Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Makerfield | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 76,517 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Wigan (part) and Ashton-in-Makerfield |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Josh Simons (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Ince, Wigan, Newton and Westhoughton[2] |
Makerfield /ˈmeɪkərfiːld/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented by Labour MP Josh Simons since 2024.
History
This seat was formed in 1983 mostly from parts of the Ince and Wigan seats together with a small part of the Leigh seat.
Constituency profile
Makerfield is on some calculations, particularly a historical measure based on the period of time since a previous party served the area, one of the safest Labour seats in the country — with its predecessor constituencies, the area has been held by Labour since the Parliamentary Labour Party was formed in 1906.[3] In 2010 the constituency, of the 650 nationally, polled the 105th highest share of the vote for the Labour Party. However, Labour's majority fell significantly in 2019 as with many "Red Wall" seats.
There is no town called Makerfield itself; instead, the name refers to the suffix of 'in-Makerfield' of the towns Ashton-in-Makerfield and Ince-in-Makerfield, though since 2010 the latter is now part of the Wigan seat. The seat comprises mostly working-class residential suburbs south of Wigan and to the west of Leigh. Deprivation however is relatively lower than that of neighbouring towns and home-ownership is higher, with a mostly skilled working-class population and a lower than average proportion of ethnic minorities.[4] There is some semi-rural land towards the west of the constituency where it borders St Helens and green buffers separating the constituent towns and villages. Formerly a coal-mining area, there is now a small amount of light industry remaining, though not as much as Wigan, and the area is mostly residential as the towns continue to grow. The area is also home to Winstanley College, one of the highest performing sixth-form colleges in the country, enrolling around 1800 students.[5][circular reference]
Boundaries
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Abram, Ashton-Golborne, Bryn, Lightshaw, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes.
1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Abram, Ashton-Golborne, Bryn, Ince, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes.
2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Abram, Ashton, Bryn, Hindley, Hindley Green, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes.
2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for 2024 general election, the boundaries of the constituency were expanded slightly by adding small areas (as they existed on 1 December 2020) of the Atherleigh ward (part of polling district LCA) and the Leigh West ward (polling district LDA).[6]
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[7][8] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan from the 2024 general election:
- Abram; Ashton-in-Makerfield South; Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North; Hindley; Hindley Green (nearly all); Leigh West (small part); Orrell; Winstanley; Worsley Mesnes; and very small parts of Golborne & Lowton West, and Ince.[9]
Makerfield consists of the western and central section of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester. It comprises the wards to the south and to the west of Wigan and to the west of Leigh.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[10] | Party | |
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1983 | Michael McGuire | Labour | |
1987 | Ian McCartney | Labour | |
2010 | Yvonne Fovargue | Labour | |
2024 | Josh Simons | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Josh Simons | 18,202 | 45.2 | −0.1 | |
Reform UK | Robert Kenyon | 12,803 | 31.8 | +18.7 | |
Conservative | Simon Finkelstein | 4,379 | 10.9 | −23.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Skipworth | 2,735 | 6.8 | +2.0 | |
Green | Maria Deery | 1,776 | 4.4 | +1.8 | |
English Democrat | Thomas Bryer | 368 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,399 | 13.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,398 | 52.8 | −6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 76,641 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −9.4 |
Elections in the 2010s
2019 notional result[13] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 20,432 | 45.3 | |
Conservative | 15,477 | 34.3 | |
Brexit Party | 5,902 | 13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,161 | 4.8 | |
Green | 1,166 | 2.6 | |
Turnout | 45,138 | 59.0 | |
Electorate | 76,517 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yvonne Fovargue | 19,954 | 45.1 | –15.0 | |
Conservative | Nick King | 15,214 | 34.4 | +3.1 | |
Brexit Party | Ross Wright | 5,817 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Skipworth | 2,108 | 4.8 | +2.0 | |
Green | Sheila Shaw | 1,166 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,740 | 10.7 | –18.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,259 | 59.7 | –4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yvonne Fovargue | 28,245 | 60.1 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Adam Carney | 14,703 | 31.3 | +11.8 | |
Independent | Bob Brierley | 2,663 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Skipworth | 1,322 | 2.8 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 13,542 | 28.8 | –0.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,933 | 63.8 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yvonne Fovargue | 23,208 | 51.8 | +4.5 | |
UKIP | Andrew Collinson | 10,053 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Syeda Zaidi | 8,752 | 19.5 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Skipworth | 1,639 | 3.7 | −12.5 | |
Green | Philip Mitchell | 1,136 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,155 | 29.4 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,788 | 60.2 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yvonne Fovargue | 20,700 | 47.3 | −14.8 | |
Conservative | Itrat Ali | 8,210 | 18.8 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Crowther | 7,082 | 16.2 | +4.8 | |
Independent | Bob Brierley | 3,424 | 7.8 | N/A | |
BNP | Ken Haslam | 3,229 | 7.4 | +4.1 | |
Independent | John Mather | 1,126 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,490 | 28.5 | −22.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,771 | 59.4 | +9.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −10.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian McCartney | 22,494 | 63.2 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | Kulveer Ranger | 4,345 | 12.2 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Beswick | 3,789 | 10.6 | −0.8 | |
Community Action | Peter Franzen | 2,769 | 7.8 | N/A | |
BNP | Dennis Shambley | 1,221 | 3.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Gregory Atherton | 962 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,149 | 51.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,580 | 51.5 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian McCartney | 23,879 | 68.5 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Jane Brooks | 6,129 | 17.6 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Crowther | 3,990 | 11.4 | +3.1 | |
Socialist Alliance | Malcolm Jones | 858 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,750 | 50.9 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 34,856 | 50.9 | −15.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian McCartney | 33,119 | 73.6 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Winstanley | 6,942 | 15.4 | −11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Hubbard | 3,743 | 8.3 | −1.1 | |
Referendum | Andrew Seed | 1,210 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 26,177 | 57.9 | +24.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,014 | 66.8 | −9.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +12.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian McCartney | 32,832 | 60.4 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Davina Dickson | 14,714 | 27.1 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jeffers | 5,097 | 9.4 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Stella Cairns | 1,309 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Christopher Davies | 397 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,118 | 33.3 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,349 | 76.1 | +0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian McCartney | 30,190 | 56.3 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Laurence Robertson | 14,632 | 27.3 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | William Hewer | 8,838 | 16.5 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 15,558 | 29.0 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,660 | 75.8 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael McGuire | 25,114 | 49.3 | ||
Conservative | Edward Hay | 14,238 | 27.9 | ||
Liberal | Robin Grayson | 11,633 | 22.8 | ||
Majority | 10,876 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 50,985 | 73.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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- ^ Manchester Evening News: "McCartney makes it a century"
- ^ "Makerfield". BBC News. Archived from the original on 23 July 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Winstanley College
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
- ^ LGBCE. "Wigan | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "The Wigan (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
- ^ "New Seat Details – Makerfield". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
- ^ "Makerfield - General Election 2024 results". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "UK General Election Results". Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated 2019" (PDF).
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- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Makerfield". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Makerfield". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
- Makerfield UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Makerfield UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Makerfield UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK