Halton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Halton County constituency |
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| Halton shown within Cheshire, and Cheshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Derek Twigg |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Cheshire |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Halton is a county constituency in Cheshire, 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Halton constituency sits on either side of the River Mersey and comprises Widnes, the original town of Runcorn (with a small part of the new town) and Hale village. It consists of 14 electoral wards; Hale, Ditton, Riverside, Hough Green, Broadheath, Kingsway, Birchfield, Farnworth, Appleton, Halton, Mersey, Heath, Grange and Halton Brook.
[edit] Boundary Review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cheshire, the Boundary Commission for England have made minor changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes. The electoral wards used in this modified constituency are;
- Appleton, Birchfield, Broadheath, Castlefields, Ditton, Farnworth, Grange, Hale, Halton Brook, Halton View, Heath, Hough Green, Kingsway, Mersey and Riverside from the borough of Halton
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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| 1983 | Gordon Oakes | Labour | Junior minister 1974–1976. Retired 1997, died 2005 |
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| 1987 | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1997 | Derek Twigg | Labour | Junior minister 2004— | |
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| 2005 | ||||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Halton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Twigg | 21,460 | 62.8 | -6.4 | |
| Conservative | Colin Bloom | 6,854 | 20.1 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Barlow | 5,869 | 17.2 | +5.0 | |
| Majority | 14,606 | 42.7 | |||
| Turnout | 34,183 | 53.1 | -1.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Halton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Twigg | 23,841 | 69.2 | -1.7 | |
| Conservative | Chris Davenport | 6,413 | 18.6 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Walker | 4,216 | 12.2 | +4.9 | |
| Majority | 17,428 | 50.6 | |||
| Turnout | 34,470 | 54.1 | -14.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Halton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Twigg | 31,497 | 70.9 | +11.3 | |
| Conservative | Philip Balmer | 7,847 | 17.7 | -12.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Jones | 3,263 | 7.3 | -1.5 | |
| Referendum Party | Reginald Atkins | 1,036 | 2.3 | ||
| Liberal | David Proffitt | 600 | 1.4 | ||
| Republican | John Alley | 196 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 23,650 | 53.2 | |||
| Turnout | 44,439 | 68.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Halton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Oakes | 35,005 | 59.7 | ||
| Conservative | G.L. Mercer | 16,821 | 28.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | D. Reaper | 6,104 | 10.4 | ||
| Monster Raving Loony | S. Herley | 398 | 0.7 | ||
| Natural Law | N.G. Collins | 338 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 18,184 | 31.1 | |||
| Turnout | 58,666 | 78.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Halton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Oakes | 32,065 | 55.5 | ||
| Conservative | J.G. Hardman | 17,487 | 30.2 | ||
| Social Democrat | H.F. Clucas | 8,272 | 14.3 | ||
| Majority | 14,578 | 25.3 | |||
| Turnout | 57,824 | 78.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Halton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon Oakes | 24,752 | 46.4 | ||
| Conservative | P.M. Pedley | 17,923 | 33.6 | ||
| Social Democrat | T.R. Tilling | 10,649 | 20.0 | ||
| Majority | 6,829 | 12.8 | |||
| Turnout | 53,324 | 73.3 | |||
