Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wigan County constituency

Wigan shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1295, 1545
MP:	Neil Turner
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Wigan is a 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.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Traditionally one of Labour's most secure strongholds, Wigan was once a mill town (before the mills all around the town closed), and is famous for rugby league, Northern Soul, Wigan Pier, Uncle Joe's Mintballs, George Formby and now its Premiership Football Team. In short, a town that has always had a lively culture, and a political loyalty to the Labour Party, despite the fact there is little evidence of social or economic problems. Despite conservative areas in the town such as Swinley and Orrell, its terraced housing and council estates (generally much less deprived than other such areas in the North West as well) have always kept it Labour. Which is, in a way, ironic, as Wigan has always described itself as being 'Ancient and Loyal', the 'loyal' of the motto referring to being loyal to 'The Crown'!

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended alterations to the existing constituencies in the Wigan area. The electoral wards used in the altered Wigan constituency are:

Aspull New Springs Whelley, Douglas, Ince, Pemberton, Shevington with Lower Ground, Standish-with-Langtree, Wigan Central, and Wigan West.

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative
1910	Henry Twist	Labour
1910	Reginald James Neville	Conservative
1918	John Parkinson	Labour
1942	William Foster	Labour
1948	Ronald Williams	Labour
1958	Alan Fitch	Labour
1983	Roger Stott	Labour
1999	Neil Turner	Labour

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[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Wigan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Turner	18,901	55.1	−6.6
	Conservative	John Coombes	7,134	20.8	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Capstick	6,051	17.7	+2.9
	UK Independence	John Whittaker	1,166	3.4	N/A
	Community Action	Kevin Williams	1,026	3.0	N/A
Majority			11,767	34.3
Turnout			34,278
Turnout			34,278	53.3	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

General Election 2001: Wigan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Turner	20,739	61.7	-6.8
	Conservative	Dave Lowe	6,996	20.8	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Beswick	4,970	14.8	+4.8
	Socialist Alliance	Mark Page	886	2.6	N/A
Majority			13,743	40.9
Turnout			33,591	52.5	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Wigan by-election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Turner	9,641	59.6	-9.0
	Conservative	Tom Peet	2,912	18.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Rule	2,148	13.3	+3.3
	UK Independence	John Whittaker	834	5.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour	William Kelly	240	1.5	N/A
	Green	Chris Maile	190	1.2	+0.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Stephen Ebbs	100	0.6	N/A
	Natural Law	Paul Davis	64	0.4	+0.2
	Independent	David Braid	58	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,729
Turnout				25
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Wigan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Stott	30,043	68.6
	Conservative	Mark Loveday	7,400	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Beswick	4,390	10.0
	Referendum Party	Anthony Bradborne	1,450	3.3
	Green	Christopher Maile	442	1.0
	Natural Law	W. J. Ayliffe	94	0.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne \| Barrow and Furness \| Birkenhead \| Blackburn \| Blackpool North and Fleetwood \| Blackpool South \| Bolton North East \| Bolton South East \| Bolton West \| Bootle \| Burnley \| Bury North \| Bury South \| Carlisle \| Chorley \| City of Chester \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Crosby \| Denton and Reddish \| Eccles \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Halton \| Heywood and Middleton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley North and Sefton East \| Knowsley South \| Leigh \| Liverpool Garston \| Liverpool Riverside \| Liverpool Walton \| Liverpool Wavertree \| Liverpool West Derby \| Makerfield \| Manchester Blackley \| Manchester Central \| Manchester Gorton \| Morecambe and Lunesdale \| Oldham East and Saddleworth \| Oldham West and Royton \| Pendle \| Preston \| Rossendale and Darwen \| Salford \| South Ribble \| St Helens North \| St Helens South \| Stalybridge and Hyde \| Stockport \| Stretford and Urmston \| Wallasey \| Warrington North \| Warrington South \| Weaver Vale \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral South \| Wirral West \| Workington \| Worsley \| Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West \| Congleton \| Eddisbury \| Fylde \| Lancaster and Wyre \| Macclesfield \| Penrith and The Border \| Ribble Valley \| Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle \| Hazel Grove \| Manchester Withington \| Rochdale \| Southport \| Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) \| Conservative (3) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| UKIP (1)