Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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Stalybridge | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Cheshire |
Major settlements | Stalybridge |
1868–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Stalybridge & Hyde |
Created from | North Cheshire and South Lancashire |
Stalybridge was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It centred on the borough of Stalybridge, partly situated in Lancashire and partly in Cheshire.
Since the 1918 general election, the town has been represented in parliament through the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde.
Contents
Members of Parliament
- 1868 Constituency created
Previously part of North Cheshire and South Lancashire
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 3,169 | 51.8 | ||
Liberal | William Summers | 2,950 | 48.2 | ||
Majority | 219 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 95.3 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 3,220 | 55.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | JW Probyn | 2,638 | 45.0 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 582 | 10.0 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 91.2 | -4.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 3,280 | 52.7 | ||
Liberal | Joshua Macer Wright | 2,943 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 337 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 92.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 3,389 | 55.1 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Joshua Macer Wright | 2,757 | 44.9 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 632 | 10.2 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 88.1 | -4.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Baron Wensleydale, Matthew White Ridley | 3,321 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 3,241 | 49.4 | ||
Majority | 80 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 88.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 4,029 | 56.7 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | James Travis Travis-Clegg | 3,078 | 43.3 | -7.3 | |
Majority | 951 | 13.4 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,601 | 93.5 | +5.5 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 3,836 | 53.1 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | James Travis Travis-Clegg | 3,382 | 46.9 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 454 | 6.2 | -7.2 | ||
Turnout | 93.8 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Wood | 3,736 | 50.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Allan Heywood Bright | 3,679 | 49.6 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 57 | 0.8 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 94.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Wood | 3,87 | 52.7 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Allan Heywood Bright | 3,414 | 47.3 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 393 | 5.4 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 91.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
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;
- Unionist: John Wood
- Liberal: Walter Kenyon
Sources
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
- ↑ 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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