The constituency lies on the lower slopes of the Pennines and beginning of the plain below, on the cusp of Greater Manchester and has three broad settlements, the largest of which are Hyde which is bordered by the River Tame and Peak Forest Canal, and Stalybridge which similarly has several parks and recreation grounds and leads up the Tame Valley to Mossley. The geographic features include the footpaths from both towns on neighbouring promontories, Harridge and Wild Bank. Stamford Golf Club and Werneth Low Country Park are in the seat.[2]
The area has been susceptible to a major downturn in all but the most affluent and productive areas and workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3.8%, and regional average of 4.4%, at 5.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]
Creation
The seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 as a county division of Cheshire. It was formed by combining the bulk of the abolished parliamentary borough of Stalybridge and the majority of the abolished county seat of Hyde.
1950–1983: The Boroughs of Dukinfield, Hyde, and Stalybridge, the Urban District of Longdendale, and the Rural District of Tintwistle.[4]
Only minor boundary changes; the urban district of Longdendale had been formed in 1936 by combining Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale.
On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the bulk of the area covered by the constituency was incorporated into the newly created Borough of Tameside within Greater Manchester; the sparsely-populated rural district of Tintwistle was transferred to Derbyshire. However, the constituency boundaries remained unchanged until the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies came into effect for the 1983 general election.
1983–1997: The Borough of Tameside wards of Dukinfield, Dukinfield Stalybridge, Hyde Godley, Hyde Newton, Hyde Werneth, Longdendale, Stalybridge North, and Stalybridge South.[5]
Apart from the area now in Derbyshire, which was transferred to the constituency of High Peak, the boundaries remained broadly unchanged.
The seat was held by Conservatives for 34 of the 37 years from 1918 to 1945, and for the other three years by the other two main parties, the Liberal Party (1922-1923) and the Labour Party (1929-1931). It was regained by Labour at the 1945 general election and has remained a safe seat for them since then.
In 1945 the seat was won by Rev. Gordon Lang who was honorary secretary of the United Europe Movement and a leading member of the Proportional Representation Society but who retired on ill health in 1951.
James Purnell, a former 10 Downing Street special advisor, who was first elected at the 2001 general election resigned his cabinet position as Work and Pensions Secretary on 4 June 2009, citing concerns over Prime MinisterGordon Brown's leadership. On 19 February 2010, he announced that he would not contest the 2010 election.[8] Senior Labour Party officials were concerned that Unite was strategically attempting to have Peter Wheeler, a senior Unite official, selected as the Labour candidate, as one of a series of seats, leading to the National Executive Committee putting forward Jonathan Reynolds on the selection shortlist who, as widely expected, won the election.[9]
General Election 1939–40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
^Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ abCraig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN0-900178-09-4. OCLC 539011.
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983" (PDF).
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995".
^"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007".
^Webster, Philip (20 February 2010). "James Purnell quits Parliament for a 'normal life'". The Times. London.
^Wintour, Patrick (16 March 2010). "No 10 acts over 'secret' Unite plan to fill safe seats". The Guardian. London.
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Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency n 1 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jonathan Reynolds a member of Labour Co op n 2 Stalybridge and HydeCounty constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of Stalybridge and Hyde in Greater ManchesterLocation of Greater Manchester within EnglandCountyGreater ManchesterElectorate70 691 December 2010 1 Major settlementsHyde Mossley StalybridgeCurrent constituencyCreated1918Member of ParliamentJonathan Reynolds Labour Co op SeatsOneCreated fromStalybridge and Hyde Contents 1 Constituency profile 2 Creation 3 Boundaries 4 Political History 5 Members of Parliament 6 Elections 6 1 Elections in the 2010s 6 2 Elections in the 2000s 6 3 Elections in the 1990s 6 4 Elections in the 1980s 6 5 Elections in the 1970s 6 6 Elections in the 1960s 6 7 Elections in the 1950s 6 8 Elections in the 1940s 6 9 Elections in the 1930s 6 10 Elections in the 1920s 6 11 Elections in the 1910s 7 See also 8 Notes 9 ReferencesConstituency profile EditThe constituency lies on the lower slopes of the Pennines and beginning of the plain below on the cusp of Greater Manchester and has three broad settlements the largest of which are Hyde which is bordered by the River Tame and Peak Forest Canal and Stalybridge which similarly has several parks and recreation grounds and leads up the Tame Valley to Mossley The geographic features include the footpaths from both towns on neighbouring promontories Harridge and Wild Bank Stamford Golf Club and Werneth Low Country Park are in the seat 2 The area has been susceptible to a major downturn in all but the most affluent and productive areas and workless claimants registered jobseekers were in November 2012 higher than the national average of 3 8 and regional average of 4 4 at 5 0 of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian 3 Creation EditThe seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 as a county division of Cheshire It was formed by combining the bulk of the abolished parliamentary borough of Stalybridge and the majority of the abolished county seat of Hyde Boundaries Edit Map of current boundaries 1918 1950 The Boroughs of Dukinfield Hyde and Stalybridge the Urban Districts of Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale and the Rural District of Tintwistle 4 1950 1983 The Boroughs of Dukinfield Hyde and Stalybridge the Urban District of Longdendale and the Rural District of Tintwistle 4 Only minor boundary changes the urban district of Longdendale had been formed in 1936 by combining Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale On 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 the bulk of the area covered by the constituency was incorporated into the newly created Borough of Tameside within Greater Manchester the sparsely populated rural district of Tintwistle was transferred to Derbyshire However the constituency boundaries remained unchanged until the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies came into effect for the 1983 general election 1983 1997 The Borough of Tameside wards of Dukinfield Dukinfield Stalybridge Hyde Godley Hyde Newton Hyde Werneth Longdendale Stalybridge North and Stalybridge South 5 Apart from the area now in Derbyshire which was transferred to the constituency of High Peak the boundaries remained broadly unchanged 1997 present The Borough of Tameside wards of Dukinfield Stalybridge Hyde Godley Hyde Newton Hyde Werneth Longdendale Mossley Stalybridge North and Stalybridge South 6 7 Dukinfield ward transferred to Denton and Reddish gained Mossley ward from Ashton under Lyne Political History EditThe seat was held by Conservatives for 34 of the 37 years from 1918 to 1945 and for the other three years by the other two main parties the Liberal Party 1922 1923 and the Labour Party 1929 1931 It was regained by Labour at the 1945 general election and has remained a safe seat for them since then In 1945 the seat was won by Rev Gordon Lang who was honorary secretary of the United Europe Movement and a leading member of the Proportional Representation Society but who retired on ill health in 1951 James Purnell a former 10 Downing Street special advisor who was first elected at the 2001 general election resigned his cabinet position as Work and Pensions Secretary on 4 June 2009 citing concerns over Prime Minister Gordon Brown s leadership On 19 February 2010 he announced that he would not contest the 2010 election 8 Senior Labour Party officials were concerned that Unite was strategically attempting to have Peter Wheeler a senior Unite official selected as the Labour candidate as one of a series of seats leading to the National Executive Committee putting forward Jonathan Reynolds on the selection shortlist who as widely expected won the election 9 Members of Parliament EditElection Member 10 Party1918 Sir John Wood Bt Conservative1922 Sir John Rhodes Conservative1923 J Lincoln Tattersall Liberal1924 Edmund Wood Conservative1929 Hugh Hartley Lawrie Labour1931 Sydney Hope Conservative1935 Philip Dunne Conservative1937 by election Horace Trevor Cox Conservative1945 Gordon Lang Labour1951 Fred Blackburn Labour1970 Tom Pendry Labour2001 James Purnell Labour2010 Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co opElections EditElections in the 2010s Edit General election 2019 Stalybridge and Hyde 11 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Jonathan Reynolds 19 025 44 7 12 5Conservative Tayub Amjad 16 079 37 8 0 3Brexit Party Julian Newton 3 591 8 4 NewLiberal Democrats Jamie Dwan 1 827 4 3 2 0Green Julie Wood 1 411 3 3 1 0Liberal John Edge 435 1 0 NewMajority 2 946 7 0 12 2Turnout 42 368 58 28 1 18Labour Co op hold Swing 6 4General election 2017 Stalybridge and Hyde 12 13 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Jonathan Reynolds 24 277 57 2 12 2Conservative Tom Dowse 16 193 38 1 9 4Liberal Democrats Paul Ankers 996 2 3 0 8Green Julie Wood 991 2 3 2 2Majority 8 084 19 1 2 8Turnout 42 457 59 46 0 06Labour Co op hold Swing 1 5General election 2015 Stalybridge and Hyde 14 15 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Jonathan Reynolds 18 447 45 0 5 4Conservative Martin Riley 11 761 28 7 4 2UKIP Angela McManus 7 720 18 8 15 5Green Jenny Ross 1 850 4 5 2 8Liberal Democrats Peter Flynn 1 256 3 1 13 9Majority 6 686 16 3 9 6Turnout 41 034 59 4 0 2Labour Co op hold Swing 4 8General election 2010 Stalybridge and Hyde 16 17 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Jonathan Reynolds 16 189 39 6 10 1Conservative Rob Adlard 13 445 32 9 6 9Liberal Democrats John Potter 6 965 17 0 1 3BNP Anthony Jones 2 259 5 5 1 5UKIP John Cooke 1 342 3 3 1 7Green Ruth Bergan 679 1 7 1 4Majority 2 744 6 7 17 0Turnout 40 879 59 2 5 7Labour Co op hold Swing 8 5Elections in the 2000s Edit General election 2005 Stalybridge and Hyde 18 Party Candidate Votes Labour James Purnell 17 535 49 7 5 8Conservative Lisa Boardman 9 187 26 0 1 8Liberal Democrats Viv Bingham 5 532 15 7 2 2BNP Nigel Byrne 1 399 4 0 NewGreen Mike Smee 1 088 3 1 NewUKIP John Whittaker 573 1 6 1 6Majority 8 348 23 7 4 0Turnout 35 314 53 5 5 1Labour hold Swing 2 0General election 2001 Stalybridge and Hyde 19 Party Candidate Votes Labour James Purnell 17 781 55 5 3 4Conservative Andrew R Reid 8 922 27 8 3 3Liberal Democrats Brendon Jones 4 327 13 5 1 5UKIP Frank Bennett 1 016 3 2 NewMajority 8 859 27 7 6 7Turnout 32 046 48 4 17 3Labour hold SwingElections in the 1990s Edit General election 1997 Stalybridge and Hyde 20 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Pendry 25 363 58 9 6 6Conservative Nick de Bois 10 557 24 5 10 2Liberal Democrats Martin Cross 5 169 12 0 2 5Referendum Robert J D Clapham 1 992 4 6 NewMajority 14 806 34 4 16 8Turnout 43 081 65 7 7 8Labour hold Swing 8 4General election 1992 Stalybridge and Hyde 21 22 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Pendry 26 207 52 3 3 9Conservative Simon R Mort 17 376 34 7 2 4Liberal Democrats Ian M Kirk 4 740 9 5 5 0Liberal Robert G J Powell 1 199 2 4 NewMonster Raving Loony Darren J Poyzer 337 0 7 NewNatural Law Edward J Blomfield 238 0 5 NewMajority 8 831 17 6 6 4Turnout 50 097 73 5 0 7Labour hold Swing 3 2Elections in the 1980s Edit General election 1987 Stalybridge and Hyde 23 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Pendry 24 401 48 4 2 9Conservative Richard Greenwood 18 738 37 1 0 7SDP Peter Ashenden 7 311 14 5 2 9Majority 5 663 11 2 2 1Turnout 50 450 74 2 3 9Labour hold Swing 1 1General election 1983 Stalybridge and Hyde 24 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Pendry 21 798 45 5 6 4Conservative Brian Silvester 17 436 36 4 2 9Liberal John Hughes 8 339 17 4 8 5National Front Bryan Nylan 294 0 6 NewMajority 4 362 9 1 3 5Turnout 44 867 70 5 6 5Labour hold Swing 1 8Elections in the 1970s Edit General election 1979 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Pendry 27 082 51 86Conservative J Kershaw 20 502 39 26Liberal J Pickup 4 642 8 89Majority 6 580 12 60Turnout 52 226 77 06Labour hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Pendry 25 161 51 76Conservative S Burgoyne 15 404 31 69Liberal Donald Fletcher Burden 7 725 15 89 NewIndependent G Tetler 318 0 65 NewMajority 9 757 20 07Turnout 48 608 73 22Labour hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Pendry 24 922 47 36Conservative Sam M Swerling 16 854 32 03Independent Liberal Harold White 10 850 20 62 NewMajority 8 068 15 33Turnout 52 626 79 94Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1970 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Pendry 22 226 47 38Conservative John E Rogerson 19 377 41 31Liberal Robert Cooke 5 303 11 31 NewMajority 2 849 6 07Turnout 46 906 73 40Labour hold SwingElections in the 1960s Edit General election 1966 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Blackburn 23 974 56 91Conservative John E Rogerson 18 153 43 09Majority 5 821 13 82Turnout 42 127 73 56Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1964 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Blackburn 23 164 53 99Conservative Sydney Chapman 19 739 46 01Majority 3 425 7 98Turnout 42 903 78 59Labour hold SwingElections in the 1950s Edit General election 1959 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Blackburn 23 732 51 55Conservative Edward Brown 22 309 48 45Majority 1 423 3 10Turnout 46 041 83 43Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1955 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Blackburn 23 617 50 16Conservative Idris Owen 23 462 49 84Majority 155 0 32Turnout 47 079 83 53Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1951 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Fred Blackburn 25 402 50 30Conservative Douglas Glover 25 104 49 70Majority 298 0 60Turnout 50 506 87 45Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1950 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Gordon Lang 23 462 46 55Conservative Douglas Glover 21 619 42 89Liberal Donald Fletcher Burden 4 930 9 78 NewCommunist DP Herrick 389 0 77 NewMajority 1 843 3 66Turnout 50 400 87 72Labour hold SwingElections in the 1940s Edit General election 1945 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Gordon Lang 20 597 44 71Conservative Horace Trevor Cox 16 227 35 23Liberal Donald Fletcher Burden 9 240 20 06 NewMajority 4 370 9 48 N ATurnout 46 064 80 69Labour gain from Conservative SwingGeneral Election 1939 40 Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940 The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year the following candidates had been selected Conservative Horace Trevor Cox Labour Gordon LangElections in the 1930s Edit 1937 Stalybridge and Hyde by election Party Candidate Votes Conservative Horace Trevor Cox 21 901 50 4 5 1Labour Gordon Lang 21 567 49 6 5 1Majority 334 0 8 10 3Turnout 43 468Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1935 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Conservative Philip Dunne 25 502 55 53Labour Roland Casasola 20 421 44 47Majority 5 081 11 06Turnout 45 923 78 66Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1931 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Conservative Sydney Hope 27 557 54 4 18 1Labour William Dobbie 14 251 28 1 13 0Liberal Percy Herbert Jones 8 849 17 5 5 1Majority 13 306 26 3 N ATurnout 50 657 86 9 0 5Conservative gain from Labour SwingElections in the 1920s Edit General election 1929 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Labour Hugh Hartley Lawrie 20 343 41 1 7 4Unionist Edmund Wood 17 983 36 3 7 9Liberal Percy Herbert Jones 11 186 22 6 0 5Majority 2 360 4 8 N ATurnout 49 512 86 4 2 4Labour gain from Unionist Swing 7 6General election 1924 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Unionist Edmund Wood 16 412 44 2 2 1Labour Walter Fowden 12 509 33 7 NewLiberal J Lincoln Tattersall 8 201 22 1 31 6Majority 3 903 10 5 N ATurnout 37 122 84 0 11 8Unionist gain from Liberal SwingGeneral election 1923 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Liberal J Lincoln Tattersall 17 082 53 7 24 4Unionist John Rhodes 14 708 46 3 2 8Majority 2 374 7 4 N ATurnout 31 790 72 2 8 9Liberal gain from Unionist Swing 13 6General election 1922 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Unionist John Rhodes 17 216 49 1 2 3Liberal J Lincoln Tattersall 10 265 29 3 5 5Labour Percy Horace Ward 7 578 21 6 3 2Majority 6 951 19 8 6 8Turnout 35 059 81 1 21 1Unionist hold SwingElections in the 1910s Edit JacobsenGeneral election 1918 Stalybridge and Hyde Party Candidate Votes Unionist John Wood 13 462 51 4Labour Walter Fowden 6 508 24 8Liberal Owen Jacobsen 6 241 23 8Majority 6 954 26 6Turnout 26 211 60 0Unionist win new seat See also EditList of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in CheshireNotes Edit 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 References EditSpecific Electorate Figures Boundary Commission for England 2011 Electorate Figures Boundary Commission for England 4 March 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