Stone — UK General Election Results

Stone was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 19,945 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Stone from 1918 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1918–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Smith Hill Child (Unionist) 7,568 46.7% George Townsend (Liberal) 1,995 (12.3 pts) 62.0%
1922 Joseph Quinton Lamb (Unionist) 7,742 38.4% George Townsend (Liberal) 544 (2.7 pts) 71.4%
1923 Joseph Quinton Lamb (Unionist) 10,001 50.8% Walter Meakin (Liberal) 314 (1.6 pts) 67.5%
1924 Joseph Quinton Lamb (Unionist) 12,856 57.3% Walter Meakin (Liberal) 7,505 (33.4 pts) 74.9%
1929 Joseph Quinton Lamb (Unionist) 13,965 44.0% Walter Meakin (Liberal) 4,990 (15.7 pts) 76.9%
1931 Joseph Quinton Lamb (Conservative) 20,327 62.1% Walter Meakin (Liberal) 13,920 (42.5 pts) 74.6%
1935 Joseph Quinton Lamb (Conservative) 20,498 61.0% William Isaac Simcock (Labour) 7,399 (22.0 pts) 66.3%
1945 Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser (Conservative) 20,279 42.9% William Isaac Simcock (Labour) 2,106 (4.5 pts) 72.6%
1997 Bill Cash (Conservative) 24,859 46.8% Jogn Wakefield (Labour) 3,818 (7.2 pts) 77.8%
2001 Bill Cash (Conservative) 22,395 49.1% John Palfreyman (Labour) 6,036 (13.2 pts) 66.3%
2005 Bill Cash (Conservative) 22,733 48.3% Mark Davis (Labour) 9,089 (19.3 pts) 66.9%
2010 Bill Cash (Conservative) 23,890 50.6% Christine Tinker (Liberal Democrat) 13,292 (28.1 pts) 70.5%
2015 Bill Cash (Conservative) 25,733 54.7% Sam Hale (Labour) 16,250 (34.5 pts) 70.0%
2017 Bill Cash (Conservative) 31,614 63.2% Sam Hale (Labour) 17,495 (35.0 pts) 73.9%
2019 William Cash (Conservative) 31,687 63.6% Mike Stubbs (Labour) 19,945 (40.0 pts) 72.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Smith Hill Child Unionist 7,56846.7% Yes
George Townsend Liberal 5,57334.4% No
Joseph Quinton Lamb Agriculturalist 3,05618.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Quinton Lamb Unionist 7,74238.4% Yes
George Townsend Liberal 7,19835.7% No
Wilfred Liddell Steel Agriculturalist 5,24326.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Quinton Lamb Unionist 10,00150.8% Yes
Walter Meakin Liberal 9,68749.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Quinton Lamb Unionist 12,85657.3% Yes
Walter Meakin Liberal 5,35123.8% No
Charles Austin Brook Labour 4,24518.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Quinton Lamb Unionist 13,96544.0% Yes
Walter Meakin Liberal 8,97528.3% No
George Belt Labour 8,79227.7% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Quinton Lamb Conservative 20,32762.1% Yes
Walter Meakin Liberal 6,40719.6% No
William Isaac Simcock Labour 5,99318.3% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Quinton Lamb Conservative 20,49861.0% Yes
William Isaac Simcock Labour 13,09939.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser Conservative 20,27942.9% Yes
William Isaac Simcock Labour 18,17338.4% No
John Hamilton Wedgwood Liberal 8,85318.7% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Cash Conservative 24,85946.8% Yes
Jogn Wakefield Labour 21,04139.6% No
Barry Stamp Liberal Democrat 6,39212.0% No
Ann Winfield Liberal 5451.0% No
Dinah Grice Natural Law 2370.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Cash Conservative 22,39549.1% Yes
John Palfreyman Labour 16,35935.8% No
Brendan McKeown Liberal Democrat 6,88815.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Cash Conservative 22,73348.3% Yes
Mark Davis Labour 13,64429.0% No
Richard Stevens Liberal Democrat 9,11119.4% No
Mike Nattrass UKIP 1,5483.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Cash Conservative 23,89050.6% Yes
Christine Tinker Liberal Democrat 10,59822.4% No
Joanne Lewis Labour 9,77020.7% No
Andrew Illsley UKIP 2,4815.3% No
Damon Hoppe Green 4901.0% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Cash Conservative 25,73354.7% Yes
Sam Hale Labour 9,48320.2% No
Andrew Illsley UKIP 7,62016.2% No
Martin Lewis Liberal Democrat 2,4735.3% No
Wenslie Naylon Green 1,1912.5% No
John Coutouvidis Independent 5311.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bill Cash Conservative 31,61463.2% Yes
Sam Hale Labour 14,11928.2% No
Martin Lewis Liberal Democrat 2,2224.4% No
Edward Whitfield UKIP 1,3702.7% No
Samantha Pancheri Green 7071.4% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Cash Conservative 31,68763.6% Yes
Mike Stubbs Labour 11,74223.6% No
Alec Sandiford Liberal Democrat 4,4128.9% No
Tom Adamson Green 2,0024.0% No

Margin Over Time

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

1918: Unionist margin 12.3 pts 1922: Unionist margin 2.7 pts 1923: Unionist margin 1.6 pts 1924: Unionist margin 33.4 pts 1929: Unionist margin 15.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 42.5 pts 1935: Conservative margin 22.0 pts 1945: Conservative margin 4.5 pts 1997: Conservative margin 7.2 pts 2001: Conservative margin 13.2 pts 2005: Conservative margin 19.3 pts 2010: Conservative margin 28.1 pts 2015: Conservative margin 34.5 pts 2017: Conservative margin 35.0 pts 2019: Conservative margin 40.0 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Stone has been contested at 15 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Stone in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Stone in 2019 with 31,687 votes (63.6%), a majority of 19,945 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Stone since 1918?

Since 1918, Stone has been won by: Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Stone?

The closest result on record for Stone was 1923, when Unionist beat Liberal by just 314 votes (1.6 percentage points).

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