Stalybridge and Hyde is a
constituency
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in
Greater Manchester
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that was created in 1918. The seat has been represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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by
Jonathan Reynolds
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of the
Labour and Co-operative Party
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since
2010
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. Reynolds currently serves as
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
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under the government of
Keir Starmer
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.
Constituency profile
The constituency lies on the lower slopes of the
Pennines
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and beginning of the plain below, on the cusp of
Greater Manchester
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and has three broad settlements, the largest of which are
Hyde which is bordered by the
River Tame and
Peak Forest Canal
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Route and features
General description
The canal consists of two leve ...
, and
Stalybridge
Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, it had a population of 26,830.
Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east o ...
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.
Creation
The seat was created under the
Representation of the People Act 1918
The Representation of the People Act 1918 ( 7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act. The act extended the franchise in pa ...
as a county division of
Cheshire
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. It was formed by combining the bulk of the abolished parliamentary borough of
Stalybridge
Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, it had a population of 26,830.
Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east o ...
and the majority of the abolished county seat of
Hyde.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Boroughs of
Dukinfield,
Hyde, and
Stalybridge
Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, it had a population of 26,830.
Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east o ...
, the Urban Districts of
Hollingworth and
Mottram in Longdendale, and the Rural District of
Tintwistle.
1950–1983: The Boroughs of Dukinfield, Hyde, and Stalybridge, the Urban District of
Longdendale, and the Rural District of Tintwistle.
''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
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, the bulk of the area covered by the constituency was incorporated into the newly created
Borough of Tameside within
Greater Manchester
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; the sparsely-populated rural district of Tintwistle was transferred to
Derbyshire
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. 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.
''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
Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, south-east of Oldham and east of Manchester.
The town grew ...
,
Stalybridge North, and
Stalybridge South.
''Dukinfield ward transferred to
Denton and Reddish; gained Mossley ward from
Ashton-under-Lyne
Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 48,604 at the 2021 census. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, Greater Manchester, ...
.''
The
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.
Political history
The seat was held by
Conservative
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s 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
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(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, although sometimes held with small majorities.
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
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special advisor, who was first elected at the
2001 general election resigned his cabinet position as
Work and Pensions Secretary
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on 4 June 2009, citing concerns over
Prime Minister
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Gordon Brown
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's leadership. On 19 February 2010, he announced that he would not contest the
2010 election. 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.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
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;
*Conservative:
Horace Trevor-Cox
*Labour:
Gordon Lang
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
The ceremonial and metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies—19 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. At the 2024 general election in Greater Manchester, Labour won 25 seats a ...
*
History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire
Notes
References
;Specific
;General
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. .
External links
Stalybridge and Hyde UK Parliament constituency(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''
(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
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Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Politics of Tameside
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