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
Member of parliament	Liz McInnes
Number of members	One
Created from	Heywood and Royton; Middleton and Prestwich
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Heywood and Middleton is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2014 by Liz McInnes of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

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 green buffer area to the north.

Latest boundary review

The Boundary Commission's Fifth Review before the 2010 election recommended the creation of a modified Heywood and Middleton constituency, accepted by Parliament so the seat has electoral wards:

Bamford, Castleton, East Middleton, Hopwood Hall, Norden, North Heywood, North Middleton, South Middleton, West Heywood, West Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale

In effect, this meant that the seat gained the Marland and Sudden neighbourhoods from the Rochdale constituency. 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 and Middleton and Prestwich and has been held by the Labour Party since then.

From 1983 until his retirement in 1997, the MP was Jim Callaghan, not to be confused with a former Prime Minister with the same name.^{[n 3]}

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1983	Jim Callaghan	Labour
1997	Jim Dobbin	Labour Co-op
2014 by-election	Liz McInnes	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Heywood and Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	John Bickley^[3]
	Conservative	Iain Gartside^[4]
	Green	Abi Jackson^[5]
	Labour	Liz McInnes^[6]
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Smith^[7]

Heywood and Middleton by-election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz McInnes	11,633	40.9	+0.8
	UKIP	John Bickley^[8]	11,016	38.7	+36.1
	Conservative	Iain Gartside^[9]	3,496	12.3	−14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Smith^[10]	1,457	5.1	−17.6
	Green	Abi Jackson^[11]	870	3.1	+3.1
Majority			617	2.2
Turnout			28,472	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−18.5

General Election 2010: Heywood and Middleton^[12]
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	N/A
	Liberal	Philip Burke	1,377	3.5	+0.9
	UKIP	John Whittaker	767	2.0	N/A
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 Democrats	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	+5.4
	Conservative	Sebastian Grigg	11,637	23.0	−10.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Clayton	7,908	15.6	+3.3
	Referendum Party	Christine West	1,076	2.1	N/A
	Liberal	Philip Burke	750	1.5	−0.3
Majority			17,542	34.7
Turnout			50,550	68.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Heywood and Middleton^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Callaghan	22,380	52.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Eric Ollerenshaw	14,306	33.4	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Dr. Michael B. Taylor	5,252	12.3	−3.6
	Liberal	Philip Burke	757	1.8	N/A
	Natural Law	Ms. A.M. 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^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Callaghan	21,900	49.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Roy Edward Walker	15,052	34.3	+0.3
	Social Democratic	Ian Greenhalgh	6,953	15.8	−6.3
Majority			6,848	15.6
Turnout			43,905	73.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

General Election 1983: Heywood and Middleton^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Callaghan	18,111	43.3	N/A
	Conservative	Mrs. Christine M. Hodgson	14,137	33.8	N/A
	Social Democratic	Anthony A. Rumbelow	9,262	22.1	N/A
	BNP	Kenneth Henderson	316	0.8	N/A
Majority			3,974	9.5	N/A
Turnout			41,826	69.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
↑ From 1974 to 1987

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/heywoodandmiddleton/
↑ https://twitter.com/iaingartside/status/560734776605556736/
↑ "elections-2015.html". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
↑ https://yournextmp.com/constituency/65814/heywood-and-middleton/
↑ http://www.northwestlibdems.org.uk/2015-candidates/
↑ "UKIP candidate announced for Middleton and Heywood by-election" (Press release). UK Independence Party. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ http://www.conservativeteam.co.uk/news/iain-gartside-chosen-election-candidate
↑ http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/91355/lib-dems-select-anthony-smith-for-heywood-and-middleton-contest?utm_content=bufferdc8f8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
↑ "Rochdale Green Party Announce Abi Jackson as their candidate for the Heywood & Middleton by-election" (Press release). Green Party of England and Wales. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
↑ http://democracy.rochdale.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=25&RPID=38074
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge87/i11.htm
↑ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge83/i11.htm

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Coordinates: 53°34′N 2°13′W / 53.57°N 2.21°W / 53.57; -2.21