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'Cheadle' 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.

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Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

See also

Sources

Boundaries

When originally created in 1950, the Cheadle county constituency was defined as being the Urban Districts 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 Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Realigning with the county boundaries in 1983, the constituency was refashioned as a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, losing Wilmslow to Tatton, and smaller parts to Macclesfield and Stockport. It retook some 20,000 voters from Hazel Grove to make up the loss. It was now defined as the following wards of Stockport: Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South, East Bramhall, Heald Green, 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.

Members of Parliament

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.

Year		Member	Party
	1950	William Shepherd	Conservative
	1966	Dr. Michael Winstanley	Liberal
	1970	Tom Normanton	Conservative
	1987	Stephen Day	Conservative
	2001	Patsy Calton	Liberal Democrat
	2005	Mark Hunter	Liberal Democrat

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

;Cheadle by-election of 2005
;General election of 2005
;General election of 2001

Elections in the 1990s

;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.
;General election of 1992

Elections in the 1980s

;General election of 1987
;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.

Elections in the 1970s

;General election of 1979
;General election of October 1974
;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.
;General election of 1970

Elections in the 1960s

;General election of 1966
;General election of 1964

Elections in the 1950s

;General election of 1959
;General election of 1955
;General election of 1951
;General election of 1950

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Sources

★ Historic list of MPs

★ Election result, 2005

★ Election results, 1997 - 2001

★ Election results, 1983 - 1992

★ Election results, 1959 - 2001

★ F.W.S. Craig. ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973''. ISBN 0-900178-07-8