Stretford (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Stretford
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1950
members = one

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Stretford
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Abolition = 1997
members = one

Stretford was a parliamentary constituency in North West England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. The constituency was centred on the town of Stretford and originally included an area to the south east of the city of Manchester. The boundaries changed considerably over its existence, at times extending east to include parts of the city itself and at other times including the towns of Irlam and Urmston to the west.

Boundaries

1885 - 1918

The Stretford Division of the County of Lancashire was formed by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The constituency consisted of a number of civil parishes and townships to the south and south-east of the city of Manchester and north-east of the borough of Stockport: ["Seventh Schedule: Counties at Large, Number of Members and Names and Contents of Divisions" Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. C.23)]
*Burnage
*Chorlton cum Hardy
*Didsbury
*The portion of Heaton Norris outside the Borough of Stockport
*Levenshulme
*Reddish
*Rusholme
*Stretford
*Withington

An extension of the boundaries of Manchester meant that Rusholme became part of the city later in 1885. A futher enlargement saw Burnage, Chorlton cum Hardy, Didsbury and Withington included in Manchester in 1904. Similarly, the County Borough of Stockport was enlarged to include Reddish in 1901 and Heaton Norris in 1913.F A Youngs Jr., "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England", Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991] These local government boundary changes did not effect the constituency until the next parliamentary redistribution in 1918.

1918 - 1950

The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies throughout the United Kingdom. A new Stretford Division of Lancashire was formed. The areas in Manchester and Stockport passed to the Manchester Rusholme, Manchester Withington and Stockport constiuencies. The new Stretford constituency included areas further to the west and was defined as consisting of the following local government units of the administrative county of Lancashire: ["Ninth Schedule: Part II, Parliamentary counties: England, excluding Monmouthshire", Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 C. 64)]
*The urban districts of Irlam, Stretford and Urmston
*The civil parish of Astley in Leigh Rural District
*The civil parish of Clifton in Barton upon Irwell Rural District

1950 - 1983

For the 1950 general election, a new Stretford borough constituency was created. The constituency comprised the Municipal Borough of Stretford (successor to the urban district) and the urban district of Urmston. [First Schedule, Representation of the People Act 1948, (11 & 12 Geo. 6, C 65.)] The Astley area passed to the Leigh borough constiuency and Clifton to the Farnworth county constituency.

1983 - 1997

Constituencies were redrawn for the 1983 general election to reflect the changes in local government in 1974. A new Stretford borough constituency, part of the Greater Manchester parliamentary county, was formed. The new constituency consisted of two wards of the City of Manchester, and five wards from the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford. The Manchester wards were Moss Side and Whalley Range, and the Trafford wards were Clifford, Longford, Park, Stretford and Talbot. Urmston became part of the new constituency of Davyhulme [The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No. 417)]

Abolition

The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995, with came into effect for the 1997 general election, abolished the Stretford constituency. The area was redistributed, with Moss Side and Whalley Range added to an enlarged Manchester Central seat. The remainder became part of the new Stretford and Urmston constituency. [The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995, (S.I. 1995 No. 1626)] The last MP for Stretford, Tony Lloyd, has been the member for Manchester Central since that date.

Members of Parliament

Election results

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title=General Election 1885: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division"The General Election", The Times, October 06, 1900; p. 12] Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Agnew
votes = 4,860
percentage = 50.1
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John William MacClure
votes = 4,676
percentage = 49.9
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 184
percentage = 1.9
change = N/AElection box new seat win
winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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title=General Election 1886: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John William MacClure
votes = 4,676
percentage = 54.2
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Agnew
votes = 4,750
percentage = 45.8
change = -4.1Election box majority
votes = 739
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)

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title=General Election 1892: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John William MacClure
votes = 6,623
percentage = 55.7
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Agnew
votes = 5,278
percentage = 44.3
change = -1.5Election box majority
votes = 1,345
percentage = 11.3
change = +2.9Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election 1895: Lancashire South East, Stretford DivisionElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John William MacClure
votes = Unopposed
percentage = N/A
change = N/AElection box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election 1900: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John William MacClure
votes = 7,591
percentage = 60.6
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Nuttall
votes = 4,938
percentage = 39.4
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 2,653
percentage = 21.2
change = N/AElection box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

"Maclure died January 28, 1901." [cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34792/34793?docPos=3 |title=Maclure, Sir John William, first baronet (1835–1901) |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author=C. W. Sutton |date= |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press]

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title=Bye-election 1901: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division"Election Intelligence: Lancashire (Stretford Division)" The Times, February 27, 1901, p. 10] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Cripps
votes = 7,088
percentage = 55.0
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Franklin Thomasson
votes = 5,791
percentage = 45.0
change = +5.6Election box majority
votes = 1,297
percentage = 10.1
change = -11.1Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election 1906: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division"The General Election", The Times, January 19, 1906, p. 10] Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Nuttall
votes = 11,131
percentage = 57.3
change = +12.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Cripps
votes = 8,307
percentage = 42.7
change = -12.7Election box majority
votes = 2,824
percentage = 14.5
change = +24.6Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, January 1910: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division"Progress Of The General Election", The Times, January 20, 1910, p. 6] Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Nuttall
votes = 12,917
percentage = 54.9
change = -2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A M Samuel
votes = 10,626
percentage = 45.1
change = +2.4Election box majority
votes = 2,921
percentage = 12.4
change = -2.1Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, December 1910: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division"Progress Of The General Election", The Times, December 10, 1910, p. 7] Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Nuttall
votes = 11,343
percentage = 52.0
change = -2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A M Samuel
votes = 10,467
percentage = 48.0
change = +2.9Election box majority
votes = 876
percentage = 4.0
change = -8.4Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK) Election box begin
title=General Election, 1918: Lancashire, Stretford Division"The General Election", The Times, November 16, 1922, p. 6] Election box candidate with party link
party = Coalition Liberal
candidate = Thomas Robinson
votes = 17,161
percentage = 76.7
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J Hallsworth
votes = 5,216
percentage = 23.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 11,945
percentage = 50.3
change = N/AElection box gain with party link without swing
winner = Coalition Liberal
loser = Liberal Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1922: Lancashire, Stretford Division"The General Election", The Times, November 16, 1922, p. 6] Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Thomas Robinson
votes = 19,185
percentage = 68.7
change = -8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A H Turner
votes = 8,733
percentage = 31.3
change = +8.0Election box majority
votes = 10,452
percentage = 37.4
change = -12.9Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Coalition Liberal

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title=General Election, 1923: Lancashire, Stretford Division"The General Election", The Times, December 7, 1923, p. 6] Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Thomas Robinson
votes = 15,971
percentage = 58.2
change = -10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J Corlett
votes = 11,451
percentage = 41.8
change = +10.5Election box majority
votes = 4,520
percentage = 16.4
change = -21.0Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = National Liberal Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1924: Lancashire, Stretford Division"The General Election", The Times, October 30, 1924, p. 6] Election box candidate with party link
party = Constitutionalist
candidate = Sir Thomas Robinson
votes = 20,826
percentage = 64.4
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J Robinson
votes = 11,520
percentage = 35.6
change = -6.2Election box majority
votes = 9,306
percentage = 28.7
change = +12.3Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Constitutionalist

"The Conservative and Liberal Parties supported the candidacy of Robinson as an anti-Labour "Constitutionalist". ["Lord Derby And Cooperation: Liberal Dissension In Lancashire", The Times, October 15, 1924, p. 8]

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title=General Election, 1929: Lancashire, Stretford DivisionElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sir Thomas Robinson
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = F Anderson
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,600
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Independent (politician)

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title=General Election, 1931: Lancashire, Stretford DivisionElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Major G A Renwick
votes = 39,002
percentage = 75.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = F Anderson
votes = 12,796
percentage = 24.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 26,206
percentage = 50.6
change = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)

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title=General Election, 1935: Lancashire, Stretford Division ["The General Election", The Times, November 15, 1935 p.10] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A C Crossley
votes = 34,874
percentage = 64.4
change = -10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = T Myers
votes = 19,278
percentage = 35.6
change = +10.9Election box majority
votes = 15,596
percentage = 28.7
change = -21.9Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

"Crossley died in an aeroplane crash off the coast of Denmark on August 15, 1939." ["British Airways Liner Lost: M.P. Drowned With Four Others, Crash Off Danish Coast", August 16, 1939, p. 10]

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title=Bye-election 1939: Lancashire South East, Stretford Division ["Unionist Victory at Stretford" The Times, December 11, 1939, p. 5] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Etherton
votes = 23,408
percentage = 79.8
change = +15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party (UK)
candidate = R Edwards
votes = 4,424
percentage = 15.1
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Eric Gower
votes = 1,514
percentage = 5.1
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 18,984
percentage = 64.7
change = +36.0Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1945: Lancashire, Stretford Division [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results July 1945 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Herschel Lewis Austin
votes = 35,715
percentage = 54.8
change = N/A

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Etherton
votes = 29,421
percentage = 45.2
change = -34.6Election box majority
votes = 6,294
percentage = 9.7
change = N/AElection box gain with party link without swing
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1950: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge50/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results February 1950 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Storey
votes = 30,678
percentage = 48.6
change = +3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Herschel Lewis Austin
votes = 25,075
percentage = 39.7
change = -15.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = S R Cawley
votes = 7,464
percentage = 11.8
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 5,603
percentage = 8.9
change = Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1951: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results October 1951 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Storey
votes = 35,419
percentage = 58.0
change = +9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = C Mapp
votes = 25,694
percentage = 42.0
change = +0.3Election box majority
votes = 9,725
percentage = 15.9
change = +7.0Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1955: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge55/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results May 1955 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Storey
votes = 33,101
percentage = 60.9
change = +2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = F G Barton
votes = 21,267
percentage = 39.1
change = -2.9Election box majority
votes = 11,834
percentage = 21.8
change = +5.9Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1959: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge59/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results October 1959 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Storey
votes = 32,888
percentage = 58.3
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = E Reid
votes = 23,538
percentage = 41.7
change = +2.6Election box majority
votes = 9,350
percentage = 16.6
change = -5.2Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1964: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge64/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results October 1964 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Storey
votes = 22,004
percentage = 40.0
change = -18.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = E Cavanagh
votes = 20,080
percentage = 36.5
change = -5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = M P Winstanley
votes = 12,884
percentage = 23.4
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 1,924
percentage = 3.5
change = -11.1Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1966: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge66/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results March 1966 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = E A Davies
votes = 24,739
percentage = 47.1
change = +10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Storey
votes = 21,374
percentage = 40.7
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = C L Jones
votes = 6,382
percentage = 12.2
change = -11.2Election box majority
votes = 3,365
percentage = 6.4
change = +10.9Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1970: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge70/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results 1970 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W S Churchill
votes = 28,629
percentage = 53.8
change = +13.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = E A Davies
votes = 24,614
percentage = 46.2
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 4,015
percentage = 7.6
change = +14Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)

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title=General Election, February 1974: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74a/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results, February 1974 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W S Churchill
votes = 23,630
percentage = 42.3
change = -11.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = K Anthony
votes = 19,641
percentage = 35.2
change = -11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = D I Wrigley
votes = 12,558
percentage = 22.5
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 3,989
percentage = 7.2
change = -0.4Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, October 1974: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74b/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results, October 1974 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W S Churchill
votes = 22,114
percentage = 42.0
change = -0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = P N Scott
votes = 20,877
percentage = 39.7
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = D I Wrigley
votes = 9,629
percentage = 18.3
change = -4.2Election box majority
votes = 1,237
percentage = 2.4
change = -4.8Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1979: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge79/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results, May 1979 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = W S Churchill
votes = 25,972
percentage = 48.3
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = P N Scott
votes = 21,466
percentage = 39.9
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = D I Wrigley
votes = 6,369
percentage = 11.8
change = -6.5Election box majority
votes = 4,506
percentage = 8.4
change = +6.0Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1983: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results, June 1983 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A J Lloyd
votes = 18,028
percentage = 44.8
change = +4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Sweeney
votes = 13,686
percentage = 34.1
change = -14.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
candidate = D Wilks
votes = 8,141
percentage = 20.3
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent Labour Party (UK)
candidate = S A Ud-Din
votes = 336
percentage = 0.8
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,342
percentage = 10.8
change = +19.2Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)

"The sitting MP, Winston Churchill, moved to the newly-created Davyhulme constituency"

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title=General Election, 1987: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge87/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results, June 1987 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A J Lloyd
votes = 22,381
percentage = 55.2
change = +10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = D Dougherty
votes = 13,429
percentage = 32.5
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
candidate = D Lee
votes = 5,125
percentage = 20.3
change = -1.7Election box majority
votes = 9,402
percentage = 22.7
change = +11.9Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Labour Party (UK)

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title=General Election, 1992: Stretford Borough Constituency [cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge92/i19.htm |title=UK General Election results, April 1992 |accessdate=2008-08-23 |author= |date= |work=Area Studies, UK: politics, elections and government in Britain |publisher=University of Keele] Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A J Lloyd
votes = 22,300
percentage = 59.6
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J C B Rae
votes = 11,163
percentage = 29.8
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = F C Beswick
votes = 3,722
percentage = 9.9
change = -10.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = A Boynton
votes = 268
percentage = 0.7
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 11,137
percentage = 29.7
change = +7.0Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = Labour Party (UK)

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