List of Parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)

The region[1] of North West England is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 39 Borough Constituencies and 36 County Constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019,[2] 32 are represented by Conservative MPs, 41 by Labour MPs, 1 by a Liberal Democrat MPs, and 1 by the Speaker.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   Speaker   Independent

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[3] Majority[4][nb 2] Member of Parliament[4] Nearest opposition[4] County County Location Constituency Map
Altrincham and Sale West BC 73,107 6,139   Sir Graham Brady   Andrew Western Greater Manchester
Ashton-under-Lyne BC 67,978 4,263   Angela Rayner   Dan Costello† Greater Manchester
Barrow and Furness 70,158 5,789   Simon Fell   Chris Altree‡ Cumbria
Birkenhead BC 63,762 17,705   Mick Whitley   Frank Field

(Birkenhead Social Justice)

Merseyside
Blackburn BC 71,234 18,304   Kate Hollern   Claire Gill† Lancashire
Blackley and Broughton BC 73,372 14,402   Graham Stringer   Alexander Elias† Greater Manchester
Blackpool North and Cleveleys BC 63,692 8,596   Paul Maynard   Chris Webb‡ Lancashire
Blackpool South BC 57,690 3,690   Scott Benton   Gordon Marsden Lancashire
Bolton North East BC 67,564 378   Mark Logan   David Crausby Greater Manchester
Bolton South East BC 69,163 7,598   Yasmin Qureshi   Johno Lee† Greater Manchester
Bolton West CC 73,191 8,855   Chris Green   Julie Hilling Greater Manchester
Bootle BC 74,832 34,566   Peter Dowd   Tarsilo Onuluk† Merseyside
Burnley BC 64,345 1,352   Antony Higginbotham   Julie Cooper Lancashire
Bury North BC 68,802 105   James Daly   James Frith Greater Manchester
Bury South BC 75,152 402   Christian Wakeford   Lucy Burke‡ Greater Manchester
Carlisle 65,105 8,319 John Stevenson Ruth Alcroft‡ Cumbria
Cheadle BC 74,577 2,336   Mary Robinson   Tom Morrison¤ Greater Manchester
Chorley CC 78,177 17,392   Lindsay Hoyle   Mark Brexit-Smith Lancashire
City of Chester CC 76,057 6,164   Chris Matheson   Samantha George† Cheshire
Congleton CC 80,930 18,591   Fiona Bruce   Jo Dale‡ Cheshire
Copeland 61,693 5,842 Trudy Harrison Tony Lywoood‡ Cumbria
Crewe and Nantwich CC 80,321 8,508   Kieran Mullan   Laura Smith Cheshire
Denton and Reddish BC 66,234 6,175   Andrew Gwynne   Ian Bott† Greater Manchester
Eddisbury CC 73,700 18,443   Edward Timpson   Terry Savage‡ Cheshire
Ellesmere Port and Neston CC 70,327 8,764   Justin Madders   Alison Rodwell† Cheshire
Fylde CC 66,847 16,611   Mark Menzies   Martin Mitchell‡ Lancashire
Garston and Halewood BC 76,116 31,624   Maria Eagle   Neva Novaky† Merseyside
Halton CC 71,930 18,975   Derek Twigg   Charles Rowley† Cheshire
Hazel Grove CC 63,346 4,423   William Wragg   Lisa Smart¤ Greater Manchester
Heywood and Middleton CC 80,162 663   Chris Clarkson   Liz McInnes Greater Manchester
Hyndburn BC 70,842 2,961   Sara Britcliffe   Graham Jones Lancashire
Knowsley BC 84,082 39,942   George Howarth   Rushi Millins† Merseyside
Lancaster and Fleetwood CC 70,059 2,380   Cat Smith   Louise Thistletwhaite† Lancashire
Leigh CC 77,417 1,965   James Grundy   Joanne Platt Greater Manchester
Liverpool, Riverside BC 80,310 37,043   Kim Johnson   Sean Malkeson† Merseyside
Liverpool, Walton BC 62,628 30,520   Dan Carden   Alex Phillips† Merseyside
Liverpool, Wavertree BC 63,458 27,085   Paula Barker   Catherine Mulhern† Merseyside
Liverpool, West Derby BC 65,640 32,908   Stephen Twigg   Paul Richardson† Merseyside
Macclesfield CC 76,216 10,711   David Rutley   Neil Puttick‡ Cheshire
Makerfield CC 74,190 4,740   Yvonne Fovargue   Nick King† Greater Manchester
Manchester, Central BC 92,247 29,089   Lucy Powell   Shaden Jaradat† Greater Manchester
Manchester, Gorton BC 76,419 30,339   Afzal Khan   Sebastian Lowe† Greater Manchester
Manchester, Withington BC 76,530 27,905   Jeff Smith   John Leech¤ Greater Manchester
Morecambe and Lunesdale CC 67,397 6,354   David Morris   Lizzi Collinge‡ Lancashire
Oldham East and Saddleworth CC 72,120 1,499   Debbie Abrahams   Tom Lord† Greater Manchester
Oldham West and Royton CC 72,999 17,198   Jim McMahon   Kirsty Finlayson† Greater Manchester
Pendle BC 65,292 6,186   Andrew Stephenson   Azhar Ali‡ Lancashire
Penrith and The Border 67,555 18,519 Neil Hudson Sarah Williams‡ Cumbria
Preston BC 65,292 12,146   Mark Hendrick   Michele Scott† Lancashire
Ribble Valley CC 79,247 18,439   Nigel Evans   Giles Bridge‡ Lancashire
Rochdale CC 78,909 9,668   Tony Lloyd   Atifa Shah† Greater Manchester
Rossendale and Darwen BC 72,770 9,522   Jake Berry   Alyson Barnes‡ Lancashire
Salford and Eccles BC 82,202 16,327   Rebecca Long-Bailey   Attika Choudhary† Greater Manchester
Sefton Central CC 69,760 15,618   Bill Esterson   Jade Marsden† Merseyside
South Ribble CC 75,351 11,199   Katherine Fletcher   Kim Snape‡ Lancashire
Southport BC 70,837 2,914   Damien Moore   Liz Savage‡ Merseyside
St Helens North BC 75,593 12,209   Conor McGinn   Joel Charles† Merseyside
St Helens South and Whiston BC 79,061 19,122   Marie Rimmer   Richard Short† Merseyside
Stalybridge and Hyde CC 73,064 2,946   Jonathan Reynolds   Tayub Amjad† Greater Manchester
Stockport BC 65,391 10,039   Nav Mishra   Isy Imarni† Greater Manchester
Stretford and Urmston BC 72,372 19,705   Kate Green   Mussadak Mirza† Greater Manchester
Tatton CC 69,018 17,387   Esther McVey   James Weinburg‡ Cheshire
Wallasey BC 66,310 18,322   Angela Eagle   James Baker† Merseyside
Warrington North BC 72,235 1,509   Charlotte Nichols   Wendy Maisey† Cheshire
Warrington South BC 86,015 2,010   Andy Carter   Faisal Rashid Cheshire
Weaver Vale CC 70,551 562   Mike Amesbury   Adam Wordsworth† Cheshire
West Lancashire CC 73,347 8,336   Rosie Cooper   Jack Gilmore† Lancashire
Westmorland and Lonsdale 67,789 1,934 Tim Farron¤ James Airey† Cumbria
Wigan CC 75,680 6,728   Lisa Nandy   Ashley Williams† Greater Manchester
Wirral South CC 57,280 6,105   Alison McGovern   Stewart Gardiner† Merseyside
Wirral West CC 55,550 3,003   Margaret Greenwood   Laura Evans† Merseyside
Workington 61,370 4,176 Mark Jenkinson Sue Hayman Cumbria
Worsley and Eccles South CC 75,219 3,219   Barbara Keeley   Arnie Saunders† Greater Manchester
Wyre and Preston North CC 74,775 16,781   Ben Wallace   Joanne Ainscough‡ Lancashire
Wythenshawe and Sale East BC 76,313 10,396   Mike Kane   Peter Harrop† Greater Manchester

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the North West region will decrease by 2, from 75 to 73.[8]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the North West region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 1,321,072 37.5% 1.3% 32 12
Labour 1,665,089 47.2% 7.7% 42 12
Liberal Democrats 277,505 7.9% 2.5% 1 0
Greens 86,815 2.5% 1.4% 0 0
Brexit 136,196 3.9% new 0 0
Others 37,007 1.0% 1.4% 0 0
Total 3,523,684 100.0 75

Percentage votes

North West votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

North West seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party (2019 - includes the Speaker, Lyndsay Hoyle)

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1997 - Independent (Martin Bell)

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. "2019 Election Results". BBC.
  3. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
  7. "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  8. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  9. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.