Heywood and Middleton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Heywood and Middleton County constituency
Heywood and Middleton shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Jim Dobbin
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Heywood and Middleton is a 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 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 References 6 See also

[edit] 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.

[edit] Boundary review

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

• Bamford, Castleton, East Middleton, Hopwood Hall, Norden, North Heywood, North Middleton, South Middleton, West Heywood, West Middleton

[edit] History

The constituency was formed in 1983, from parts of the old Heywood and Royton and Middleton and Prestwich constituencies. It is a safe seat for the Labour Party, with them having held it since its formation. From 1983 until his retirement in 1997, the MP was James Callaghan, who should not be confused with the former Prime Minister with the same name. Since 1997, the seat has been held by Jim Dobbin.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
1983		Constituency created
	1983	James Callaghan	Labour
	1997	Jim Dobbin	Labour Co-operative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Dobbin
	Liberal Democrat	Wera Hobhouse

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
	British National Party	Gary Aronsson	1,855	4.7	+4.7
	Liberal	Philip Burke	1,377	3.5	+0.9
	UK Independence	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	N/A
	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 Democrat	Christine West	345	0.9	N/A
Majority			11,670	30.1
Turnout			38,779	53.1	-15.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

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	Mrs C 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Callaghan	22,380	52.2
	Conservative	Eric Ollerenshaw	14,306	33.4
	Liberal Democrat	Dr. Michael Taylor	5,262	12.3
	Liberal	Philip Burke	757	1.8
	Natural Law	A Scott	134	0.3
Majority			8,074
Turnout			42,839	74.9

[edit] References

1. ^ Heywood and Middleton, UKPollingReport

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

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)