Heywood and Middleton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Heywood and Middleton
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Heywood and Middleton in Greater Manchester
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Location of Greater Manchester within England
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 79,636 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Heywood, Middleton, Alkrington, Castleton
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Chris Clarkson (Conservative Party)
SeatsOne
Created from Heywood and Royton; Middleton and Prestwich

Heywood and Middleton is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Chris Clarkson of the Conservative Party.

Contents

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes that two of the Middleton wards will be included in a new constituency named Blackley and Middleton South and this seat will be renamed Heywood and Middleton North, to be first contested at the next general election. [2] [3]

Constituency profile

The constituency covers the west half of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, including the towns of Heywood and Middleton, and some of the western fringes of Rochdale itself such as Castleton. Norden and Bamford are strong Conservative areas, with several million-pound houses, but all other wards are mostly favourable to Labour. Middleton includes the large overspill council estate of Langley though the South Middleton ward includes a relatively affluent area in Alkrington Garden Village, but even this ward generally returns Labour councillors.

Electoral Calculus categorises the seat as a "Somewhere" demographic, indicating socially conservative, economically soft left views and strong support for Brexit. [4]

Boundaries

Heywood and Middleton (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024
Heywood and Middleton (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

1983–1997: The Borough of Rochdale wards of Heywood North, Heywood South, Heywood West, Middleton Central, Middleton East, Middleton North, Middleton South, and Middleton West.

1997–2010: The Borough of Rochdale wards of Castleton, Heywood North, Heywood South, Heywood West, Middleton Central, Middleton East, Middleton North, Middleton South, Middleton West, and Norden and Bamford.

2010–present: The Borough of Rochdale wards of Bamford, Castleton, East Middleton, Hopwood Hall, Norden, North Heywood, North Middleton, South Middleton, West Heywood, and West Middleton.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency of Heywood and Middleton North will be composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

East Middleton and South Middleton wards will now be included in the new constituency of Blackley and Middleton South, partly compensated by the addition of the Spotland and Falinge ward from Rochdale.

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Heywood and Royton and Middleton and Prestwich and had been held by the Labour Party since then until the 2019 Election.

From 1983 until his retirement in 1997, the MP was Jim Callaghan, not to be confused with a former Prime Minister with the same name.

In a 2014 by-election UKIP came within 617 votes of winning the seat, which was on the same day as the Rochester and Strood by-election, and in 2015 it produced one of their largest results in the country, as a result the constituency heavily voted to Leave in the referendum and swung to the Conservatives for the first time in 2019, in line with many other Leave-voting Labour seats in the North and Midlands.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
1983 Jim Callaghan Labour
1997 Jim Dobbin Labour Co-op
2014 by-election Liz McInnes Labour
2019 Chris Clarkson Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Heywood and Middleton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Laura-Beth Thompson [7]
Labour Elsie Blundell [8]
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith [9]
Reform UK Steve Potter [10]
Independent Chris Furlong [11]
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Heywood and Middleton [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Clarkson 20,453 43.1 +5.1
Labour Liz McInnes 19,79041.7―11.6
Brexit Party Colin Lambert 3,9528.3New
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith2,0734.4+2.2
Green Nigel Ainsworth-Barnes1,2202.6New
Majority6631.4N/A
Turnout 47,48859.2―3.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.4
General election 2017: Heywood and Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz McInnes 26,578 53.3 +10.2
Conservative Chris Clarkson 18,96138.0+18.9
UKIP Lee Seville3,2396.5―25.7
Liberal Democrats Bill Winlow1,0872.2―1.1
Majority7,61715.3+4.4
Turnout 49,86562.4+1.7
Labour hold Swing ―4.4
General election 2015: Heywood and Middleton [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz McInnes 20,926 43.1 +3.0
UKIP John Bickley15,62732.2+29.6
Conservative Iain Gartside9,26819.1―8.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith1,6073.3―19.4
Green Abi Jackson1,1102.3N/A
Majority5,29910.9―2.0
Turnout 48,53860.7+3.2
Labour hold Swing ―16.3
2014 Heywood and Middleton by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz McInnes 11,633 40.9 +0.8
UKIP John Bickley11,01638.7+36.1
Conservative Iain Gartside [14] 3,49612.3―14.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Smith [15] 1,4575.1―17.6
Green Abi Jackson [16] 8703.1New
Majority6172.2―10.7
Turnout 28,47236.0-21.5
Labour hold Swing ―18.5
General election 2010: Heywood and Middleton [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 18,499 40.1 ―8.2
Conservative Mike Holly12,52827.2+5.4
Liberal Democrats Wera Hobhouse 10,47422.7+2.5
BNP Peter Greenwood3,2397.0+2.6
UKIP Victoria Cecil1,2152.6+0.7
Independent Chrissy Lee1700.4New
Majority5,97112.9―13.6
Turnout 46,12557.5+3.7
Labour Co-op hold Swing ―6.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Heywood and Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 19,438 49.8 ―7.9
Conservative Stephen Pathmarajah8,35521.4―6.2
Liberal Democrats Crea Lavin7,26118.6+7.4
BNP Gary Aronsson1,8554.7New
Liberal Philip Burke1,3773.5+0.9
UKIP John Whittaker 7672.0New
Majority11,08328.4―1.7
Turnout 39,05354.6+1.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing ―0.9
General election 2001: Heywood and Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 22,377 57.7 0.0
Conservative Marilyn Hopkins10,70727.6+4.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Greenhalgh4,32911.2―4.4
Liberal Philip Burke1,0212.6+1.1
Christian DemocratsChristine West3450.9New
Majority11,67030.1―4.6
Turnout 38,77953.1−15.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing ―2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Heywood and Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jim Dobbin 29,179 57.7 +11.2
Conservative Sebastian Grigg 11,63723.0―8.6
Liberal Democrats David Clayton7,90815.6―4.3
Referendum Christine West1,0762.1New
Liberal Philip Burke7501.5―0.3
Majority17,54234.7+15.8
Turnout 50,55068.4-6.5
Labour Co-op win
General election 1992: Heywood and Middleton [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Callaghan 22,380 52.3 +2.4
Conservative Eric Ollerenshaw 14,30633.4―0.9
Liberal Democrats Michael B. Taylor5,25212.3―3.5
Liberal Philip Burke7571.8New
Natural Law Anne-Marie Scott1340.3New
Majority8,07418.9+3.3
Turnout 42,82974.9+1.1
Labour hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Heywood and Middleton [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Callaghan 21,900 49.9 +6.6
Conservative Roy Walker15,05234.3+0.5
SDP Ian Greenhalgh6,95315.8―6.3
Majority6,84815.6+6.1
Turnout 43,90573.8+3.9
Labour hold Swing +3.2
General election 1983: Heywood and Middleton [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Callaghan 18,111 43.3
Conservative Christine Hodgson14,13733.8
SDP Arthur Rumbelow9,26222.1
BNP Kenneth Henderson3160.8
Majority3,9749.5
Turnout 41,82669.9
Labour win (new seat)

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