Stroud (UK Parliament constituency)

Stroud is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is held by Simon Opher of the Labour Party, who won the seat from Siobhan Baillie of the Conservatives in 2024.

History

The seat's parliamentary borough forerunner was created by the First Reform Act for the 1832 general election. It elected two MPs using the bloc vote until transformed in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for that year's general election, the name being transferred to a single-seat county division which covered a wider zone.

This was abolished at the 1950 general election, chiefly replaced with a new seat, Stroud and Thornbury. That was in turn abolished at the 1955 general election, when the present entity was created. Since this recreation the seat has had boundary changes.

Formerly a safe Conservative seat, Stroud has been a marginal seat since 1997, changing hands five times in eight elections (in 1997, 2010, 2017, 2019 and 2024).

Boundaries

Template:Maplink 1955–1974: The Urban Districts of Nailsworth and Stroud, the Rural Districts of Dursley, Stroud, and Tetbury, and part of the Rural District of Gloucester.

1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Nailsworth and Stroud, the Rural Districts of Dursley, Stroud, and Tetbury, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the parishes of Arlingham, Brookthorpe with Whaddon, Eastington, Elmore, Frampton on Severn, Fretherne with Saul, Frocester, Hardwicke, Harescombe, Haresfield, Longney, Moreton Valence, Quedgeley, Standish, Upton St Leonards, and Whitminster.

1983–1997: The District of Stroud wards of Berkeley, Bisley, Cainscross, Cam, Cambridge, Central, Chalford, Dursley, Eastington, Hinton, King's Stanley, Leonard Stanley, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Nibley, Painswick, Parklands, Randwick, Rodborough, Severn, Stonehouse, Thrupp, Trinity, Uley, Uplands, Vale, Whiteshill, Woodfield, and Wotton and Kingswood, and the District of Cotswold wards of Avening, Grumbold's Ash, and Tetbury.

1997–2010: All the wards of the District of Stroud except the Wotton and Kingswood ward.

2010–2024: The District of Stroud wards of Amberley and Woodchester, Berkeley, Bisley, Cainscross, Cam East, Cam West, Central, Chalford, Coaley and Uley, Dursley, Eastington and Standish, Farmhill and Paganhill, Hardwicke, Nailsworth, Over Stroud, Painswick, Rodborough, Severn, Slade, Stonehouse, The Stanleys, Thrupp, Trinity, Uplands, Upton St Leonards, Vale, and Valley.

The seat had 24 of the 27 wards of Stroud district (the rest were in The Cotswolds seat). The north-west limit is the Severn, which meanders from Gloucester as the upper estuary.

2024–present: Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The District of Stroud wards of: Amberley and Woodchester; Berkeley Vale; Cainscross; Cam East; Cam West; Chalford; Coaley & Uley; Dursley; Nailsworth; Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe; Rodborough; Severn; Stonehouse; Stroud Central; Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill; Stroud Slade; Stroud Trinity; Stroud Uplands; Stroud Valley; The Stanleys; Thrupp; Wotton-under-Edge.

In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, northern areas, including the communities of Bisley, Hardwicke and Painswick, were transferred to the newly created constituency of North Cotswolds. Wotton-under-Edge was added from The Cotswolds (abolished 2024).

Constituency profile

Stroud lies south of Gloucester, between the two larger Gloucestershire constituencies of The Cotswolds and Forest of Dean. Its east climbs the Cotswold Hills but Stroud is both smaller and more industrialised than east and west neighbours.

Most of the seat is rural or semi-rural with a middle belt that has a group of urbanised villages, including Caincross, Cam and Rodborough, with the main towns part of the West Country textile manufacturing heritage. The major market towns include Stroud itself, Dursley in the south, and the smaller towns of Berkeley (which has a smaller electorate than Chalford, but more facilities), Stonehouse and Nailsworth.

In November 2012, unemployment was 2.1%, compared to the national average of 3.8%.

Members of Parliament

Stroud parliamentary borough

MPs 1832–1885

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1832	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	David Ricardo	Whig	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	William Henry Hyett	Whig
1833 by-election	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	George Poulett Scrope	Whig
1835	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Charles Richard Fox	Whig
May 1835 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Lord John Russell	Whig
1841	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			William Henry Stanton	Whig
1852	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Lord Moreton	Whig
1853 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Edward Horsman	Whig
1859	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |		Liberal		rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Liberal
1867 by-election	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Henry Winterbotham	Liberal
1868	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Sebastian Dickinson	Liberal
Jan. 1874 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	John Dorington	Conservative
1874	rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Walter John Stanton	Liberal
May 1874 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	John Dorington	Conservative	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Alfred John Stanton	Liberal
July 1874 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Henry Brand	Liberal
1875 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Samuel Marling	Liberal
1880	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Walter John Stanton	Liberal	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Henry Brand	Liberal
1880	Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to a new county division

Stroud division of Gloucestershire

MPs 1885–1950

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Henry Brand	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1886	George Holloway	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1892	David Brynmor Jones	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	Charles Cripps	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1900	Charles Allen	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Sir Ashton Lister	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Stanley Tubbs	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Frederick Guest	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	Sir Frank Nelson	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931 by-election	Walter Perkins	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Ben Parkin	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished. See Stroud & Thornbury

Stroud County Constituency

MPs since 1955

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1955	Sir Anthony Kershaw	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1987	Roger Knapman	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1997	David Drew	Labour Co-op
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	2010	Neil Carmichael	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	2017	David Drew	Labour Co-op
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	2019	Siobhan Baillie	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	2024	Simon Opher	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Simon Opher	Template:Replace	46.4
		Siobhan Baillie	14,219	25.7
		Chris Lester	6,329	11.5
		Pete Kennedy	5,729	10.4
		George James	2,913	5.3
		Saskia Whitfield	261	0.5
		Jason Hughes	163	0.3
Majority			11,411	20.7
Turnout			55,221	70.9
	gain from		Swing	Increase12.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,733	45.7
	Labour	25,266	41.6
	Green	4,857	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	1,356	2.2
	Brexit Party	909	1.5
	Others	567	0.9
Turnout		60,688	79.6
Electorate		76,249

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General election 2019: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Siobhan Baillie	Template:Replace	47.9
		David Drew	27,742	42.1
		Molly Scott Cato	4,954	7.5
		Desi Latimer	1,085	1.6
		Glenville Gogerly	567	0.9
Majority			3,840	5.8
Turnout			65,930	78.0
	gain from		Swing	+3.5

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General election 2017: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Drew	Template:Replace	47.0
		Neil Carmichael	29,307	45.9
		Max Wilkinson	2,053	3.2
		Sarah Lunnon	1,423	2.2
		Glenville Gogerly	1,039	1.6
Majority			687	1.1
Turnout			63,816	77.0
	gain from		Swing	+4.5

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General election 2015: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Carmichael	Template:Replace	45.7
		David Drew	22,947	37.7
		Caroline Stephens	4,848	8.0
		Sarah Lunnon	2,779	4.6
		Adrian Walker-Smith	2,086	3.4
		Richard Wilson	246	0.4
	Free Public Transport	David Michael	100	0.2
Majority			4,866	8.0
Turnout			60,819	75.5
	hold		Swing	+2.9

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General election 2010: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Carmichael	Template:Replace	40.8
		David Drew	22,380	38.6
		Dennis Andrewartha	8,955	15.4
		Martin Whiteside	1,542	2.7
		Steve Parker	1,301	2.2
		Alan Lomas	116	0.2
Majority			1,299	2.2
Turnout			57,973	74.1
	gain from		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Drew	Template:Replace	39.6
		Neil Carmichael	22,177	39.0
		Peter Hirst	8,026	14.1
		Martin Whiteside	3,056	5.4
		Edward Noble	1,089	1.9
Majority			350	0.6
Turnout			56,875	71.3
	hold		Swing	−4.3

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General election 2001: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Drew	Template:Replace	46.6
		Neil Carmichael	20,646	37.4
		Janice Beasley	6,036	10.9
		Kevin Cranston	1,913	3.5
		Adrian Blake	895	1.6
Majority			5,039	9.2
Turnout			55,175	69.9
	hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Drew	Template:Replace	42.7
		Roger Knapman	23,260	37.9
		Paul Hodgkinson	9,502	15.5
		John Marjoram	2,415	3.9
Majority			2,910	4.8
Turnout			61,347	79.2
	gain from		Swing	+10.8

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General election 1992: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Knapman	Template:Replace	46.2
		David Drew	18,796	26.9
		Myles Robinson	16,751	24.0
		Sue Atkinson	2,005	2.9
Majority			13,405	19.3
Turnout			69,753	84.5
	hold		Swing	−6.2

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Roger Knapman	Template:Replace	50.2
		Adrian Walker-Smith	20,508	31.3
		Tom Levitt	12,145	18.5
Majority			12,375	18.9
Turnout			65,553	80.6
	hold		Swing	−0.3

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General election 1983: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	51.3
		Gerald Fallon	19,182	31.9
		David Parsons	10,141	16.8
Majority			11,714	19.4
Turnout			60,219	77.7
	hold		Swing	−2.7

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	52.6
		B.J. Marshall	17,037	27.5
		James Heppell	12,314	19.9
Majority			15,497	25.1
Turnout			61,885	81.3
	hold		Swing	+6.2

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General election October 1974: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	43.8
		Bill Maddocks	17,352	31.1
		S.A. Ritchie	13,756	24.7
	United Democratic Party	J.S. Churchill	241	0.4
Majority			7,054	12.7
Turnout			55,755	80.4
	hold		Swing	+6.2

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General election February 1974: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	43.6
		Bill Maddocks	17,148	29.2
		S.A. Ritchie	15,521	26.4
	Powell Conservative	J.S. Churchill	470	0.8
Majority			8,471	14.4
Turnout			58,758	85.4
	hold

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General election 1970: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	51.1
		R. Derek Wheatley	19,158	36.1
		David M. Davies	6,799	12.8
Majority			7,931	15.0
Turnout			53,046	80.3
	hold		Swing	+5.9

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	43.2
		Tom Cox	20,259	40.1
		John V. Smith	8,397	16.6
Majority			1,545	3.1
Turnout			50,460	85.0
	hold		Swing	−1.4

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General election 1964: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	44.1
		Dennis V. Hunt	18,889	38.2
		Iain P. Crawford	8,747	17.7
Majority			2,913	5.9
Turnout			49,438	85.4
	hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	48.1
		Alfred Evans	18,336	37.6
		Clement John McNair, 2nd Baron McNair	6,988	14.3
Majority			5,112	10.5
Turnout			48,772	85.2
	hold		Swing	+1.1

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General election 1955: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Kershaw	Template:Replace	49.4
		Richard W. Evely	19,375	41.1
		Eric Barnett Ayliffe	4,489	9.5
Majority			3,943	8.3
Turnout			47,182	84.3
	win (new seat)

Election in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ben Parkin	Template:Replace	40.8
		Walter Perkins	21,546	39.0
		Peter Cadbury	11,141	20.2
Majority			949	1.8
Turnout			55,182	72.6
	gain from		Swing	+14.1

General Election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Walter Perkins

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Perkins	Template:Replace	63.2
		Constance Borrett	14,133	36.8
Majority			10,149	26.4
Turnout			38,415	71.0
	hold		Swing	−8.2

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General election 1931: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Perkins	Template:Replace	71.4
		F W Davies	11,039	28.6
Majority			16,573	42.8
Turnout			38,651	76.5
	hold		Swing	+11.7

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1931 Stroud by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Perkins	Template:Replace	49.6
		John Maynard	10,688	30.0
		Arthur Stanton	7,267	20.4
Majority			6,953	19.6
Turnout			35,596	71.4
	hold		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frank Nelson	Template:Replace	44.5
		Arthur Stanton	11,728	29.5
		F. E. White	10,384	26.1
Majority			5,972	15.0
Turnout			39,812	81.6
	hold		Swing	+4.0

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General election 1924: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frank Nelson	Template:Replace	54.2
		Edith Picton-Turbervill	7,418	25.2
		Arthur Stanton	6,057	20.6
Majority			8,555	29.0
Turnout			29,448	78.9
	gain from		Swing	+16.8

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General election 1923: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Guest	Template:Replace	53.2
		Stanley Tubbs	13,355	46.8
Majority			1,824	6.4
Turnout			28,534	78.2
	gain from		Swing	+13.0

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General election 1922: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stanley Tubbs	Template:Replace	51.0
		Charles Allen	9,041	31.3
		Samuel Edward Walters	5,081	17.6
Majority			5,682	19.7
Turnout			28845	79.9
	gain from

Elections 1832 to 1918

Elections in the 1910s

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Lister

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George Hardy

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected:

• Liberal: George Hardy
• Unionist: Cecil Edwin Fitch

General election 1918: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Wye Kendall	8,522	40.1
Majority			4,212	19.8
Turnout			21,256	61.3
	hold

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General election December 1910: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Allen	Template:Replace	51.0
		Cecil Edwin Fitch	4,849	49.0
Majority			202	2.0
Turnout			9,900	90.1
	hold		Swing	−0.6

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General election January 1910: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Allen	Template:Replace	51.6
		Arthur William Clifford	4,962	48.4
Majority			323	3.2
Turnout			10,247	93.2
	hold		Swing	−4.6

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1906: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Allen	Template:Replace	56.1
		William Burton Stewart	4,221	43.9
Majority			1,180	12.2
Turnout			9,622	90.6
	hold		Swing	+4.4

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C.P. Allen

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General election 1900: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Allen	Template:Replace	51.7
		Charles Cripps	4,379	48.3
Majority			313	3.4
Turnout			9,071	86.6
	gain from		Swing	+5.1

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1895: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Cripps	Template:Replace	53.4
		Charles Allen	4,514	46.6
Majority			661	6.8
Turnout			9,689	83.6
	gain from		Swing	+4.5

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Brynmor Jones

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General election 1892: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Brynmor Jones	Template:Replace	51.1
		George Holloway	4,410	48.9
Majority			201	2.2
Turnout			9,021	81.5
	gain from		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1886: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Holloway	Template:Replace	54.2
		Walter John Stanton	3,911	45.8
Majority			709	8.4
Turnout			8,531	82.3
	gain from		Swing	+5.9

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Henry Brand

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General election 1885: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Brand	Template:Replace	51.7
		George Holloway	4,333	48.3
Majority			313	3.4
Turnout			8,979	86.6
	win (new seat)

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General election 1880: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter John Stanton	Template:Replace	26.5
		Henry Brand	Template:Replace	26.3
		George Holloway	2,810	24.0
		John Dorington	2,722	23.2
Majority			271	2.3
Turnout			5,856 (est)	91.8 (est)
	hold		Swing	−0.3
	hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1870s

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1875 Stroud by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Marling	Template:Replace	51.9
		William Keppel	2,577	48.1
Majority			206	3.8
Turnout			5,360	88.7
	hold		Swing	+0.2

• Caused by the previous by-election being declared void on petition.

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July 1874 Stroud by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Brand	Template:Replace	50.8
		James Thomas Stanton	2,613	49.2
Majority			82	1.6
Turnout			5,308	89.3
	gain from		Swing	−0.9

• Caused by Dorington's election being declared void on petition, due to "bribery, treating, and undue influence".

May 1874 Stroud by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Dorington	Template:Replace	25.9
		Alfred John Stanton	Template:Replace	25.3
		Henry Brand	2,677	24.8
		George Holloway	2,582	24.0
Majority			119	1.1
Majority			140	1.3
Turnout			5,389 (est)	90.7 (est)
Registered electors			5,942
	gain from		Swing	+0.7
	hold		Swing	−0.9

• Caused by the election being declared void on petition on "account of treating, but the treating was not with knowledge of the candidates".

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General election 1874: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter John Stanton	Template:Replace	25.9
		Sebastian Dickinson	Template:Replace	25.8
		John Dorington	2,763	25.5
		George Holloway	2,467	22.8
Majority			31	0.3
Turnout			5,411 (est)	91.1 (est)
	hold		Swing	−10.4
	hold		Swing	−11.1

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By-election, 8 Jan 1874: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Dorington	Template:Replace	53.7
		Henry Allan	2,426	46.3
Majority			391	7.4
Turnout			5,243	88.2
	gain from		Swing	+26.8

• Caused by Winterbotham's death.

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sebastian Dickinson	Template:Replace	37.2
		Henry Winterbotham	Template:Replace	35.9
		John Dorington	2,096	26.8
Majority			709	9.1
Turnout			4,952 (est)	87.8 (est)
	hold
	hold

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By-election, 20 August 1867: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Winterbotham	Template:Replace	53.3
		John Dorington	508	46.7
Majority			72	6.6
Turnout			1,088	80.2
	hold

• Caused by Scrope's resignation.

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General election 1865: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Horsman	Template:Replace	41.4
		George Scrope	Template:Replace	41.3
		Ashley Ponsonby	287	17.3
Majority			398	24.0
Turnout			973 (est)	71.8 (est)
	hold
	hold

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1859: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold
	hold

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party linkTemplate:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party linkTemplate:Election box Registered electors

General election 1857: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold
	hold

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

By-election, 6 March 1855

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

• Caused by the appointment of Horsman as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

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By-election, 28 June 1853

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

• Caused by Reynolds-Moreton's elevation to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl Ducie

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General election 1852: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Scrope	Template:Replace	29.8
		Henry Reynolds-Moreton	Template:Replace	27.8
		Samuel Baker	488	25.7
		John Norton	316	16.7
Majority			40	2.1
Turnout			949 (est)	71.4 (est)
	hold		Swing	−7.0
	hold		Swing	−8.8

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1847: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Henry Stanton	Template:Replace	44.0
		George Julius Poulett Scrope	Template:Replace	42.3
		Marcus Mereweather Turner	176	13.8
Majority			365	28.5
Turnout			728 (est)	60.2 (est)
	hold		Swing	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

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General election 1841: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Henry Stanton	Template:Replace	39.7
		George Julius Poulett Scrope	Template:Replace	35.2
		Sir William Lascelles Wraxall, 2nd Baronet	377	25.2
Majority			150	10.0
Turnout			916	74.8
	hold		Swing	−2.3
	hold		Swing	−5.1

• J Symons, formerly Editor of the Stroud Free Press, was a candidate but withdrew before the election took place.
• The Gloucester Journal described him as "A Chartist of Nailsworth by name Chapman who has issued his address couched in flaming terms worthy of the Northern Star (goes on to comment that he was a small publican and tailor".

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Julius Poulett Scrope	Template:Replace	41.6
		John Russell	Template:Replace	40.6
		John Adams	297	17.7
Majority			384	22.9
Turnout			991	74.0
Registered electors			1,340
	hold
	hold

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By-election, 19 May 1835: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	hold

• Resignation of Fox

General election 1835: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Julius Poulett Scrope	Template:Replace	49.2
		Charles Richard Fox	Template:Replace	40.2
		Jelinger Cookson Symons	187	10.6
Majority			521	29.6
Turnout			937	71.8
Registered electors			1,305
	hold
	hold

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

By-election, 27 May 1833: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	hold

• Resignation of Ricardo

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General election 1832: Stroud

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		William Henry Hyett		46.2
		David Ricardo		27.4
		George Julius Poulett Scrope		26.4
Majority			23	1.0
Turnout			1,156	92.7
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

Sources

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.

External links

• Stroud UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Stroud UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Stroud UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK