Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)

Ashton under Lyne
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ashton under Lyne in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Population	90,484 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	68,553 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Ashton-under-Lyne, Failsworth, Hollinwood and Droylsden
Current constituency
Created	1832
Member of parliament	Angela Rayner (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Lancashire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Ashton-under-Lyne is a constituency^{[n 1]} centred on the town of Ashton-under-Lyne that is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Angela Rayner of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]} In the most recent six national elections its voters have given strong majorities to the Labour Party candidate.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Failsworth East, Failsworth West and Hollinwood electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the Ashton Hurst, Ashton St. Michael's, St. Peter's, Ashton Waterloo, Droylsden East and Droylsden West wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1832	George Williams	Liberal
1835	Charles Hindley	Liberal
1857	Thomas Milner Gibson	Liberal
1868	Thomas Walton Mellor	Conservative
1880	Hugh Mason	Liberal
1885	John Edmund Wentworth Addison	Conservative
1895	Herbert Whiteley	Conservative
1906	Alfred Henry Scott	Liberal
1910	Sir Max Aitken	Conservative
1916 by-election	Sir Albert Henry Stanley	Conservative
1920	Sir Walter de Frece	Conservative
1924	Cornelius Homan	Conservative
1928	Albert Bellamy	Labour
1931	John Broadbent	Conservative
1935	Fred Brown Simpson	Labour
1939	Sir William Jowitt	Labour
1945	Hervey Rhodes	Labour
1964	Robert Sheldon	Labour
2001	David Heyes	Labour
2015	Angela Rayner	Labour

In the 1886 election, voting resulted in a tie between incumbent John Edmund Wentworth Addison and the Liberal candidate. Under the law of the day, the presiding officer chose the winner, and Addison was reelected. In the by-election of 29 October 1928, a turnout of 89.1% was recorded, a record for "Great Britain". The mayor arranged for the result to be signalled by coloured rockets.^[4]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Ashton-under-Lyne^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Rayner	19,366	49.8	+1.4
	Conservative	Tracy Sutton	8,610	22.1	-2.6
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	8,468	21.8	+17.4
	Green	Charlotte Hughes	1,531	3.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Carly Hicks	943	2.4	-12.4
Majority			10,756	27.6	+3.9
Turnout			38,918	57.5	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

UKIP originally selected Angela McManus as candidate,^[6] but she changed to the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency.^[7]

General Election 2010: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	18,604	48.4	−10.1
	Conservative	Seema Kennedy	9,510	24.7	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Larkin^[8]	5,703	14.8	+3.2
	BNP	David Lomas	2,929	7.6	+1.7
	UKIP	Angela McManus	1,686	4.4	+2.3
Majority			9,094	23.7	-14.0
Turnout			38,432	56.9	+5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	21,211	57.4	−5.1
	Conservative	Graeme Brown	7,259	19.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Les Jones	5,108	13.8	+2.0
	BNP	Anthony Jones	2,051	5.5	+1.0
	UKIP	John Whittaker	768	2.1	N/A
	Local Community Party	Jack Crossfield	570	1.5	N/A
Majority			13,952	37.7
Turnout			36,967	51.3	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

General Election 2001: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	22,340	62.5	−5.0
	Conservative	Tim Charlesworth	6,822	19.1	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Fletcher	4,237	11.8	+2.1
	BNP	Roger Woods	1,617	4.5	N/A
	Green	Nigel Rolland	748	2.1	N/A
Majority			15,518	43.4
Turnout			35,764	49.1	−16.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	31,919	67.5	+10.9
	Conservative	Richard Mayson	8,954	18.9	−12.5
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Pickstone	4,603	9.7	+0.5
	Referendum	Lorraine Clapham	1,346	2.8	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Prince Cymbal	458	1.0	N/A
Majority			22,965	48.6
Turnout			47,280	65.5	−8.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.7

General Election 1992:Ashton-under-Lyne^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,550	56.6	+4.8
	Conservative	John R. Pinniger	13,615	31.4	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Charles W. Turner	4,005	9.2	−8.7
	Liberal	Colin L. Hall	907	2.1	−15.8
	Natural Law	John Brannigan	289	0.7	+0.7
Majority			10,935	25.2	+3.7
Turnout			43,366	73.9	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	22,389	51.8	+2.1
	Conservative	Henry Linton Cadman	13,103	30.3	−1.2
	Liberal	Mark Hunter	7,760	18.0	N/A
Majority			9,286	21.5
Turnout			43,250	74.0	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

General Election 1983: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	20,987	49.7	−5.0
	Conservative	Richard Spring	13,290	31.5	−4.5
	Social Democratic	John Adler	7,521	17.8	N/A
	Independent	Dave Hallsworth	407	1.0	N/A
Majority			7,697	18.2
Turnout			42,196	71.6	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,535	54.7	+0.8
	Conservative	A. Fearn	16,156	36.0	+6.7
	Liberal	G. Taylor	3,699	8.2	-8.7
	National Front	D. Jones	486	1.1	N/A
Majority			8,379	18.7
Turnout			44,876	76.6	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.0

General Election October 1974: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,490	53.9	+5.5
	Conservative	M. H. Litchfield	12,763	29.3	-1.6
	Liberal	T. G. Jones	7,356	16.9	-3.8
Majority			10,727	24.6
Turnout			43,609	72.2	-7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

General Election February 1974: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,019	48.4	-6.1
	Conservative	Timothy Maxwell Aitken	14,718	30.9	-14.6
	Liberal	J. G. Jones	9,837	20.7	N/A
Majority			8,301	17.5
Turnout			47,574	79.5	+8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

General Election 1970: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,927	54.5	-4.2
	Conservative	A. d'A. Fearn	19,973	45.5	+4.2
Majority			3,954	9.0
Turnout			43,900	71.4	-2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,728	58.7	+4.2
	Conservative	H. D. Moore	17,396	41.3	-4.2
Majority			7,332	17.4
Turnout			42,124	73.7	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

General Election 1964: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,657	54.5	+1.7
	Conservative	H. D. Moore	20,550	45.5	-1.7
Majority			4,107	9.1
Turnout			45,213	77.4	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	25,991	52.8	+0.8
	Conservative	R. Horrocks	23,239	47.2	-0.9
Majority			2,752	5.6
Turnout			49,230	81.1	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

General Election 1955: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	26,216	52.0	-0.1
	Conservative	E. Hodson	24,251	48.1	+0.1
Majority			1,965	3.1
Turnout			50,467	80.1	-4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1

General Election 1951: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	21,424	52.1	+1.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Lewis	19,740	48.0	-0.3
Majority			1,684	4.1
Turnout			41,164	84.9	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

General Election 1950: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	20,970	50.6	-3.5
	Conservative	G. B. Howcroft	20,046	48.3	+13.3
	Communist	H. H. Blackwell	459	1.1	N/A
Majority			924	2.2
Turnout			41,475	86.4	+15.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.4

Elections in the 1940s

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	12,889	54.1	−2.3
	Conservative	R. A. Cary	8,360	35.0	−8.6
	Liberal	A. Beale	2,604	10.9	N/A
Majority			4,529	19.1	+6.3
Turnout				70.5	-8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

General Election 1945: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jowitt	14,998	56.4	+6.2
	Conservative	F. H. G. H. Goodhart	11,604	43.6	-6.2
Majority			3,394	12.8
Turnout			26,602	78.6	-2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

Elections in the 1930s

William Jowitt won the Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1939 unopposed.

General Election 1935: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Simpson	14,140	50.2	+13.1
	Conservative	John Broadbent	14,026	49.8	-2.7
Majority			114	0.4
Turnout			28,166	81.0	-4.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.9

General Election 1931: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Broadbent	15,652	52.5	+7.9
	Labour	J. W. Gordon	11,074	37.1	-2.3
	Liberal	J. T. Middleton	2,696	9.0	N/A
	New Party	C. B. Hobhouse	424	1.4	-14.6
Majority			4,578	15.4
Turnout			29,846	85.3	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.1

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Broadbent	12,420	44.6	+11.6
	Labour	J. W. Gordon	11,005	39.4	−5.0
	New Party	A. Young	4,472	16.0	N/A
Majority			1,415	5.2
Turnout			27,897	80.2	−5.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bellamy	13,170	44.4	+3.8
	Conservative	John Broadbent	9,763	33.0	+2.7
	Liberal	W. Gilbert Greenwood	6,693	22.6	-6.5
Majority			3,407	11.4
Turnout			29,626	85.9	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bellamy	9,567	40.6	+7.8
	Conservative	Gordon Touche	7,161	30.3	-9.2
	Liberal	W. Gilbert Greenwood	6,874	29.1	+1.4
Majority			2,406	10.3
Turnout			23,512	89.1	+0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.5

General Election 1924: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cornelius Homan	8,971	39.5	+3.3
	Labour	Cecil L'Estrange Malone	7,451	32.8	+4.1
	Liberal	Henry Greenwood	6,692	27.7	-7.4
Majority			1,520	6.7
Turnout			23,114	88.3	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.4

General Election 1923: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Abraham Walter de Frece	7,813	36.2	-21.4
	Liberal	Henry Greenwood	7,574	35.1	n/a
	Labour	Ellen Cicely Wilkinson	6,208	28.7	-13.7
Majority			239	1.1	-14.1
Turnout			21,595	85.3	+2.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1922: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter de Frece	12,006	57.6	+14.2
	Labour	Thomas W. Gillinder	8,834	42.4	+2.8
Majority			3,172	15.2
Turnout			20,840	83.3	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.7

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Walter de Frece	8,864	43.3	−15.0
	Labour	William Cornforth Robinson	8,127	39.6	N/A
	Liberal	Arthur Harold Marshall	3,511	17.1	N/A
Majority			738	3.7	−12.9
Turnout			20,502	82.3	+13.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Albert Henry Stanley	10,261	58.3	+7.2
	NFDSS	Thomas Frederick Lister	7,334	41.7	N/A
Majority			2,927	16.6
Turnout			17,595	68.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.2

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1916

In the Ashton-under-Lyne By-Election of 23 December 1916, Albert Henry Stanley, Conservative was elected unopposed.

General Election December 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Aitken	4,044	51.1	+5.5
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Scott	3,848	48.8	-0.5
Majority			196	2.4
Turnout			7,652	91.8	-3.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.0

General Election January 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Scott	4,039	49.3	-7.0
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,746	45.9	+2.2
	Independent Labour	W Gee	413	5.0
Majority			293	3.6	-9.0
Turnout			8,198	95.4	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.6

Elections in the 1900s

Alfred Henry Scott

General Election 1906: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Scott	4,310	56.3	+20.4
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,342	43.7	-9.4
Majority			968	12.6
Turnout			7,652	92.8	+6.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.8

General Election 1900: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,545	53.1	+0.5
	Liberal	E A Parkin	2,400	35.9	-5.1
	Labour	James Johnston	737	11.0	+4.6
Majority			1,145	17.2	+5.6
Turnout			6,682	86.2	-5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,434	52.6	+1.6
	Liberal	W. Woods	2,680	41.0	-8.0
	Ind. Labour Party	James Sexton	415	6.4	N/A
Majority			754	11.6	+9.6
Turnout			6,529	91.3	-2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

General Election 1892: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edmund Wentworth Addison	3,358	51.0	+1.0
	Liberal	Octavius Vaughan Morgan	3,223	49.0	-1.0
Majority			135	2.0	+2.0
Turnout			6,581	93.9	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edmund Wentworth Addison	3,050*	50.0	-0.4
	Liberal	A B Rowley	3,049	50.0	+0.4
Majority			1	0.0	-0.4
Turnout			6,099	93.1	-2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.4

Both candidates having received 3,049 votes each, Addison was elected on the Returning Officer's casting vote.

General Election 1885: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edmund Wentworth Addison	3,153	50.4	+3.8
	Liberal	Hugh Mason	3,104	49.6	-3.8
Majority			49	0.8
Turnout			6,257	95.5	+1.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.8

General Election 1880: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Mason	2,966	53.4
	Conservative	J. R. Coulthart	2,586	46.6
Majority			380	6.8
Turnout			5552	94.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Walton Mellor
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1868: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Walton Mellor	2,269	51.4
	Liberal	Thomas Milner Gibson	2,147	48.6
Majority			122	2.8
Turnout			4416	91.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough 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.

References

↑ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
↑ "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 "A" (part 3)
↑ Rallings & Thrasher. British Electoral Facts. p. 293.
↑ "Ashton-under-Lyne". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ https://twitter.com/UKIP_Tameside/status/520567725056614400
↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/6885/angela-mcmanus
↑ "Ashton-under-Lyne". YourNextMP. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

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Conservative (22)	Altrincham and Sale West Blackpool North and Cleveleys Bolton West Bury North Carlisle Cheadle Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Eddisbury Fylde Hazel Grove Macclesfield Morecambe and Lunesdale Pendle Penrith and The Border Ribble Valley Rossendale and Darwen South Ribble Tatton Warrington South Weaver Vale Wyre and Preston North

Liberal Democrats (2)	Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

North West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (3) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 53°29′N 2°06′W / 53.48°N 2.10°W / 53.48; -2.10

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