Heywood and Middleton (UK Parliament constituency)

Heywood and Middleton
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Heywood and Middleton in Greater Manchester.

Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 79,636 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Heywood and Middleton
Current constituency
Created 1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament Jim Dobbin (Labour Co-op)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Heywood and Middleton is a county 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

Boundaries

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 area to the north.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester in the 2000s, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of a modified Heywood and Middleton constituency using the following electoral wards from within the Rochdale Borough:

In effect, this meant that the seat gained the areas of Marland and Sudden from the Rochdale constituency. Both those areas were formerly in the ward of Brimrod & Deeplish.

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Heywood and Royton & Middleton and Prestwich. The Labour Party has held the seat since its creation. From 1983 until his retirement in 1997, the MP was Jim Callaghan, who is not to be confused with the former Prime Minister of the same name. Since 1997, the seat has been held by Jim Dobbin.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party
1983 Jim Callaghan Labour
1997 Jim Dobbin Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Heywood and Middleton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 18,499 40.1 −8.2
Conservative Mike Holly 12,528 27.2 +5.4
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat Crea Lavin 7,261 18.6 +7.4
BNP Gary Aronsson 1,855 4.7 +4.7
Liberal Philip Burke 1,377 3.5 +0.9
UKIP John Whittaker 767 2.0 +2.0
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 Democrat Ian Greenhalgh 4,329 11.2 -4.5
Liberal Philip Burke 1,021 2.6 +1.1
Christian Democratic Party 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
Conservative Sebastian Grigg 11,637 23.0
Liberal Democrat David Clayton 7,908 15.6
Referendum Party Christine West 1,076 2.1
Liberal Philip Burke 750 1.5
Majority 17,542 34.7
Turnout 50,550 68.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General Election 1992: Heywood and Middleton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Callaghan 22,380 52.3 +2.4
Conservative Eric Ollerenshaw 14,306 33.4 −0.9
Liberal Democrat Michael Taylor 5,252 12.3 −3.6
Liberal Philip Burke 757 1.8 N/A
Natural Law Ms. AM 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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Callaghan 21,900 49.9
Conservative R. E. Walker 15,052 34.3
Social Democrat I. Greenhalgh 6,953 15.8
Majority 6,848 15.6
Turnout 73.8
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General Election 1983: Heywood and Middleton[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Callaghan 18,111 43.3
Conservative C. Hodgson 14,137 33.8
Social Democrat A. Rumbelow 9,262 22.1
BNP Kenneth Henderson 316 0.8
Majority 3,974 9.5
Turnout 69.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
  3. ^ http://democracy.rochdale.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=25&RPID=38074
  4. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i11.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  5. ^ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge87/i11.htm
  6. ^ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm
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