Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
The region[1] of North West England is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies, of which 39 are borough constituencies and 36 are county constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019,[2] 30 are represented by Conservative MPs, 41 by Labour MPs, 1 by a Liberal Democrat MP, 1 by the Speaker, and 1 by a Workers MP.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat Speaker Independent Workers
Constituency [nb 1] | Electorate[3] | Majority[4][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[4] | Nearest opposition[4] | County | County location | Constituency map | ||
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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 | 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 | 7,607 (2024) | Chris Webb‡ | David Jones† | 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‡[nb 3] | 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 | 28,541[6] | 10,974[7] | Samantha Dixon‡ | Liz Wardlaw† | 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 | 29,984 | Ian Byrne‡ | Tom Bradley† | 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 | 5,697 (2024) | George Galloway | David Tully | 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 | 71,641[8] | 9,906[8] | Andrew Western‡ | Emily Carter-Kandola† | 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
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the North West region will decrease by two, from 75 to 73.[9] Initial proposals were published on 8 June and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
Under the proposals, the following constituencies for the region will come into effect at the next general election: [10]
Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
---|---|---|---|
Altrincham and Sale West BC | 73,934 | Greater Manchester | Trafford |
Ashton-under-Lyne BC | 72,278 | Greater Manchester | Tameside |
Barrow and Furness CC | 76,603 | Cumbria | Cumberland / Westmorland and Furness |
Birkenhead BC | 76,271 | Merseyside | Wirral |
Blackburn BC | 70,586 | Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen |
Blackley and Middleton South BC | 71,735 | Greater Manchester | Manchester / Rochdale |
Blackpool North and Fleetwood BC | 75,396 | Lancashire | Blackpool / Wyre |
Blackpool South BC | 76,071 | Lancashire | Blackpool |
Bolton North East BC | 77,020 | Greater Manchester | Bolton |
Bolton South and Walkden BC | 75,716 | Greater Manchester | Bolton / Salford |
Bolton West BC | 72,125 | Greater Manchester | Bolton |
Bootle BC | 75,194 | Merseyside | Sefton |
Burnley CC | 75,436 | Lancashire | Burnley / Pendle |
Bury North BC | 77,009 | Greater Manchester | Bury |
Bury South BC | 74,598 | Greater Manchester | Bury / Salford |
Carlisle CC | 75,868 | Cumbria | Cumberland |
Cheadle BC | 73,775 | Greater Manchester | Stockport |
Chester North and Neston CC | 72,327 | Cheshire | Cheshire West and Chester |
Chester South and Eddisbury CC | 71,975 | Cheshire | Cheshire East / Cheshire West and Chester |
Chorley CC | 74,568 | Lancashire | Chorley / South Ribble |
Congleton CC | 69,836 | Cheshire | Cheshire East |
Crewe and Nantwich CC | 76,236 | Cheshire | Cheshire East |
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough BC | 71,027 | Cheshire / Merseyside | Cheshire West and Chester / Wirral |
Fylde CC | 75,114 | Lancashire | Fylde / Wyre |
Gorton and Denton BC | 74,306 | Greater Manchester | Manchester / Tameside |
Hazel Grove CC | 72,941 | Greater Manchester | Stockport |
Heywood and Middleton North CC | 73,306 | Greater Manchester | Rochdale |
Hyndburn CC | 69,971 | Lancashire | Hyndburn / Ribble Valley |
Knowsley BC | 71,228 | Merseyside | Knowsley |
Lancaster and Wyre CC | 74,992 | Lancashire | Lancaster / Wyre |
Leigh and Atherton BC | 76,363 | Greater Manchester | Wigan |
Liverpool Garston BC | 70,372 | Merseyside | Liverpool |
Liverpool Riverside BC | 70,157 | Merseyside | Liverpool |
Liverpool Walton BC | 75,926 | Merseyside | Liverpool / Sefton |
Liverpool Wavertree BC | 71,076 | Merseyside | Liverpool |
Liverpool West Derby BC | 70,730 | Merseyside | Knowsley / Liverpool |
Macclesfield CC | 75,881 | Cheshire | Cheshire East |
Makerfield BC | 76,517 | Greater Manchester | Wigan |
Manchester Central BC | 75,311 | Greater Manchester | Manchester / Oldham |
Manchester Rusholme BC | 70,692 | Greater Manchester | Manchester |
Manchester Withington BC | 71,614 | Greater Manchester | Manchester |
Mid Cheshire CC | 69,775 | Cheshire | Cheshire East / Cheshire West and Chester |
Morecambe and Lunesdale CC | 76,040 | Cumbria / Lancashire | Lancaster / Westmorland and Furness |
Oldham East and Saddleworth CC | 72,997 | Greater Manchester | Oldham |
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton BC | 74,183 | Greater Manchester | Oldham |
Pendle and Clitheroe CC | 76,941 | Lancashire | Pendle / Ribble Valley |
Penrith and Solway CC | 76,720 | Cumbria | Cumberland / Westmorland and Furness |
Preston BC | 72,946 | Lancashire | Preston |
Ribble Valley CC | 75,993 | Lancashire | Preston / Ribble Valley / South Ribble |
Rochdale CC | 71,697 | Greater Manchester | Rochdale |
Rossendale and Darwen BC | 74,593 | Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen / Rossendale |
Runcorn and Helsby CC | 70,950 | Cheshire | Cheshire West and Chester / Halton |
Salford BC | 72,169 | Greater Manchester | Salford |
Sefton Central CC | 74,746 | Merseyside | Sefton |
South Ribble CC | 72,029 | Lancashire | South Ribble |
Southport CC | 74,168 | Lancashire / Merseyside | Sefton / West Lancashire |
St Helens North CC | 76,082 | Merseyside | St Helens |
St Helens South and Whiston BC | 70,302 | Merseyside | Knowsley / St Helens |
Stalybridge and Hyde BC | 73,028 | Greater Manchester | Tameside |
Stockport BC | 74,769 | Greater Manchester | Stockport |
Stretford and Urmston BC | 73,212 | Greater Manchester | Trafford |
Tatton CC | 75,538 | Cheshire | Cheshire East / Cheshire West and Chester / Warrington |
Wallasey BC | 73,054 | Merseyside | Wirral |
Warrington North CC | 72,350 | Cheshire | Warrington |
Warrington South BC | 76,639 | Cheshire | Warrington |
West Lancashire CC | 73,652 | Lancashire | West Lancashire |
Westmorland and Lonsdale CC | 72,322 | Cumbria | Westmorland and Furness |
Whitehaven and Workington CC | 73,385 | Cumbria | Cumberland |
Widnes and Halewood CC | 70,865 | Cheshire / Merseyside | Halton / Knowsley |
Wigan CC | 75,607 | Greater Manchester | Wigan |
Wirral West CC | 72,126 | Merseyside | Wirral |
Worsley and Eccles CC | 76,915 | Greater Manchester | Salford / Wigan |
Wythenshawe and Sale East BC | 76,971 | Greater Manchester | Manchester / Trafford |
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[11]
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
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
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB - Labour Party (2019 - includes the Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle)
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
OTH - 1997 - Independent (Martin Bell)
See also
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside
Notes
References
- ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ^ "2019 Election Results". BBC.
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
- ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to Labour". BBC News. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Britain Elects [@BritainElects] (1 December 2022). "Chester by-election, turnout: 41.2% 28,541 votes cast" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Labour Holds Chester In By-Election Blow To Tories". HuffPost UK. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ a b "2022 Stretford and Urmston by-election result". Trafford Council. 16 December 2022.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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