Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°31′26″N 2°40′34″W / 53.524°N 2.676°W / 53.524; -2.676

Makerfield
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Makerfield in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	74,856 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Yvonne Fovargue (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Ince, Wigan, Newton and Westhoughton^[2]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Makerfield /ˈmækərfiːld/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Yvonne Fovargue of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

This seat was formed in 1983 mostly from the Ince and Wigan seats however with some 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, the safest Labour seat in the country — with its predecessor constituencies, it has been held by Labour since the Parliamentary Labour Party was formed in 1906. In 2010 the constituency, of the 650 nationally, polled the 105th highest share of the vote for the Labour Party.

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-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Abram, Ashton, Bryn, Hindley, Hindley Green, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes.

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

	Member^[3]	Party
1983	Michael McGuire	Labour
1987	Ian McCartney	Labour
2010	Yvonne Fovargue	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Makerfield^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Yvonne Fovargue	23,208	51.8	+4.5
	UKIP	Andrew Collinson	10,053	22.4	+22.4
	Conservative	Syeda Zaidi	8,752	19.5	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Skipworth	1,639	3.7	−12.5
	Green	Philip Mitchell	1,136	2.5	+2.5
Majority			13,155	29.4	+0.9
Turnout			44,788	60.2	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Makerfield^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Yvonne Fovargue	20,700	47.3	−14.8
	Conservative	Itrat Ali	8,210	18.8	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	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

General Election 2005: Makerfield^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian McCartney	22,494	63.2	−5.3
	Conservative	Kulveer Ranger	4,345	12.2	−5.4
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			35,580	51.5	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

General Election 2001: Makerfield^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian McCartney	23,879	68.5	−5.1
	Conservative	Jane Brooks	6,129	17.6	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Crowther	3,990	11.4	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	Malcolm John Jones	858	2.5	N/A
Majority			17,750	50.9
Turnout			34,856	50.9	−15.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Makerfield^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian McCartney	33,119	73.3	+12.9
	Conservative	Michael Winstanley	6,942	15.4	−11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Hubbard	3,743	8.3	−1.1
	Referendum	Andrew Seed	1,210	2.7	N/A
Majority			26,177	57.9
Turnout			45,014	66.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.3

General Election 1992: Makerfield^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian McCartney	32,832	60.4	+4.1
	Conservative	Mrs Davina Margaret Dickson	14,714	27.1	−0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Thomas Jeffers	5,097	9.4	−7.1
	Liberal	Ms. Stella Cairns	1,309	2.4	−14.1
	Natural Law	Christopher Dennis Davies	397	0.7	+0.7
Majority			18,118	33.3	+4.3
Turnout			54,349	76.1	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Makerfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian McCartney	30,190	56.3	+7.0
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	14,632	27.3	−0.6
	Liberal	William Robert Hewer	8,838	16.5	−6.3
Majority			15,558	29.0	+7.7
Turnout			53,660	75.8	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

General Election 1983: Makerfield^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael McGuire	25,114	49.3	N/A
	Conservative	Edward Hay	14,238	27.9	N/A
	Liberal	Robin Grayson	11,633	22.8	N/A
Majority			10,876	21.3	N/A
Turnout			50,985	73.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

^ Manchester Evening News: "McCartney makes it a century"

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "'Makerfield', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
↑ "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 17 October 2015. 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. Retrieved 6 Dec 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.

Constituencies in North West England (75)

Labour (51)	Ashton-under-Lyne Barrow and Furness Birkenhead Blackburn Blackley and Broughton Blackpool South Bolton North East Bolton South East Bootle Burnley Bury South Chorley City of Chester Copeland Denton and Reddish Ellesmere Port and Neston Garston and Halewood Halton Heywood and Middleton Hyndburn Knowsley Lancaster and Fleetwood Leigh Liverpool Riverside Liverpool Walton Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool West Derby Makerfield Manchester Central Manchester Gorton Manchester Withington Oldham East and Saddleworth Oldham West and Royton Preston Rochdale St Helens North St Helens South and Whiston Salford and Eccles Sefton Central Stalybridge and Hyde Stockport Stretford and Urmston Wallasey Warrington North West Lancashire Wigan Wirral South Wirral West Workington Worsley and Eccles South Wythenshawe and Sale East

Conservative (22)	Altrincham and Sale West Blackpool North and Cleveleys Bolton West Bury North Carlisle Cheadle Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Eddisbury Fylde Hazel Grove Macclesfield Morecambe and Lunesdale Pendle Penrith and The Border Ribble Valley Rossendale and Darwen South Ribble Tatton Warrington South Weaver Vale Wyre and Preston North

Liberal Democrats (2)	Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

North West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (3) UKIP (3)

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