Parliamentary constituencies in North West England

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The region[1] of North West England is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 39 Borough Constituencies and 36 County Constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019,[2] 32 are represented by Conservative MPs, 41 by Labour MPs, 1 by a Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by the Speaker.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   Speaker   Independent

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[3] Majority[4][nb 2] Member of Parliament[4] Nearest opposition[4] County County Location Constituency Map
Altrincham and Sale West BC 73,107 6,139 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sir Graham Brady† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Western‡ Greater Manchester
Ashton-under-Lyne BC 67,978 4,263 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Angela Rayner‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Dan Costello† Greater Manchester
Barrow and Furness 70,158 5,789 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Simon Fell† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chris Altree‡ Cumbria
A small constituency in the south of the county. It includes a long but very thin island to the west of the mainland part of the constituency.
Birkenhead BC 63,762 17,705 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mick Whitney‡ bgcolor=Template:Birkenhead Social Justice Party/meta/color|  Frank Field

(Birkenhead Social Justice)

Merseyside
Blackburn BC 71,234 18,304 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kate Hollern‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Claire Gill† Lancashire
Blackley and Broughton BC 73,372 14,402 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Graham Stringer‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alexander Elias† Greater Manchester
Blackpool North and Cleveleys BC 63,692 8,596 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Paul Maynard† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chris Webb‡ Lancashire
Blackpool South BC 57,690 3,690 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Scott Benton† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gordon Marsden‡ Lancashire
Bolton North East BC 67,564 378 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mark Logan† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  David Crausby‡ Greater Manchester
Bolton South East BC 69,163 7,598 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Yasmin Qureshi‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Johno Lee† Greater Manchester
Bolton West CC 73,191 8,855 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chris Green† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Julie Hilling‡ Greater Manchester
Bootle BC 74,832 34,566 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Peter Dowd‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tarsilo Onuluk† Merseyside
Burnley BC 64,345 1,352 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Antony Higginbotham† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Julie Cooper‡ Lancashire
Bury North BC 68,802 105 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Daly† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Frith‡ Greater Manchester
Bury South BC 75,152 402 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Christian Wakeford† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lucy Burke‡ Greater Manchester
Carlisle 65,105 8,319 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Stevenson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ruth Alcroft‡ Cumbria
A small constituency, to the north of the centre of the county.
Cheadle BC 74,577 2,336 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mary Robinson† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Tom Morrison¤ Greater Manchester
Chorley CC 78,177 17,392 bgcolor=Template:Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)/meta/color|  Lindsay Hoyle bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |  Mark Brexit-Smith Lancashire
City of Chester CC 76,057 6,164 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chris Matheson‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Samantha George† Cheshire
Congleton CC 80,930 18,591 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Fiona Bruce† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jo Dale‡ Cheshire
Copeland 61,693 5,842 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Trudy Harrison† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tony Lywoood‡ Cumbria
A medium-sized constituency found in the south west of the county.
Crewe and Nantwich CC 80,321 8,508 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kieran Mullan† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Laura Smith‡ Cheshire
Denton and Reddish BC 66,234 6,175 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Gwynne‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ian Bott† Greater Manchester
Eddisbury CC 73,700 18,443 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Edward Timpson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Terry Savage‡ Cheshire
Ellesmere Port and Neston CC 70,327 8,764 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Justin Madders‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alison Rodwell† Cheshire
Fylde CC 66,847 16,611 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mark Menzies† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Martin Mitchell‡ Lancashire
Garston and Halewood BC 76,116 31,624 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Maria Eagle‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Neva Novaky† Merseyside
Halton CC 71,930 18,975 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Derek Twigg‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Charles Rowley† Cheshire
Hazel Grove CC 63,346 4,423 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  William Wragg† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Lisa Smart¤ Greater Manchester
Heywood and Middleton CC 80,162 663 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chris Clarkson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Liz McInnes‡ Greater Manchester
Hyndburn BC 70,842 2,961 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sara Britcliffe† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Graham Jones‡ Lancashire
Knowsley BC 84,082 39,942 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  George Howarth‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rushi Millins† Merseyside
Lancaster and Fleetwood CC 70,059 2,380 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Cat Smith‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Louise Thistletwhaite† Lancashire
Leigh CC 77,417 1,965 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Grundy† bgcolor="Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |  Joanne Platt‡ Greater Manchester
Liverpool, Riverside BC 80,310 37,043 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kim Johnson‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sean Malkeson† Merseyside
Liverpool, Walton BC 62,628 30,520 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Dan Carden‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alex Phillips† Merseyside
Liverpool, Wavertree BC 63,458 27,085 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Paula Barker‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Catherine Mulhern† Merseyside
Liverpool, West Derby BC 65,640 32,908 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stephen Twigg‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Paul Richardson† Merseyside
Macclesfield CC 76,216 10,711 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  David Rutley† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Neil Puttick‡ Cheshire
Makerfield CC 74,190 4,740 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Yvonne Fovargue‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nick King† Greater Manchester
Manchester, Central BC 92,247 29,089 bgcolor="Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |  Lucy Powell‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Shaden Jaradat† Greater Manchester
Manchester, Gorton BC 76,419 30,339 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Afzal Khan‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sebastian Lowe† Greater Manchester
Manchester, Withington BC 76,530 27,905 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jeff Smith‡ bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  John Leech¤ Greater Manchester
Morecambe and Lunesdale CC 67,397 6,354 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  David Morris† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lizzi Collinge‡ Lancashire
Oldham East and Saddleworth CC 72,120 1,499 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Debbie Abrahams‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tom Lord† Greater Manchester
Oldham West and Royton CC 72,999 17,198 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jim McMahon‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kirsty Finlayson† Greater Manchester
Pendle BC 65,292 6,186 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Stephenson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Azhar Ali‡ Lancashire
Penrith and The Border 67,555 18,519 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Neil Hudson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sarah Williams‡ Cumbria
A large constituency, comprising the north and east of the county, and almost entirely surrounding a smaller constituency in the north.
Preston BC 65,292 12,146 bgcolor="Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |  Mark Hendrick‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Michele Scott† Lancashire
Ribble Valley CC 79,247 18,439 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nigel Evans† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Giles Bridge‡ Lancashire
Rochdale CC 78,909 9,668 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tony Lloyd‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Atifa Shah† Greater Manchester
Rossendale and Darwen BC 72,770 9,522 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jake Berry† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alyson Barnes‡ Lancashire
Salford and Eccles BC 82,202 16,327 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rebecca Long-Bailey‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Attika Choudhary† Greater Manchester
Sefton Central CC 69,760 15,618 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Bill Esterson‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jade Marsden† Merseyside
South Ribble CC 75,351 11,199 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Katherine Fletcher† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kim Snape‡ Lancashire
Southport BC 70,837 2,914 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Damien Moore† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Liz Savage‡ Merseyside
St Helens North BC 75,593 12,209 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Conor McGinn‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Joel Charles† Merseyside
St Helens South and Whiston BC 79,061 19,122 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Marie Rimmer‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Richard Short† Merseyside
Stalybridge and Hyde CC 73,064 2,946 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jonathan Reynolds‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tayub Amjad† Greater Manchester
Stockport BC 65,391 10,039 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nav Mishra‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Isy Imarni† Greater Manchester
Stretford and Urmston BC 72,372 19,705 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kate Green‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mussadak Mirza† Greater Manchester
Tatton CC 69,018 17,387 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Esther McVey† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Weinburg‡ Cheshire
Wallasey BC 66,310 18,322 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Angela Eagle‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Baker† Merseyside
Warrington North BC 72,235 1,509 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Charlotte Nichols‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Wendy Maisey† Cheshire
Warrington South BC 86,015 2,010 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andy Carter† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Faisal Rashid‡ Cheshire
Weaver Vale CC 70,551 562 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mike Amesbury‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Adam Wordsworth† Cheshire
West Lancashire CC 73,347 8,336 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rosie Cooper‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jack Gilmore† Lancashire
Westmorland and Lonsdale 67,789 1,934 bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | Tim Farron¤ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | James Airey† Cumbria
A medium-to-large constituency in the south of the county.
Wigan CC 75,680 6,728 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lisa Nandy‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ashley Williams† Greater Manchester
Wirral South CC 57,280 6,105 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alison McGovern‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stewart Gardiner† Merseyside
Wirral West CC 55,550 3,003 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Margaret Greenwood‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Laura Evans† Merseyside
Workington 61,370 4,176 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mark Jenkinson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sue Hayman‡ Cumbria
A medium constituency in the west of the county.
Worsley and Eccles South CC 75,219 3,219 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Barbara Keeley‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Arnie Saunders† Greater Manchester
Wyre and Preston North CC 74,775 16,781 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ben Wallace† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Joanne Ainscough‡ Lancashire
Wythenshawe and Sale East BC 76,313 10,396 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mike Kane‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Peter Harrop† Greater Manchester

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[5]

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the North West region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 1,321,072 37.5% Increase1.3% 32 Increase12
Labour 1,665,089 47.2% Decrease7.7% 42 Decrease12
Liberal Democrats 277,505 7.9% Increase2.5% 1 0
Greens 86,815 2.5% Increase1.4% 0 0
Brexit 136,196 3.9% new 0 0
Others 37,007 1.0% Decrease1.4% 0 0
Total 3,523,684 100.0 75

Percentage votes

North West votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

North West seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party (2019 - includes the Speaker, Lyndsay Hoyle)

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1997 - Independent (Martin Bell)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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