Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)

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Eccles Borough constituency
Eccles shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Ian Stewart
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Eccles is a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 2.1 Boundary review 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References

[edit] History

The constituency was established under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Eccles be split between two new constituencies:

• Salford and Eccles, from the existing Salford constituency and the central part of Eccles.

• Worsley and Eccles South, from the existing Worsley constituency and the southern part of Eccles.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Alfred John Francis Egerton
	1890	Henry John Roby	Liberal
	1895	Octavius Leigh Leigh-Clare
	1906	Sir George Herbert Pollard
	1918	Marshall Stevens	Coalition Conservative
	1922	John Buckle	Labour
	1924	Albert Bethel	Conservative
	1929	David Llewellyn Mort	Labour
	1931	John Potter	Conservative
	1935	Robert Cary	Conservative
	1945	William Thomas Proctor	Labour
	1964	Lewis Carter-Jones	Labour
	1987	Joan Lestor	Labour
	1997	Ian Stewart	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Eccles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Stewart	19,702	56.9	-7.6
	Conservative	Thelma Matuk	6,816	19.7	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Brophy	6,429	18.6	+3.8
	UK Independence	Peter Reeve	1,685	4.9	+4.9
Majority			12,886	37.2
Turnout			34.632	50.2	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.3

General Election 2001: Eccles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Stewart	21,395	64.5	-2.2
	Conservative	Peter Caillard	6,867	20.7	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Boyd	4,920	14.8	+4.1
Majority			14,528	43.8
Turnout			33,182	48.3	-17.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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)