# Stalybridge and Hyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency in Greater Manchester that was created in 1918. The seat has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Jonathan Reynolds of the Labour and Co-operative Party since 2010. Reynolds currently serves as Secretary of State for Business and Trade under the government of Keir Starmer.

## Constituency profile

The constituency lies on the lower slopes of the Pennines and beginning of the plain below, on the cusp of Greater Manchester and has three broad settlements, the largest of which are Hyde which is bordered by the River Tame and Peak Forest Canal, and Stalybridge which similarly has several parks and recreation grounds and leads up the Tame Valley to Mossley. The geographic features include the footpaths from both towns on neighbouring promontories, Harridge and Wild Bank. Stamford Golf Club and Werneth Low Country Park are in the seat.

## Creation

The seat was created under the Representation of the People Act 1918 as a county division of Cheshire. It was formed by combining the bulk of the abolished parliamentary borough of Stalybridge and the majority of the abolished county seat of Hyde.

## Boundaries

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Dukinfield, Hyde, and Stalybridge, the Urban Districts of Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale, and the Rural District of Tintwistle.
1950–1983: The Boroughs of Dukinfield, Hyde, and Stalybridge, the Urban District of Longdendale, and the Rural District of Tintwistle.
Only minor boundary changes; the urban district of Longdendale had been formed in 1936 by combining Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale.
On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the bulk of the area covered by the constituency was incorporated into the newly created Borough of Tameside within Greater Manchester; the sparsely-populated rural district of Tintwistle was transferred to Derbyshire. However, the constituency boundaries remained unchanged until the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies came into effect for the 1983 general election.
1983–1997: The Borough of Tameside wards of Dukinfield, Dukinfield Stalybridge, Hyde Godley, Hyde Newton, Hyde Werneth, Longdendale, Stalybridge North, and Stalybridge South.
Apart from the area now in Derbyshire, which was transferred to the constituency of High Peak, the boundaries remained broadly unchanged.
1997–present: The Borough of Tameside wards of Dukinfield / Stalybridge, Hyde Godley, Hyde Newton, Hyde Werneth, Longdendale, Mossley, Stalybridge North, and Stalybridge South.
Dukinfield ward transferred to Denton and Reddish; gained Mossley ward from Ashton-under-Lyne.
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.

## Political history

The seat was held by Conservatives for 34 of the 37 years from 1918 to 1945, and for the other three years by the other two main parties, the Liberal Party (1922–1923) and the Labour Party (1929–1931). It was regained by Labour at the 1945 general election and has remained a safe seat for them since then, although sometimes held with small majorities.
In 1945 the seat was won by Rev. Gordon Lang who was honorary secretary of the United Europe Movement and a leading member of the Proportional Representation Society but who retired on ill health in 1951.
James Purnell, a former 10 Downing Street special advisor, who was first elected at the 2001 general election resigned his cabinet position as Work and Pensions Secretary on 4 June 2009, citing concerns over Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leadership. On 19 February 2010, he announced that he would not contest the 2010 election. Senior Labour Party officials were concerned that Unite was strategically attempting to have Peter Wheeler, a senior Unite official, selected as the Labour candidate, as one of a series of seats, leading to the National Executive Committee putting forward Jonathan Reynolds on the selection shortlist who, as widely expected, won the election.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1918 | Sir John Wood, Bt | Conservative |
| 1922 | Sir John Rhodes | Conservative |
| 1923 | J. Lincoln Tattersall | Liberal |
| 1924 | Edmund Wood | Conservative |
| 1929 | Hugh Hartley Lawrie | Labour |
| 1931 | Sydney Hope | Conservative |
| 1935 | Philip Dunne | Conservative |
| 1937 by-election | Horace Trevor-Cox | Conservative |
| 1945 | Gordon Lang | Labour |
| 1951 | Fred Blackburn | Labour |
| 1970 | Tom Pendry | Labour |
| 2001 | James Purnell | Labour |
| 2010 | Jonathan Reynolds | Labour Co-op |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Jonathan Reynolds | 16,320 | 43.8 | −1.1 |
| | Reform UK | Barbara Kaya | 7,781 | 20.9 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | Phil Chadwick | 6,872 | 18.5 | −19.5 |
| | Green | Robert Hodgetts-Haley | 2,745 | 7.4 | +4.1 |
| | Workers Party | Audel Shirin | 1,227 | 3.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | Ian Owen | 1,214 | 3.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kamala Kugan | 1,080 | 2.9 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,539 | 22.9 | +16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,239 | 51.5 | −6.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 72,265 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Jonathan Reynolds | 19,025 | 44.7 | −12.5 |
| | Conservative | Tayub Amjad | 16,079 | 37.8 | −0.3 |
| | Brexit Party | Julian Newton | 3,591 | 8.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Dwan | 1,827 | 4.3 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Julie Wood | 1,411 | 3.3 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | John Edge | 435 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,946 | 6.9 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,368 | 58.3 | −1.2 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -6.4 | |
General election 2017: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Jonathan Reynolds | 24,277 | 57.2 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | Tom Dowse | 16,193 | 38.1 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Ankers | 996 | 2.3 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Julie Wood | 991 | 2.3 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,084 | 19.1 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,457 | 59.5 | +0.1 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.5 | |
General election 2015: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Jonathan Reynolds | 18,447 | 45.0 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | Martin Riley | 11,761 | 28.7 | −4.2 |
| | UKIP | Angela McManus | 7,720 | 18.8 | +15.5 |
| | Green | Jenny Ross | 1,850 | 4.5 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Flynn | 1,256 | 3.1 | −13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,686 | 16.3 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,034 | 59.4 | +0.2 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.8 | |
General election 2010: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Jonathan Reynolds | 16,189 | 39.6 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Rob Adlard | 13,445 | 32.9 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Potter | 6,965 | 17.0 | +1.3 |
| | BNP | Anthony Jones | 2,259 | 5.5 | +1.5 |
| | UKIP | John Cooke | 1,342 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Ruth Bergan | 679 | 1.7 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,744 | 6.7 | −17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,879 | 59.2 | +5.7 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −8.5 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Purnell | 17,535 | 49.7 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | Lisa Boardman | 9,187 | 26.0 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Viv Bingham | 5,532 | 15.7 | +2.2 |
| | BNP | Nigel Byrne | 1,399 | 4.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Mike Smee | 1,088 | 3.1 | N/A |
| | UKIP | John Whittaker | 573 | 1.6 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,348 | 23.7 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,314 | 53.5 | +5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 | |
General election 2001: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Purnell | 17,781 | 55.5 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Reid | 8,922 | 27.8 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brendon Jones | 4,327 | 13.5 | +1.5 |
| | UKIP | Frank Bennett | 1,016 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,859 | 27.7 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,046 | 48.4 | −17.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Pendry | 25,363 | 58.9 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | Nick de Bois | 10,557 | 24.5 | −10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Cross | 5,169 | 12.0 | +2.5 |
| | Referendum | Robert J.D. Clapham | 1,992 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,806 | 34.4 | +16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,081 | 65.7 | −7.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.4 | |
General election 1992: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Pendry | 26,207 | 52.3 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | Simon R. Mort | 17,376 | 34.7 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian M. Kirk | 4,740 | 9.5 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal | Robert G.J. Powell | 1,199 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Darren J. Poyzer | 337 | 0.7 | N/A |
| | Natural Law | Edward J. Blomfield | 238 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,831 | 17.6 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,097 | 73.5 | −0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Pendry | 24,401 | 48.4 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Richard Greenwood | 18,738 | 37.1 | +0.7 |
| | SDP | Peter Ashenden | 7,311 | 14.5 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,663 | 11.2 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,450 | 74.2 | +3.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |
General election 1983: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Pendry | 21,798 | 45.5 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Brian Silvester | 17,436 | 36.4 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal | John Hughes | 8,339 | 17.4 | +8.5 |
| | National Front | Bryan Nylan | 294 | 0.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,362 | 9.1 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,867 | 70.5 | 6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tom Pendry | 27,082 | 51.86 |
| | Conservative | J Kershaw | 20,502 | 39.26 |
| | Liberal | J Pickup | 4,642 | 8.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,580 | 12.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,226 | 77.06 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election October 1974: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Pendry | 25,161 | 51.76 | |
| | Conservative | S Burgoyne | 15,404 | 31.69 | |
| | Liberal | Donald Fletcher Burden | 7,725 | 15.89 | N/A |
| | Independent | G Tetler | 318 | 0.65 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,757 | 20.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,608 | 73.22 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Pendry | 24,922 | 47.36 | |
| | Conservative | Sam M. Swerling | 16,854 | 32.03 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Harold White | 10,850 | 20.62 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,068 | 15.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,626 | 79.94 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1970: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Pendry | 22,226 | 47.38 | |
| | Conservative | John E Rogerson | 19,377 | 41.31 | |
| | Liberal | Robert Cooke | 5,303 | 11.31 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,849 | 6.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,906 | 73.40 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fred Blackburn | 23,974 | 56.91 |
| | Conservative | John E Rogerson | 18,153 | 43.09 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,821 | 13.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,127 | 73.56 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1964: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fred Blackburn | 23,164 | 53.99 |
| | Conservative | Sydney Chapman | 19,739 | 46.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,425 | 7.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,903 | 78.59 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fred Blackburn | 23,732 | 51.55 |
| | Conservative | Edward Brown | 22,309 | 48.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,423 | 3.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,041 | 83.43 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fred Blackburn | 23,617 | 50.16 |
| | Conservative | Idris Owen | 23,462 | 49.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 0.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,079 | 83.53 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1951: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fred Blackburn | 25,402 | 50.30 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Glover | 25,104 | 49.70 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | 0.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,506 | 87.45 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1950: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Lang | 23,462 | 46.55 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas Glover | 21,619 | 42.89 | |
| | Liberal | Donald Fletcher Burden | 4,930 | 9.78 | N/A |
| | Communist | DP Herrick | 389 | 0.77 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,843 | 3.66 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,400 | 87.72 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Lang | 20,597 | 44.71 | |
| | Conservative | Horace Trevor-Cox | 16,227 | 35.23 | |
| | Liberal | Donald Fletcher Burden | 9,240 | 20.06 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,370 | 9.48 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,064 | 80.69 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
General Election 1939–40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
* Conservative: Horace Trevor-Cox
* Labour: Gordon Lang

### Elections in the 1930s

1937 Stalybridge and Hyde by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Horace Trevor-Cox | 21,901 | 50.4 | −5.1 |
| | Labour | Gordon Lang | 21,567 | 49.6 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 334 | 0.8 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,468 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Philip Dunne | 25,502 | 55.53 |
| | Labour | Roland Casasola | 20,421 | 44.47 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,081 | 11.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,923 | 78.66 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1931: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sydney Hope | 27,557 | 54.4 | +18.1 |
| | Labour | William Dobbie | 14,251 | 28.1 | −13.0 |
| | Liberal | Percy Herbert Jones | 8,849 | 17.5 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,306 | 26.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,657 | 86.9 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Hartley Lawrie | 20,343 | 41.1 | +7.4 |
| | Unionist | Edmund Wood | 17,983 | 36.3 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal | Percy Herbert Jones | 11,186 | 22.6 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,360 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,512 | 86.4 | +2.4 |
| | Labour gain from Unionist | Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.6 | |
General election 1924: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Edmund Wood | 16,412 | 44.2 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | Walter Fowden | 12,509 | 33.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal | J. Lincoln Tattersall | 8,201 | 22.1 | −31.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,903 | 10.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,122 | 84.0 | +11.8 |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
General election 1923: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. Lincoln Tattersall | 17,082 | 53.7 | +24.4 |
| | Unionist | John Rhodes | 14,708 | 46.3 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,374 | 7.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,790 | 72.2 | −8.9 |
| | Liberal gain from Unionist | Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.6 | |
General election 1922: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | John Rhodes | 17,216 | 49.1 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal | J. Lincoln Tattersall | 10,265 | 29.3 | +5.5 |
| | Labour | Percy Horace Ward | 7,578 | 21.6 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,951 | 19.8 | −6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,059 | 81.1 | +21.1 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Stalybridge and Hyde :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | John Wood | 13,462 | 51.4 | |
| | Labour | Walter Fowden | 6,508 | 24.8 | |
| | Liberal | Owen Jacobsen | 6,241 | 23.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,954 | 26.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,211 | 60.0 | |
| | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) | Unionist win (new seat) |