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Macclesfield — UK General Election Results

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

Macclesfield was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 9,120 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Macclesfield from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 John Ryle (Conservative); John Brocklehurst (Whig) 402 42.4% (top seat) Thomas Grimsditch (Conservative) 216 (21.2 pts) 71.1%
1835 John Ryle (Conservative); John Brocklehurst (Whig) 424 37.7% (top seat) Thomas Grimsditch (Conservative) 82 (6.7 pts) 68.7%
1837 John Brocklehurst (Whig); Thomas Grimsditch (Conservative) 471 41.7% (top seat) Robert Hyde Greg (Whig) 179 (13.7 pts) 67.1%
1841 John Brocklehurst (Whig); Thomas Grimsditch (Conservative) 410 42.0% (top seat) Samuel Stocks (Whig) 83 (6.5 pts) 71.1%
1847 John Brocklehurst (Whig); John Williams (Radical) 500 39.2% (top seat) Thomas Grimsditch (Conservative) 72 (4.7 pts) 80.7%
1852 John Brocklehurst (Whig); Edward Christopher Egerton (Conservative) 530 38.6% (top seat) John Williams (Radical) 62 (3.8 pts) 76.8%
1857 John Brocklehurst (Whig); Edward Christopher Egerton (Conservative) 556 53.0% (top seat) Thomas Huggins (Whig) 547 (45.5 pts) 54.3%
1859 Edward Christopher Egerton (Conservative); John Brocklehurst (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Edward Christopher Egerton (Conservative); John Brocklehurst (Liberal) 469 34.6% (top seat) David Chadwick (Liberal) 48 (3.5 pts) 72.2%
1868 William Coare Brocklehurst (Liberal); David Chadwick (Liberal) 2,509 36.8% (top seat) William Meriton Eaton (Conservative) 188 (2.5 pts) 80.7%
1874 William Coare Brocklehurst (Liberal); David Chadwick (Liberal) 2,792 28.9% (top seat) William Meriton Eaton (Conservative) 42 (0.4 pts) 88.1%
1880 William Coare Brocklehurst (Liberal); David Chadwick (Liberal) 2,744 27.9% (top seat) William Meriton Eaton (Conservative) 66 (0.6 pts) 99.5%
1885 William Coare Brocklehurst (Liberal) 3,311 53.8% William Cunliffe Brooks (Conservative) 465 (7.5 pts) 85.4%
1886 William Bromley-Davenport (Conservative) 3,283 54.4% William Coare Brocklehurst (Liberal) 527 (8.7 pts) 83.7%
1892 William Bromley-Davenport (Conservative) 4,322 56.0% James Carlile McCoan (Liberal) 926 (12.0 pts) 86.1%
1895 William Bromley-Davenport (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 William Bromley-Davenport (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst (Liberal) 4,251 53.1% William Bromley-Davenport (Conservative) 494 (6.2 pts) 92.7%
Jan 1910 William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst (Liberal) 4,534 50.8% William Bromley-Davenport (Conservative) 150 (1.7 pts) 95.8%
Dec 1910 William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst (Liberal) 4,410 51.6% Ben Dent (Conservative) 268 (3.1 pts) 91.9%
1918 John Rumney Remer (Unionist) 14,277 58.2% William Pimblott (Labour) 4,024 (16.4 pts) 67.1%
1922 John Rumney Remer (Unionist) 15,825 48.1% Thomas Artemus Jones (Liberal) 5,348 (16.3 pts) 86.0%
1923 John Rumney Remer (Unionist) 14,744 45.1% William Tudor Davies (Liberal) 3,485 (10.7 pts) 83.9%
1924 John Rumney Remer (Unionist) 17,171 50.8% John Williams (Labour) 6,984 (20.7 pts) 84.6%
1929 John Rumney Remer (Unionist) 19,329 41.9% John Williams (Labour) 5,418 (11.7 pts) 87.0%
1931 John Rumney Remer (Conservative) 30,796 69.0% Scott Morton (Labour) 16,942 (37.9 pts) 81.2%
1935 John Rumney Remer (Conservative) 24,249 52.5% George Darling (Labour) 9,488 (20.5 pts) 78.9%
1945 Arthur Vere Harvey (Conservative) 23,495 45.5% Harold Fraser Urquhart (Labour) 3,053 (5.9 pts) 80.1%
1950 Arthur Vere Harvey (Conservative) 25,781 50.9% Fred Blackburn (Labour) 6,562 (13.0 pts) 89.4%
1951 Arthur Vere Harvey (Conservative) 29,434 59.0% Agnes E Taylor (Labour) 9,006 (18.1 pts) 87.3%
1955 Arthur Vere Harvey (Conservative) 27,551 60.0% Kenneth Lomas (Labour) 9,189 (20.0 pts) 80.6%
1959 Arthur Vere Harvey (Conservative) 28,978 59.6% John F Bex (Labour) 9,326 (19.2 pts) 82.6%
1964 Arthur Vere Harvey (Conservative) 24,824 47.5% Denis W Coe (Labour) 6,360 (12.2 pts) 84.1%
1966 Arthur Harvey (Conservative) 24,736 46.8% Alec Read (Labour) 4,203 (8.0 pts) 81.7%
1970 Arthur Harvey (Conservative) 29,023 52.1% Basil Jeuda (Labour) 10,452 (18.8 pts) 76.4%
Feb 1974 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 32,638 48.8% Harry Silverman (Labour) 14,286 (21.3 pts) 84.2%
Oct 1974 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 31,685 50.3% Kenneth Little (Labour) 13,093 (20.8 pts) 78.7%
1979 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 40,116 58.5% Ronald Anthony Foster (Labour) 23,337 (34.0 pts) 78.1%
1983 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 32,538 59.4% Ruth Coleman (Liberal) 20,679 (37.7 pts) 75.0%
1987 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 33,208 56.4% Andrew Haldane (Liberal) 19,092 (32.4 pts) 77.4%
1992 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 36,447 57.9% Martina Longworth (Labour) 22,767 (36.1 pts) 82.3%
1997 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 26,888 49.6% Janet Jackson (Labour) 8,654 (16.0 pts) 75.2%
2001 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 22,284 48.9% Stephen Carter (Labour) 7,200 (15.8 pts) 62.3%
2005 Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 22,628 49.6% Stephen Carter (Labour) 9,401 (20.6 pts) 63.1%
2010 David Rutley (Conservative) 23,503 47.0% Roger Barlow (Liberal Democrat) 11,959 (23.9 pts) 66.5%
2015 David Rutley (Conservative) 26,063 52.5% Tim Roca (Labour) 14,811 (29.9 pts) 69.5%
2017 David Rutley (Conservative) 28,595 52.7% Neil Puttick (Labour) 8,608 (15.8 pts) 72.4%
2019 David Rutley (Conservative) 28,292 52.5% Neil Puttick (Labour) 10,711 (19.9 pts) 71.0%
2024 Tim Roca (Labour) 24,672 46.7% David Rutley (Conservative) 9,120 (17.3 pts) 69.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ryle Conservative 43342.4% Yes
John Brocklehurst Whig 40239.4% Yes
Thomas Grimsditch Conservative 18618.2% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ryle Conservative 46437.7% Yes
John Brocklehurst Whig 42434.5% Yes
Thomas Grimsditch Conservative 34227.8% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Brocklehurst Whig 54641.7% Yes
Thomas Grimsditch Conservative 47136.0% Yes
Robert Hyde Greg Whig 29222.3% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Brocklehurst Whig 53442.0% Yes
Thomas Grimsditch Conservative 41032.3% Yes
Samuel Stocks Whig 32725.7% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Brocklehurst Whig 59839.2% Yes
John Williams Radical 50032.8% Yes
Thomas Grimsditch Conservative 42828.0% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Brocklehurst Whig 62838.6% Yes
Edward Christopher Egerton Conservative 53032.6% Yes
John Williams Radical 46828.8% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Brocklehurst Whig 63753.0% Yes
Edward Christopher Egerton Conservative 55646.3% Yes
Thomas Huggins Whig 90.7% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Christopher Egerton Conservative Unopposed Yes
John Brocklehurst Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Christopher Egerton Conservative 47134.6% Yes
John Brocklehurst Liberal 46934.5% Yes
David Chadwick Liberal 42130.9% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Coare Brocklehurst Liberal 2,81236.8% Yes
David Chadwick Liberal 2,50932.8% Yes
William Meriton Eaton Conservative 2,32130.4% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Coare Brocklehurst Liberal 3,17328.9% Yes
David Chadwick Liberal 2,79225.5% Yes
William Meriton Eaton Conservative 2,75025.1% No
James Croston Conservative 2,25020.5% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Coare Brocklehurst Liberal 2,94627.9% Yes
David Chadwick Liberal 2,74426.0% Yes
William Meriton Eaton Conservative 2,67825.4% No
James Charles Whitehorne Conservative 2,18820.7% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Coare Brocklehurst Liberal 3,31153.8% Yes
William Cunliffe Brooks Conservative 2,84646.2% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromley-Davenport Conservative 3,28354.4% Yes
William Coare Brocklehurst Liberal 2,75645.6% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromley-Davenport Conservative 4,32256.0% Yes
James Carlile McCoan Liberal 3,39644.0% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromley-Davenport Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromley-Davenport Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst Liberal 4,25153.1% Yes
William Bromley-Davenport Conservative 3,75746.9% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst Liberal 4,53450.8% Yes
William Bromley-Davenport Conservative 4,38449.2% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst Liberal 4,41051.6% Yes
Ben Dent Conservative 4,14248.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rumney Remer Unionist 14,27758.2% Yes
William Pimblott Labour 10,25341.8% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rumney Remer Unionist 15,82548.1% Yes
Thomas Artemus Jones Liberal 10,47731.9% No
Andrew Joseph Penston Labour 6,58420.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rumney Remer Unionist 14,74445.1% Yes
William Tudor Davies Liberal 11,25934.4% No
Andrew Joseph Penston Labour 6,71320.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rumney Remer Unionist 17,17150.8% Yes
John Williams Labour 10,18730.1% No
Harry Krauss Nield Liberal 6,43419.0% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rumney Remer Unionist 19,32941.9% Yes
John Williams Labour 13,91130.2% No
John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd Liberal 12,89127.9% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rumney Remer Conservative 30,79669.0% Yes
Scott Morton Labour 13,85431.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Rumney Remer Conservative 24,24952.5% Yes
George Darling Labour 14,76132.0% No
John Poole Liberal 7,15115.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Vere Harvey Conservative 23,49545.5% Yes
Harold Fraser Urquhart Labour 20,44239.6% No
Edward Anthony Brooke Fletcher Liberal 7,70214.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Vere Harvey Conservative 25,78150.9% Yes
Fred Blackburn Labour 19,21938.0% No
Clarence Frederick Doncaster Liberal 5,62111.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Vere Harvey Conservative 29,43459.0% Yes
Agnes E Taylor Labour 20,42841.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Vere Harvey Conservative 27,55160.0% Yes
Kenneth Lomas Labour 18,36240.0% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Vere Harvey Conservative 28,97859.6% Yes
John F Bex Labour 19,65240.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Vere Harvey Conservative 24,82447.5% Yes
Denis W Coe Labour 18,46435.3% No
Gordon Hewlett-Johnson Liberal 8,97517.2% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Harvey Conservative 24,73646.8% Yes
Alec Read Labour 20,53338.9% No
Donald Burden Liberal 7,54514.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Harvey Conservative 29,02352.1% Yes
Basil Jeuda Labour 18,57133.3% No
Robert Hammond Liberal 8,12414.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 32,63848.8% Yes
Harry Silverman Labour 18,35227.4% No
Anthony Berry Liberal 15,92623.8% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 31,68550.3% Yes
Kenneth Little Labour 18,59229.5% No
Anthony Berry Liberal 12,76420.2% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 40,11658.5% Yes
Ronald Anthony Foster Labour 16,77924.5% No
Anthony Berry Liberal 11,72617.1% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 32,53859.4% Yes
Ruth Coleman Liberal 11,85921.6% No
Peter Kelly Labour 9,92318.1% No
John Edward Michael Reeman Independent 4880.9% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 33,20856.4% Yes
Andrew Haldane Liberal 14,11624.0% No
Caroline Pinder Labour 11,56319.6% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 36,44757.9% Yes
Martina Longworth Labour 13,68021.7% No
Paul Beatty Liberal Democrat 12,60020.0% No
Cheryl Penn Natural Law 2680.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 26,88849.6% Yes
Janet Jackson Labour 18,23433.6% No
Michael Flynn Liberal Democrat 9,07516.7% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 22,28448.9% Yes
Stephen Carter Labour 15,08433.1% No
Michael Flynn Liberal Democrat 8,21718.0% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 22,62849.6% Yes
Stephen Carter Labour 13,22729.0% No
Catherine O'Brien Liberal Democrat 8,91819.5% No
John Scott Veritas 8481.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Rutley Conservative 23,50347.0% Yes
Roger Barlow Liberal Democrat 11,54423.1% No
Adrian Heald Labour 10,16420.3% No
Brendan Murphy The Macclesfield Independent 2,5905.2% No
Jacqueline Smith UKIP 1,4182.8% No
John Knight Green 8401.7% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Rutley Conservative 26,06352.5% Yes
Tim Roca Labour 11,25222.7% No
Adrian Howard UKIP 6,03712.2% No
Neil Christian Liberal Democrat 3,8427.7% No
Joan Plimmer Green 2,4044.8% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Rutley Conservative 28,59552.7% Yes
Neil Puttick Labour 19,98736.8% No
Richard Flowers Liberal Democrat 3,3506.2% No
James Booth Green 1,2132.2% No
Mark Johnson Independent 1,1622.1% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Rutley Conservative 28,29252.5% Yes
Neil Puttick Labour 17,58132.6% No
Neil Christian Liberal Democrat 5,68410.6% No
James Booth Green 2,3104.3% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tim Roca Labour 24,67246.7% Yes
David Rutley Conservative 15,55229.5% No
Steve Broadhurst Reform UK 6,59212.5% No
Amanda Iremonger Green 2,4934.7% No
Neil Christian Liberal Democrat 2,4824.7% No
Christopher Wellavize Independent 7791.5% No
Dickie Fletcher Social Democratic Party 2220.4% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Conservative margin 21.2 pts 1835: Conservative margin 6.7 pts 1837: Whig margin 13.7 pts 1841: Whig margin 6.5 pts 1847: Whig margin 4.7 pts 1852: Whig margin 3.8 pts 1857: Whig margin 45.5 pts 1865: Conservative margin 3.5 pts 1868: Liberal margin 2.5 pts 1874: Liberal margin 0.4 pts 1880: Liberal margin 0.6 pts 1885: Liberal margin 7.5 pts 1886: Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1892: Conservative margin 12.0 pts 1906: Liberal margin 6.2 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 1.7 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 3.1 pts 1918: Unionist margin 16.4 pts 1922: Unionist margin 16.3 pts 1923: Unionist margin 10.7 pts 1924: Unionist margin 20.7 pts 1929: Unionist margin 11.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 37.9 pts 1935: Conservative margin 20.5 pts 1945: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 1950: Conservative margin 13.0 pts 1951: Conservative margin 18.1 pts 1955: Conservative margin 20.0 pts 1959: Conservative margin 19.2 pts 1964: Conservative margin 12.2 pts 1966: Conservative margin 8.0 pts 1970: Conservative margin 18.8 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 21.3 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 20.8 pts 1979: Conservative margin 34.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 37.7 pts 1987: Conservative margin 32.4 pts 1992: Conservative margin 36.1 pts 1997: Conservative margin 16.0 pts 2001: Conservative margin 15.8 pts 2005: Conservative margin 20.6 pts 2010: Conservative margin 23.9 pts 2015: Conservative margin 29.9 pts 2017: Conservative margin 15.8 pts 2019: Conservative margin 19.9 pts 2024: Labour margin 17.3 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Macclesfield in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Macclesfield in 2024 with 24,672 votes (46.7%), a majority of 9,120 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Macclesfield since 1832?

Since 1832, Macclesfield has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Macclesfield?

The closest result on record for Macclesfield was 1874, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 42 votes (0.4 percentage points).

Did Macclesfield ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Macclesfield elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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