is a
Borough 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. It is a Liberal Democrat-held seat considered vulnerable to the Conservatives.
When originally created in
1950 , the Cheadle county constituency was defined as being the
Urban District s of
Bredbury And Romiley ,
Cheadle And Gatley ,
Hazel Grove And Bramhall , and
Marple . The area was predominantly urban in the south-eastern suburbs of
Manchester , and reasonably prosperous. The boundary was changed in
1955 when the boundaries of Bredbury and Romiley Urban District with the County Borough of
Stockport were altered, but this change was very minor.
The growth of suburbs of Manchester led to a rapidly rising electorate from the late 1950s and by the
1970 Election there were 107,225 electors and some reduction was inevitable. At the
February 1974 General Election the constituency was divided in two, with the eastern parts forming the new
Hazel Grove Constituency . The creation of Hazel Grove took too many electors away and to replace them came the town of
Wilmslow . The new constituency, which was a borough rather than a county, was defined as the Urban Districts of Cheadle and Gatley, and Wilmslow.
As a result of changes in the county boundaries, the constituency crossed between , and West Bramhall.
At the
1997 General Election , minor changes were made around the north-western part to align the boundary with changes in the municipal boundaries, which resulted in gaining a small amount of Gatley from Manchester Wythenshawe.
The current
MP is the
Liberal Democrat Mark Hunter who was elected on
14 July 2005 in
A By-election triggered by the death of fellow-Liberal
Patsy Calton on
29 May 2005 .
The seat had safe Tory majorities until the 1997 election,when the Liberal Democrats reduced the margin to around 3,000 votes. Patsy Calton scraped home in 2001 by a majority of 33 votes, the narrowest in the House of Commons, but returned with a much safer 4,000 votes in 2005.
;Cheadle by-election of 2005
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Labour Party (UK)
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Martin Miller
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1,739
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46
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-42
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Veritas (political party)
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Leslie Leggett
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218
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06
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''N/A''
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Alliance for Change (UK)
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John Allman
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81
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02
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''N/A''
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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+06
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|
;General election of 2005
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Labour Party (UK)
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Martin Miller
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4,169
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88
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-52
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Vincent Cavanagh
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489
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10
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-04
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British National Party
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Richard Chadfield
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421
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09
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''N/A''
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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+42
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|
;General election of 2001
>
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Vincent Cavanagh
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599
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14
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Conservative Party (UK)
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+295
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|
;General election of 1997
The Cheadle constituency underwent minor boundary changes after the
1992 General Election and as such the change in share of vote is based on a national calculation.
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Labour Party (UK)
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Paul Diggett
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8,253
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157
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+33
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Referendum Party
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Paul Brook
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1,511
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29
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Conservative Party (UK)
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-1105
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|
;General election of 1992
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Labour Party (UK)
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Sandra Broadhurst
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6,442
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115
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+24
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Conservative Party (UK)
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+455
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;General election of 1987
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Brian Leah
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19,853
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359
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-14
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;General election of 1983
The boundaries of the constituency changed in 1983. Changes in the vote are based on the estimated results for 1979 had the 1983 boundaries been in operation then.
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Paul Clark
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19,072
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373
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+90
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Labour Party (UK)
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Kenneth Parker
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3,553
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70
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-45
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;General election of 1979
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Labour Party (UK)
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Frances Done
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7,415
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135
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-18
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;General election of October 1974
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Christopher Green
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18,687
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355
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-30
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Labour Party (UK)
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Paul Castle
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8,048
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153
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+34
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;General election of February 1974
After the
1970 General Election boundary changes created the
Hazel Grove constituency which reduced the size of the Cheadle one. The previous Member of Parliament for Cheadle, Dr.
Michael Winstanley became the first member returned by Hazel Grove.
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Christopher Green
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21,332
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385
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+23 (est)
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Labour Party (UK)
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Paul Castle
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6,584
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119
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|
;General election of 1970
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Liberal Party (UK)
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;General election of 1966
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Labour Party (UK)
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Sholto Moxley
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12,244
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162
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-22
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Conservative Party (UK)
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;General election of 1964
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Roger Cuss
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25,220
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348
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+88
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Labour Party (UK)
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Sholto Moxley
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13,379
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184
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-06
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;General election of 1959
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Roger Cuss
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15,469
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260
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+104
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;General election of 1955
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Labour Party (UK)
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Harry Stone
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10,966
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221
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-29
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Liberal Party (UK)
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Ronald Palmer
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7,756
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156
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+32
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|
;General election of 1951
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Labour Party (UK)
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Rev Hatton Jones
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12,910
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250
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-03
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Liberal Party (UK)
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George Samways
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6,388
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124
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-42
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|
;General election of 1950
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Labour Party (UK)
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Rev Hatton Jones
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13,389
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253
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Liberal Party (UK)
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George Samways
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8,801
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166
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