Stockport election results 2004
2004 is the last in my series of election results from 1973 onwards. Following significant boundary changes, all 63 Stockport council seats were up for grabs. 10/06/04 2004...
View ArticleStockport election results roundup 1973 – 2010
Over the last few months I’ve been publishing the local election results for Stockport from the first ever election to the new metropolitan authority in 1973 up to 2004. Stockport Borough has 63 seats,...
View ArticleGreater Manchester Council elections 1973 – 1985
Most people remember the Greater London Council (GLC), abolished by Maggie Thatcher back in the 1980s. Greater Manchester had one too. When it was abolished in 1985, the ten local authorities in the...
View Article1974 election literature: Would you send a Puppet to the Palace?
In 1974 there were two General Elections. This is a Conservative leaflet from the first of those – Feb 1974. It went out in the Hazel Grove constituency – which was marginal between the Liberals and...
View Article1974 election literature: which twin is the Tory?
There’s little new in the world. Although the Liberals would be supporting the Labour government just a few years later, Labour in Cheadle were keen to portray the Liberals and Conservatives as one...
View Article1974 election literature: a Liberal in the cabinet?
This newspaper was put out by the Liberals in the October 1974 General Election, where Michael Winstanley, who’d won in February, was defeated by the Conservative Tom Arnold in Hazel Grove. Arnold...
View Article1974 election literature: what do you expect from your MP?
This Conservative leaflet from the February 1974 General election in Cheadle constituency would hardly look out of place today. It’s a good quality glossy leaflet stressing the local credentials of...
View Article1974 election literature: firmness for fairness
This Conservative leaflet is from the February 1974 election, where 27 year old Tom Arnold failed to defeat the Liberal Michael Winstanley in Hazel Grove. Arnold had more success in the October General...
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When Labour got 49% in Eastleigh: the slow death of two party politics in...
Labour: “We’ve made huge strides in Eastleigh”In the 1955 General Election, Labour got more than 49% of the vote in Eastleigh. They lost. In yesterday’s by-election, Labour secured just 9.82%. If you...
View ArticleStockport election results 1945-1973
Back in 2010 I posted the results of all the local elections for Stockport Borough from 1974 onwards (if you google “Stockport Election Results” followed by the year, you can find them). Now for real...
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