Oldham Central and Royton | |
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Former Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Oldham East and Saddleworth and Oldham West and Royton |
Created from | Heywood and Royton and Oldham East |
Oldham Central and Royton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Oldham and Royton areas in the north-west of Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Oldham West & Royton.
Contents |
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | James Lamond | Labour | |
1992 | Bryan Davies | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Oldham West and Royton |
General Election 1992: Oldham Central and Royton[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bryan Davies | 23,246 | 51.1 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Patricia Morris | 14,640 | 32.2 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ann Dunn | 7,224 | 15.9 | -1.7 | |
Natural Law | Ian Dalling | 403 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 8,606 | 18.9 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,513 | 74.2 | +4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
General Election 1987: Oldham Central and Royton[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Lamond | 21,759 | 48.1 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 15,480 | 34.3 | +0.2 | |
Social Democrat | Ann Dunn | 7,956 | 17.6 | -6.9 | |
Majority | 6,279 | 13.9 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 69.2 | +2.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1983: Oldham Central and Royton[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Lamond | 18,611 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 15,299 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Social Democrat | M. Jackson | 11,022 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,312 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 66.9 | N/A | |||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |