Hazel Grove (UK Parliament constituency)

Hazel Grove
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hazel Grove in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	62,422 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Bredbury, Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple and Offerton
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	William Wragg (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Cheadle
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Hazel Grove is a constituency in Greater Manchester, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by William Wragg, a Conservative.

1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall, and Marple.

1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Bredbury, Great Moor, Hazel Grove, Marple North, Marple South, and Romiley.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Bredbury and Woodley, Bredbury Green and Romiley, Hazel Grove, Marple North, Marple South, and Offerton.

The constituency was created in 1974. It took areas previously within the Cheadle constituency.

The constituency was established in time for the February 1974 general election, having previously formed part of the Cheadle constituency. At that election, the seat was won by Michael Winstanley of the Liberal Party. Winstanley only held it for a few months, because at the general election October 1974 he lost to the Conservatives' Tom Arnold.

Arnold held the seat until 1997, although (with the exception of the 1979 election) this was with small majorities over the local Liberals/SDP-Liberal Alliance/Liberal Democrats' candidate. At the 1997 general election, Arnold stood down, and the seat was taken by Andrew Stunell of the Liberal Democrats. Stunell held the seat until his retirement in 2015, although with reduced majorities.