Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rochdale
Borough constituency

Rochdale shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created: 1832
MP: Paul Rowen
Party: Liberal Democrats
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater Manchester
EP constituency: North West England

Rochdale is a borough 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

The constituency is one of three covering the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. It contains most of the town of Rochdale itself as well as Littleborough and some of the surrounding rural area.

[edit] History

Rochdale was one of the constituencies created by the Reform Act of 1832, and as of 2006 has been a Labour/Liberal Democrat marginal for many years, although it was held by the Conservatives for part of the 1950s, until a 1958 by-election.

It was held for two decades by the larger-than-life Cyril Smith, first of the Liberal Party and then of the Liberal Democrats. He won a by-election in 1972, taking the seat from Labour, and held it until his retirement in 1992. A native Rochdalian and a former Labour Party member himself, he had a substantial personal vote which always helped to see off his Labour challengers.

After his retirement, contests have been tighter. The Liberal Democrats held the seat at first, with Liz Lynne winning at the 1992 general election, only to lose to Labour's Lorna Fitzsimons at the 1997 election. However, they regained the seat at the 2005 election, with Paul Rowen defeating Fitzsimons.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1832 John Fenton Liberal
1835 John Entwistle Conservative
1837 John Fenton Liberal
1841 William Sharman Crawford Liberal
1852 Edward Miall Liberal
1857 Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bt. Liberal
1859 Richard Cobden Liberal
1865 Thomas Bayley Potter Liberal
1895 Clement Royds Conservative
1906 Alexander Harvey Liberal
1918 Alfred Law Coalition Conservative
1922 Stanley Burgess Labour
1923 John Muir Liberal
1924 William Thomas Kelly Labour
1931 Thomas Jesson Conservative
1935 William Thomas Kelly Labour
1940 by-election Hyacinth Morgan Labour
1950 Joseph Hale Labour
1951 Wentworth Schofield Conservative
1958 by-election Jack McCann Labour
1972 by-election Cyril Smith Liberal
1992 Liz Lynne Liberal Democrats
1997 Lorna Fitzsimons Labour
2005 Paul Rowen Liberal Democrats

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

Next United Kingdom general election: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Danczuk
Liberal Democrat Paul Rowen
General Election 2005: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Paul Rowen 16,787 41.1 +6.2
Labour Lorna Fitzsimons 16,343 40.0 -9.2
Conservative Khalid Hussain 4,270 10.5 -2.9
British National Party Derek Adams 1,773 4.3 +4.3
UK Independence John Whittaker 499 1.2 +1.2
Green Samir Chatterjee 448 1.1 -0.7
Islam Zinda Baad Dr Mohammed Salim 361 0.9 +0.9
Veritas Carl Faulkner 353 0.9 +0.9
Majority 444 1.1
Turnout 40,834 58.4 +1.7
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing +7.7
General Election 2001: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorna Fitzsimons 19,406 49.2 -0.2
Liberal Democrat Paul Rowen 13,751 34.9 -5.1
Conservative Elaina Cohen 5,274 13.4 +4.6
Green Nick Harvey 728 1.8 N/A
Independent Mohammed Salim 253 0.6 +0.2
Majority 5,655 14.3
Turnout 39,412 56.7 -13.3
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorna Fitzsimons 23,758 49.4
Liberal Democrat Liz Lynne 19,213 40.0
Conservative M Turnberg 4,237 8.8
British National Party G Bergin 653 1.4
Independent Mohammed Salim 221 0.5
Majority 4,545 9.4
Turnout 48,082 70.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +4.8
General Election 1992: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Liz Lynne 22,776 42.8 -0.6
Labour David Williams 20,937 39.4 +1.4
Conservative Duncan Goldie-Scott 8,626 16.2 -2.4
British National Party K Henderson 620 1.2
Natural Law V Lucker 221 0.4
Majority 1,839 3.5 -1.9
Turnout 53,170 76.5 +1.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing -1.0

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cyril Smith 22,245 43.4 -2.7
Labour David Williams 19,466 38.0 +7.9
Conservative Clive Condie 9,561 18.6 -3.7
Majority 2,779 5.4 -10.6
Turnout 51,272 74.6 +3.8
Liberal hold Swing -5.3
General Election 1983: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cyril Smith 21,858 46.1 +1.1
Labour Valerie Broon 14,271 30.1 -4.2
Conservative Alan Fearn 10,616 22.4 +3.1
National Front P Barker 463 1.0 -0.4
Unemployed Party P Courtney 204 0.4
Majority 7,587 16.0 +5.3
Turnout 47,412 70.8 -2.9
Liberal hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Kelly 22,060 40.2 +6.4
Liberal John Muir 16,957 30.8 -2.7
Conservative J Haslam 15,962 29.0 -3.7
Majority 5,103 9.4 +9.1
Turnout 54,979 87.6 -2.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1924: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Kelly 14,609 33.8 +1.2
Liberal John Muir 14,492 33.5 -2.9
Conservative Thomas Jesson 14,112 32.7 +1.7
Majority 117 0.3
Turnout 43,213 90.3 +2.5
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1923: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Muir 15,087 36.4 +7.2
Labour Stanley Burgess 13,525 32.6 -6.2
Conservative N Cockshutt 12,845 31.0 -1.0
Majority 1,562 3.8
Turnout 41,457 87.8 +0.7
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1922: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Burgess 15,774 38.8 +22.3
Conservative Alfred Law 13,006 32.0 -15.6
Liberal John Muir 11,894 29.2 +7.7
Majority 2,768 6.8
Turnout 40,674 87.1 +22.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Conservative Alfred Law 14,299 47.6 +6.7
Liberal H V Phillipps 6,452 21.5 -23.1
Labour R. H. Tawney 4,956 16.5
National Democratic J J Terrett 2,358 7.8
National Party J F Jones 1,992 6.6
Majority 7,847 26.1
Turnout 30,057 64.5 -28.5
Coalition Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
General Election December 1910: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Harvey 5,373 44.6 -4.2
Conservative N Cockshutt 4,850 40.9 +2.3
Social Democratic Federation Dan Irving 1,901 14.5 +1.9
Majority 477 3.7 -6.5
Turnout 11,124 88.0 -5.5
Liberal hold Swing
General Election January 1910: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Harvey 6,809 48.8 +2.9
Conservative W B Boyd-Carpenter 5,581 38.6 +2.0
Social Democratic Federation Dan Irving 1,755 12.6
Majority 1,428 10.2 -1.1
Turnout 13,945 93.5 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Harvey 5,912 45.9 0.0
Conservative Clement Royds 4,449 34.6 -11.5
Independent Labour Samuel George Hobson 2,506 19.5
Majority 1,463 11.3
Turnout 12,867 93.0 +5.9
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1900: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clement Royds 5,204 46.1 0.0
Liberal Alexander Harvey 5,185 45.9 +4.0
Labour C A Clarke 901 8.0
Majority 19 0.2 -4.0
Turnout 11,290 87.1 -1.1
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clement Royds 4,781 46.1 +1.0
Liberal W L Bright 4,359 41.9 -13.0
Ind. Labour Party George Nicoll Barnes 1,251 12.0
Majority 422 4.2
Turnout 10,391 88.2 +2.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1892: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Bayley Potter 5,460 54.9 -2.7
Conservative Clement Royds 4,480 45.1 +2.7
Majority 980 9.8 -5.4
Turnout 9,940 85.8 +9.8
Liberal hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Bayley Potter 4,738 57.6 +1.9
Conservative J A R Marriott 3,481 42.4 -1.9
Majority 1,257 15.2 +3.8
Turnout 9,969 76.0 -16.2
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1885: Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Bayley Potter 5,552 55.7
Conservative E Lees 4,417 44.3
Majority 1,135 11.4
Turnout 9,969 92.2
Liberal hold Swing

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