Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)
Ashton under Lyne | |
---|---|
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Population | 90,484 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 68,553 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Ashton-under-Lyne, Failsworth, Hollinwood and Droylsden |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1832 |
Member of Parliament | Angela Rayner (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Lancashire |
Ashton-under-Lyne is a constituency[n 1] centred on the town of Ashton-under-Lyne that is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Angela Rayner of the Labour Party, who has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Education since 1 July 2016 and Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities since 27 June 2016.[n 2] It is considered a safe seat for Labour; in the most recent six national elections its voters have given strong majorities to the Labour Party candidate.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the Failsworth East, Failsworth West and Hollinwood electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the Ashton Hurst, Ashton St. Michael's, St. Peter's, Ashton Waterloo, Droylsden East and Droylsden West wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside.
Members of Parliament
In the 1886 election, voting resulted in a tie between incumbent John Edmund Wentworth Addison and the Liberal candidate. Under the legislation of the time, the presiding officer had a casting vote, and Addison was reelected. In the by-election of 29 October 1928, the turnout was 89.1%, a record for "Great Britain". The mayor arranged for the result to be signalled by coloured rockets.[4]
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Rayner | 19,366 | 49.8 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Tracy Sutton | 8,610 | 22.1 | −2.6 | |
UKIP | Maurice Jackson | 8,468 | 21.8 | +17.4 | |
Green | Charlotte Hughes | 1,531 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carly Hicks | 943 | 2.4 | −12.4 | |
Majority | 10,756 | 27.6 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,918 | 57.5 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
UKIP originally selected Angela McManus as candidate,[7] but she changed to the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Heyes | 18,604 | 48.4 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | Seema Kennedy | 9,510 | 24.7 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Larkin[10] | 5,703 | 14.8 | +3.2 | |
BNP | David Lomas | 2,929 | 7.6 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Angela McManus | 1,686 | 4.4 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 9,094 | 23.7 | −14.0 | ||
Turnout | 38,432 | 56.9 | +5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Heyes | 21,211 | 57.4 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Graeme Brown | 7,259 | 19.6 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Les Jones | 5,108 | 13.8 | +2.0 | |
BNP | Anthony Jones | 2,051 | 5.5 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | John Whittaker | 768 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Local Community Party | Jack Crossfield | 570 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,952 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,967 | 51.3 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Heyes | 22,340 | 62.5 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Tim Charlesworth | 6,822 | 19.1 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Fletcher | 4,237 | 11.8 | +2.1 | |
BNP | Roger Woods | 1,617 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Green | Nigel Rolland | 748 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,518 | 43.4 | |||
Turnout | 35,764 | 49.1 | −16.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 31,919 | 67.5 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Mayson | 8,954 | 18.9 | −12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Pickstone | 4,603 | 9.7 | +0.5 | |
Referendum | Lorraine Clapham | 1,346 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Prince Cymbal | 458 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 22,965 | 48.6 | |||
Turnout | 47,280 | 65.5 | −8.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 24,550 | 56.6 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | John R. Pinniger | 13,615 | 31.4 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles W. Turner | 4,005 | 9.2 | −8.7 | |
Liberal | Colin L. Hall | 907 | 2.1 | −15.8 | |
Natural Law | John Brannigan | 289 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 10,935 | 25.2 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,366 | 73.9 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 22,389 | 51.8 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Linton Cadman | 13,103 | 30.3 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | Mark Hunter | 7,760 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,286 | 21.5 | |||
Turnout | 43,250 | 74.0 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 20,987 | 49.7 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Richard Spring | 13,290 | 31.5 | −4.5 | |
SDP | John Adler | 7,521 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Dave Hallsworth | 407 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,697 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 42,196 | 71.6 | −5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 24,535 | 54.7 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | A. Fearn | 16,156 | 36.0 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | G. Taylor | 3,699 | 8.2 | −8.7 | |
National Front | D. Jones | 486 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,379 | 18.7 | |||
Turnout | 44,876 | 76.6 | +4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 23,490 | 53.9 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | M. H. Litchfield | 12,763 | 29.3 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | T. G. Jones | 7,356 | 16.9 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 10,727 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,609 | 72.2 | −7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 23,019 | 48.4 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Timothy Maxwell Aitken | 14,718 | 30.9 | −14.6 | |
Liberal | J. G. Jones | 9,837 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,301 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 47,574 | 79.5 | +8.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 23,927 | 54.5 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Alan d'A. Fearn | 19,973 | 45.5 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 3,954 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 43,900 | 71.4 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 24,728 | 58.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Donald Moore | 17,396 | 41.3 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 7,332 | 17.4 | |||
Turnout | 42,124 | 73.7 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Edward Sheldon | 24,657 | 54.5 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Donald Moore | 20,550 | 45.5 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 4,107 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 45,213 | 77.4 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hervey Rhodes | 25,991 | 52.8 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Horrocks | 23,239 | 47.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 2,752 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 49,230 | 81.1 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hervey Rhodes | 26,216 | 52.0 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Edwin Hodson | 24,251 | 48.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,965 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 50,467 | 80.1 | −4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hervey Rhodes | 21,424 | 52.1 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Lewis | 19,740 | 48.0 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 1,684 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 41,164 | 84.9 | −1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hervey Rhodes | 20,970 | 50.6 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | G. B. Howcroft | 20,046 | 48.3 | +13.3 | |
Communist | H. H. Blackwell | 459 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 924 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 41,475 | 86.4 | +15.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.4 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hervey Rhodes | 12,889 | 54.1 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | R. A. Cary | 8,360 | 35.0 | −8.6 | |
Liberal | A. Beale | 2,604 | 10.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,529 | 19.1 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 70.5 | −8.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Allen Jowitt | 14,998 | 56.4 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart | 11,604 | 43.6 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 3,394 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 26,602 | 78.6 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Elections in the 1930s
- William Jowitt won the Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1939 unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Simpson | 14,140 | 50.2 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | John Broadbent | 14,026 | 49.8 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 114 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 28,166 | 81.0 | −4.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Broadbent | 15,652 | 52.5 | +7.9 | |
Labour | J. W. Gordon | 11,074 | 37.1 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | J. T. Middleton | 2,696 | 9.0 | N/A | |
New Party | Charles B. Hobhouse | 424 | 1.4 | −14.6 | |
Majority | 4,578 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 29,846 | 85.3 | +5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Broadbent | 12,420 | 44.6 | +11.6 | |
Labour | J. W. Gordon | 11,005 | 39.4 | −5.0 | |
New Party | A. Young | 4,472 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,415 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 27,897 | 80.2 | −5.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.3 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Bellamy | 13,170 | 44.4 | +3.8 | |
Unionist | John Broadbent | 9,763 | 33.0 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | William Gilbert Greenwood | 6,693 | 22.6 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 3,407 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 29,626 | 85.9 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Bellamy | 9,567 | 40.6 | +7.8 | |
Unionist | Gordon Touche | 7,161 | 30.3 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | William Gilbert Greenwood | 6,874 | 29.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 2,406 | 10.3 | |||
Turnout | 23,512 | 89.1 | +0.8 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Cornelius Homan | 8,971 | 39.5 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Cecil L'Estrange Malone | 7,451 | 32.8 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Henry Greenwood | 6,692 | 27.7 | −7.4 | |
Majority | 1,520 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,114 | 88.3 | +3.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Abraham Walter de Frece | 7,813 | 36.2 | −21.4 | |
Liberal | Henry Greenwood | 7,574 | 35.1 | n/a | |
Labour | Ellen Cicely Wilkinson | 6,208 | 28.7 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 239 | 1.1 | −14.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,595 | 85.3 | +2.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Abraham Walter de Frece | 12,006 | 57.6 | +14.2 | |
Labour | Thomas W. Gillinder | 8,834 | 42.4 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 3,172 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 20,840 | 83.3 | −1.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 8,864 | 43.3 | −15.0 | ||
Labour | William Cornforth Robinson | 8,127 | 39.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Arthur Harold Marshall | 3,511 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 738 | 3.7 | −12.9 | ||
Turnout | 20,502 | 82.3 | +13.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 10,261 | 58.3 | +7.2 | ||
NFDDSS | Thomas Frederick Lister | 7,334 | 41.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,927 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 17,595 | 68.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
- endorsed by Coalition Government
In the Ashton-under-Lyne By-Election of 23 December 1916, Albert Henry Stanley, Conservative was elected unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Max Aitken | 4,044 | 51.1 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Henry Scott | 3,848 | 48.8 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 196 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,652 | 91.8 | −3.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Henry Scott | 4,039 | 49.3 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Herbert Whiteley | 3,746 | 45.9 | +2.2 | |
Independent Labour | W Gee | 413 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 293 | 3.6 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,198 | 95.4 | +2.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.6 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Henry Scott | 4,310 | 56.3 | +20.4 | |
Conservative | Herbert Whiteley | 3,342 | 43.7 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 968 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,652 | 92.8 | +6.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Whiteley | 3,545 | 53.1 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | E A Parkin | 2,400 | 35.9 | −5.1 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | James Johnston | 737 | 11.0 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 1,145 | 17.2 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,682 | 86.2 | −5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Whiteley | 3,434 | 52.6 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | W. Woods | 2,680 | 41.0 | −8.0 | |
Ind. Labour Party | James Sexton | 415 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 754 | 11.6 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,529 | 91.3 | −2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edmund Wentworth Addison | 3,358 | 51.0 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Octavius Vaughan Morgan | 3,223 | 49.0 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 135 | 2.0 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,581 | 93.9 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edmund Wentworth Addison | 3,050* | 50.0 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | A B Rowley | 3,049 | 50.0 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,099 | 93.1 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 |
- Both candidates having received 3,049 votes each, Addison was elected on the Returning Officer's casting vote.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edmund Wentworth Addison | 3,153 | 50.4 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Hugh Mason | 3,104 | 49.6 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 49 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,257 | 95.5 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Mason | 2,966 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | J. R. Coulthart | 2,586 | 46.6 | ||
Majority | 380 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 5552 | 94.0 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Walton Mellor | ||||
Liberal | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Walton Mellor | 2,269 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Milner Gibson | 2,147 | 48.6 | ||
Majority | 122 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 4416 | 91.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
- Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920
- Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1928
- Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1931
- Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1939
- Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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