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.
The constituency was created in
1974 following a Boundary Commission report published in
1969 . It took areas previously within the
Cheadle constituency. When initially created, it was defined as consisting of the
Urban District s of
Bredbury And Romiley ,
Hazel Grove And Bramhall , and
Marple .
In was made around the village of
Lower Cliffe but this affected only a single voter.
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.
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Alan White
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11,607
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297
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-04
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Labour Party (UK)
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Andrew Graystone
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6,834
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175
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+13
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Keith Ryan
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1,321
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34
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+17
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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-10
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Labour Party (UK)
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Martin Miller
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6,230
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162
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+43
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Gerald Price
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643
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17
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+11
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Brendan Murphy
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15,069
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305
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-143
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Labour Party (UK)
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Jeffrey Lewis
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5,882
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119
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+02
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Referendum Party
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John Stanyer
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1,055
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21
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Gordon Black
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268
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05
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Humanist
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Douglas Firkin-Flood
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183
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04
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Labour Party (UK)
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Colin MacAllister
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6,390
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117
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-01
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Natural Law Party
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Michael Penn
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204
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04
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Andrew Vos
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22,556
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420
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+01
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Green Party of England and Wales
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Freda Chapman
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346
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06
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Major boundary changes occurred at this election. The vote changes compare with estimates for the 1979 election on the same boundaries.
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Andrew Vos
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20,605
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419
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+145
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Labour Party (UK)
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Jonathan Comyn-Platt
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5,895
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120
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-94
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Tom Arnold
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32,420
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555
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+106
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Viv Bingham
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17,148
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294
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-104
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Labour Party (UK)
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John Lowe
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8,846
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151
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-02
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Liberal Party (UK)
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