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Ashton-under-Lyne — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Ashton-under-Lyne was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 6,791 votes over Reform UK. This page covers every general election in Ashton-under-Lyne from 1832 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 George Williams (Radical) 176 47.3% Charles Hindley (Radical) 13 (3.5 pts) 85.9%
1835 Charles Hindley (Radical) 212 55.8% Thomas William Helps (Conservative) 107 (28.2 pts) 73.8%
1837 Charles Hindley (Radical) 237 51.9% James Wood (Conservative) 36 (7.9 pts) 75.8%
1841 Charles Hindley (Radical) 303 54.4% Jonah Harrop (Conservative) 49 (8.8 pts) 78.1%
1847 Charles Hindley (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Charles Hindley (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 Charles Hindley (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Thomas Milner Gibson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Thomas Milner Gibson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 Thomas Walton Mellor (Conservative) 2,318 52.4% Thomas Milner Gibson (Liberal) 209 (4.7 pts) 91.8%
1874 Thomas Walton Mellor (Conservative) 2,612 51.8% Abel Buckley (Liberal) 180 (3.6 pts) 92.2%
1880 Hugh Mason (Liberal) 2,966 53.4% John Ross Coulthart (Conservative) 380 (6.8 pts) 94.1%
1885 John Edmund Wentworth Addison (Conservative) 3,153 50.4% Hugh Mason (Liberal) 49 (0.8 pts) 95.5%
1886 John Edmund Wentworth Addison (Conservative) 3,050 50.0% Alexander Butler Rowley (Liberal) 1 (0.0 pts) 93.1%
1892 John Edmund Wentworth Addison (Conservative) 3,358 51.0% Octavius Vaughan Morgan (Liberal) 135 (2.1 pts) 93.9%
1895 Herbert James Whiteley (Conservative) 3,434 52.6% William Woods (Liberal) 754 (11.6 pts) 91.3%
1900 Herbert James Whiteley (Conservative) 3,545 53.1% Ernest Albert Parkin (Liberal) 1,145 (17.1 pts) 86.2%
1906 Alfred Henry Scott (Liberal) 4,310 56.3% Herbert James Whiteley (Conservative) 968 (12.7 pts) 92.8%
Jan 1910 Alfred Henry Scott (Liberal) 4,039 49.3% Herbert James Whiteley (Conservative) 293 (3.6 pts) 95.4%
Dec 1910 William Maxwell Aitken (Conservative) 4,044 51.2% Alfred Henry Scott (Liberal) 196 (2.5 pts) 91.8%
1918 Albert Henry Stanley (Unionist) 10,261 58.3% Thomas Frederick Lister (NFDDSS) 2,927 (16.6 pts) 68.4%
1922 Abraham Walter de Frece (Unionist) 12,006 57.6% Thomas William Gillinder (Labour) 3,172 (15.2 pts) 83.3%
1923 Walter de Frece (Unionist) 7,813 36.2% Henry Greenwood (Liberal) 239 (1.1 pts) 85.3%
1924 Cornelius William James Homan (Unionist) 8,971 39.5% Cecil John L'Estrange Malone (Labour) 1,520 (6.7 pts) 88.3%
1929 Albert Bellamy (Labour) 13,170 44.5% John Broadbent (Unionist) 3,407 (11.5 pts) 85.9%
1931 John Broadbent (Conservative) 15,652 52.4% John William Gordon (Labour) 4,578 (15.3 pts) 85.3%
1935 Frederick Brown Simpson (Labour) 14,140 50.2% John Broadbent (Conservative) 114 (0.4 pts) 81.0%
1945 William Allen Jowitt (Labour) 14,998 56.4% Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart (Conservative) 3,394 (12.8 pts) 78.6%
1950 Hervey Rhodes (Labour) 20,970 50.6% Gilbert Burdett Howcroft (Conservative) 924 (2.2 pts) 86.4%
1951 Hervey Rhodes (Labour) 21,424 52.0% Kenneth Lewis (Conservative) 1,684 (4.1 pts) 86.6%
1955 Hervey Rhodes (Labour) 26,216 51.9% Edwin Hodson (Conservative) 1,965 (3.9 pts) 80.8%
1959 Hervey Rhodes (Labour) 25,991 52.8% Robert Horrocks (Conservative) 2,752 (5.6 pts) 81.1%
1964 Robert Edward Sheldon (Labour) 24,657 54.5% Henry Donald Moore (Conservative) 4,107 (9.1 pts) 77.4%
1966 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 24,728 58.7% Henry Donald Moore (Conservative) 7,332 (17.4 pts) 73.7%
1970 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 23,927 54.5% A d'A Fearn (Conservative) 3,954 (9.0 pts) 71.5%
Feb 1974 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 23,019 48.4% Timothy Aitken (Conservative) 8,301 (17.4 pts) 79.4%
Oct 1974 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 23,490 53.9% Michael Hugh Litchfield (Conservative) 10,727 (24.6 pts) 72.2%
1979 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 24,535 54.7% Alan Darcy Fearn (Conservative) 8,379 (18.7 pts) 76.6%
1983 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 20,987 49.7% Richard Spring (Conservative) 7,697 (18.2 pts) 71.6%
1987 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 22,389 51.8% Henry Cadman (Conservative) 9,286 (21.5 pts) 74.0%
1992 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 24,550 56.6% John Pinniger (Conservative) 10,935 (25.2 pts) 73.9%
1997 Robert Sheldon (Labour) 31,919 67.5% Richard Mayson (Conservative) 22,965 (48.6 pts) 65.5%
2001 David Heyes (Labour) 22,340 62.5% Tim Charlesworth (Conservative) 15,518 (43.4 pts) 49.1%
2005 David Heyes (Labour) 21,211 57.4% Graeme Brown (Conservative) 13,952 (37.7 pts) 51.3%
2010 David Heyes (Labour) 18,604 48.4% Seema Kennedy (Conservative) 9,094 (23.7 pts) 57.0%
2015 Angela Rayner (Labour) 19,366 49.8% Tracy Sutton (Conservative) 10,756 (27.6 pts) 57.2%
2017 Angela Rayner (Labour) 24,005 60.4% Jack Rankin (Conservative) 11,295 (28.4 pts) 58.9%
2019 Angela Rayner (Labour) 18,544 48.1% Dan Costello (Conservative) 4,263 (11.1 pts) 56.9%
2024 Angela Rayner (Labour) 15,575 43.9% Robert Barrowcliffe (Reform UK) 6,791 (19.1 pts) 50.1%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Williams Radical 17647.3% Yes
Charles Hindley Radical 16343.8% No
Thomas William Helps Conservative 338.9% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Hindley Radical 21255.8% Yes
Thomas William Helps Conservative 10527.6% No
George Williams Radical 6316.6% No

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Hindley Radical 23751.9% Yes
James Wood Conservative 20144.0% No
Joseph Rayner Stephens Chartist 194.2% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Hindley Radical 30354.4% Yes
Jonah Harrop Conservative 25445.6% No

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Hindley Radical Unopposed Yes

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Hindley Radical Unopposed Yes

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Hindley Radical Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Milner Gibson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Milner Gibson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Walton Mellor Conservative 2,31852.4% Yes
Thomas Milner Gibson Liberal 2,10947.6% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Walton Mellor Conservative 2,61251.8% Yes
Abel Buckley Liberal 2,43248.2% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Mason Liberal 2,96653.4% Yes
John Ross Coulthart Conservative 2,58646.6% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edmund Wentworth Addison Conservative 3,15350.4% Yes
Hugh Mason Liberal 3,10449.6% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edmund Wentworth Addison Conservative 3,05050.0% Yes
Alexander Butler Rowley Liberal 3,04950.0% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edmund Wentworth Addison Conservative 3,35851.0% Yes
Octavius Vaughan Morgan Liberal 3,22349.0% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert James Whiteley Conservative 3,43452.6% Yes
William Woods Liberal 2,68041.0% No
James Sexton Independent Labour 4156.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert James Whiteley Conservative 3,54553.1% Yes
Ernest Albert Parkin Liberal 2,40035.9% No
James Johnston Labour 73711.0% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Henry Scott Liberal 4,31056.3% Yes
Herbert James Whiteley Conservative 3,34243.7% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Henry Scott Liberal 4,03949.3% Yes
Herbert James Whiteley Conservative 3,74645.7% No
William Gee Independent Labour 4135.0% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Maxwell Aitken Conservative 4,04451.2% Yes
Alfred Henry Scott Liberal 3,84848.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Albert Henry Stanley Unionist 10,26158.3% Yes
Thomas Frederick Lister NFDDSS 7,33441.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Abraham Walter de Frece Unionist 12,00657.6% Yes
Thomas William Gillinder Labour 8,83442.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter de Frece Unionist 7,81336.2% Yes
Henry Greenwood Liberal 7,57435.1% No
Ellen Cicely Wilkinson Labour 6,20828.7% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cornelius William James Homan Unionist 8,97139.5% Yes
Cecil John L'Estrange Malone Labour 7,45132.8% No
Henry Greenwood Liberal 6,29227.7% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Albert Bellamy Labour 13,17044.5% Yes
John Broadbent Unionist 9,76333.0% No
William Gilbert Greenwood Liberal 6,69322.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Broadbent Conservative 15,65252.4% Yes
John William Gordon Labour 11,07437.1% No
James Taylor Middleton Liberal 2,6969.0% No
Charles Hobhouse New Party 4241.4% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Brown Simpson Labour 14,14050.2% Yes
John Broadbent Conservative 14,02649.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Allen Jowitt Labour 14,99856.4% Yes
Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart Conservative 11,60443.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hervey Rhodes Labour 20,97050.6% Yes
Gilbert Burdett Howcroft Conservative 20,04648.3% No
Hugh Hague Hulme Blackwell Communist 4591.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hervey Rhodes Labour 21,42452.0% Yes
Kenneth Lewis Conservative 19,74048.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hervey Rhodes Labour 26,21651.9% Yes
Edwin Hodson Conservative 24,25148.1% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hervey Rhodes Labour 25,99152.8% Yes
Robert Horrocks Conservative 23,23947.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Edward Sheldon Labour 24,65754.5% Yes
Henry Donald Moore Conservative 20,55045.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 24,72858.7% Yes
Henry Donald Moore Conservative 17,39641.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 23,92754.5% Yes
A d'A Fearn Conservative 19,97345.5% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 23,01948.4% Yes
Timothy Aitken Conservative 14,71830.9% No
Trevor Gordon Jones Liberal 9,83720.7% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 23,49053.9% Yes
Michael Hugh Litchfield Conservative 12,76329.3% No
Trevor Gordon Jones Liberal 7,35616.9% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 24,53554.7% Yes
Alan Darcy Fearn Conservative 16,15636.0% No
George Gordon Taylor Liberal 3,6998.2% No
Anthony David Jones National Front 4861.1% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 20,98749.7% Yes
Richard Spring Conservative 13,29031.5% No
John Adler Social Democratic Party 7,52117.8% No
Dave Hallsworth Independent 4071.0% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 22,38951.8% Yes
Henry Cadman Conservative 13,10330.3% No
Mark Hunter Liberal 7,76017.9% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 24,55056.6% Yes
John Pinniger Conservative 13,61531.4% No
Charles Turner Liberal Democrat 4,0059.2% No
Colin Hall Liberal 9072.1% No
John Brannigan Natural Law 2890.7% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Sheldon Labour 31,91967.5% Yes
Richard Mayson Conservative 8,95418.9% No
Tim Pickstone Liberal Democrat 4,6039.7% No
Lorraine Clapham Referendum Party 1,3462.8% No
Prince Cymbal Monster Raving Loony 4581.0% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Heyes Labour 22,34062.5% Yes
Tim Charlesworth Conservative 6,82219.1% No
Kate Fletcher Liberal Democrat 4,23711.8% No
Roger Woods BNP 1,6174.5% No
Nigel Rolland Green 7482.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Heyes Labour 21,21157.4% Yes
Graeme Brown Conservative 7,25919.6% No
Les Jones Liberal Democrat 5,10813.8% No
Anthony Jones BNP 2,0515.5% No
John Whittaker UKIP 7682.1% No
Jack Crossfield Local Community Party 5701.5% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Heyes Labour 18,60448.4% Yes
Seema Kennedy Conservative 9,51024.7% No
Paul Larkin Liberal Democrat 5,70314.8% No
David Lomas BNP 2,9297.6% No
Angela McManus UKIP 1,6864.4% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Angela Rayner Labour 19,36649.8% Yes
Tracy Sutton Conservative 8,61022.1% No
Maurice Jackson UKIP 8,46821.8% No
Charlotte Hughes Green 1,5313.9% No
Carly Hicks Liberal Democrat 9432.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Angela Rayner Labour 24,00560.4% Yes
Jack Rankin Conservative 12,71032.0% No
Maurice Jackson UKIP 1,8784.7% No
Carly Hicks Liberal Democrat 6461.6% No
Andy Hunter-Rossall Green 5341.3% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Angela Rayner Labour 18,54448.1% Yes
Dan Costello Conservative 14,28137.0% No
David Brocklehurst Brexit Party 3,1518.2% No
George Rice Liberal Democrat 1,3953.6% No
Lee Huntbach Green 1,2083.1% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Angela Rayner Labour 15,57543.9% Yes
Robert Barrowcliffe Reform UK 8,78424.8% No
Lizzie Hacking Conservative 4,37512.3% No
Aroma Hassan Workers Party of Britain 2,8358.0% No
Lee Huntbach Green 2,4817.0% No
Dominic Hardwick Liberal Democrat 1,4114.0% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Radical margin 3.5 pts 1835: Radical margin 28.2 pts 1837: Radical margin 7.9 pts 1841: Radical margin 8.8 pts 1868: Conservative margin 4.7 pts 1874: Conservative margin 3.6 pts 1880: Liberal margin 6.8 pts 1885: Conservative margin 0.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 0.0 pts 1892: Conservative margin 2.1 pts 1895: Conservative margin 11.6 pts 1900: Conservative margin 17.1 pts 1906: Liberal margin 12.7 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 3.6 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 2.5 pts 1918: Unionist margin 16.6 pts 1922: Unionist margin 15.2 pts 1923: Unionist margin 1.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 6.7 pts 1929: Labour margin 11.5 pts 1931: Conservative margin 15.3 pts 1935: Labour margin 0.4 pts 1945: Labour margin 12.8 pts 1950: Labour margin 2.2 pts 1951: Labour margin 4.1 pts 1955: Labour margin 3.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 5.6 pts 1964: Labour margin 9.1 pts 1966: Labour margin 17.4 pts 1970: Labour margin 9.0 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 17.4 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 24.6 pts 1979: Labour margin 18.7 pts 1983: Labour margin 18.2 pts 1987: Labour margin 21.5 pts 1992: Labour margin 25.2 pts 1997: Labour margin 48.6 pts 2001: Labour margin 43.4 pts 2005: Labour margin 37.7 pts 2010: Labour margin 23.7 pts 2015: Labour margin 27.6 pts 2017: Labour margin 28.4 pts 2019: Labour margin 11.1 pts 2024: Labour margin 19.1 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Ashton-under-Lyne has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Radical, Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Ashton-under-Lyne in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Ashton-under-Lyne in 2024 with 15,575 votes (43.9%), a majority of 6,791 votes over Reform UK in second place.

Which parties have won Ashton-under-Lyne since 1832?

Since 1832, Ashton-under-Lyne has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Radical, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Ashton-under-Lyne?

The closest result on record for Ashton-under-Lyne was 1886, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 1 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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