Hazel Grove
North West · County constituency · Stockport borough
About the Hazel Grove constituency
Hazel Grove is a county constituency in the North West, covering most or all of Stockport. The sitting MP is Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat), first elected in July 2024.
At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won Hazel Grove with 37.7% of the vote, ahead of Labour on 23.5%, a majority of 6,500 votes. Turnout was 63.1%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has the Liberal Democrats on 38.2% and Reform UK on 25.4% in Hazel Grove, a margin of 12.8 points. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Hazel Grove is closely divided in the 2016 EU referendum (an estimated 52.2% voted Leave in 2016). About 33.3% of residents hold a degree, 74.4% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 45 (2021 Census).
Across the last 5 general elections on record, the seat has been won by the Conservatives 3 times, the Liberal Democrats 2 times (earlier years may be on predecessor boundaries).
Who lives in Hazel Grove? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Hazel Grove 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
Current projection
Map of Hazel Grove
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.
Hazel Grove within Stockport
The Westminster constituency of Hazel Grove sits entirely within Stockport Council. Local council elections are a separate ballot from Westminster general elections - the figures below are from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Stockport | 100% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Hazel Grove at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Hazel Grove at past general elections?
2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | LD hold | Andrew Stunell | 12.5% | 33.6% | 48.8% | 6,371 | 67.4% |
| 2015 | Con gain from LD | William Wragg | 17.5% | 41.4% | 26.2% | 6,552 | 68.5%+1.1 |
| 2017 | Con hold | William Wragg | 20.5% | 45.4% | 32.9% | 5,514 | 69.9%+1.4 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | William Wragg 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 16.3% | 45.6% | 37.2% | 4,219 | 69.2%-0.7 |
| 2024 | LD gain from Con | Lisa Smart | 23.5% | 19.6% | 37.7% | 6,500 | 63.1%-6.1 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Hazel Grove
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Hazel Grove. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 76.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.8 / 11.8vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3524.9 / 25.0vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 76.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.8 / 11.5vs 20.2
- ↓Social rent12.4 / 11.1vs 16.8
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 73.6vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.8 / 13.4vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3524.9 / 25.2vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 74.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.8 / 13.1vs 20.2
- ↓Under 3524.9 / 24.8vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.4 / 76.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent11.8 / 11.5vs 20.2
- ↑Age 65+28.0 / 29.1vs 22.7
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
- 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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