Constituency profile

Cheadle

North West · Borough constituency · Stockport borough

Tom Morrison MP
Sitting MP

Tom Morrison

Liberal Democrat

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
Borough constituency, Stockport council
Last 5 GE winners
LDCCCLD
Conservative 3/5, Liberal Democrats 2/5
EU referendum 2016
42.6% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -9.3pp below mean
Current outlook
Liberal Democrats +24.6pp
vs Conservative 21.0%
NorthernRemain-leaningGraduate-heavy

About the Cheadle constituency

Cheadle is a borough constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won with 46.7% to 22.6% for the Conservatives, a majority of 12,235 votes on a 68.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Liberal Democrats on 45.7% and the Conservatives on 21.0%, a margin of 24.6 points.

Who lives in Cheadle? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
42.6%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
44.0%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
12.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
81.5%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
17.6%
UK average ~36%
Median age
44.5
UK median ~40
Age 65+
27.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
23.8%
UK average ~28%

How did Cheadle vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

LD gain from Con · majority 12,235 votes (24.1pp) · turnout 68.2%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Cheadle

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Cheadle within Stockport

Cheadle sits entirely within Stockport Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Stockport
63 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Bramhall NorthLib Dem 43.5%vs Conservative 29.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 45.4%vs Reform 23.8%
Lib Dem share
+1.9pp
48.9%
Bramhall South & WoodfordLib Dem 46.8%vs Conservative 29.1%May 2026 Lib Dem 41.4%vs Conservative 36.2%
Lib Dem share
-5.3pp
53.5%
Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme NorthLib Dem 38.3%vs Labour 29.8%May 2026 Lib Dem 44.0%vs Reform 27.0%
Lib Dem share
+5.8pp
41.0%
Cheadle Hulme SouthLib Dem 52.3%vs Conservative 21.3%May 2026 Lib Dem 56.0%vs Reform 19.8%
Lib Dem share
+3.6pp
45.6%
Cheadle West & GatleyLib Dem 51.4%vs Conservative 17.2%May 2026 Lib Dem 46.2%vs Reform 19.5%
Lib Dem share
-5.3pp
43.1%
Davenport & Cale GreenLabour 49.1%vs Reform 13.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 28.1%vs Labour 22.9%
Labour→Lib Dem
+20.6pp
39.6%
Heald GreenLib Dem 39.1%vs Conservative 20.8%May 2026 Others 35.8%vs Lib Dem 27.6%
Lib Dem→Others
+23.7pp
43.9%
Norbury & WoodsmoorLib Dem 44.7%vs Conservative 26.2%May 2026 Lib Dem 45.3%vs Reform 25.9%
Lib Dem share
+0.6pp
48.8%
OffertonLib Dem 38.8%vs Labour 25.5%May 2026 Lib Dem 35.7%vs Reform 30.5%
Lib Dem share
-3.1pp
43.1%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Cheadle at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Cheadle at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010LD holdMark Hunter9.4%40.8%47.1%2.7% UKIP--3,27273.3%
2015Con gain from LDMary Robinson16.3%43.1%31.0%8.3% UKIP-1.3%6,45372.5%-0.8
2017Con holdMary Robinson19.1%44.6%36.3%---4,50774.3%+1.8
2019notionalConservative winnerMary Robinson 2019 MP, pre-review boundary12.3%46.0%41.8%---2,33675.8%+1.5
2024LD gain from ConTom Morrison15.6%22.6%46.7%10.1% Ref3.2%1.8%12,23568.2%-7.6

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Cheadle

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Cheadle. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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