Constituency profile

Hazel Grove

North West · County constituency · Stockport borough

Lisa Smart MP
Sitting MP

Lisa Smart

Liberal Democrat

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
County constituency, Stockport council
Last 5 GE winners
LDCCCLD
Conservative 3/5, Liberal Democrats 2/5
EU referendum 2016
52.2% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +0.3pp above mean
Current outlook
Liberal Democrats +9.4pp
vs Reform UK 25.5%
NorthernBrexit-marginal

About the Hazel Grove constituency

Hazel Grove is a county constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Lisa Smart (Liberal Democrat), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won with 37.7% to 23.5% for Labour, a majority of 6,500 votes on a 63.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Liberal Democrats on 34.9% and Reform UK on 25.5%, a margin of 9.4 points.

Who lives in Hazel Grove? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
52.2%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
33.3%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
15.9%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
74.4%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
24.2%
UK average ~36%
Median age
45.2
UK median ~40
Age 65+
28.0%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
24.9%
UK average ~28%

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

LD gain from Con · majority 6,500 votes (14.2pp) · turnout 63.1%

Current projection

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

Map of Hazel Grove

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)

Hazel Grove within Stockport

Hazel Grove 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
Bredbury & WoodleyLib Dem 36.9%vs Labour 25.4%May 2026 Lib Dem 43.3%vs Reform 37.3%
Lib Dem share
+6.4pp
42.4%
Bredbury Green & RomileyLib Dem 39.2%vs Labour 20.4%May 2026 Lib Dem 45.6%vs Reform 29.6%
Lib Dem share
+6.3pp
43.5%
Hazel GroveLib Dem 36.7%vs Conservative 24.5%May 2026 Lib Dem 37.4%vs Reform 35.7%
Lib Dem share
+0.7pp
43.7%
ManorLabour 34.5%vs Lib Dem 32.0%May 2026 Reform 36.2%vs Labour 23.9%
Labour→Reform
+15.6pp
41.1%
Marple NorthLib Dem 40.4%vs Conservative 21.8%May 2026 Lib Dem 52.2%vs Reform 17.5%
Lib Dem share
+11.8pp
54.7%
Marple South & High LaneLib Dem 42.1%vs Labour 19.0%May 2026 Lib Dem 47.3%vs Reform 25.3%
Lib Dem share
+5.2pp
48.6%
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 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 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 holdAndrew Stunell12.5%33.6%48.8%5.1% UKIP--6,37167.4%
2015Con gain from LDWilliam Wragg17.5%41.4%26.2%12.2% UKIP2.6%-6,55268.5%+1.1
2017Con holdWilliam Wragg20.5%45.4%32.9%-1.2%-5,51469.9%+1.4
2019notionalConservative winnerWilliam Wragg 2019 MP, pre-review boundary16.3%45.6%37.2%-0.3%0.6%4,21969.2%-0.7
2024LD gain from ConLisa Smart23.5%19.6%37.7%15.1% Ref3.8%0.2%6,50063.1%-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.

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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