Electoral history of Grant Shapps

This is a summary of the electoral history of Grant Shapps, who was a prominent Conservative Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister under David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, and was a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2024.

Council elections

1990 Manchester City Council election, Old Moat

Old Moat[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Fender* 2,963 56.3 +11.4
Conservative G. Shapps 1,218 23.1 +1.5
Liberal Democrats S. A. Oliver 602 11.4 −11.5
Green J. V. Lovell 479 9.1 +4.0
Majority 1,745 33.2 +11.2
Turnout 5,262
Labour hold Swing +4.9

1994 Brent London Borough Council election, St Andrews

St Andrews (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Harrod* 1,119 49.95 0.07
Labour Bruce Nichols 1,033
Conservative Maurice Hearn 969 44.20 1.88
Conservative Grant Shapps 935
Liberal Democrats Margaret Calder 134 5.85 1.81
Liberal Democrats Adrian Wilkins 118
Registered electors 4,395 863
Turnout 2,278 51.83 12.42
Rejected ballots 8 0.35 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

Parliamentary elections

1997 general election

General election 1997: North Southwark and Bermondsey[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes 19,831 48.6 −2.8
Labour Jeremy Fraser 16,444 40.3 +5.8
Conservative Grant Shapps 2,835 6.9 −5.0
BNP Michael Davidson 713 1.7 +0.5
Referendum Bill Newton 545 1.3 New
Communist League Ian Grant 175 0.4 New
Liberal James Munday 157 0.4 New
National Democrats Ingga Yngvisson 95 0.2 New
Majority 3,387 8.3 –8.6
Turnout 40,795 62.2 –0.3
Registered electors 65,598
Liberal Democrats hold Swing –4.3

2001 general election

General election 2001: Welwyn Hatfield[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Melanie Johnson 18,484 43.2 −3.9
Conservative Grant Shapps 17,288 40.4 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Daniel Cooke 6,021 14.1 +0.6
UKIP Malcolm Biggs 798 1.9 New
ProLife Alliance Fiona Pinto 230 0.5 0.0
Majority 1,196 2.8 −7.8
Turnout 42,821 63.9 −14.7
Labour hold Swing −3.9

2005 general election

General election 2005: Welwyn Hatfield[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Grant Shapps 22,172 49.6 +9.2
Labour Melanie Johnson 16,226 36.3 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Sara Bedford 6,318 14.1 0.0
Majority 5,946 13.3 N/A
Turnout 44,716 68.1 +4.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.0

2010 general election

General election 2010: Welwyn Hatfield[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Grant Shapps 27,894 57.0 +7.4
Labour Mike Hobday 10,471 21.4 −14.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Zukowskyj 8,010 16.4 +2.2
UKIP David Platt 1,643 3.4 New
Green Jill Weston 796 1.6 New
Independent Nigel Parker 158 0.3 New
Majority 17,423 35.6 +22.3
Turnout 48,972 68.0 −0.2
Conservative hold Swing +11.1

2015 general election

General election 2015: Welwyn Hatfield[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Grant Shapps 25,281 50.4 −6.6
Labour Anawar Miah 13,128 26.1 +4.7
UKIP Arthur Stevens 6,556 13.1 +9.7
Liberal Democrats Hugh Annand 3,140 6.3 −10.1
Green Marc Scheimann 1,742 3.5 +1.9
Independent Michael Green 216 0.4 New
TUSC Richard Shattock 142 0.3 New
Majority 12,153 24.3 −11.3
Turnout 50,205 68.5 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing −5.7

2017 general election

General election 2017: Welwyn Hatfield[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Grant Shapps 26,374 51.0 +0.6
Labour Anawar Miah 19,005 36.8 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Nigel Quinton 3,836 7.4 +1.1
UKIP Dean Milliken 1,441 2.8 –10.3
Green Christianne Sayers 835 1.6 –1.9
Independent Melvyn Jones 178 0.3 New
Majority 7,369 14.2 –10.1
Turnout 51,669 71.0 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing −5.0

2019 general election

General election 2019: Welwyn Hatfield[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Grant Shapps 27,394 52.6 +1.6
Labour Rosie Newbigging 16,439 31.6 −5.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Zukowskyj 6,602 12.7 +5.3
Green Oliver Sayers 1,618 3.1 +1.5
Majority 10,955 21.0 +6.8
Turnout 52,053 69.5 −1.5
Conservative hold Swing +3.4

2024 general election

General election 2024: Welwyn Hatfield[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Lewin 19,877 41.0 +9.3
Conservative Grant Shapps 16,078 33.2 −19.3
Reform UK Jack Aaron 6,397 13.2 New
Liberal Democrats John Munro 3,117 6.4 −6.3
Green Sarah Butcher 2,986 6.2 +3.1
Majority 3,799 7.8 N/A
Turnout 48,455 64.6 −4.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.4

References

  1. ^ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
  2. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "1994 London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 21–24, 192–193. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Brent Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Welwyn Hatfield - 2010 general election". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Statement as to persons nominated and notice of poll". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Welwyn Hatfield - 2015 general election". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Statement as to persons nominated and notice of poll". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Welwyn Hatfield - 2017 general election". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Welwyn Hatfield - 2019 general election". UK Parliament. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. 7 June 2024. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  14. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election Results 4 July 2024". Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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