Stalybridge and Hyde — UK General Election Results

Stalybridge and Hyde was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 8,539 votes over Reform UK. This page covers every general election in Stalybridge and Hyde from 1918 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1918–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 John Wood (Unionist) 13,462 51.4% Walter Fowden (Labour) 6,954 (26.5 pts) 60.0%
1922 John Phillips Rhodes (Unionist) 17,216 49.1% John Lincoln Tattersall (Liberal) 6,951 (19.8 pts) 81.1%
1923 John Lincoln Tattersall (Liberal) 17,082 53.7% John Phillips Rhodes (Unionist) 2,374 (7.5 pts) 72.2%
1924 Edmund Walter Hanbury Wood (Unionist) 16,412 44.2% Walter Fowden (Labour) 3,903 (10.5 pts) 84.0%
1929 Hugh Hartley Lawrie (Labour) 20,343 41.1% Edmund Walter Hanbury Wood (Unionist) 2,360 (4.8 pts) 86.4%
1931 Sydney Hope (Conservative) 27,557 54.4% William Dobbie (Labour) 13,306 (26.3 pts) 86.9%
1935 Philip Russell Rendel Dunne (Conservative) 25,502 55.5% Rowland William Casasola (Labour) 5,073 (11.0 pts) 78.7%
1945 Gordon Lang (Labour) 20,597 44.7% Horace Brimson Trevor Cox (Conservative) 4,370 (9.5 pts) 80.5%
1950 Gordon Lang (Labour) 23,462 46.6% Douglas Glover (Conservative) 1,843 (3.7 pts) 87.7%
1951 Fred Blackburn (Labour) 25,402 50.3% Douglas Glover (Conservative) 298 (0.6 pts) 87.4%
1955 Fred Blackburn (Labour) 23,617 50.2% Idris Wyn Owen (Conservative) 155 (0.3 pts) 83.5%
1959 Fred Blackburn (Labour) 23,732 51.5% Sir Edward Joseph Brown (Conservative) 1,423 (3.1 pts) 83.4%
1964 Fred Blackburn (Labour) 23,164 54.0% Sydney Brookes Chapman (Conservative) 3,425 (8.0 pts) 78.7%
1966 Fred Blackburn (Labour) 23,974 56.9% John Rogerson (Conservative) 5,821 (13.8 pts) 73.6%
1970 Tom Pendry (Labour) 22,226 47.4% John Rogerson (Conservative) 2,849 (6.1 pts) 73.5%
Feb 1974 Tom Pendry (Labour) 24,922 47.4% Sam Swerling (Conservative) 8,068 (15.3 pts) 79.9%
Oct 1974 Tom Pendry (Labour) 25,161 51.8% Michael Stephen Burgoyne (Conservative) 9,757 (20.1 pts) 73.2%
1979 Tom Pendry (Labour) 27,082 51.9% John Kershaw (Conservative) 6,580 (12.6 pts) 77.1%
1983 Tom Pendry (Labour) 21,798 45.5% Brian Silvester (Conservative) 4,362 (9.1 pts) 70.5%
1987 Tom Pendry (Labour) 24,401 48.4% Richard Greenwood (Conservative) 5,663 (11.2 pts) 74.2%
1992 Tom Pendry (Labour) 26,207 52.3% Simon Mort (Conservative) 8,831 (17.6 pts) 73.5%
1997 Tom Pendry (Labour) 25,363 58.9% Nick de Bois (Conservative) 14,806 (34.4 pts) 65.8%
2001 James Purnell (Labour) 17,781 55.5% Andrew Reid (Conservative) 8,859 (27.6 pts) 48.4%
2005 James Purnell (Labour) 17,535 49.7% Lisa Boardman (Conservative) 8,348 (23.6 pts) 53.5%
2010 Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) 16,189 39.6% Rob Adlard (Conservative) 2,744 (6.7 pts) 59.4%
2015 Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) 18,447 45.0% Martin Riley (Conservative) 6,686 (16.3 pts) 57.8%
2017 Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) 24,277 57.2% Tom Dowse (Conservative) 8,084 (19.0 pts) 59.6%
2019 Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) 19,025 44.9% Tayub Amjad (Conservative) 2,946 (7.0 pts) 58.2%
2024 Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) 16,320 43.8% Barbara Kaya (Reform UK) 8,539 (22.9 pts) 51.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Wood Unionist 13,46251.4% Yes
Walter Fowden Labour 6,50824.8% No
Thomas Owen Jacobsen Liberal 6,24123.8% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Phillips Rhodes Unionist 17,21649.1% Yes
John Lincoln Tattersall Liberal 10,26529.3% No
Percy Horace Ward Labour 7,57821.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lincoln Tattersall Liberal 17,08253.7% Yes
John Phillips Rhodes Unionist 14,70846.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Walter Hanbury Wood Unionist 16,41244.2% Yes
Walter Fowden Labour 12,50933.7% No
John Lincoln Tattersall Liberal 8,20122.1% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Hartley Lawrie Labour 20,34341.1% Yes
Edmund Walter Hanbury Wood Unionist 17,98336.3% No
Percy Herbert Jones Liberal 11,18622.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sydney Hope Conservative 27,55754.4% Yes
William Dobbie Labour 14,25128.1% No
Percy Herbert Jones Liberal 8,84917.5% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Russell Rendel Dunne Conservative 25,50255.5% Yes
Rowland William Casasola Labour 20,42944.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gordon Lang Labour 20,59744.7% Yes
Horace Brimson Trevor Cox Conservative 16,22735.2% No
Donald Fletcher Burden Liberal 9,24020.1% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gordon Lang Labour 23,46246.6% Yes
Douglas Glover Conservative 21,61942.9% No
Donald Fletcher Burden Liberal 4,9309.8% No
Denis Parker Herrick Communist 3890.8% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fred Blackburn Labour 25,40250.3% Yes
Douglas Glover Conservative 25,10449.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fred Blackburn Labour 23,61750.2% Yes
Idris Wyn Owen Conservative 23,46249.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fred Blackburn Labour 23,73251.5% Yes
Sir Edward Joseph Brown Conservative 22,30948.5% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fred Blackburn Labour 23,16454.0% Yes
Sydney Brookes Chapman Conservative 19,73946.0% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fred Blackburn Labour 23,97456.9% Yes
John Rogerson Conservative 18,15343.1% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Pendry Labour 22,22647.4% Yes
John Rogerson Conservative 19,37741.3% No
Robert Cooke Liberal 5,30311.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Pendry Labour 24,92247.4% Yes
Sam Swerling Conservative 16,85432.0% No
Harold White Independent Liberal 10,85020.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Pendry Labour 25,16151.8% Yes
Michael Stephen Burgoyne Conservative 15,40431.7% No
Donald Burden Liberal 7,72515.9% No
George Tetler Independent 3180.7% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Pendry Labour 27,08251.9% Yes
John Kershaw Conservative 20,50239.3% No
James Kenneth Pickup Liberal 4,6428.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Pendry Labour 21,79845.5% Yes
Brian Silvester Conservative 17,43636.4% No
John Hughes Liberal 8,33917.4% No
Bryan Nylan National Front 2940.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Pendry Labour 24,40148.4% Yes
Richard Greenwood Conservative 18,73837.1% No
Peter Ashenden Social Democratic Party 7,31114.5% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Pendry Labour 26,20752.3% Yes
Simon Mort Conservative 17,37634.7% No
Ian Kirk Liberal Democrat 4,7409.5% No
Robert Powell Liberal 1,1992.4% No
Darren Poyzer Monster Raving Loony 3370.7% No
Edward Blomfield Natural Law 2380.5% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Pendry Labour 25,36358.9% Yes
Nick de Bois Conservative 10,55724.5% No
Martin Cross Liberal Democrat 5,16912.0% No
Robert Clapham Referendum Party 1,9924.6% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Purnell Labour 17,78155.5% Yes
Andrew Reid Conservative 8,92227.8% No
Brendon Jones Liberal Democrat 4,32713.5% No
Frank Bennett UKIP 1,0163.2% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Purnell Labour 17,53549.7% Yes
Lisa Boardman Conservative 9,18726.0% No
Viv Bingham Liberal Democrat 5,53215.7% No
Nigel Byrne BNP 1,3994.0% No
Mike Smee Green 1,0883.1% No
John Whittaker UKIP 5731.6% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jonathan Reynolds Labour 16,18939.6% Yes
Rob Adlard Conservative 13,44532.9% No
John Potter Liberal Democrat 6,96517.0% No
Anthony Jones BNP 2,2595.5% No
John Cooke UKIP 1,3423.3% No
Ruth Bergan Green 6791.7% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jonathan Reynolds Labour 18,44745.0% Yes
Martin Riley Conservative 11,76128.7% No
Angela McManus UKIP 7,72018.8% No
Jenny Ross Green 1,8504.5% No
Peter Flynn Liberal Democrat 1,2563.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jonathan Reynolds Labour 24,27757.2% Yes
Tom Dowse Conservative 16,19338.1% No
Paul Ankers Liberal Democrat 9962.3% No
Julie Wood Green 9912.3% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jonathan Reynolds Labour 19,02544.9% Yes
Tayub Amjad Conservative 16,07938.0% No
Julian Newton Brexit Party 3,5918.5% No
Jamie Dwan Liberal Democrat 1,8274.3% No
Julie Wood Green 1,4113.3% No
John Edge Liberal 4351.0% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jonathan Reynolds Labour 16,32043.8% Yes
Barbara Kaya Reform UK 7,78120.9% No
Phil Chadwick Conservative 6,87218.5% No
Robert Hodgetts-Haley Green 2,7457.4% No
Audel Shirin Workers Party of Britain 1,2273.3% No
Ian Owen Independent 1,2143.3% No
Kamala Kugan Liberal Democrat 1,0802.9% No

Margin Over Time

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

1918: Unionist margin 26.5 pts 1922: Unionist margin 19.8 pts 1923: Liberal margin 7.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 10.5 pts 1929: Labour margin 4.8 pts 1931: Conservative margin 26.3 pts 1935: Conservative margin 11.0 pts 1945: Labour margin 9.5 pts 1950: Labour margin 3.7 pts 1951: Labour margin 0.6 pts 1955: Labour margin 0.3 pts 1959: Labour margin 3.1 pts 1964: Labour margin 8.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 13.8 pts 1970: Labour margin 6.1 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 15.3 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 20.1 pts 1979: Labour margin 12.6 pts 1983: Labour margin 9.1 pts 1987: Labour margin 11.2 pts 1992: Labour margin 17.6 pts 1997: Labour margin 34.4 pts 2001: Labour margin 27.6 pts 2005: Labour margin 23.6 pts 2010: Labour margin 6.7 pts 2015: Labour margin 16.3 pts 2017: Labour margin 19.0 pts 2019: Labour margin 7.0 pts 2024: Labour margin 22.9 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 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Stalybridge and Hyde has been contested at 29 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Liberal, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Stalybridge and Hyde in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Stalybridge and Hyde in 2024 with 16,320 votes (43.8%), a majority of 8,539 votes over Reform UK in second place.

Which parties have won Stalybridge and Hyde since 1918?

Since 1918, Stalybridge and Hyde has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Stalybridge and Hyde?

The closest result on record for Stalybridge and Hyde was 1955, when Labour beat Conservative by just 155 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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