Stalybridge and Hyde
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 17794 (49.7%)
Conservative: 9294 (26%)
Liberal Democrat: 5602 (15.7%)
Other: 3090 (8.6%)
Majority: 8500 (23.8%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 9187 (26%)
Labour: 17535 (49.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 5532 (15.7%)
BNP: 1399 (4%)
Green: 1088 (3.1%)
UKIP: 573 (1.6%)
Majority: 8348 (23.6%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 8922 (27.8%)
Labour: 17781 (55.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 4327 (13.5%)
UKIP: 1016 (3.2%)
Majority: 8859 (27.6%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 10557 (24.5%)
Labour: 25363 (58.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 5169 (12%)
Referendum: 1992 (4.6%)
Majority: 14806 (34.4%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Outgoing MP: James Purnell(Labour) born 1970, London. Educated at Oxford University. Former Number 10 advisor, Islington councillor and head of planning at the BBC. First elected as MP for Stalybridge and Hyde in 2001. Government whip 2004-2005, Junior minister in the department of culture media and sport 2005-2006, Minister of State for pensions 2006-2007, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2007-2008, Work and Pensions 2008-2009. He resigned from the cabinet following the 2009 European elections, calling for Gordon Brown to resign. Will stand down at the next election (more information at They work for you)
Candidates: Rob Ablard (Conservative)John Potter (Liberal Democrat)Ruth Bergan (Green)John Cooke (UKIP)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 87345
Male: 48.5%
Female: 51.5%
Under 18: 24%
Over 60: 19.1%
Born outside UK: 4.3%
White: 95.5%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 3.2%
Mixed: 0.8%
Other: 0.3%
Christian: 75%
Muslim: 2.6%
Full time students: 2.2%
Graduates 16-74: 13.1%
No Qualifications 16-74: 33.6%
Owner-Occupied: 68%
Social Housing: 22.8% (Council: 13.4%, Housing Ass.: 9.5%)
Privately Rented: 5.8%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 9.1%
…so it’s Barbara Roche for PPC, then?
“Hopefully INFOMAN will come with a more detailed profile!”
Happy to oblige.
But firstly I would add that local councillor and former Purnell constituency worker Jonny Reynolds has announced that he is on the shortlist as well, so I am a bit unsure what is going on.
Interesting that former MEP Glyn Ford applied but did not make the cut, unlike his ex colleagues Neena Gill and David Bowe in Walsall South and Barnsley East respectively.
According my Twitter friends from the CLP say that it is Reynolds instead of Floyd Mullen.
Interesting!
Maybe Maguire was wrong. Or maybe it’s like in Ashfield when a name was changed after they spotted the “mistake”….
I’m not sure this seat is safe enough to survive a period of Barbara Roche as MP
According to the Guardian Downing Street intervened to add Reynolds to give Wheeler a run for his money because Wheeler is Unite and they didn’t want to look as he may have had an easy ride.