Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Makerfield
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Makerfield in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	74,856 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Yvonne Fovargue (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Makerfield 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.

Makerfield is, and has historically been, one of the safest Labour seats in the country. With its predecessor constituencies, it has been held by Labour since the Parliamentary Labour Party was formed in 1906.

Boundaries

Makerfield consists of the western and central section of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester. It comprises the wards to the south and to the west of Wigan and to the north of Leigh.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended alterations to the existing constituencies in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan area. The electoral wards used in the altered Makerfield constituency from 2010 are:

• Abram, Ashton in Makerfield, Bryn, Hindley, Hindley Green, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes.

These changes move the Ince-in-Makerfield ward to the Wigan constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Michael McGuire	Labour
	1987	Ian McCartney	Labour
	2010	Yvonne Fovargue	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Makerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Fovargue	20,700	47.3	-14.8
	Conservative	Itrat Ali	8,210	18.8	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Crowther	7,082	16.2	+4.8
	Independent	Bob Brierley	3,424	7.8	N/A
	BNP	Ken Haslam	3,229	7.4	+4.1
	Independent	John Mather	1,126	2.6	N/A
Majority			12,490	28.5
Turnout			43,771	59.4	+9.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Makerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McCartney	22,494	63.2	-5.3
	Conservative	Kulveer Ranger	4,345	12.2	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Beswick	3,789	10.6	-0.8
	Community Action	Peter Franzen	2,769	7.8	N/A
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	1,221	3.4	N/A
	UKIP	Gregory Atherton	962	2.7	N/A
Majority			18,149	51.0
Turnout			35,580	51.5	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

General Election 2001: Makerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McCartney	23,879	68.5	-5.1
	Conservative	Jane Brooks	6,129	17.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Crowther	3,990	11.4	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	Malcolm Jones	858	2.5	N/A
Majority			17,750	50.9
Turnout			34,856	50.9	-15.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Makerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McCartney	33,119	73.3
	Conservative	M Winstanley	6,942	15.4
	Liberal Democrat	B Hubbard	3,743	8.3
	Referendum Party	A Seed	1,210	2.7
Majority			26,177	57.9
Turnout			45,014	66.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Makerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McCartney	32,832	60.4	+4.1
	Conservative	Mrs DM Dickson	14,714	27.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	ST Jeffers	5,097	9.4	-7.1
	Liberal	Ms. S Cairns	1,309	2.4	-14.1
	Natural Law	CD Davies	397	0.7	+0.7
Majority			18,118	33.3	+4.3
Turnout			54,349	76.1	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Makerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McCartney	30,190	56.26
	Conservative	L A Robertson	14,632	27.27
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	B Hewer	8,838	16.47

General Election 1983: Makerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McGuire	25,114	49.26
	Conservative	E Hay	14,238	27.93
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	R Grayson	11,633	22.82

See also

• Ince Parliamentary constituency.
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Notes

^ Manchester Evening News: "McCartney makes it a century"