Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Makerfield
County constituency

Makerfield shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Ian McCartney
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater Manchester
EP constituency: North West England

Makerfield is a 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.

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[edit] Boundaries

Makerfield consists of the western and central section of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester. It comprises the wards to the south and to the west of Wigan and to the north of Leigh.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended alterations to the existing constituencies in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan area. The electoral wards used in the altered Makerfield constituency are:

These changes move Ince-in-Makerfield ward to Wigan.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 Michael McGuire Labour
1987 Ian McCartney Labour

[edit] Election results

Makerfield is, and has historically been, one of the safest Labour seats in the country. With its predecessor constituencies, it has been held by Labour since the Parliamentary Labour Party was formed in 1906. [1]

General Election 2005: Makerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian McCartney 22,494 63.2 -5.3
Conservative Kulveer Ranger 4,345 12.2 -5.4
Liberal Democrat Trevor Beswick 3,789 10.6 -0.8
Community Action Peter Franzen 2,769 7.8 +7.8
British National Party Dennis Shambley 1,221 3.4 +3.4
UK Independence Gregory Atherton 962 2.7 +2.7
Majority 18,149 51.0
Turnout 35,580 51.5 +0.6
Labour hold Swing +0.1


General Election 2001: Makerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian McCartney 23,879 68.5 -5.1
Conservative Jane Brooks 6,129 17.6 +2.2
Liberal Democrat David Crowther 3,990 11.4 +3.1
Socialist Alliance Malcolm Jones 858 2.5 N/A
Majority 17,750 50.9
Turnout 34,856 50.9 -15.9
Labour hold Swing

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[edit] Notes

^  Manchester Evening News: "McCartney makes it a century"

Constituencies in North West England
Labour

Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative

Altrincham and Sale West | Crewe and Nantwich | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat

Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Conservative (4) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)
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