Warrington North (UK Parliament constituency)

Warrington North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The most recently elected MP was Charlotte Nichols of the Labour Party; the constituency has historically been a safe Labour seat, although the result in 2019 made the constituency marginal.

Warrington North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Warrington North in Cheshire
Location of Cheshire within England
CountyCheshire
Electorate70,559 (2018)[1]
Major settlementsBirchwood, Glazebrook, Padgate
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentCharlotte Nichols (Labour)
Number of membersOne
Created fromWarrington, Newton

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Croft, Culcheth and Glazebury, Fairfield, Howley, Hulme, Longford, Orford, Poulton-with-Fearnhead North, Poulton-with-Fearnhead South, Rixton and Woolston, Whitecross, and Winwick.

1997–2010: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield, Hulme, Locking Stumps, Gorse Covert and Risley, Oakwood, Orford, Poplars, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, and Winwick.

2010–present: The Borough of Warrington wards of Birchwood, Burtonwood and Winwick, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield and Howley, Orford, Poplars and Hulme, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, and Westbrook.

The constituency is one of two covering the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, the other being Warrington South. It covers the northern and eastern parts of the town, including Birchwood, Orford, Padgate and Woolston, in effect suburbs that are contiguous. It also includes the villages of Burtonwood, Culcheth and Winwick.

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the abolished Warrington and Newton constituencies.

Political history

Although in 2010 the Labour Party saw a 6.6% swing to the Conservative Party, all of its majorities until the 2019 General Election have not been marginal and therefore Warrington North is considered a safe seat for the Labour Party, who have selected all of the candidates for MP since the constituency's creation. Its first member of Parliament was Doug Hoyle,[n 1] who had first won the Warrington seat in a by-election in 1981, beating Roy Jenkins, the leader of the then-new Social Democratic Party in their first election.

Hoyle stood down at the 1997 general election, and was replaced by Helen Jones, who held the seat from then until the 2019 general election, when she chose to stand down.[2] The seat was then held for Labour by Charlotte Nichols, albeit with a significantly reduced majority.[3]

Constituency profile

The constituency includes half of the historic but industrious town, which saw significant economic and population growth in the 20th century. In contrast to Warrington South, workless claimants who were registered jobseekers, constituted in November 2012 a higher proportion than the national average of 3.8% of the population, at 4.3%, this demonstrated marginally higher employment than in the North West as a whole, based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[5] Party
1983 Doug Hoyle Labour
1997 Helen Jones Labour
2019 Charlotte Nichols Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Warrington North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Charlotte Nichols 20,611 44.2 −12.2
Conservative Wendy Maisey 19,102 40.9 +4.3
Liberal Democrats David Crowther 3,071 6.6 +4.1
Brexit Party Elizabeth Babade 2,626 5.6 N/A
Green Lyndsay McAteer 1,257 2.7 +1.4
Majority 1,509 3.3 −16.4
Turnout 46,667 64.6 -2.9
Labour hold Swing -8.3
General election 2017: Warrington North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Helen Jones 27,356 56.4 + 8.6
Conservative Val Allen 17,774 36.6 + 8.5
UKIP James Ashington 1,561 3.2 – 13.9
Liberal Democrats Stefan Krizanac 1,207 2.5 – 1.7
Green Lyndsay McAteer 619 1.3 – 1.5
Majority 9,582 19.7 +0.1
Turnout 48,517 67.4 +4.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 2015: Warrington North[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Helen Jones 21,720 47.8 +2.3
Conservative Richard Short 12,797 28.2 -2.1
UKIP Trevor Nicholls 7,757 17.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stefan Krizanac 1,881 4.1 −16.7
Green Sarah Hayes 1,264 2.8 N/A
Majority 8,923 19.6
Turnout 45,419 62.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 2010: Warrington North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Helen Jones 20,135 45.5 −7.3
Conservative Paul Campbell 13,364 30.2 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Dave Eccles 9,196 20.8 +2.1
Independent Albert Scott 1,516 3.4 N/A
Majority 6,771 15.3
Turnout 44,211 61.7 +6.4
Labour hold Swing −6.6

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2005: Warrington North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Helen Jones 21,632 53.5 −8.2
Conservative Andrew Ferryman 9,428 23.3 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Walker 7,699 19.0 +5.6
UKIP John Kirkham 1,086 2.7 +0.7
Community Action Mike Hughes 573 1.4 +1.4
Majority 12,204 30.2
Turnout 40,418 55.1 +1.4
Labour hold Swing −4.4
General election 2001: Warrington North[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Helen Jones 24,026 61.7 −0.4
Conservative James Usher 8,870 22.8 −1.2
Liberal Democrats Roy Smith 5,232 13.4 +3.1
UKIP John Kirkham 782 2.0 N/A
Majority 15,156 38.9
Turnout 38,910 53.7 −16.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1997: Warrington North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Helen Jones 31,827 62.1 +7.8
Conservative Ray Lacey 12,300 24.0 −9.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Greenhalgh 5,308 10.4 −1.1
Referendum Arthur Smith 1,816 3.5 N/A
Majority 19,527 38.1
Turnout 51,251 70.4
Labour hold Swing +8.7
General election 1992: Warrington North[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Doug Hoyle 33,019 54.3 +6.1
Conservative Colin Daniels 20,397 33.6 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Greenhalgh 6,965 11.5 −6.2
Natural Law Brian Davis 400 0.7 N/A
Majority 12,622 20.8 +6.7
Turnout 60,781 77.3 +2.1
Labour hold Swing +3.3

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1987: Warrington North[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Doug Hoyle 27,422 48.2 +7.0
Conservative Laurence Jones 19,409 34.1 +3.3
SDP Colin Bithell 10,046 17.7 −9.8
Majority 8,013 14.1
Turnout 56,877 75.2
Labour hold Swing +1.9
General election 1983: Warrington North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Doug Hoyle 20,873 41.2 N/A
Conservative Stuart Sexton 15,596 30.8 N/A
SDP David S. Harrison 13,951 27.5 N/A
BNP Ian Sloan 267 0.5 N/A
Majority 5,277 10.4 N/A
Turnout 50,687 72.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
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See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Hoyle since 1997 has been a life peer, Lord Hoyle (of Warrington)

References

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  2. "Helen Jones retires and will not stand in 2019 election". Warrington Guardian. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. "Warrington Borough Council, Election Results". Warrington Borough Council. 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  6. "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).
  7. "General Election 2017: who is standing for election". Liverpool Echo. 11 May 2017.
  8. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. "Warrington North". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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  15. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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