Warrington North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Warrington North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - Warrington North constituency.svg
Boundary of Warrington North in North West England
County Cheshire
Electorate 72,350 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Birchwood, Glazebrook, Padgate
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Charlotte Nichols (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Warrington, Newton

Warrington North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Charlotte Nichols of the Labour Party. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Constituency profile

The constituency is one of two covering the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, the other being Warrington South. It covers the northern and eastern parts of the town, including Birchwood, Orford, Padgate, Poulton, Longbarn and Woolston, in effect suburbs that are contiguous. It also includes the villages of Burtonwood, Culcheth and Winwick.

It includes half of the historic and industrial town that saw significant economic and population growth in the 20th century. In contrast to Warrington South, workless claimants who were registered jobseekers, constituted in November 2012 a higher proportion than the national average of 3.8% of the population, at 4.3%; this demonstrated marginally higher employment than in the North West as a whole, based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [2]

Creation

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election following the major reorganisation of local authorities under the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974. It comprised parts of the abolished constituencies of Newton and Warrington.

Boundaries

Warrington North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Croft, Culcheth and Glazebury, Fairfield, Howley, Hulme, Longford, Orford, Poulton-with-Fearnhead North, Poulton-with-Fearnhead South, Rixton and Woolston, Whitecross, and Winwick. [3]

Comprised the majority of the abolished Warrington constituency, together with parts of Newton, including Poulton, Winwick and Woolston.

1997–2010: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield, Hulme, Locking Stumps, Gorse Covert and Risley, Oakwood, Orford, Poplars, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, Longbarn , and Winwick. [4]

Under the Fourth Periodic Review of constituencies, the number of constituencies in Cheshire was increased from 10 to 11 and parts of Warrington South were now included in the newly created constituency of Weaver Vale. To compensate for this loss, the town centre area was transferred from the constituency to Warrington South.

2010–present: The Borough of Warrington wards of Birchwood, Burtonwood and Winwick, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield and Howley, Orford, Poplars and Hulme, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, and Westbrook. [5]

The current boundaries were introduced at the 2010 general election, following the Fifth Periodic Review.Minor changes due to revision of ward boundaries.

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the composition of the constituency was unchanged. [6]

Political history

Its first member of Parliament was Doug Hoyle, [n 1] who had first won the Warrington seat in a by-election in 1981, beating Roy Jenkins, the leader of the then-new Social Democratic Party, in its first election. Hoyle stood down at the 1997 general election and was replaced by Helen Jones, who held the seat from then until the 2019 general election, when she chose to stand down. [7] The seat was then held for Labour by Charlotte Nichols, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. [8]

Although 2010 saw a 6.6% swing from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party, all of its majorities until 2019 were not thought marginal and therefore Warrington North was until then considered a safe seat for the Labour Party, who have selected all of the winning candidates for MP since the constituency's creation.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [9] Party
1983 Doug Hoyle Labour
1997 Helen Jones Labour
2019 Charlotte Nichols Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Warrington North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlotte Nichols 18,730 46.8 +2.6
Reform UK Trevor Nicholls9,54023.8+18.2
Conservative Yasmin Al-Atroshi6,48616.2−24.7
Liberal Democrats David Crowther2,7376.8+0.2
Green Hannah Spencer1,8894.7+2.0
Independent Maddison Wheeldon6591.6N/A
Majority9,19023.0+19.7
Turnout 40,04157.3−7.3
Labour hold Swing -7.8

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Warrington North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlotte Nichols 20,611 44.2 –12.2
Conservative Wendy Maisey19,10240.9+4.3
Liberal Democrats David Crowther3,0716.6+4.1
Brexit Party Elizabeth Babade2,6265.6N/A
Green Lyndsay McAteer1,2572.7+1.4
Majority1,5093.3–16.5
Turnout 46,66764.6–2.8
Labour hold Swing –10.4
General election 2017: Warrington North [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jones 27,356 56.4 +8.6
Conservative Val Allen17,77436.6+8.4
UKIP James Ashington1,5613.2–13.9
Liberal Democrats Stefan Krizanac1,2072.5–1.6
Green Lyndsay McAteer6191.3–1.5
Majority9,58219.8+0.2
Turnout 48,51767.4+4.9
Labour hold Swing +5.5
General election 2015: Warrington North [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jones 21,720 47.8 +2.3
Conservative Richard Short12,79728.2–2.0
UKIP Trevor Nicholls7,75717.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Stefan Krizanac1,8814.1–16.7
Green Sarah Hayes1,2642.8N/A
Majority8,92319.6+4.3
Turnout 45,41962.5+0.8
Labour hold Swing +4.8
General election 2010: Warrington North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jones 20,135 45.5 –7.3
Conservative Paul Campbell13,36430.2+5.9
Liberal Democrats Dave Eccles9,19620.8+2.1
Independent Albert Scott1,5163.4N/A
Majority6,77115.3–13.2
Turnout 44,21161.7+6.4
Labour hold Swing –7.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Warrington North [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jones 21,632 53.5 –8.2
Conservative Andrew Ferryman9,42823.3+0.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Walker7,69919.0+5.6
UKIP John Kirkham1,0862.7+0.7
Community Action Mike Hughes5731.4N/A
Majority12,20430.2–8.7
Turnout 40,41855.1+1.4
Labour hold Swing –4.3
General election 2001: Warrington North [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jones 24,026 61.7 –0.4
Conservative James Usher8,87022.8–1.2
Liberal Democrats Roy Smith5,23213.4+3.0
UKIP John Kirkham7822.0N/A
Majority15,15638.9+0.8
Turnout 38,91053.7–16.7
Labour hold Swing –4.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Warrington North [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jones 31,827 62.1 +7.8
Conservative Ray Lacey12,30024.0–9.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Greenhalgh5,30810.4–1.1
Referendum Arthur Smith1,8163.5N/A
Majority19,52738.1+17.4
Turnout 51,25170.4–6.9
Labour hold Swing –7.0
General election 1992: Warrington North [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doug Hoyle 33,019 54.3 +6.1
Conservative Colin Daniels20,39733.6–0.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Greenhalgh6,96511.5–6.2
Natural Law Brian Davis4000.7N/A
Majority12,62220.7+6.6
Turnout 60,78177.3+2.1
Labour hold Swing +6.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Warrington North [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doug Hoyle 27,422 48.2 +7.0
Conservative Laurence Jones19,40934.1+3.3
SDP Colin Bithell10,04617.7–9.8
Majority8,01314.1+3.7
Turnout 56,87775.2+2.6
Labour hold Swing N/A
General election 1983: Warrington North [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doug Hoyle 20,873 41.2
Conservative Stuart Sexton15,59630.8
SDP David Harrison13,95127.5
BNP Ian Sloan2670.5
Majority5,27710.4
Turnout 50,68772.6
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. Hoyle was awarded a life peerage in 1997, becoming Lord Hoyle (of Warrington)

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