Stockport

Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is the largest town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.

Politics

There are three parliamentary constituencies in the Stockport area: Stockport, Cheadle and Hazel Grove.

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Stockport has been represented by Labour MP Ann Coffey since 1992. The Liberal Democrat Patsy Calton was elected in Cheadle in 2001 over long-standing Conservative member Stephen Day by the smallest margin of any constituency in the country. She died in 2005, a month after increasing her majority to over 4,000 in the 2005 election; in the following by-election the Liberal Democrat Mark Hunter defeated Stephen Day. Andrew Stunell has been the Liberal Democrat MP for Hazel Grove since 1997. The constituency of Denton and Reddish bridges Stockport and Tameside; the current member is Andrew Gwynne.

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Labour - Ann Coffey - 1992 - Liberal Democrat - Patsy Calton - 2001 - Conservative - Stephen Day - 2005 - 2005 election - By-election - Mark Hunter - Andrew Stunell - 1997 - Tameside - Andrew Gwynne

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