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Heywood and Middleton North (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°34′N 2°13′W / 53.57°N 2.21°W / 53.57; -2.21
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Heywood and Middleton
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Heywood and Middleton in Greater Manchester
Outline map
Location of Greater Manchester within England
CountyGreater Manchester
Electorate79,636 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsHeywood and Middleton
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentLiz McInnes
SeatsOne
Created fromHeywood and Royton; Middleton and Prestwich

Heywood and Middleton is a constituency[n 1] in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2014 by Liz McInnes of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale wards of Heywood North, Heywood South, Heywood West, Middleton Central, Middleton East, Middleton North, Middleton South, and Middleton West.

1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale wards of Castleton, Heywood North, Heywood South, Heywood West, Middleton Central, Middleton East, Middleton North, Middleton South, Middleton West, and Norden and Bamford.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale wards of Bamford, Castleton, East Middleton, Hopwood Hall, Norden, North Heywood, North Middleton, South Middleton, West Heywood, and West Middleton.

The constituency is one of three covering the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, covering the west of the borough — it includes the towns of Heywood and Middleton, some of the western fringes of Rochdale itself (such as Castleton, and parts of Norden and Bamford) and some of the rural green buffer area to the north.

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Heywood and Royton and Middleton and Prestwich and has been held by the Labour Party since then.

From 1983 until his retirement in 1997, the MP was Jim Callaghan, not to be confused with a former Prime Minister with the same name.

Once a safe Labour seat, it is now a marginal between the Labour Party and UKIP.[2]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[3] Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1983 Jim Callaghan Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | 1997 Jim Dobbin Labour Co-op
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2014 by-election Liz McInnes Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Heywood and Middleton
General Election 2015: Heywood and Middleton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz McInnes 20,926 43.1 +3.0
UKIP John Bickley 15,627 32.2 +29.6
Conservative Iain Gartside 9,268 19.1 −8.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith 1,607 3.3 −19.4
Green Abi Jackson 1,110 2.3 +2.3
Majority 5,299 10.9
Turnout 48,538 60.7
Labour hold Swing
Heywood and Middleton by-election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liz McInnes 11,633 40.9 +0.8
UKIP John Bickley 11,016 38.7 +36.1
Conservative Iain Gartside[5] 3,496 12.3 −14.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith[6] 1,457 5.1 −17.6
Green Abi Jackson[7] 870 3.1 +3.1
Majority 617 2.2
Turnout 28,472 36.0
Labour hold Swing −18.5
General Election 2010: Heywood and Middleton[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 18,499 40.1 −8.2
Conservative Mike Holly 12,528 27.2 +5.4
Liberal Democrats Wera Hobhouse 10,474 22.7 +2.5
BNP Peter Greenwood 3,239 7.0 +2.6
UKIP Victoria Cecil 1,215 2.6 +0.7
Independent Chrissy Lee 170 0.4 N/A
Majority 5,971 12.9 −13.6
Turnout 46,125 57.5 +3.7
Labour Co-op hold Swing −6.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Heywood and Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 19,438 49.8 −7.9
Conservative Stephen Pathmarajah 8,355 21.4 −6.2
Liberal Democrats Crea Lavin 7,261 18.6 +7.4
BNP Gary Aronsson 1,855 4.7 N/A
Liberal Philip Burke 1,377 3.5 +0.9
UKIP John Whittaker 767 2.0 N/A
Majority 11,083 28.4
Turnout 39,053 54.6 +1.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing −0.9
General Election 2001: Heywood and Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 22,377 57.7 +0.0
Conservative Marilyn Hopkins 10,707 27.6 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Greenhalgh 4,329 11.2 −4.5
Liberal Philip Burke 1,021 2.6 +1.1
Christian Democrats Christine West 345 0.9 N/A
Majority 11,670 30.1
Turnout 38,779 53.1 −15.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Heywood and Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 29,179 57.7 +5.4
Conservative Sebastian Grigg 11,637 23.0 −10.4
Liberal Democrats David Clayton 7,908 15.6 +3.3
Referendum Christine West 1,076 2.1 N/A
Liberal Philip Burke 750 1.5 −0.3
Majority 17,542 34.7
Turnout 50,550 68.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General Election 1992: Heywood and Middleton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Callaghan 22,380 52.3 +2.4
Conservative Eric Ollerenshaw 14,306 33.4 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Dr. Michael B. Taylor 5,252 12.3 −3.6
Liberal Philip Burke 757 1.8 N/A
Natural Law Ms. Anne-Marie Scott 134 0.3 N/A
Majority 8,074 18.9 +3.3
Turnout 42,829 74.9 +1.1
Labour hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Heywood and Middleton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Callaghan 21,900 49.9 +6.6
Conservative Roy Edward Walker 15,052 34.3 +0.3
SDP Ian Greenhalgh 6,953 15.8 −6.3
Majority 6,848 15.6
Turnout 43,905 73.8
Labour hold Swing +3.2
General Election 1983: Heywood and Middleton[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Callaghan 18,111 43.3 N/A
Conservative Christine Margaret Hodgson 14,137 33.8 N/A
SDP Arthur Anthony Rumbelow 9,262 22.1 N/A
BNP Kenneth Henderson 316 0.8 N/A
Majority 3,974 9.5 N/A
Turnout 41,826 69.9 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ 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
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Heywood and Middleton: Why is Labour's safe northern seat now a Ukip target?". Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
  4. ^ "Heywood & Middleton". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  5. ^ http://www.conservativeteam.co.uk/news/iain-gartside-chosen-election-candidate
  6. ^ http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/91355/lib-dems-select-anthony-smith-for-heywood-and-middleton-contest?utm_content=bufferdc8f8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
  7. ^ "Rochdale Green Party Announce Abi Jackson as their candidate for the Heywood & Middleton by-election" (Press release). Green Party of England and Wales. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. ^ http://democracy.rochdale.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=25&RPID=38074
  9. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  10. ^ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge87/i11.htm
  11. ^ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm

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