Warrington North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Warrington North Borough constituency
Warrington North shown within Cheshire, and Cheshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Helen Jones
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cheshire
EP constituency:	North West England

Warrington North 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is one of two covering the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, the other being Warrington South. It covers the northern and eastern parts of the town, including the Birchwood, Orford, Padgate and Woolston areas. It also includes the villages of Burtonwood, Culcheth and Winwick. The Southern boundary (with Warrington South) is the River Mersey.

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1983, from parts of the former Warrington and Newton constituencies. It is a safe seat for the Labour Party, with them having held it since its creation. Its first member of Parliament was Doug Hoyle, who had first won the Warrington seat in a by-election in 1981, beating Roy Jenkins, the leader of the then-new Social Democratic Party in their first election.

Hoyle stood down at the 1997 general election, and was replaced by Helen Jones, who has held the seat since then. Hoyle now sits in the House of Lords, as Lord Hoyle of Warrington.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 1997: Doug Hoyle, Labour
• 1997 – present: Helen Jones, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jones	21,632	53.5	-8.2
	Conservative	Andrew Ferryman	9,428	23.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Walker	7,699	19.0	+5.6
	UK Independence	John Kirkham	1,086	2.7	+0.7
	Community Action	Mike Hughes	573	1.4	+1.4
Majority			12,204	30.2
Turnout			40,418	55.1	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.4

General Election 2001: Warrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jones	24,026	61.7	-0.4
	Conservative	James Usher	8,870	22.8	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Smith	5,232	13.4	+3.1
	UK Independence	Jack Kirkham	782	2.0	N/A
Majority			15,156	38.9
Turnout			38,910	53.7	-16.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire

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)