Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)

Ashton-under-Lyne is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Greater Manchester that was created in 1832. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Angela Rayner of the Labour Party since 2015.^{[n 2]} Rayner currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the cabinet of Keir Starmer, and was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2020.

Ashton under Lyne
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ashton-under-Lyne in North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Population	90,484 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	72,278 (2023)[2]
Borough	Tameside
Major settlements	Ashton-under-Lyne, Droylsden, Dukinfield
Current constituency
Created	1832
Member of Parliament	Angela Rayner (Labour)
Seats	1
Created from	Lancashire

Constituency profile

Like much of Greater Manchester, Ashton was a significant hub for textile production and retains some manufacturing.^[3] Incomes and house prices are lower than UK averages.^[4]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 1983–2024

Map of boundaries from 2024

Historic

Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974–1983

1832–1885: The area defined by the Ashton-under-Lyne Improvement Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. lxxvii).^[5]

1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne included in the local government district of Hurst as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.^[6]

1918–1949: The Municipal Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, and the Urban District of Hurst.

1950–1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, and Mossley; and the Rural District of Limehurst.

1955–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, and Mossley; and the Rural District of Droylsden.^[7]

1983–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Failsworth East and Failsworth West; and the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside wards of Ashton Hurst, Ashton St. Michael's, Ashton Waterloo, Droylsden East, Droylsden West and St Peter's.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• Ashton Hurst; Ashton St. Michael's; Ashton Waterloo; Audenshaw; Droylsden East; Droylsden West; Dukinfield; St Peter's.^[8]

The constituency gained the Audenshaw and Dukinfield wards from the abolished constituency of Denton and Reddish, and lost the two Failsworth wards to Manchester Central.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member[9]	Party		Notes
1832	George Williams		Radical[10][11][12]
1835	Charles Hindley		Radical[13][14][15]
1857	Thomas Milner Gibson		Radical[16][17][18][19]
1859			Liberal
1868	Thomas Walton Mellor		Conservative
1880	Hugh Mason		Liberal
1885	John Addison		Conservative
1895	Herbert Whiteley		Conservative	Also later MP for Droitwich
1906	Alfred Scott		Liberal
1910	Sir Max Aitken		Conservative
1916 by-election	Sir Albert Stanley		Conservative	President of the Board of Trade
1920 by-election	Sir Walter de Frece		Conservative	Also later MP for Blackpool
1924	Cornelius Homan		Conservative
1928 by-election	Albert Bellamy		Labour	President of the National Union of Railwaymen
1931 by-election	John Broadbent		Conservative
1935	Fred Simpson		Labour	President of the Railway Clerks' Association
1939 by-election	Sir William Jowitt		Labour	later Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1945 by-election	Hervey Rhodes		Labour	Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
1964	Robert Sheldon		Labour	Financial Secretary to the Treasury
2001	David Heyes		Labour
2015	Angela Rayner		Labour	Deputy Prime Minister Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

In the 1886 election, voting resulted in a tie between incumbent John Edmund Wentworth Addison and the Liberal candidate. Under the legislation of the time, the Returning officer had a casting vote, and Addison was reelected. In the by-election of 29 October 1928, the turnout was 89.1%, a record for Great Britain. The mayor arranged for the result to be signalled by coloured rockets.^[20]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

See also: 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies § Notional 2019 general election results

General election 2024: Ashton-under-Lyne^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Rayner	15,575	43.9	−3.6
	Reform UK	Robert Barrowcliffe	8,784	24.8	+16.3
	Conservative	Lizzie Hacking	4,375	12.3	−23.9
	Workers Party	Aroma Hassan	2,835	8.0	N/A
	Green	Lee Huntbach	2,481	7.0	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hardwick	1,411	4.0	−0.3
Majority			6,791	19.1	+8.0
Turnout			35,461	49.9	−6.4
Registered electors			71,002
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[22]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	19,667	47.5
	Conservative	14,978	36.2
	Brexit Party	3,518	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	1,774	4.3
	Green Party	1,440	3.5
Majority		4,689	11.3
Turnout		41,377	57.2
Electorate		72,278

General election 2019: Ashton-under-Lyne^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Rayner	18,544	48.1	−12.3
	Conservative	Dan Costello	14,281	37.0	+5.0
	Brexit Party	Derek Brocklehurst	3,151	8.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	George Rice	1,395	3.6	+2.0
	Green	Lee Huntbach	1,208	3.1	+1.8
Majority			4,263	11.1	−17.3
Turnout			38,579	56.3	−2.5
Registered electors			67,978
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.7

General election 2017: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Rayner	24,005	60.4	+10.6
	Conservative	Jack Rankin	12,710	32.0	+9.9
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	1,878	4.7	−17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carly Hicks	646	1.6	−0.8
	Green	Andy Hunter-Rossall	534	1.3	−2.6
Majority			11,295	28.4	+0.7
Turnout			39,773	58.8	+1.3
Registered electors			65,751
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

General election 2015: Ashton-under-Lyne^[24][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Rayner	19,366	49.8	+1.4
	Conservative	Tracy Sutton	8,610	22.1	−2.6
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	8,468	21.8	+17.4
	Green	Charlotte Hughes	1,531	3.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carly Hicks	943	2.4	−12.4
Majority			10,756	27.7	+4.0
Turnout			38,918	57.5	+0.6
Registered electors			68,343
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

UKIP originally selected Angela McManus as candidate,^[26] but she changed to the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency.^[27]

General election 2010: Ashton-under-Lyne^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	18,604	48.4	−10.1
	Conservative	Seema Kennedy	9,510	24.7	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Larkin[29]	5,703	14.8	+3.2
	BNP	David Lomas	2,929	7.6	+1.7
	UKIP	Angela McManus	1,686	4.4	+2.3
Majority			9,094	23.7	−14.0
Turnout			38,432	56.9	+5.4
Registered electors			67,714
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.3

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Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Ashton under Lyne^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	21,211	57.4	−5.1
	Conservative	Graeme Brown	7,259	19.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Les Jones	5,108	13.8	+2.0
	BNP	Anthony Jones	2,051	5.5	+1.0
	UKIP	John Whittaker	768	2.1	N/A
	Local Community Party	Jack Crossfield	570	1.5	N/A
Majority			13,952	37.8	−6.6
Turnout			36,967	51.3	+2.2
Registered electors			71,291
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.8

General election 2001: Ashton under Lyne^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	22,340	62.5	−5.0
	Conservative	Tim Charlesworth	6,822	19.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Fletcher	4,237	11.8	+2.1
	BNP	Roger Woods	1,617	4.5	N/A
	Green	Nigel Rolland	748	2.1	N/A
Majority			15,518	43.4	−5.2
Turnout			35,764	49.1	−16.4
Registered electors			72,820
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.6

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Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Ashton under Lyne^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	31,919	67.5	+10.9
	Conservative	Richard Mayson	8,954	18.9	−12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Pickstone	4,603	9.7	+0.5
	Referendum	Lorraine Clapham	1,346	2.8	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Prince Cymbal	458	1.0	N/A
Majority			22,965	48.6	+23.4
Turnout			47,280	65.5	−8.4
Registered electors			72,308
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.7

General election 1992: Ashton-under-Lyne^[33][34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,550	56.6	+4.8
	Conservative	John R. Pinniger	13,615	31.4	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles W. Turner	4,005	9.2	−8.8
	Liberal	Colin L. Hall	907	2.1	N/A
	Natural Law	John Brannigan	289	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,935	25.2	+3.7
Turnout			43,366	73.9	−0.1
Registered electors			58,701
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

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Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Ashton under Lyne^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	22,389	51.8	+2.1
	Conservative	Henry Cadman	13,103	30.3	−1.2
	Liberal	Mark Hunter	7,760	18.0	N/A
Majority			9,286	21.5	+3.3
Turnout			43,250	74.0	+2.4
Registered electors			58,440
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

General election 1983: Ashton under Lyne^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	20,987	49.7
	Conservative	Richard Spring	13,290	31.5
	SDP	John Adler	7,521	17.8
	Independent	Dave Hallsworth	407	1.0
Majority			7,697	18.2
Turnout			42,196	71.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,535	54.7	+0.8
	Conservative	Alan Fearn	16,156	36.0	+6.7
	Liberal	G. Taylor	3,699	8.2	−8.7
	National Front	D. Jones	486	1.1	N/A
Majority			8,379	18.7	−5.9
Turnout			44,876	76.6	+4.4
Registered electors			58,588
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.0

General election October 1974: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,490	53.9	+5.5
	Conservative	M.H. Litchfield	12,763	29.3	−1.6
	Liberal	T.G. Jones	7,356	16.9	−3.8
Majority			10,727	24.6	+7.1
Turnout			43,609	72.2	−7.3
Registered electors			60,393
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

General election February 1974: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,019	48.4	−6.1
	Conservative	Timothy Maxwell Aitken	14,718	30.9	−14.6
	Liberal	J.G. Jones	9,837	20.7	N/A
Majority			8,301	17.5	+8.5
Turnout			47,574	79.5	+8.1
Registered electors			59,881
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

General election 1970: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,927	54.5	−4.2
	Conservative	Alan d'A. Fearn	19,973	45.5	+4.2
Majority			3,954	9.0	−8.4
Turnout			43,900	71.4	−2.3
Registered electors			61,468
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.2

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Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,728	58.7	+4.2
	Conservative	Henry Donald Moore	17,396	41.3	−4.2
Majority			7,332	17.4	+8.4
Turnout			42,124	73.7	−3.7
Registered electors			57,159
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

General election 1964: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,657	54.5	+1.7
	Conservative	Henry Donald Moore	20,550	45.5	−1.7
Majority			4,107	9.0	+3.4
Turnout			45,213	77.4	−3.7
Registered electors			58,411
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

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Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	25,991	52.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Robert Horrocks	23,239	47.2	−0.9
Majority			2,752	5.6	+1.7
Turnout			49,230	81.1	+1.0
Registered electors			60,706
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 1955: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	26,216	52.0	−0.1
	Conservative	Edwin Hodson	24,251	48.1	+0.1
Majority			1,965	3.9	−0.2
Turnout			50,467	80.1	−4.8
Registered electors			62,392
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

General election 1951: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	21,424	52.1	+1.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Lewis	19,740	48.0	−0.3
Majority			1,684	4.1	+1.8
Turnout			41,164	84.9	−1.5
Registered electors			48,490
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 1950: Ashton under Lyne^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	20,970	50.6
	Conservative	Gilbert Burdett Howcroft	20,046	48.3
	Communist	H.H.H. Blackwell	459	1.1
Majority			924	2.3
Turnout			41,475	86.4
	Labour hold		Swing

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Elections in the 1940s

1945 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	12,889	54.1	−2.3
	Conservative	Robert Cary	8,360	35.0	−8.6
	Liberal	A. Beale	2,604	10.9	N/A
Majority			4,529	19.1	+6.3
Turnout			23,853	70.5	−8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

General election 1945: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jowitt	14,998	56.4
	Conservative	Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart	11,604	43.6
Majority			3,394	12.8
Turnout			26,602	78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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Elections in the 1930s

1939 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jowitt	Unopposed
	Labour hold

General election 1935: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Simpson	14,140	50.2	+13.1
	Conservative	John Broadbent	14,026	49.8	−2.7
Majority			114	0.4	N/A
Turnout			28,166	81.0	−4.3
Registered electors			34,789
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.9

General election 1931: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Broadbent	15,652	52.5	+19.5
	Labour	John William Gordon	11,074	37.1	−7.3
	Liberal	James Taylor Middleton	2,696	9.0	N/A
	New Party	Charles B. Hobhouse	424	1.4	N/A
Majority			4,578	15.4	+4.0
Turnout			29,846	85.3	−0.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.1

1931 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Broadbent	12,420	44.6	+11.6
	Labour	John William Gordon	11,005	39.4	−5.0
	New Party	Allan Young	4,472	16.0	N/A
Majority			1,415	5.2	N/A
Turnout			27,897	80.2	−5.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.3

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bellamy	13,170	44.4	+3.8
	Unionist	John Broadbent	9,763	33.0	+2.7
	Liberal	William Gilbert Greenwood	6,693	22.6	−6.5
Majority			3,407	11.4	+1.4
Turnout			29,626	85.9	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bellamy	9,567	40.6	+7.8
	Unionist	Gordon Touche	7,161	30.3	−9.2
	Liberal	William Gilbert Greenwood	6,874	29.1	+1.4
Majority			2,406	10.3	N/A
Turnout			23,512	89.1	+0.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.5

General election 1924: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Cornelius Homan	8,971	39.5	+3.3
	Labour	Cecil Malone	7,451	32.8	+4.1
	Liberal	Henry Thomas Greenwood	6,692	27.7	−7.4
Majority			1,520	6.7	+5.6
Turnout			23,114	88.3	+3.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	−0.4

General election 1923: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter de Frece	7,813	36.2	−21.4
	Liberal	Henry Thomas Greenwood	7,574	35.1	N/A
	Labour	Ellen Wilkinson	6,208	28.7	−13.7
Majority			239	1.1	−14.1
Turnout			21,595	85.3	+2.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1922: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter de Frece	12,006	57.6	+14.3
	Labour	Tom Gillinder	8,834	42.4	+2.8
Majority			3,172	15.2	+11.5
Turnout			20,840	83.3	+1.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	+5.7

1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Walter de Frece	8,864	43.3
	Labour	William C. Robinson	8,127	39.6
	Liberal	Arthur Marshall	3,511	17.1
Majority			738	3.7
Turnout			20,502	82.3
	Unionist hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Albert Stanley	10,261	58.3	N/A
	NFDDSS	Frederick Lister	7,334	41.7	N/A
Majority			2,927	16.6	N/A
Turnout			17,595	68.4	N/A
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

1916 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Albert Stanley	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election December 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Aitken	4,044	51.1	+5.2
	Liberal	Alfred Scott	3,848	48.8	−0.5
Majority			196	2.4	N/A
Turnout			7,652	91.8	−3.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.0

General election January 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Scott	4,039	49.3	−7.0
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,746	45.9	+2.2
	Independent Labour	William Gee	413	5.0	N/A
Majority			293	3.4	−9.2
Turnout			8,198	95.4	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.6

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Elections in the 1900s

Scott

General election 1906: Ashton-under-Lyne^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Scott	4,310	56.3
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,342	43.7
Majority			968	12.6
Turnout			7,652	92.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Whiteley

General election 1900: Ashton-under-Lyne^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,545	53.1	+0.5
	Liberal	Ernest Albert Parkin	2,400	35.9	−5.1
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	James Johnston	737	11.0	N/A
Majority			1,145	17.2	+5.6
Turnout			6,682	86.2	−5.1
Registered electors			7,753
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

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Elections in the 1890s

Sexton

General election 1895: Ashton-under-Lyne^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,434	52.6	+1.6
	Liberal	William Woods	2,680	41.0	−8.0
	Ind. Labour Party	James Sexton	415	6.4	N/A
Majority			754	11.6	+9.6
Turnout			6,529	91.3	−2.6
Registered electors			7,152
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

General election 1892: Ashton-under-Lyne^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Addison	3,358	51.0	+1.0
	Liberal	Octavius Morgan	3,223	49.0	−1.0
Majority			135	2.0	+2.0
Turnout			6,581	93.9	+0.8
Registered electors			7,012
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

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Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Ashton-under-Lyne^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Addison	3,050*	50.0	−0.4
	Liberal	Alexander Rowley[39][40]	3,049	50.0	+0.4
Majority			1	0.0	−0.8
Turnout			6,099	93.1	−2.4
Registered electors			6,553
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

* Both candidates having received 3,049 votes each, Addison was elected on the Returning Officer's casting vote.

Mason

General election 1885: Ashton-under-Lyne^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Addison	3,153	50.4	+3.8
	Liberal	Hugh Mason	3,104	49.6	−3.8
Majority			49	0.8	N/A
Turnout			6,257	95.5	+1.4
Registered electors			6,553
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.8

General election 1880: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Mason	2,966	53.4	+5.2
	Conservative	John Ross Coulthart[42]	2,586	46.6	−5.2
Majority			380	6.8	N/A
Turnout			5,552	94.1	+1.9
Registered electors			5,901
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.2

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Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Walton Mellor	2,612	51.8	−0.6
	Liberal	Abel Buckley[43]	2,432	48.2	+0.6
Majority			180	3.6	−1.2
Turnout			5,044	92.2	+0.4
Registered electors			5,471
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Walton Mellor	2,318	52.4
	Liberal	Thomas Milner Gibson	2,109	47.6
Majority			209	4.8
Turnout			4,427	91.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 1865: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Milner Gibson	Unopposed
Registered electors			967
	Liberal hold

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Elections in the 1850s

By-election, 9 July 1859: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Milner Gibson	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

• Caused by Gibson's appointment as President of the Board of Trade

By-election, 27 June 1859: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Milner Gibson	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

• Caused by Gibson's appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.

General election 1859: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Milner Gibson	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,081
	Liberal hold

By-election, 14 December 1857: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Thomas Milner Gibson	522	57.2
	Conservative	Booth Mason[44]	390	42.8
Majority			132	14.4
Turnout			912	84.1
	Radical hold		Swing

• Caused by Hindley's death.

General election 1857: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,085
	Radical hold

General election 1852: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	Unopposed
Registered electors			937
	Radical hold

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Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	Unopposed
Registered electors			871
	Radical hold

General election 1841: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	303	54.4	+2.5
	Conservative	Jonah Harrop[45]	254	45.6	+1.6
Majority			49	8.8	+0.9
Turnout			557	78.1	+2.3
Registered electors			713
	Radical hold		Swing	+0.5

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Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	237	51.9	−3.9
	Conservative	James Wood	201	44.0	+16.4
	Chartist	Rayner Stephens	19	4.2	N/A
Majority			36	7.9	−20.3
Turnout			457	75.8	+2.0
Registered electors			603
	Radical hold		Swing	−10.2

General election 1835: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	212	55.8	+12.0
	Conservative	Thomas William Helps	105	27.6	+18.7
	Radical	George Williams	63	16.6	−30.7
Majority			107	28.2	+24.7
Turnout			380	73.8	−12.1
Registered electors			515
	Radical hold		Swing	−3.4

General election 1832: Ashton-under-Lyne^[41][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Radical	George Williams	176	47.3
	Radical	Charles Hindley	163	43.8
	Tory	Thomas William Helps	33	8.9
Majority			13	3.5
Turnout			372	85.9
	Radical win (new seat)

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See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
• 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
• 1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
• 1931 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
• 1939 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
• 1945 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
2. 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.