Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)

Stroud
Stroud
	County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Stroud in Gloucestershire.
	Location of Gloucestershire within England.
County	Gloucestershire
Electorate	79,135 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Stroud, Dursley and Stonehouse
Current constituency
Created	1955
Member of parliament	Neil Carmichael (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Stroud & Thornbury
1885–1950
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Stroud & Thornbury
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Gloucestershire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Stroud is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Neil Carmichael, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

A previous parliamentary borough form of constituency of the same name was created by the First Reform Act for the 1832 general election. It elected two MPs using the bloc vote system until it was transformed in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for that year's general election, the name being transferred to a single-seat county division which covered a wider geographical area.

This was abolished at the 1950 general election, partially replaced with a new Stroud and Thornbury county constituency. That was in turn abolished at the 1955 general election, when the present entity was created. Since this recreation the seat has had boundary changes.^[2]

Boundaries

The seat has electoral wards:

Amberley and Woodchester, Berkeley, Bisley, Caincross, Cam East, Cam West, Central, Chalford, Coaley and Uley, Dursley, Eastington and Standish, Farmhill and Paganhill, Hardwicke, Nailsworth, Over Stroud, Painswick, Rodborough, Severn, Slade, Stonehouse, The Stanleys, Thrupp, Trinity, Uplands, Upton St Leonards, Vale, and Valley in the Stroud District^[2]

The extent of the constituency is almost all of the district (it also provides three wards to The Cotswolds seat). As such, the North West boundary of the constituency is the River Severn, which meanders from Gloucester towards the River's estuary.

Constituency profile

Stroud lies south of Gloucester, between the two larger Gloucestershire rural constituencies of The Cotswolds and Forest of Dean. Though partially situated in the Cotswold Hills, Stroud is both smaller in area and more industrialised than these neighbours.

Much of the constituency is rural in character. Through the sparsely populated bulk, is a belt across the middle of the constituency that has a group of small but more urbanised villages, including Caincross, Cam and Rodborough.

The major market towns include Stroud itself, Dursley in the south of the constituency, and the smaller towns of Berkeley (which in fact has a smaller elctorate than Chalford, but more facilities), Stonehouse and Nailsworth.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Stroud parliamentary borough

MPs 1832–1885

Election	Member^[4]		Party		Party
1832		David Ricardo	Liberal	William Henry Hyett	Liberal
1833 by-election		George Poulett Scrope	Liberal	William Henry Hyett	Liberal
1835				Charles Richard Fox	Liberal
May 1835 by-election				Lord John Russell	Liberal
1841				William Henry Stanton	Liberal
1852				Lord Moreton	Liberal
1853 by-election				Edward Horsman	Liberal
1867 by-election		Henry Winterbotham	Liberal	Edward Horsman	Liberal
1868		Henry Winterbotham	Liberal	Sebastian Dickinson	Liberal
Jan. 1874 by-election		John Dorington	Conservative
1874^[5]		Walter John Stanton	Liberal
May 1874 by-election^[6]		John Dorington	Conservative	Alfred John Stanton	Liberal
July 1874 by-election^[7]		Henry Brand	Liberal
1875 by-election^[8]		Samuel Stephens Marling	Liberal
1880		Walter John Stanton	Liberal	Henry Brand	Liberal
1880	Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to a new county division

Stroud division of Gloucestershire

MPs 1885–1950

	Member^[4]	Party
1885	Henry Brand	Liberal
1886	George Holloway	Conservative
1892	David Brynmor Jones	Liberal
1895	Charles Alfred Cripps	Conservative
1900	Charles Peter Allen	Liberal
1918	Sir Robert Ashton Lister	Liberal
1922	Stanley Tubbs	Conservative
1923	Frederick Edward Guest	Liberal
1924	Sir Frank Nelson	Unionist
1931 by-election	Walter Perkins	Conservative
1945	Ben Parkin	Labour
1950	constituency abolished. See Stroud & Thornbury

Stroud County Constituency

MPs since 1955

	Member^[4]	Party
1955	Sir Anthony Kershaw	Conservative
1987	Roger Knapman	Conservative
1997	David Drew	Labour Co-operative
2010	Neil Carmichael	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Stroud^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Carmichael	27,813	45.7	+4.9
	Labour Co-op	David Drew	22,947	37.7	-0.9
	UKIP	Caroline Stephens^[11]	4,848	8.0	+5.7
	Green	Sarah Lunnon	2,779	4.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Walker-Smith	2,086	3.4	-12.0
	Independent	Richard Wilson	246	0.4	+0.4
	Free Public Transport	David Michael	100	0.2	+0.2
Majority			4,866	8.0
Turnout			60,819	75.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

General Election 2010: Stroud^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Carmichael	23,679	40.8	+2.5
	Labour Co-op	David Drew	22,380	38.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Andrewartha	8,955	15.4	+1.5
	Green	Martin Whiteside	1,542	2.7	−3.0
	UKIP	Steve Parker	1,301	2.2	+0.3
	Independent	Alan Lomas	116	0.2	+0.2
Majority			1,299	2.3
Turnout			57,973	74.0	+3.9
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Drew	22,527	39.6	−7.0
	Conservative	Neil Carmichael	22,177	39.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hirst	8,026	14.1	+3.2
	Green	Martin Whiteside	3,056	5.4	+1.9
	UKIP	Edward Noble	1,089	1.9	+0.3
Majority			350	0.6	−8.8
Turnout			56875	71.3	+1.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Drew	25,685	46.6	+3.9
	Conservative	Neil Carmichael	20,646	37.4	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Beasley	6,036	10.9	−4.5
	Green	Kevin Cranston	1,913	3.5	−0.5
	UKIP	Adrian Blake	895	1.6	N/A
Majority			5,039	9.2
Turnout			55,175	70.0	−8.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Drew	26,170	42.7	+15.8
	Conservative	Roger Knapman	23,260	37.9	−8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Hodgkinson	9,502	15.5	−8.5
	Green	John Marjoram	2,415	3.9	+1.0
Majority			2,910	4.8
Turnout			61,347	79.2
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.1

General Election 1992: Stroud^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Knapman	32,201	46.2	−4.0
	Labour	David Drew	18,796	26.9	+8.4
	Liberal Democrat	Myles P. Robinson	16,751	24.0	−7.3
	Green	Ms. Sue M Atkinson	2,005	2.9	+2.9
Majority			13,405	19.2	+0.3
Turnout			69,753	84.5	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Knapman	32,883	50.2	−1.1
	Liberal	Adrian Anthony Walker-Smith	20,508	31.3	−0.6
	Labour	Tom Levitt	12,145	18.5	+1.7
Majority			12,375	18.9
Turnout			65,553	80.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir John Anthony Kershaw	30,896	51.3
	Liberal	G. Fallon	19,182	31.9
	Labour	D.R. Parsons	10,141	16.8
Majority			11,714	19.5
Turnout			60,219	77.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	32,534	52.6
	Labour	B.J. Marshall	17,037	27.5
	Liberal	James Heppell	12,314	19.9
Majority			15,497	25.0
Turnout				81.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	24,406	43.8
	Labour	W.H. Maddocks	17,352	31.1
	Liberal	S.A. Ritchie	13,756	24.7
	United Democratic Party	J.S. Churchill	241	0.4
Majority			7,054	12.7
Turnout				80.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	25,619	43.6
	Labour	W.H. Maddocks	17,148	29.2
	Liberal	S.A. Ritchie	15,521	26.4
	Powell Conservative	J.S. Churchill	470	0.8
Majority			8,471	14.4
Turnout				85.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Stroud Electorate 66,081
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	27,089	51.1
	Labour	R. Derek Wheatley	19,158	36.1
	Liberal	David M. Davies	6,799	12.8
Majority			7,931	15.0
Turnout				80.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Stroud Electorate 59,379
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	21,804	43.2
	Labour	Thomas M. Cox	20,259	40.2
	Liberal	John V. Smith	8,397	16.6
Majority			1,545	3.1
Turnout				85.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Stroud Electorate 57,906
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	21,802	44.1
	Labour	Dennis V. Hunt	18,889	38.2
	Liberal	Iain P. Crawford	8,747	17.7
Majority			2,913	5.9
Turnout				85.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Stroud Electorate 57,222
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	23,448	48.1	−1.3
	Labour	Alfred Thomas Evans	18,336	37.6	−3.5
	Liberal	C. John McNair	6,988	14.3	+4.8
Majority			5,112	10.5
Turnout			48,772	85.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Stroud Electorate : 55,862
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	23,318	49.4	N/A
	Labour	Richard W. Evely	19,375	41.1	N/A
	Liberal	Eric Barnett Ayliffe	4,489	9.5	N/A
Majority			3,943	8.4	N/A
Turnout			47,182	84.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945 Electorate 75,987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fl-Lt. Benjamin Theaker Parkin	22,495	40.77
	Conservative	Walter Robert Dempster Perkins	21,546	39.05
	Liberal	Peter Egbert Cadbury	11,141	20.19
Majority			949	1.72
Turnout				72.62
	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: Walter Perkins,

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935 Electorate 54,140
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Walter Robert Dempster Perkins	24,282	63.21
	Labour	Mrs Constance E M Borrett	14,133	36.79
Majority			10,149	26.42
Turnout				70.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931 Electorate 50,534
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Walter Robert Dempster Perkins	27,612	71.4
	Labour	F W Davies	11,039	28.6
Majority			16,573	42.8
Turnout				76.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stroud by-election, 1931 Electorate 49,874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Walter Robert Dempster Perkins	17,641	49.6
	Labour	Sir Herbert John Maynard	10,688	30.0
	Liberal	Arthur William Stanton	7,267	20.4
Majority			6,953	19.6
Turnout				71.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Stroud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Frank Nelson	17,700	44.4	-9.8
	Liberal	Arthur William Stanton	11,728	29.5	+8.9
	Labour	F.E. White	10,384	26.1	+0.9
Majority			5,972	14.9	-18.7
Turnout				81.6	+2.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.4

General Election 1924 Electorate 37,336
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Frank Nelson	15,973	54.2	+7.4
	Labour	Edith Picton-Turbervill	7,418	25.2	n/a
	Liberal	Arthur William Stanton	6,057	20.6	-32.6
Majority			8,555	29.0
Turnout				78.9	+0.7
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923 Electorate 36,504
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Frederick Edward Guest	15,179	53.2
	Unionist	Stanley William Tubbs	13,355	46.8
Majority			1,824	6.4
Turnout				78.2
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1922 Electorate 36,094
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Stanley William Tubbs	14,723	51.1	n/a
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Charles Peter Allen	9,041	31.3	-28.6
	Labour	Samuel Edward Walters	5,081	17.6	-22.5
Majority			5,682	19.8	0.0
Turnout				79.9	+18.6
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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R.A.Lister

General Election 1918^[15] Electorate 34,685
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir Robert Ashton Lister	12,734	59.9
	Labour	Capt. Charles Wye Kendall	8,522	40.1
Majority			4,212	19.8
Turnout				61.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections 1832 to 1918

General Election 1841^[16] Electorate not Known about 1200
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Whig	William Henry Stanton	594
	Whig	George Julius Poulett Scrope	528
	Conservative	Sir William Wraxhall	377
		J Symons, formerly Editor of Stroud Free Press, was a candidate but withdrew before election ^[17]		Not nominated
		"A Chartist of Nailsworth by name Chapman who has issued his address couched in flaming terms worthy of the Northern Star (goes on to comment that he was a small publican and tailor ^[18]		Not nominated
Majority
Turnout
	Whig hold		Swing

Sir John Russell retired at this election and stood for the City of London.

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
↑ The February 1874 general election in Stroud was declared void after a petition
↑ The May 1874 by-election was held two elect two members, after results of the general election had been declared void. Two MPs were elected, but the election of Dorington was overturned on petition
↑ The July 1874 by-election was held to elect a replacement for Dorington, whose victory at the May 1874 by-election had been declared void on petition
↑ The February 1875 by-election was held to elect a replacement for Brand, whose victory at the July 1874 by-election had been declared void on petition.
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↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/stroud/
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↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, craig
↑ Gloucester Journal 3 July 1841 British Newspaper Archive
↑ Gloucester Journal 24 June 1841
↑ Gloucester Journal 26 June 1841

[2] A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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[5] Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian

[rayment-6] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}

[7] The February 1874 general election in Stroud was declared void after a petition

[8] The May 1874 by-election was held two elect two members, after results of the general election had been declared void. Two MPs were elected, but the election of Dorington was overturned on petition

[9] The July 1874 by-election was held to elect a replacement for Dorington, whose victory at the May 1874 by-election had been declared void on petition

[10] The February 1875 by-election was held to elect a replacement for Brand, whose victory at the July 1874 by-election had been declared void on petition.

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[12] ttp://www.stroud.gov.uk/info/elections/2015/parliamentary/07%20May%202015%20-%20Parliamentary%20-%20The%20Stroud%20Constituency.pdf 19 June 2015

[13] ttp://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/stroud/

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[17] British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, craig

[18] Gloucester Journal 3 July 1841 British Newspaper Archive

[19] Gloucester Journal 24 June 1841

[20] Gloucester Journal 26 June 1841

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