Election 97

Stockport

Current MP Ann Coffey
Conservative 97 10,426
Labour 97 29,338
LibDem 97 4,951
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 674
Elected party
Stockport

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Stockport
Conservative 92 20,384
Labour 92 25,852
LibDem 92 6,894
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 678
Elected party Labour

Stockport was the Labour Party's solitary gain in Greater Manchester in 1992, even though it did very well in the rest of the North West. This was the first time that Labour had won the unified Stockport seat since its creation in 1983. At the time, some of the more Labour elements of the town were removed to the next-door Denton and Reddish division, leaving a truncated Stockport. Matters were made worse by the competition of the SDP, and the Tories won easily in 1983. The demise of the SDP and Labour's slow recovery got them the seat back, but now boundary changes - some of the old Labour areas have been given back - look like turning Anne Coffey's marginal 1,422 majority into a comfortable, if notional, 5,500.


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