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Manchester Blackley — UK General Election Results

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

Manchester Blackley was won by Labour at the 2005 general election, with a majority of 12,027 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Manchester Blackley from 1918 to 2005.

Full Election History, 1918–2005

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 William James Harold Briggs (Unionist) 7,997 54.6% Arnold Ernest Townend (Labour) 4,338 (29.6 pts) 58.9%
1922 William James Harold Briggs (Unionist) 9,023 43.3% Philip Milner Oliver (Liberal) 2,804 (13.5 pts) 81.4%
1923 Philip Milner Oliver (Liberal) 12,235 62.6% William James Harold Briggs (Unionist) 4,922 (25.2 pts) 75.4%
1924 William James Harold Briggs (Unionist) 9,737 43.2% Philip Milner Oliver (Liberal) 3,128 (13.9 pts) 85.5%
1929 Philip Milner Oliver (Liberal) 11,006 36.4% William James Harold Briggs (Unionist) 888 (2.9 pts) 82.6%
1931 John Lees-Jones (Conservative) 15,717 46.4% Philip Milner Oliver (Liberal) 4,335 (12.8 pts) 84.1%
1935 John Lees-Jones (Conservative) 15,355 44.4% Philip Milner Oliver (Liberal) 5,462 (15.8 pts) 78.1%
1945 John Diamond (Labour) 19,561 44.7% John Lees-Jones (Conservative) 4,814 (11.0 pts) 74.9%
1950 John Diamond (Labour) 21,392 42.3% Roy Jamieson (Conservative) 42 (0.1 pts) 85.7%
1951 Eric Seymour Thewlis Johnson (Conservative) 25,076 49.0% John Diamond (Labour) 2,272 (4.4 pts) 85.0%
1955 Eric Seymor Thewlis Johnson (Conservative) 25,395 58.6% John Diamond (Labour) 5,436 (12.5 pts) 77.3%
1959 Eric Seymour Thewlis Johnson (Conservative) 22,163 47.0% Reginald Chrimes (Labour) 4,373 (9.3 pts) 81.5%
1964 Paul Bernard Rose (Labour) 19,570 43.6% Eric Seymour Thewlis Johnson (Conservative) 1,222 (2.7 pts) 79.5%
1966 Paul Rose (Labour) 21,571 52.4% David Stanley (Conservative) 6,300 (15.3 pts) 75.5%
1970 Paul Rose (Labour) 21,437 53.2% Albert Maguire (Conservative) 2,599 (6.5 pts) 69.5%
Feb 1974 Paul Rose (Labour) 19,369 46.8% Hugh Samuel (Conservative) 5,506 (13.3 pts) 76.1%
Oct 1974 Paul Rose (Labour) 19,720 50.9% Alfred Stephen Lea (Conservative) 7,119 (18.4 pts) 70.7%
1979 Kenneth Eastham (Labour) 20,346 50.4% Arthur Green (Conservative) 4,504 (11.2 pts) 76.4%
1983 Kenneth Eastham (Labour) 20,132 48.1% Peter Ridgway (Conservative) 6,456 (15.4 pts) 69.7%
1987 Kenneth Eastham (Labour) 22,476 52.4% Krishan Nath (Conservative) 10,122 (23.6 pts) 72.9%
1992 Kenneth Eastham (Labour) 23,031 60.2% William Hobhouse (Conservative) 12,389 (32.4 pts) 69.3%
1997 Graham Stringer (Labour) 25,042 70.0% Stephen Barclay (Conservative) 19,588 (54.8 pts) 57.5%
2001 Graham Stringer (Labour) 18,285 68.9% Lance Stanbury (Conservative) 14,464 (54.5 pts) 44.9%
2005 Graham Stringer (Labour) 17,187 62.3% Iain Donaldson (Liberal Democrat) 12,027 (43.6 pts) 45.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Harold Briggs Unionist 7,99754.6% Yes
Arnold Ernest Townend Labour 3,65925.0% No
Philip Milner Oliver Liberal 2,98620.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Harold Briggs Unionist 9,02343.3% Yes
Philip Milner Oliver Liberal 6,21929.9% No
Arnold Ernest Townend Labour 5,58026.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Milner Oliver Liberal 12,23562.6% Yes
William James Harold Briggs Unionist 7,31337.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Harold Briggs Unionist 9,73743.2% Yes
Philip Milner Oliver Liberal 6,60929.3% No
Wilfrid Andrew Burke Labour 6,19527.5% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Milner Oliver Liberal 11,00636.4% Yes
William James Harold Briggs Unionist 10,11833.5% No
Wilfrid Andrew Burke Labour 9,09130.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lees-Jones Conservative 15,71746.4% Yes
Philip Milner Oliver Liberal 11,38233.6% No
Wilfrid Andrew Burke Labour 6,75219.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lees-Jones Conservative 15,35544.4% Yes
Philip Milner Oliver Liberal 9,89328.6% No
William Emrys Davies Labour 9,37027.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Diamond Labour 19,56144.7% Yes
John Lees-Jones Conservative 14,74733.7% No
Philip Milner Oliver Liberal 9,48021.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Diamond Labour 21,39242.3% Yes
Roy Jamieson Conservative 21,35042.2% No
Henry Donald Moore Liberal 7,31714.5% No
Ben Ainley Communist 5621.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Seymour Thewlis Johnson Conservative 25,07649.0% Yes
John Diamond Labour 22,80444.6% No
Frank Smith Liberal 3,2876.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Seymor Thewlis Johnson Conservative 25,39558.6% Yes
John Diamond Labour 19,95946.0% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Seymour Thewlis Johnson Conservative 22,16347.0% Yes
Reginald Chrimes Labour 17,79037.7% No
Robert Michael Hammond Liberal 7,22315.3% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Bernard Rose Labour 19,57043.6% Yes
Eric Seymour Thewlis Johnson Conservative 18,34840.8% No
Robert Michael Hammond Liberal 7,00215.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Rose Labour 21,57152.4% Yes
David Stanley Conservative 15,27137.1% No
Lawrence Bayley Liberal 4,29710.4% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Rose Labour 21,43753.2% Yes
Albert Maguire Conservative 18,83846.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Rose Labour 19,36946.8% Yes
Hugh Samuel Conservative 13,86333.5% No
Harry Roche Liberal 8,15519.7% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Rose Labour 19,72050.9% Yes
Alfred Stephen Lea Conservative 12,60132.5% No
Ronald Jackson Liberal 5,51714.2% No
Herbert Andrew National Front 9142.4% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kenneth Eastham Labour 20,34650.4% Yes
Arthur Green Conservative 15,84239.2% No
James Ashley Liberal 3,8689.6% No
Nigel Wallace National Front 3260.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kenneth Eastham Labour 20,13248.1% Yes
Peter Ridgway Conservative 13,67632.6% No
John Cookson Liberal 8,08119.3% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kenneth Eastham Labour 22,47652.4% Yes
Krishan Nath Conservative 12,35428.8% No
Harvey Showman Social Democratic Party 8,04118.8% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kenneth Eastham Labour 23,03160.2% Yes
William Hobhouse Conservative 10,64227.8% No
Simon Wheale Liberal Democrat 4,32411.3% No
Michael Kennedy Natural Law 2880.8% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Graham Stringer Labour 25,04270.0% Yes
Stephen Barclay Conservative 5,45415.3% No
Simon Wheale Liberal Democrat 3,93711.0% No
Paul Stayner Referendum Party 1,3233.7% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Graham Stringer Labour 18,28568.9% Yes
Lance Stanbury Conservative 3,82114.4% No
Gary Riding Liberal Democrat 3,01511.4% No
Kenneth Barr Socialist Labour 4851.8% No
Karren Reissmann Socialist Alliance 4611.7% No
Aziz Bhatti Anti-Corruption Forum 4561.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Graham Stringer Labour 17,18762.3% Yes
Iain Donaldson Liberal Democrat 5,16018.7% No
Amar Ahmed Conservative 3,69013.4% No
Roger Bullock UKIP 1,5545.6% No

Margin Over Time

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

1918: Unionist margin 29.6 pts 1922: Unionist margin 13.5 pts 1923: Liberal margin 25.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 13.9 pts 1929: Liberal margin 2.9 pts 1931: Conservative margin 12.8 pts 1935: Conservative margin 15.8 pts 1945: Labour margin 11.0 pts 1950: Labour margin 0.1 pts 1951: Conservative margin 4.4 pts 1955: Conservative margin 12.5 pts 1959: Conservative margin 9.3 pts 1964: Labour margin 2.7 pts 1966: Labour margin 15.3 pts 1970: Labour margin 6.5 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 13.3 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 18.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 11.2 pts 1983: Labour margin 15.4 pts 1987: Labour margin 23.6 pts 1992: Labour margin 32.4 pts 1997: Labour margin 54.8 pts 2001: Labour margin 54.5 pts 2005: Labour margin 43.6 pts 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

Trend

Manchester Blackley has been contested at 24 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Liberal, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Manchester Blackley in the 2005 general election?

Labour won Manchester Blackley in 2005 with 17,187 votes (62.3%), a majority of 12,027 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.

Which parties have won Manchester Blackley since 1918?

Since 1918, Manchester Blackley has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Manchester Blackley?

The closest result on record for Manchester Blackley was 1950, when Labour beat Conservative by just 42 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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