	11.8	-0.2
	Green	Freda Chapman	346	0.6
Majority			1,840	3.4
Turnout			53,652	81.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] General election of 1983

Major boundary changes occurred at this election. The vote changes compare with estimates for the 1979 election on the same boundaries.

General election 1983: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Arnold	22,627	46.0	-5.0
	Liberal	Andrew Vos	20,605	41.9	+14.5
	Labour	Jonathan Comyn-Platt	5,895	12.0	-9.4
Majority			2,022	4.1
Turnout			49,127	77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

[edit] General election of 1979

General election 1979: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Arnold	32,420	55.5	+10.6
	Liberal	Viv Bingham	17,148	29.4	-10.4
	Labour	John Lowe	8,846	15.1	-0.2
Majority			15,272	26.1
Turnout			58,414	83.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] General election of October 1974

General election October 1974: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Arnold	25,012	44.9	+2.0
	Liberal	Michael Winstanley	22,181	39.8	-6.5
	Labour	Allan Roberts	8,527	15.3	+4.5
Majority			2,831	5.1
Turnout			55,720	82.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

[edit] General election of February 1974

General election February 1974: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Winstanley	26,966	46.3	+2.0 (est.)
	Conservative	Tom Arnold	24,968	42.9
	Labour	Allan Roberts	6,315	10.8
Majority			1,998	3.4
Turnout			58,249	86.9

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

[edit] Sources

• Election results 1974-2001

[edit] External links

• Photos of Hazel Grove
• Hazel Grove Conservative Association

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