Abstract: A sheet-like electrical stress control article includes at least one void-filling layer of elastomeric void-filling material having some electrical stress control functionality (for example, containing 20 to 70% by weight of electrically conductive or semi-conductive fillers) and at least one support layer of elastomeric material selected and/or formulated (for example, with 45 to 65% by weight fillers) to require increasing applied stress to produce therein a given unit of strain as it approaches its break point The thickness and composition of the respective layers are selected so that the article is stretchable during application thereof to parts of a cable and the increasing stress required to stretch the support layer resists over-elongation of the void-filling layer.