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.

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

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

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

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

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

1990 Manchester City Council election, Old Moat

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Lewin	19,877	41.0	+9.3
	Conservative	Grant Shapps	16,078	33.2	−19.3
	Reform	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