Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)
| Macclesfield | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Macclesfield in Cheshire. |
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 Location of Cheshire within England. |
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| County | Cheshire |
| Electorate | 73,613 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Macclesfield, Bollington and Prestbury |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1885 |
| Member of Parliament | David Rutley (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | East Cheshire |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Replaced by | East Cheshire |
| Created from | Cheshire |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Macclesfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the Cheshire East unitary authority, including the town of Macclesfield itself and the area surrounding it, such as Bollington and Prestbury, as well as Disley and Poynton. Much of the constituency is commuter territory for Manchester.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cheshire, the Boundary Commission for England proposed minor changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes with Henbury ward proposed to be transferred into the Tatton constituency, however following representations this proposal was dropped and the outer boundary of the Macclesfield constituency remained unchanged [2]. The electoral wards included in this modified constituency were (as at 12 April 2005) :
- Bollington Central, Bollington East, Bollington West, Disley and Lyme Handley, Gawsworth, Henbury, Macclesfield Bollinbrook, Macclesfield Broken Cross, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield, Macclesfield Ivy, Macclesfield Ryles, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield Tytherington, Macclesfield West, Poynton Central, Poynton East, Poynton West, Prestbury, Rainow and Sutton, all from the Borough of Macclesfield [3]
[edit] History
Macclesfield was first represented in Parliament after the Reform Act of 1832, from when it had two members of Parliament. This situation lasted until 1880, when after problems at the general election that year it was decided to declare the election void and suspend the writ of election (so no by-election could take place).
In September 1880 a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate further. A report of March 1881 confirmed the allegations of corruption. As a result the borough constituency was disenfranchised for corruption. The disenfranchisement took effect on 25 June 1885, when the town was transferred to the East Cheshire constituency.
However under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the Macclesfield constituency was recreated with extended boundaries, as a county division, later in 1885. From the 1885 general election it has elected one MP.
Macclesfield has for some time been considered to be a safe seat for the Conservative Party, having been held by them since the 1918 general election. Sir Nicholas Winterton who had been the Conservative MP, was first elected at a by-election in 1971 and held the seat until his retirement as an MP on the dissolution of the House of Commons in April 2010. Both Sir Nicholas and his wife Ann, Conservative MP for Congleton from 1983 to 2010, announced that they would not be candidates at the General Election. On 17 October 2009 David Rutley was selected as the Conservative candidate by way of an open primary organised by the party and on 6 May 2010 was elected MP with an increased majority.[4]
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1832–1885: Macclesfield Parliamentary Borough
From 1832 until 1880, Macclesfield was represented by two Members of Parliament.
| Election | 1st Member[5] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[5] | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | John Brocklehurst | Liberal | John Ryle | Conservative | ||
| 1837 | Thomas Grimsditch | Conservative | ||||
| 1847 | John Williams | Conservative | ||||
| 1852 | Edward Christopher Egerton | Conservative | ||||
| 1868 | William Coare Brocklehurst | Liberal | David Chadwick | Liberal | ||
| 1880 | writ suspended | |||||
[edit] MPs since 1885: Macclesfield county constituency
- The Macclesfield constituency was recreated in 1885, and subsequently has elected one MP only.
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Macclesfield [6] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Rutley | 23,503 | 47.0 | -2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Barlow | 11,544 | 23.1 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Adrian Heald | 10,164 | 20.3 | -8.7 | |
| Independent | Brendan Murphy | 2,590 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
| UKIP | Jacqueline Smith | 1,418 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Green | John Knight | 840 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 11,959 | 23.9 | |||
| Turnout | 50,059 | 68.31 | +5.21 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Macclesfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 22,628 | 49.6 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Stephen Carter | 13,227 | 29.0 | -4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Catherine O'Brien | 8,918 | 19.5 | +1.5 | |
| Veritas | John Scott | 848 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 9,401 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 45,621 | 63.1 | +0.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Macclesfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 22,284 | 48.9 | -0.7 | |
| Labour | Stephen Carter | 15,084 | 33.1 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Michael Flynn | 8,217 | 18.0 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 7,200 | 15.8 | |||
| Turnout | 45,585 | 62.3 | -12.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Macclesfield[7] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Winterton | 36,447 | 57.9 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | Ms. MC Longworth | 13,680 | 21.7 | +2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Dr. PCW Beatty | 12,600 | 20.0 | -4.0 | |
| Natural Law | Mrs CA Penn | 268 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 22,767 | 36.1 | +3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 62,995 | 82.3 | +4.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, S.I. 2007/1681
- ^ The borough of Macclesfield and its constituent wards were abolished on 1 April 2009, when they became part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire East; however, the boundaries of the parliamentary constituency remain fixed according to the wards in operation at 12 April 2005
- ^ "David Rutley adopted to succeed Sir Nicholas Winterton in Macclesfield". Conservative Home. 17 October 2009. http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/10/david-rutley-adopted-to-succeed-sir-nicholas-winterton-in-macclesfield.html. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
- ^ http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/electoral_services/parliamentary_general_election/macclesfield_constituency.aspx
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
