Halton (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Halton in Cheshire.
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Location of Cheshire within England.
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County | Cheshire |
Electorate | 70,322 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Runcorn and Widnes |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Derek Twigg (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
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European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Halton is a constituency[n 1] in Cheshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Derek Twigg of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Contents
History
The constituency was created in 1983. Throughout its lifetime it has been a safe seat for the Labour Party's incumbent MPs, of which there have been two.
Boundaries
Halton constituency sits on either side of the River Mersey and comprises Widnes, the original town of Runcorn (with a small part of the new town) and Hale village. It consists of 14 electoral wards; Hale, Ditton, Riverside, Hough Green, Broadheath, Kingsway, Birchfield, Farnworth, Appleton, Halton, Mersey, Heath, Grange and Halton Brook.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cheshire, in 2007 the Boundary Commission for England made minor changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes. The electoral wards included in this modified constituency were (as at 12 April 2005):
- Appleton, Birchfield, Broadheath, Castlefields, Ditton, Farnworth, Grange, Hale, Halton Brook, Halton View, Heath, Hough Green, Kingsway, Mersey and Riverside from the borough of Halton
The changes were approved in 2007 and came into effect at the 2010 general election.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | Notes | |
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1983 | Gordon Oakes | Labour | Junior minister 1974–1976. Retired 1997, died 2005 |
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1997 | Derek Twigg | Labour | Junior minister 2004—2008 |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Twigg | 28,292 | 62.8 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Matthew Lloyd | 8,007 | 17.8 | -2.4 | |
UKIP | Glyn Redican | 6,333 | 14.1 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ryan Bate | 1,097 | 2.4 | -11.4 | |
Green | David Melvin | 1,017 | 2.3 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Vic Turton | 277 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 20,285 | 45.1 | |||
Turnout | 45,023 | 61.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Twigg | 23,843 | 57.7 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Ben Jones | 8,339 | 20.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Frank Harasiwka | 5,718 | 13.8 | −3.2 | |
BNP | Andrew Taylor | 1,563 | 3.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | John Moore | 1,228 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Green | Jim Craig | 647 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,504 | 37.5 | |||
Turnout | 41,338 | 60.0 | +6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Twigg | 21,460 | 62.8 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Colin Bloom | 6,854 | 20.1 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Roger Barlow | 5,869 | 17.2 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 14,606 | 42.7 | |||
Turnout | 34,183 | 53.1 | −1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Twigg | 23,841 | 69.2 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Chris Davenport | 6,413 | 18.6 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Walker | 4,216 | 12.2 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 17,428 | 50.6 | |||
Turnout | 34,470 | 54.1 | −14.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Twigg | 31,497 | 70.9 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Philip Balmer | 7,847 | 17.7 | −12.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Janet Jones | 3,263 | 7.3 | −1.5 | |
Referendum | Reginald Atkins | 1,036 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | David Proffitt | 600 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Republican | John Alley | 196 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 23,650 | 53.2 | |||
Turnout | 44,439 | 68.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Oakes | 35,005 | 59.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Grant L. Mercer | 16,821 | 28.7 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Reaper | 6,104 | 10.4 | −3.9 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Stephen Herley | 398 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Ms. Nichola G. Collins | 338 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,184 | 31.0 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 58,666 | 78.3 | +0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Oakes | 32,065 | 55.5 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | John Gregory Hardman | 17,487 | 30.2 | −3.4 | |
Social Democratic | Helen Flora Clucas | 8,272 | 14.3 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 14,578 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 57,824 | 78.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Oakes | 24,752 | 46.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Philip Pedley | 17,923 | 33.6 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | T.R. Tilling | 10,649 | 20.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,829 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,324 | 73.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
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.
- References
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- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, S.I. 2007/1681
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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