Heywood and Middleton North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Heywood and Middleton North is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Elsie Blundell of the Labour Party.

Prior to the 2024 general election, the constituency was known as Heywood and Middleton. The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies proposed that two of the Middleton wards be included in a new constituency named Blackley and Middleton South and this seat be renamed Heywood and Middleton North.[1][2]

Constituency profile

The constituency covers the west half of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, including the towns of Heywood and half of the town of Middleton, and some of the western fringes of Rochdale itself such as Castleton, and Spotland and Falinge. Norden and Bamford are strong Conservative areas, with several million-pound houses, but all other wards are mostly favourable to Labour. The part of Middleton in this constituency includes the large overspill council estate of Langley.

The 2024 boundary changes added the ward of Spotland and Falinge, a ward close to Rochdale town centre, to the constituency, in place of East and South Middleton, which included the relatively affluent area of Alkrington Garden Village which were added to the new Blackley and Middleton South constituency.

Electoral Calculus categorises the seat as a "Somewhere" demographic, indicating socially conservative, economically soft left views and strong support for Brexit.[3]

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Heywood and Royton and Middleton and Prestwich and was 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. Subsequently, the constituency heavily voted to Leave in the EU 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.

Under the 2023 boundary changes, it was estimated that the newly named seat would notionally have been held by Labour on a slim majority.[4] As a result, the sitting Conservative MP, Chris Clarkson, decided not to stand in 2024 and he was selected for the previously safe seat of Stratford-on-Avon, where he was defeated. The Labour Party candidate, Elsie Blundell, duly won this seat with a majority of 16.4% over Reform UK, with the Conservatives dropping down to third place.

Boundaries

Template:Maplink 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.

2010–2024: The Borough of Rochdale wards of Bamford, Castleton, East Middleton, Hopwood Hall, Norden, North Heywood, North Middleton, South Middleton, West Heywood, and West Middleton.

2024–present: The Borough of Rochdale wards of Bamford, Castleton, Hopwood Hall, Norden, North Heywood, North Middleton, Spotland and Falinge, West Heywood, and West Middleton.[5]

East Middleton and South Middleton wards were transferred to the new constituency of Blackley and Middleton South, partly compensated by the addition of the Spotland and Falinge ward from Rochdale.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[6] Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1983 Jim Callaghan Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1997 Jim Dobbin Labour Co-op
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2014 by-election Liz McInnes Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2019 Chris Clarkson Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2024 Elsie Blundell Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Heywood and Middleton North [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Steve Potter 8,987 24.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Laura-Beth Thompson 6,423 17.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chris Furlong 4,349 11.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tom Shaw 2,302 6.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,082 16.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 37,130 49.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 74,786 Script error: No such module "String".
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Heywood and Middleton North was the only constituency (in England or Wales) where the Green Party of England and Wales did not stand a 2024 candidate.[9] This was because the Green Party of England and Wales officially endorsed independent candidate Chris Furlong.[10]

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[4]
Party Vote %
Labour 18,281 43.1
Conservative 17,601 41.5
Brexit Party 3,581 8.4
Liberal Democrats 1,787 4.2
Green 1,196 2.8
Turnout 42,446 57.9
Electorate 73,306
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General election 2019: Heywood and Middleton[11]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Liz McInnes 19,790 41.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Colin Lambert 3,952 8.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Anthony Smith 2,073 4.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Nigel Ainsworth-Barnes 1,220 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 663 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 47,488 59.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2017: Heywood and Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chris Clarkson 18,961 38.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lee Seville 3,239 6.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bill Winlow 1,087 2.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 7,617 15.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 49,865 62.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2015: Heywood and Middleton[12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John Bickley 15,627 32.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Iain Gartside 9,268 19.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Anthony Smith 1,607 3.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Abi Jackson 1,110 2.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 5,299 10.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,538 60.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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2014 Heywood and Middleton by-election
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Bickley 11,016 38.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Iain Gartside[13] 3,496 12.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Anthony Smith[14] 1,457 5.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Abi Jackson[15] 870 3.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 617 2.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 28,472 36.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −18.5

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General election 2010: Heywood and Middleton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Holly 12,528 27.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Wera Hobhouse 10,474 22.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Greenwood 3,239 7.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Victoria Cecil 1,215 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chrissy Lee 170 0.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 5,971 12.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 46,125 57.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Heywood and Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Stephen Pathmarajah 8,355 21.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Crea Lavin 7,261 18.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gary Aronsson 1,855 4.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Philip Burke 1,377 3.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Whittaker 767 2.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,083 28.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 39,053 54.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −0.9

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General election 2001: Heywood and Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marilyn Hopkins 10,707 27.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ian Greenhalgh 4,329 11.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Philip Burke 1,021 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Christian Democrats Christine West 345 0.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,670 30.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 38,779 53.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −2.3

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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Heywood and Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sebastian Grigg 11,637 23.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Clayton 7,908 15.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christine West 1,076 2.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Philip Burke 750 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 17,542 34.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 50,550 68.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

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General election 1992: Heywood and Middleton[17]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Eric Ollerenshaw 14,306 33.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael B. Taylor 5,252 12.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Philip Burke 757 1.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Anne-Marie Scott 134 0.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 8,074 18.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 42,829 74.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +1.6

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Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Heywood and Middleton[18]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roy Walker 15,052 34.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ian Greenhalgh 6,953 15.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 6,848 15.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 43,905 73.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +3.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1983: Heywood and Middleton[19]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christine Hodgson 14,137 33.8
Script error: No such module "Political party". Arthur Rumbelow 9,262 22.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". Kenneth Henderson 316 0.8
Majority 3,974 9.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 41,826 69.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

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See also

References

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  3. ↑ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Heywood+and+Middleton
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External links

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