Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockport is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Navendu Mishra of the Labour Party.

History
Stockport was created as a two-member parliamentary borough by the Reform Act 1832. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the constituency was retained as one of only 12 two-member non-university seats, with the boundaries being brought into line with those of the county borough, which had expanded through absorbing the urban districts of Reddish and Heaton Norris (formerly part of the Stretford constituency), and into neighbouring parishes in the abolished constituency of Hyde.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, all 2-member seats were abolished and Stockport was split into the single member seats of Stockport North and Stockport South.

Following the formation of the metropolitan borough of Stockport under the Local Government Act 1972, the single Stockport seat, electing one MP, was recreated for the 1983 general election, encompassing central and southern parts of the ex-county borough, with northern parts, including Reddish, forming part of the new Denton and Reddish seat.

Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Stockport.

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, and Manor.

1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Brinnington, Cale Green, Davenport, Edgeley, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, and Manor.

Brinnington ward transferred from Denton and Reddish.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Brinnington and Central, Davenport and Cale Green, Edgeley and Cheadle Heath, Heatons North, Heatons South, and Manor.

Boundaries adjusted to take account of revision of local authority wards.

Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the General election 2024, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport (as they existed on 1 December 2020):


 * Brinnington and Central; Davenport and Cale Green; Edgeley and Cheadle Heath; Heatons North; Heatons South; Reddish North; Reddish South.

To bring the electorate within the permitted range, the two Reddish wards will be transferred from the (to be abolished) constituency of Denton and Reddish, partly offset by the transfer of Manor ward to Hazel Grove.

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency will now comprise the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport from the 2024 general election:


 * Brinnington & Stockport Central; Davenport & Cale Green (most); Edgeley; Heatons North; Heatons South; Reddish North; Reddish South; and part of Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North.

Prominent members
Edward William Watkin was a railway entrepreneur, who helped to fund and plan lines across Britain, in Canada and, to a lesser extent, in the USA.

George Whiteley became later in his tenure for Stockport Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith.

In the 21st century, Ann Coffey was PPS to the Chancellor of the Exchequer while this role was held by Alistair Darling.

MPs 1983–present

 * Constituency recreated (1983)

Elections in the 2020s
Changes are from the notional 2019 results on the 2024 boundaries.

Elections in the 2010s
Ann Coffey left Labour in February 2019 and joined Change UK.

Elections in the 1890s

 * Caused by Jennings' death.

Elections in the 1860s

 * Caused by Kershaw's death.

Elections in the 1840s

 * Caused by Cobden declining the seat after also being elected for West Riding of Yorkshire and opting to sit there.