Littleborough and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Littleborough and Saddleworth | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Greater Manchester |
Major settlements | Littleborough, Saddleworth and Milnrow |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Oldham East and Saddleworth and Rochdale |
Created from | Huddersfield West and Rochdale |
Littleborough and Saddleworth was a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
Contents
History
This Conservative-Liberal Democrat marginal was held by the Conservative Party at the three general elections of its existence. The victorious MP on each of these occasions was Geoffrey Dickens, who was elected in 1979 for Huddersfield West (which was a predecessor seat to this constituency). However, at a by-election called after Dickens' death in 1995, it was won by Chris Davies of the Liberal Democrats.
Boundaries
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale wards of Littleborough, Milnrow, and Wardle; and the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Crompton, Lees, Saddleworth East, Saddleworth West, and Shaw.
The constituency was centred on the towns of Littleborough, Milnrow and Saddleworth. In 1997, three quarters of the seat became part of the new Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency, with the remainder joining the redrawn Rochdale constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Geoffrey Dickens | Conservative | |
1995 by-election | Chris Davies | Liberal Democrat | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Oldham East and Saddleworth and Rochdale |
Elections
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Chris Davies | 16,231 | 38.5 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Phil Woolas | 14,238 | 33.8 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | John Hudson | 9,934 | 23.6 | −20.7 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 782 | 1.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | John Whittaker | 549 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Douglas | 193 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Mr Blobby | 105 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | Andrew Pitts | 46 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Lawson McLaren | 33 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Colin Palmer | 25 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,993 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,136 | 64.5 | -17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Dickens | 23,682 | 44.2 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris Davies | 19,188 | 35.9 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Allen J. Brett | 10,649 | 19.9 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 4,494 | 8.4 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,519 | 81.6 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Dickens | 22,027 | 43.1 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Chris Davies | 15,825 | 30.9 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Paul Stonier | 13,299 | 26.0 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 6,202 | 12.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,151 | 77.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Dickens | 20,510 | 42.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Richard Knowles | 14,860 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Stephen Moore | 12,106 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Restoration of Capital and Corporal Punishment | R Barry | 398 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,650 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,874 | 74.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
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