Hazel Grove (UK Parliament constituency)

Hazel Grove
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	62,422 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Bredbury, Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple and Offerton
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Andrew Stunell (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Created from	Cheadle
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Hazel Grove is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Greater Manchester, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Andrew Stunell, a Liberal Democrat.^{[n 2]}

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 by the village of Lower Cliffe but this affected only a single registered voter. The current constituency consists of the following six wards of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: Bredbury and Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple North, Marple South and Offerton.

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 local Liberals/SDP-Liberal Alliance/Liberal Democrats' candidate. 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 since then, although with reduced majorities.

The Conservative share of the vote fell in Hazel Grove in both the 2001 and 2005 general elections, from a (winning) peak under Tom Arnold of 44.8% in 1992 to a low of 29.7% in 2005. Following three failed attempts to increase the share of the vote (1997, 2001 and 2005), this decline was reversed in the 2010 election by Annesley Abercorn, who achieved a 33.6% share of the vote (+3.9%) and a 2.4% swing from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
Feb 1974	Dr Michael Winstanley	Liberal
Oct 1974	Sir Tom Arnold	Conservative
1997	Andrew Stunell	Liberal Democrat

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Darran Palmer
	Green	Graham Reid
	Liberal Democrat	Lisa Smart^[3]
	Labour	Michael Taylor^[4]
	Conservative	William Wragg^[3]
Majority
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Stunell	20,485	48.8	−0.7
	Conservative	Annesley Abercorn	14,114	33.6	+3.9
	Labour	Richard Scorer	5,234	12.5	−5.0
	UKIP	John Whittaker	2,148	5.1	+1.8
Majority			6,371	15.2
Turnout			41,981	66.6	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−2.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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
	UKIP	Keith Ryan	1,321	3.4	+1.7
Majority			7,748	19.8
Turnout			39,117	60.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−1.0

General Election 2001: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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
	UKIP	Gerald Price	643	1.7	+1.1
Majority			8,435	21.9
Turnout			38,478	59.1	−18.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-3.4^{[n 3]}

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hazel Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
	UKIP	Gordon Black	268	0.5	N/A
	Humanist	Douglas Firkin-Flood	183	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,814	23.9
Turnout			49,340	77.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	12.9

General Election 1992: Hazel Grove^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Arnold	24,479	44.8	−0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Stunell	23,550	43.1	+1.1
	Labour	Colin MacAllister	6,390	11.7	−0.1
	Natural Law	Michael Penn	204	0.4	N/A
Majority			929	1.7	−1.7
Turnout			54,623	84.9	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 1980s

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	N/A
Majority			1,840	3.4
Turnout			53,652	81.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.2

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	−9.8

Elections in the 1970s

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	+10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

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	+4.3

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	N/A
	Labour	Allan Roberts	6,315	10.8	N/A
Majority			1,998	3.4	N/A
Turnout			58,249	86.9	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)

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.
↑ As both top parties locally lost share to Labour, this swing is (Lib Dem-Lab)

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
↑ 3.0 3.1 "UK ELECTION RESULTS". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
↑ "Former business editor to stand as North West MP". Prolific North.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Sources

Election results 1974-2001

External links

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Coordinates: 53°22′N 2°07′W / 53.37°N 2.11°W / 53.37; -2.11