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Stalybridge and Hyde
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries since 1997
Map of constituency
Location within North West England
CountyGreater Manchester
Electorate73,028 (March 2020)[1]
Major settlementsHyde, Mossley, Stalybridge
Current constituency
Created1918
Member of ParliamentJonathan Reynolds (Labour Co-op)
SeatsOne
Created fromStalybridge and Hyde

Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency[n 1] in Greater Manchester that was created in 1918. The seat has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Jonathan Reynolds of the Labour and Co-operative Party since 2010.[n 2] Reynolds currently serves as Business Secretary under the government of Andy Burnham.

Constituency profile

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Stalybridge with central Manchester in the background

Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency in Greater Manchester in North West England, within the borough of Tameside. Its largest town is Hyde, which has a population of around 37,000.[2] Other settlements include the towns of Stalybridge and Mossley and the villages of Hattersley, Mottram in Longdendale, Hollingworth and Matley.

This constituency lies on the lower slopes of the Pennines. Like much of Greater Manchester, the towns here grew from rural farming settlements into centres for textile manufacturing and coal mining during the Industrial Revolution.[3][4] These industries have largely disappeared and the old mills have been redeveloped. Much of the constituency is highly-deprived; many residents live in dense terraced housing built to accommodate industrial workers.[5] Some estates (like Hattersley) consist of late-20th century council housing, much of which is socially rented. In comparison, Matley and Carrbrook are wealthier and suburban in character.[6] House prices across the constituency are generally lower than the rest of North West England and considerably lower than the UK average.[7]

Residents of Stalybridge and Hyde have a similar age profile to the rest of the country, although with a below-average proportion of young adults.[8] They have low rates of income, average levels of homeownership,[7] and the child poverty rate is high.[9] Residents generally have low levels of education and a high proportion work in the retail, manufacturing and construction sectors.[7][10] The percentage claiming unemployment benefits is in line with the overall UK rate.[9] White people made up 90% of the population at the 2021 census. Asians, mostly of Bangladeshi origin, were 7% of residents but made up around one-third of the population in the central neighbourhoods of Hyde.[11]

At the local borough council, there are some Labour Party councillors in the urban areas and Conservatives in the more rural villages, however Reform UK councillors were elected in every seat at the most recent election in 2026. An estimated 58% of voters in Stalybridge and Hyde supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the UK-wide figure of 52%.[7]

Creation

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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.

Boundaries

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1918–1950: The Boroughs of Dukinfield, Hyde, and Stalybridge, the Urban Districts of Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale, and the Rural District of Tintwistle.[12]

1950–1983: The Boroughs of Dukinfield, Hyde, and Stalybridge, the Urban District of Longdendale, and the Rural District of Tintwistle.[12]

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 the High Peak district in 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.[13]

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.[14][15]

Dukinfield ward transferred to Denton and Reddish; gained Mossley ward from Ashton-under-Lyne.

The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.[16]

Political history

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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, 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 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.[17] 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.[18]

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMember[19] Party
1918 Sir John Wood, Bt Conservative
1922 Sir John Rhodes Conservative
1923 J. Lincoln Tattersall Liberal
1924 Edmund Wood Conservative
1929 Hugh Hartley Lawrie Labour
1931 Sydney Hope Conservative
1935 Philip Dunne Conservative
1937 by-election Horace Trevor-Cox Conservative
1945 Gordon Lang Labour
1951 Fred Blackburn Labour
1970 Tom Pendry Labour
2001 James Purnell Labour
2010 Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-op

Elections

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Election results 1950–2024

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Stalybridge and Hyde[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Reynolds 16,320 43.8 −1.1
Reform Barbara Kaya 7,781 20.9 +12.4
Conservative Phil Chadwick 6,872 18.5 −19.5
Green Robert Hodgetts-Haley 2,745 7.4 +4.1
Workers Party Audel Shirin 1,227 3.3 N/A
Independent Ian Owen 1,214 3.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kamala Kugan 1,080 2.9 −1.4
Majority 8,539 22.9 +16.0
Turnout 37,239 51.5 −6.8
Registered electors 72,265
Labour hold Swing −6.8

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Stalybridge and Hyde[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Reynolds 19,025 44.7 −12.5
Conservative Tayub Amjad 16,079 37.8 −0.3
Brexit Party Julian Newton 3,591 8.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jamie Dwan 1,827 4.3 +2.0
Green Julie Wood 1,411 3.3 +1.0
Liberal John Edge 435 1.0 N/A
Majority 2,946 6.9 −12.2
Turnout 42,368 58.3 −1.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing −6.4
General election 2017: Stalybridge and Hyde[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Reynolds 24,277 57.2 +12.2
Conservative Tom Dowse 16,193 38.1 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Ankers 996 2.3 −0.8
Green Julie Wood 991 2.3 −2.2
Majority 8,084 19.1 +2.8
Turnout 42,457 59.5 +0.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing +1.5
General election 2015: Stalybridge and Hyde[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Reynolds 18,447 45.0 +5.4
Conservative Martin Riley 11,761 28.7 −4.2
UKIP Angela McManus 7,720 18.8 +15.5
Green Jenny Ross 1,850 4.5 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Flynn 1,256 3.1 −13.9
Majority 6,686 16.3 +9.6
Turnout 41,034 59.4 +0.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing +4.8
General election 2010: Stalybridge and Hyde[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Reynolds 16,189 39.6 −10.1
Conservative Rob Adlard 13,445 32.9 +6.9
Liberal Democrats John Potter 6,965 17.0 +1.3
BNP Anthony Jones 2,259 5.5 +1.5
UKIP John Cooke 1,342 3.3 +1.7
Green Ruth Bergan 679 1.7 −1.4
Majority 2,744 6.7 −17.0
Turnout 40,879 59.2 +5.7
Labour Co-op hold Swing −8.5

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Stalybridge and Hyde[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Purnell 17,535 49.7 −5.8
Conservative Lisa Boardman 9,187 26.0 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Viv Bingham 5,532 15.7 +2.2
BNP Nigel Byrne 1,399 4.0 N/A
Green Mike Smee 1,088 3.1 N/A
UKIP John Whittaker 573 1.6 −1.6
Majority 8,348 23.7 −4.0
Turnout 35,314 53.5 +5.1
Labour hold Swing −2.0
General election 2001: Stalybridge and Hyde[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Purnell 17,781 55.5 −3.4
Conservative Andrew Reid 8,922 27.8 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Brendon Jones 4,327 13.5 +1.5
UKIP Frank Bennett 1,016 3.2 N/A
Majority 8,859 27.7 −6.7
Turnout 32,046 48.4 −17.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Stalybridge and Hyde[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Pendry 25,363 58.9 +6.6
Conservative Nick de Bois 10,557 24.5 −10.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Cross 5,169 12.0 +2.5
Referendum Robert J.D. Clapham 1,992 4.6 N/A
Majority 14,806 34.4 +16.8
Turnout 43,081 65.7 −7.8
Labour hold Swing +8.4
General election 1992: Stalybridge and Hyde[32][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Pendry 26,207 52.3 +3.9
Conservative Simon R. Mort 17,376 34.7 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Ian M. Kirk 4,740 9.5 −5.0
Liberal Robert G.J. Powell 1,199 2.4 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Darren J. Poyzer 337 0.7 N/A
Natural Law Edward J. Blomfield 238 0.5 N/A
Majority 8,831 17.6 +6.4
Turnout 50,097 73.5 −0.7
Labour hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Stalybridge and Hyde[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Pendry 24,401 48.4 +2.9
Conservative Richard Greenwood 18,738 37.1 +0.7
SDP Peter Ashenden 7,311 14.5 −2.9
Majority 5,663 11.2 +2.1
Turnout 50,450 74.2 +3.9
Labour hold Swing +1.1
General election 1983: Stalybridge and Hyde[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Pendry 21,798 45.5 −6.4
Conservative Brian Silvester 17,436 36.4 −2.9
Liberal John Hughes 8,339 17.4 +8.5
National Front Bryan Nylan 294 0.6 N/A
Majority 4,362 9.1 −3.5
Turnout 44,867 70.5 −6.5
Labour hold Swing −1.8

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Pendry 27,082 51.86
Conservative J Kershaw 20,502 39.26
Liberal J Pickup 4,642 8.89
Majority 6,580 12.60
Turnout 52,226 77.06
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Pendry 25,161 51.76
Conservative S Burgoyne 15,404 31.69
Liberal Donald Fletcher Burden 7,725 15.89 N/A
Independent G Tetler 318 0.65 N/A
Majority 9,757 20.07
Turnout 48,608 73.22
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Pendry 24,922 47.36
Conservative Sam M. Swerling 16,854 32.03
Independent Liberal Harold White 10,850 20.62 N/A
Majority 8,068 15.33
Turnout 52,626 79.94
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Pendry 22,226 47.38
Conservative John E Rogerson 19,377 41.31
Liberal Robert Cooke 5,303 11.31 N/A
Majority 2,849 6.07
Turnout 46,906 73.40
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Blackburn 23,974 56.91
Conservative John E Rogerson 18,153 43.09
Majority 5,821 13.82
Turnout 42,127 73.56
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Blackburn 23,164 53.99
Conservative Sydney Chapman 19,739 46.01
Majority 3,425 7.98
Turnout 42,903 78.59
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Blackburn 23,732 51.55
Conservative Edward Brown 22,309 48.45
Majority 1,423 3.10
Turnout 46,041 83.43
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Blackburn 23,617 50.16
Conservative Idris Owen 23,462 49.84
Majority 155 0.32
Turnout 47,079 83.53
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Blackburn 25,402 50.30
Conservative Douglas Glover 25,104 49.70
Majority 298 0.60
Turnout 50,506 87.45
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Lang 23,462 46.55
Conservative Douglas Glover 21,619 42.89
Liberal Donald Fletcher Burden 4,930 9.78
Communist DP Herrick 389 0.77 N/A
Majority 1,843 3.66
Turnout 50,400 87.72
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon Lang 20,597 44.71
Conservative Horace Trevor-Cox 16,227 35.23
Liberal Donald Fletcher Burden 9,240 20.06 N/A
Majority 4,370 9.48 N/A
Turnout 46,064 80.69
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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;

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Stalybridge and Hyde by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Horace Trevor-Cox 21,901 50.4 −5.1
Labour Gordon Lang 21,567 49.6 +5.1
Majority 334 0.8 −10.3
Turnout 43,468
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Dunne 25,502 55.53
Labour Roland Casasola 20,421 44.47
Majority 5,081 11.06
Turnout 45,923 78.66
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sydney Hope 27,557 54.4 +18.1
Labour William Dobbie 14,251 28.1 −13.0
Liberal Percy Herbert Jones 8,849 17.5 −5.1
Majority 13,306 26.3 N/A
Turnout 50,657 86.9 +0.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Hartley Lawrie 20,343 41.1 +7.4
Unionist Edmund Wood 17,983 36.3 −7.9
Liberal Percy Herbert Jones 11,186 22.6 +0.5
Majority 2,360 4.8 N/A
Turnout 49,512 86.4 +2.4
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.6
General election 1924: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edmund Wood 16,412 44.2 −2.1
Labour Walter Fowden 12,509 33.7 N/A
Liberal J. Lincoln Tattersall 8,201 22.1 −31.6
Majority 3,903 10.5 N/A
Turnout 37,122 84.0 +11.8
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Lincoln Tattersall 17,082 53.7 +24.4
Unionist John Rhodes 14,708 46.3 −2.8
Majority 2,374 7.4 N/A
Turnout 31,790 72.2 −8.9
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +13.6
General election 1922: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Rhodes 17,216 49.1 −2.3
Liberal J. Lincoln Tattersall 10,265 29.3 +5.5
Labour Percy Horace Ward 7,578 21.6 −3.2
Majority 6,951 19.8 −6.8
Turnout 35,059 81.1 +21.1
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Stalybridge and Hyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Wood 13,462 51.4
Labour Walter Fowden 6,508 24.8
Liberal Owen Jacobsen 6,241 23.8
Majority 6,954 26.6
Turnout 26,211 60.0
Unionist win (new seat)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ↑ 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

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Specific
  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Hyde". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Stalybridge – Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Stalybridge". TheFreeDictionary.com. Encyclopedia.farlex.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Alan Ross and Joyce Raven (1998). Stalybridge and Dukinfield. Chalford Publishing Company, Stroud. p. 7. ISBN 0-7524-1098-9.
  5. ↑ "Accommodation type - Census Maps, ONS". ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Seat Details - Stalybridge and Hyde". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Constituency data: Population, by age". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Constituency dashboard". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Constituency data: businesses and industries". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  12. 1 2 Craig, Fred W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4. OCLC 539011.
  13. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983" (PDF).
  14. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995".
  15. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007".
  16. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  17. ↑ Webster, Philip (20 February 2010). "James Purnell quits Parliament for a 'normal life'". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  18. ↑ Wintour, Patrick (16 March 2010). "No 10 acts over 'secret' Unite plan to fill safe seats". The Guardian. London.
  19. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
  20. ↑ "General Election - Thursday, 4th July, 2024". Tameside Metropolitan Borough. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  21. ↑ "Stalybridge and Hyde results". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  22. ↑ "Stalybridge and Hyde parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  23. ↑ "Stalybridge and Hyde parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  24. ↑ "Election Results: How did my constituency vote?". Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  25. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "Stalybridge & Hyde". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  27. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  28. ↑ "BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | Stalybridge & Hyde". news.bbc.co.uk.
  29. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  30. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  31. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  32. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  33. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  34. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  35. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
General

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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