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Stroud — UK General Election Results

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

Stroud was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 11,388 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Stroud 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 William Henry Hyett (Whig); David Ricardo (Whig) 585 46.2% (top seat) George Julius Poulett Scrope (Whig) 23 (1.1 pts) 85.5%
1835 George Julius Poulett Scrope (Whig); Charles Richard Fox (Whig) 708 49.2% (top seat) Jelinger Cookson Symons (Radical) 521 (29.6 pts) 67.5%
1837 George Julius Poulett Scrope (Whig); John Russell (Whig) 681 41.6% (top seat) John Adams (Conservative) 384 (22.9 pts) 62.5%
1841 William Henry Stanton (Whig); George Julius Poulett Scrope (Whig) 527 39.7% (top seat) William Lascelles Wraxall (Conservative) 150 (10.0 pts) 61.2%
1847 William Henry Stanton (Whig); George Julius Poulett Scrope (Whig) 541 44.0% (top seat) Marcus Mereweather Turner (Radical) 365 (28.5 pts) 52.9%
1852 George Julius Poulett Scrope (Whig); Henry John Reynolds-Moreton (Whig) 528 29.8% (top seat) Samuel Baker (Conservative) 40 (2.1 pts) 71.4%
1857 Edward Horsman (Whig); George Julius Poulett Scrope (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Edward Horsman (Liberal); George Julius Poulett Scrope (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Edward Horsman (Liberal); George Julius Poulett Scrope (Liberal) 685 41.4% (top seat) Ashley George John Ponsonby (Liberal) 398 (24.0 pts) 61.2%
1868 Sebastian Stewart Dickinson (Liberal); Henry Selfe Page Winterbotham (Liberal) 2,805 37.2% (top seat) John Edward Dorington (Conservative) 709 (9.1 pts) 69.2%
1874 Walter John Stanton (Liberal); Sebastian Stewart Dickinson (Liberal) 2,794 25.9% (top seat) John Edward Dorington (Conservative) 31 (0.3 pts) 91.1%
1880 Walter John Stanton (Liberal); Henry Robert Brand (Liberal) 3,081 26.5% (top seat) George Holloway (Conservative) 271 (2.3 pts) 91.8%
1885 Henry Robert Brand (Liberal) 4,646 51.7% George Holloway (Conservative) 313 (3.5 pts) 86.6%
1886 George Holloway (Conservative) 4,620 54.2% Walter John Stanton (Liberal) 709 (8.3 pts) 82.3%
1892 David Brynmor Jones (Liberal) 4,611 51.1% George Holloway (Conservative) 201 (2.2 pts) 81.5%
1895 Charles Alfred Cripps (Conservative) 5,175 53.4% Charles Peter Allen (Liberal) 661 (6.8 pts) 83.6%
1900 Charles Peter Allen (Liberal) 4,692 51.7% Charles Alfred Cripps (Conservative) 313 (3.5 pts) 86.6%
1906 Charles Peter Allen (Liberal) 5,401 56.1% William Burton Stewart (Conservative) 1,180 (12.3 pts) 90.6%
Jan 1910 Charles Peter Allen (Liberal) 5,285 51.6% Arthur William Clifford (Conservative) 323 (3.1 pts) 93.2%
Dec 1910 Charles Peter Allen (Liberal) 5,051 51.0% Cecil Edwin Fitch (Conservative) 202 (2.0 pts) 90.1%
1918 Robert Ashton Lister (Liberal) 12,734 59.9% Charles Wye Kendall (Labour) 4,212 (19.8 pts) 61.3%
1922 Stanley William Tubbs (Unionist) 14,723 51.0% Charles Peter Allen (Liberal) 5,682 (19.7 pts) 79.9%
1923 Frederick Edward Guest (Liberal) 15,179 53.2% Stanley William Tubbs (Unionist) 1,824 (6.4 pts) 78.2%
1924 Frank Nelson (Unionist) 15,973 54.2% Edith Picton-Turbervill (Labour) 8,555 (29.0 pts) 78.9%
1929 Frank Nelson (Unionist) 17,700 44.5% Arthur William Stanton (Liberal) 5,972 (15.0 pts) 81.6%
1931 Walter Robert Dempster Perkins (Conservative) 27,612 71.4% Frank Wynne Davies (Labour) 16,573 (42.9 pts) 76.5%
1935 Walter Robert Dempster Perkins (Conservative) 24,282 63.2% Constance Elizabeth Maude Borrett (Labour) 10,149 (26.4 pts) 71.0%
1945 Benjamin Theaker Parkin (Labour) 22,495 40.8% Walter Robert Dempster Perkins (Conservative) 949 (1.7 pts) 72.6%
1955 John Anthony Kershaw (Conservative) 23,318 49.4% Richard Evely (Labour) 3,943 (8.4 pts) 84.3%
1959 John Anthony Kershaw (Conservative) 23,448 48.1% Alfred Thomas Evans (Labour) 5,112 (10.5 pts) 85.2%
1964 John Anthony Kershaw (Conservative) 21,802 44.1% Dennis V Hunt (Labour) 2,913 (5.9 pts) 85.4%
1966 John Kershaw (Conservative) 21,804 43.2% Thomas Cox (Labour) 1,545 (3.1 pts) 85.8%
1970 John Kershaw (Conservative) 27,089 51.1% R Derek Wheatley (Labour) 7,931 (14.9 pts) 80.3%
Oct 1974 John Kershaw (Conservative) 24,406 43.8% William Henry Maddocks (Labour) 7,054 (12.7 pts) 80.4%
Feb 1974 John Kershaw (Conservative) 25,619 43.6% William Henry Maddocks (Labour) 8,471 (14.4 pts) 85.4%
1979 John Kershaw (Conservative) 32,534 52.6% Beverley John Marshall (Labour) 15,497 (25.0 pts) 81.3%
1983 Sir John Kershaw (Conservative) 30,896 51.3% Gerald Timothy Fallon (Liberal) 11,714 (19.4 pts) 77.7%
1987 Roger Knapman (Conservative) 32,883 50.2% Adrian Walker-Smith (Liberal) 12,375 (18.9 pts) 80.6%
1992 Roger Knapman (Conservative) 32,201 46.2% David Drew (Labour) 13,405 (19.2 pts) 84.5%
1997 David Drew (Labour) 26,170 42.7% Roger Knapman (Conservative) 2,910 (4.7 pts) 79.2%
2001 David Drew (Labour) 25,685 46.6% Neil Carmichael (Conservative) 5,039 (9.1 pts) 69.9%
2005 David Drew (Labour) 22,527 39.6% Neil Carmichael (Conservative) 350 (0.6 pts) 71.3%
2010 Neil Carmichael (Conservative) 23,679 40.8% David Drew (Labour) 1,299 (2.2 pts) 74.2%
2015 Neil Carmichael (Conservative) 27,813 45.7% David Drew (Labour) 4,866 (8.0 pts) 75.7%
2017 David Drew (Labour) 29,994 47.0% Neil Carmichael (Conservative) 687 (1.1 pts) 77.2%
2019 Siobhan Baillie (Conservative) 31,582 47.9% David Drew (Labour) 3,840 (5.8 pts) 78.2%
2024 Simon Opher (Labour) 25,607 46.4% Siobhan Baillie (Conservative) 11,388 (20.6 pts) 71.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hyett Whig 98546.2% Yes
David Ricardo Whig 58527.4% Yes
George Julius Poulett Scrope Whig 56226.4% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Julius Poulett Scrope Whig 86649.2% Yes
Charles Richard Fox Whig 70840.2% Yes
Jelinger Cookson Symons Radical 18710.6% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Julius Poulett Scrope Whig 69841.6% Yes
John Russell Whig 68140.6% Yes
John Adams Conservative 29717.7% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Stanton Whig 59439.7% Yes
George Julius Poulett Scrope Whig 52735.2% Yes
William Lascelles Wraxall Conservative 37725.2% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Stanton Whig 56344.0% Yes
George Julius Poulett Scrope Whig 54142.3% Yes
Marcus Mereweather Turner Radical 17613.8% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Julius Poulett Scrope Whig 56529.8% Yes
Henry John Reynolds-Moreton Whig 52827.8% Yes
Samuel Baker Conservative 48825.7% No
John Norton Radical 31616.7% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Horsman Whig Unopposed Yes
George Julius Poulett Scrope Whig Unopposed Yes

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Horsman Liberal Unopposed Yes
George Julius Poulett Scrope Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Horsman Liberal 68741.4% Yes
George Julius Poulett Scrope Liberal 68541.3% Yes
Ashley George John Ponsonby Liberal 28717.3% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sebastian Stewart Dickinson Liberal 2,90737.2% Yes
Henry Selfe Page Winterbotham Liberal 2,80535.9% Yes
John Edward Dorington Conservative 2,09626.8% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter John Stanton Liberal 2,79825.9% Yes
Sebastian Stewart Dickinson Liberal 2,79425.8% Yes
John Edward Dorington Conservative 2,76325.5% No
George Holloway Conservative 2,46722.8% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter John Stanton Liberal 3,09826.5% Yes
Henry Robert Brand Liberal 3,08126.3% Yes
George Holloway Conservative 2,81024.0% No
John Edward Dorington Conservative 2,72223.2% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Robert Brand Liberal 4,64651.7% Yes
George Holloway Conservative 4,33348.3% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Holloway Conservative 4,62054.2% Yes
Walter John Stanton Liberal 3,91145.8% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Brynmor Jones Liberal 4,61151.1% Yes
George Holloway Conservative 4,41048.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Alfred Cripps Conservative 5,17553.4% Yes
Charles Peter Allen Liberal 4,51446.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Peter Allen Liberal 4,69251.7% Yes
Charles Alfred Cripps Conservative 4,37948.3% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Peter Allen Liberal 5,40156.1% Yes
William Burton Stewart Conservative 4,22143.9% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Peter Allen Liberal 5,28551.6% Yes
Arthur William Clifford Conservative 4,96248.4% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Peter Allen Liberal 5,05151.0% Yes
Cecil Edwin Fitch Conservative 4,84949.0% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Ashton Lister Liberal 12,73459.9% Yes
Charles Wye Kendall Labour 8,52240.1% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stanley William Tubbs Unionist 14,72351.0% Yes
Charles Peter Allen Liberal 9,04131.3% No
Samuel Edward Walters Labour 5,08117.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Edward Guest Liberal 15,17953.2% Yes
Stanley William Tubbs Unionist 13,35546.8% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Nelson Unionist 15,97354.2% Yes
Edith Picton-Turbervill Labour 7,41825.2% No
Arthur William Stanton Liberal 6,05720.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Nelson Unionist 17,70044.5% Yes
Arthur William Stanton Liberal 11,72829.5% No
Frank Ernest White Labour 10,38426.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Robert Dempster Perkins Conservative 27,61271.4% Yes
Frank Wynne Davies Labour 11,03928.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Robert Dempster Perkins Conservative 24,28263.2% Yes
Constance Elizabeth Maude Borrett Labour 14,13336.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Theaker Parkin Labour 22,49540.8% Yes
Walter Robert Dempster Perkins Conservative 21,54639.0% No
Peter Egbert Cadbury Liberal 11,14120.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Anthony Kershaw Conservative 23,31849.4% Yes
Richard Evely Labour 19,37541.1% No
Eric Barnett Ayliffe Liberal 4,4899.5% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Anthony Kershaw Conservative 23,44848.1% Yes
Alfred Thomas Evans Labour 18,33637.6% No
Clement John McNair Liberal 6,98814.3% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Anthony Kershaw Conservative 21,80244.1% Yes
Dennis V Hunt Labour 18,88938.2% No
Iain P Crawford Liberal 8,74717.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Kershaw Conservative 21,80443.2% Yes
Thomas Cox Labour 20,25940.1% No
John Smith Liberal 8,39716.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Kershaw Conservative 27,08951.1% Yes
R Derek Wheatley Labour 19,15836.1% No
David Davies Liberal 6,79912.8% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Kershaw Conservative 24,40643.8% Yes
William Henry Maddocks Labour 17,35231.1% No
Sybil Anne Ritchie Liberal 13,75624.7% No
John Stuart Churchill United Democratic 2410.4% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Kershaw Conservative 25,61943.6% Yes
William Henry Maddocks Labour 17,14829.2% No
Sybil Anne Ritchie Liberal 15,52126.4% No
John Stuart Churchill Powell Conservative 4700.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Kershaw Conservative 32,53452.6% Yes
Beverley John Marshall Labour 17,03727.5% No
James Heppell Liberal 12,31419.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Kershaw Conservative 30,89651.3% Yes
Gerald Timothy Fallon Liberal 19,18231.9% No
David Parsons Labour 10,14116.8% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Knapman Conservative 32,88350.2% Yes
Adrian Walker-Smith Liberal 20,50831.3% No
Tom Levitt Labour 12,14518.5% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Knapman Conservative 32,20146.2% Yes
David Drew Labour 18,79626.9% No
Myles Robinson Liberal Democrat 16,75124.0% No
Sue Atkinson Green 2,0052.9% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Drew Labour 26,17042.7% Yes
Roger Knapman Conservative 23,26037.9% No
Paul Hodgkinson Liberal Democrat 9,50215.5% No
John Marjoram Green 2,4153.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Drew Labour 25,68546.6% Yes
Neil Carmichael Conservative 20,64637.4% No
Janice Beasley Liberal Democrat 6,03610.9% No
Kevin Cranston Green 1,9133.5% No
Adrian Blake UKIP 8951.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Drew Labour 22,52739.6% Yes
Neil Carmichael Conservative 22,17739.0% No
Peter Hirst Liberal Democrat 8,02614.1% No
Martin Whiteside Green 3,0565.4% No
Edward Noble UKIP 1,0891.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Neil Carmichael Conservative 23,67940.8% Yes
David Drew Labour 22,38038.6% No
Dennis Andrewartha Liberal Democrat 8,95515.4% No
Martin Whiteside Green 1,5422.7% No
Steve Parker UKIP 1,3012.2% No
Alan Lomas Independent 1160.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Neil Carmichael Conservative 27,81345.7% Yes
David Drew Labour 22,94737.7% No
Caroline Stephens UKIP 4,8488.0% No
Sarah Lunnon Green 2,7794.6% No
Adrian Walker-Smith Liberal Democrat 2,0863.4% No
Rich Wilson Independent 2460.4% No
David Michael Free Public Transport Party 1000.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Drew Labour 29,99447.0% Yes
Neil Carmichael Conservative 29,30745.9% No
Max Wilkinson Liberal Democrat 2,0533.2% No
Sarah Lunnon Green 1,4232.2% No
Glenville Gogerly UKIP 1,0391.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Siobhan Baillie Conservative 31,58247.9% Yes
David Drew Labour 27,74242.1% No
Molly Scott Cato Green 4,9547.5% No
Desi Latimer Brexit Party 1,0851.6% No
Glenville Gogerly Libertarian Party 5670.9% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Simon Opher Labour 25,60746.4% Yes
Siobhan Baillie Conservative 14,21925.7% No
Chris Lester Reform UK 6,32911.5% No
Pete Kennedy Green 5,72910.4% No
George James Liberal Democrat 2,9135.3% No
Saskia Whitfield Independent 2610.5% No
Jason Hughes Volt United Kingdom 1630.3% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 1.1 pts 1835: Whig margin 29.6 pts 1837: Whig margin 22.9 pts 1841: Whig margin 10.0 pts 1847: Whig margin 28.5 pts 1852: Whig margin 2.1 pts 1865: Liberal margin 24.0 pts 1868: Liberal margin 9.1 pts 1874: Liberal margin 0.3 pts 1880: Liberal margin 2.3 pts 1885: Liberal margin 3.5 pts 1886: Conservative margin 8.3 pts 1892: Liberal margin 2.2 pts 1895: Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1900: Liberal margin 3.5 pts 1906: Liberal margin 12.3 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 3.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 2.0 pts 1918: Liberal margin 19.8 pts 1922: Unionist margin 19.7 pts 1923: Liberal margin 6.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 29.0 pts 1929: Unionist margin 15.0 pts 1931: Conservative margin 42.9 pts 1935: Conservative margin 26.4 pts 1945: Labour margin 1.7 pts 1955: Conservative margin 8.4 pts 1959: Conservative margin 10.5 pts 1964: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 3.1 pts 1970: Conservative margin 14.9 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 12.7 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 14.4 pts 1979: Conservative margin 25.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 19.4 pts 1987: Conservative margin 18.9 pts 1992: Conservative margin 19.2 pts 1997: Labour margin 4.7 pts 2001: Labour margin 9.1 pts 2005: Labour margin 0.6 pts 2010: Conservative margin 2.2 pts 2015: Conservative margin 8.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 1.1 pts 2019: Conservative margin 5.8 pts 2024: Labour margin 20.6 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Stroud has been contested at 47 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Stroud in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Stroud in 2024 with 25,607 votes (46.4%), a majority of 11,388 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Stroud since 1832?

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

What was the closest result in Stroud?

The closest result on record for Stroud was 1874, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 31 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Stroud 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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