Warrington North (UK Parliament constituency)

Warrington North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Warrington North in Cheshire.
Location of Cheshire within England.
County	Cheshire
Electorate	71,836 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Helen Jones (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Warrington, Newton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Warrington North is a parliamentary 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.

Boundaries

The constituency is one of two covering the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, the other being Warrington South. It covers the northern and eastern parts of the town, including Birchwood, Orford, Padgate and Woolston, in effect suburbs that are contiguous. It also includes the villages of Burtonwood, Culcheth and Winwick. The southern boundary (with Warrington South) is the River Mersey.

History of Boundaries

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the General Election 2010. Before the change, two wards, Bewsey and Whitecross and Whittle Hall were in the seat, however only part of Fairfield and Howley was in the seat.

The seat has electoral wards:

• Birchwood; Burtonwood and Winwick; Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft; Fairfield and Howley; Orford; Poplars and Hulme; Poulton North; Poulton South; Rixton and Woolston; Westbrook in the Borough of Warrington

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the abolished Warrington and Newton constituencies.

Political History

Although in 2010 the Labour Party saw a 6.6% swing to the Conservative Party, all of its majorities to date have not been marginal and therefore Warrington North is a safe seat for the Labour Party, who have selected both of the candidates for MP since its creation. Its first member of Parliament was Doug Hoyle, who had first won the Warrington seat in a by-election in 1981, beating Roy Jenkins, the leader of the then-new Social Democratic Party in their first election.

Hoyle stood down at the 1997 general election, and was replaced by Helen Jones, who has held the seat since then.

Constituency profile

The constituency includes half of the historic but industrious town, which saw significant economic and population growth in the 20th century. In contrast to Warrington South, workless claimants who were registered jobseekers, constituted in November 2012 a higher proportion than the national average of 3.8% of the population, at 4.3%, this demonstrated marginally higher employment than in the North West as a whole, based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Doug Hoyle	Labour
	1997	Helen Jones	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jones	20,135	45.5	−7.3
	Conservative	Paul Campbell	13,364	30.2	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Eccles	9,196	20.8	+2.1
	Independent	Albert Scott	1,516	3.4	N/A
Majority			6,771	15.3
Turnout			44,211	61.7	+6.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jones	21,632	53.5	−8.2
	Conservative	Andrew Ferryman	9,428	23.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Walker	7,699	19.0	+5.6
	UKIP	John Kirkham	1,086	2.7	+0.7
	Community Action	Mike Hughes	573	1.4	+1.4
Majority			12,204	30.2
Turnout			40,418	55.1	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.4

General Election 2001: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jones	24,026	61.7	−0.4
	Conservative	James Usher	8,870	22.8	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Smith	5,232	13.4	+3.1
	UKIP	Jack Kirkham	782	2.0	N/A
Majority			15,156	38.9
Turnout			38,910	53.7	−16.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jones	31,827	62.1	+7.8
	Conservative	Ray Lacey	12,300	24.0	−9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Greenhalgh	5,308	10.4	−1.1
	Referendum Party	Arthur T. Smith	1,816	3.5	N/A
Majority			19,527	38.1
Turnout			51,251	70.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.7

General Election 1992: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Hoyle	33,019	54.3	+6.1
	Conservative	Colin Daniels	20,397	33.6	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Greenhalgh	6,965	11.5	−6.2
	Natural Law	Brian R. Davis	400	0.7	N/A
Majority			12,622	20.8	+6.7
Turnout			60,781	77.3	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Hoyle	27,422	48.2	+7.0
	Conservative	L.C. Jones	19,409	34.1	+3.3
	Social Democrat	C. Bithell	10,046	17.7	−9.8
Majority			8,013	14.1
Turnout			56,877	75.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

General Election 1983: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Hoyle	20,873	41.2	N/A
	Conservative	S.E. Sexton	15,596	30.8	N/A
	Social Democrat	D.S. Harrison	13,951	27.5	N/A
	BNP	I. Sloan	267	0.5	N/A
Majority			5,277	10.4	N/A
Turnout			50,687	72.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire

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