Heywood and Middleton (UK Parliament constituency)

Heywood and Middleton
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Heywood and Middleton in Greater Manchester
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)
Seats	One
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.

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]

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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

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

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):

Bamford; Castleton; Hopwood Hall; Norden; North Heywood; North Middleton; Spotland and Falinge; West Heywood; West Middleton.^[5]

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

	Member^[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
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Clarkson	20,453	43.1	+5.1
	Labour	Liz McInnes	19,790	41.7	―11.6
	Brexit Party	Colin Lambert	3,952	8.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Smith	2,073	4.4	+2.2
	Green	Nigel Ainsworth-Barnes	1,220	2.6	New
Majority			663	1.4	N/A
Turnout			47,488	59.2	―3.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.4

General election 2017: Heywood and Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz McInnes	26,578	53.3	+10.2
	Conservative	Chris Clarkson	18,961	38.0	+18.9
	UKIP	Lee Seville	3,239	6.5	―25.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Winlow	1,087	2.2	―1.1
Majority			7,617	15.3	+4.4
Turnout			49,865	62.4	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	―4.4

General election 2015: Heywood and Middleton^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz McInnes	20,926	43.1	+3.0
	UKIP	John Bickley	15,627	32.2	+29.6
	Conservative	Iain Gartside	9,268	19.1	―8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Smith	1,607	3.3	―19.4
	Green	Abi Jackson	1,110	2.3	N/A
Majority			5,299	10.9	―2.0
Turnout			48,538	60.7	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	―16.3

2014 Heywood and Middleton by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz McInnes	11,633	40.9	+0.8
	UKIP	John Bickley	11,016	38.7	+36.1
	Conservative	Iain Gartside^[14]	3,496	12.3	―14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Smith^[15]	1,457	5.1	―17.6
	Green	Abi Jackson^[16]	870	3.1	New
Majority			617	2.2	―10.7
Turnout			28,472	36.0	-21.5
	Labour hold		Swing	―18.5

General election 2010: Heywood and Middleton^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Dobbin	18,499	40.1	―8.2
	Conservative	Mike Holly	12,528	27.2	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Wera Hobhouse	10,474	22.7	+2.5
	BNP	Peter Greenwood	3,239	7.0	+2.6
	UKIP	Victoria Cecil	1,215	2.6	+0.7
	Independent	Chrissy Lee	170	0.4	New
Majority			5,971	12.9	―13.6
Turnout			46,125	57.5	+3.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	―6.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Heywood and Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Dobbin	19,438	49.8	―7.9
	Conservative	Stephen Pathmarajah	8,355	21.4	―6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Crea Lavin	7,261	18.6	+7.4
	BNP	Gary Aronsson	1,855	4.7	New
	Liberal	Philip Burke	1,377	3.5	+0.9
	UKIP	John Whittaker	767	2.0	New
Majority			11,083	28.4	―1.7
Turnout			39,053	54.6	+1.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	―0.9

General election 2001: Heywood and Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Dobbin	22,377	57.7	0.0
	Conservative	Marilyn Hopkins	10,707	27.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Greenhalgh	4,329	11.2	―4.4
	Liberal	Philip Burke	1,021	2.6	+1.1
	Christian Democrats	Christine West	345	0.9	New
Majority			11,670	30.1	―4.6
Turnout			38,779	53.1	−15.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	―2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Heywood and Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Dobbin	29,179	57.7	+11.2
	Conservative	Sebastian Grigg	11,637	23.0	―8.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Clayton	7,908	15.6	―4.3
	Referendum	Christine West	1,076	2.1	New
	Liberal	Philip Burke	750	1.5	―0.3
Majority			17,542	34.7	+15.8
Turnout			50,550	68.4	-6.5
	Labour Co-op win

General election 1992: Heywood and Middleton^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Callaghan	22,380	52.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Eric Ollerenshaw	14,306	33.4	―0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael B. Taylor	5,252	12.3	―3.5
	Liberal	Philip Burke	757	1.8	New
	Natural Law	Anne-Marie Scott	134	0.3	New
Majority			8,074	18.9	+3.3
Turnout			42,829	74.9	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Heywood and Middleton^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Callaghan	21,900	49.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Roy Walker	15,052	34.3	+0.5
	SDP	Ian Greenhalgh	6,953	15.8	―6.3
Majority			6,848	15.6	+6.1
Turnout			43,905	73.8	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

General election 1983: Heywood and Middleton^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jim Callaghan	18,111	43.3
	Conservative	Christine Hodgson	14,137	33.8
	SDP	Arthur Rumbelow	9,262	22.1
	BNP	Kenneth Henderson	316	0.8
Majority			3,974	9.5
Turnout			41,826	69.9
	Labour win (new seat)

References

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^ "North West | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Middleton name no longer to be wiped from Parliamentary map under constituency boundary changes as Boundary Commission for England publishes final recommendations". www.rochdaleonline.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Heywood+and+Middleton
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
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^ "Heywood and Middleton Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ "Former councillor Chris Furlong to run for MP of Heywood and Middleton as an independent". Rochdale Online. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ "Statement of persons nominated 2019" (PDF).
^ "Heywood & Middleton". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ "Iain Gartside Chosen as By-Election Candidate". Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale Conservatives.
^ "Lib Dems select Anthony Smith for Heywood and Middleton contest". www.rochdaleonline.co.uk.
^ "Rochdale Green Party Announce Abi Jackson as their candidate for the Heywood & Middleton by-election" (Press release). Green Party of England and Wales. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
^ Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough (6 May 2010). "Election results for Heywood & Middleton, 6 May 2010". democracy.rochdale.gov.uk.
^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ "UK General Election results: June 1987". Archived from the original on 28 May 2004.
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