Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)

Congleton
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Congleton in Cheshire.
Outline map
Location of Cheshire within England.
County Cheshire
Electorate 73,820 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Congleton, Alsager, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich and Sandbach.
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Crewe, Macclesfield, Knutsford and Nantwich[2]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Congleton is a constituency[n 1] in Cheshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Fiona Bruce of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

Constituency profile

The constituency adjoining the Peak District in Cheshire has since its 1983 creation been a Conservative stronghold.[n 3]

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Borough of Congleton, and the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich ward of Haslington.

1997-present: The Borough of Congleton.

NB: The borough of Congleton and its constituent wards were abolished on 1 April 2009, when they became part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.

The constituency covers the south-east of Cheshire, and includes the towns of Congleton, Alsager, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich and Sandbach.

History

The constituency was established at the 1983 general election, and was held comfortably until 2010 by the Conservative Ann Winterton, the wife of Sir Nicholas Winterton, the MP for the adjacent Macclesfield constituency. Both stood down at the 2010 general election; their joint statement cited the hectic life of politics as part of their reason for standing down,[3] in addition to an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, who concluded that they misused their MPs' expenses to pay rent for a flat that they had already bought outright.[3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[4] Party
1983 Ann Winterton Conservative
2010 Fiona Claire Bruce Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Congleton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Fiona Bruce 31,830 56.6 +3.3
Labour Sam Corcoran 19,211 34.2 +13.8
Liberal Democrat Peter Hirst 2,902 5.2 -3.9
UKIP Mark Davies 1,289 2.3 -11.3
Green Alec Heath[6] 999 1.8 -1.9
Majority 12,619 22.4 -10.5
Turnout 56,231 73.3 +2.8
Conservative hold Swing -5.2
General Election 2015: Congleton[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Fiona Bruce 27,164 53.3 +7.5
Labour Darren Price 10,391 20.4 +3.2
UKIP Lee Slaughter 6,922 13.6 +9.4
Liberal Democrat Peter Hirst 4,623 9.1 −22.8
Green Alec Heath 1,876 3.7 +3.7
Majority 16,773 32.9 +19
Turnout 50,976 70.4 +1.5
Conservative hold Swing 2.2
General Election 2010: Congleton[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Fiona Bruce 23,250 45.8 +0.4
Liberal Democrat Peter Hirst 16,187 31.9 +5.0
Labour David Bryant 8,747 17.2 −10.5
UKIP Lee Slaughter 2,147 4.2 +4.2
Independent Paul Edwards 276 0.5 +0.5
Independent Paul Rothwell 94 0.2 +0.2
Independent Adam Parton 79 0.2 +0.2
Majority 7,063 13.9
Turnout 50,780 68.9 +4.8
Conservative hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Congleton[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ann Winterton 21,189 45.4 −0.9
Labour Nicholas Milton 12,943 27.7 −2.8
Liberal Democrat Eleanor Key 12,550 26.9 +5.3
Majority 8,246 17.7
Turnout 46,682 64.2 +1.5
Conservative hold Swing 0.9
General Election 2001: Congleton[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ann Winterton 20,872 46.3 +5.1
Labour John Flanagan 13,738 30.5 +2.9
Liberal Democrat David Lloyd-Griffiths 9,719 21.6 −8.2
UKIP Bill Young 754 1.7 +0.2
Majority 7,134 15.8
Turnout 45,083 62.7 −14.9
Conservative hold Swing 1.1

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Congleton[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ann Winterton 22,012 41.2 −7.3
Liberal Democrat Joan Walmsley 15,882 29.7 −2.0
Labour Helen Scholey 14,713 27.6 +8.4
UKIP John Lockett 811 1.5 N/A
Majority 6,130 11.5
Turnout 53,418 77.6
Conservative hold Swing -3.6
General Election 1992: Congleton[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ann Winterton 29,163 49.0 +0.7
Liberal Democrat Iain Brodie-Browne 18,043 30.3 −3.5
Labour Matthew Finnegan 11,927 20.0 +2.2
Natural Law Peter Brown 399 0.7 N/A
Majority 11,120 18.7 +4.2
Turnout 59,532 84.5 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Congleton[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ann Winterton 26,513 48.3 −0.4
Liberal Iain Brodie-Browne 18,544 33.8 +2.4
Labour Michael Knowles 9,810 17.9 −2.0
Majority 7,969 14.5
Turnout 54,867 80.5
Conservative hold Swing −1.4
General Election 1983: Congleton[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ann Winterton 23,895 48.7 N/A
Liberal Clive Smedley 15,436 31.4 N/A
Labour Eric Gill 9,783 19.9 N/A
Majority 8,459 17.2 N/A
Turnout 49,114 76.9 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "'Congleton', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "MP pair to step down at election". BBC News. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  5. ↑ "Congleton Parliamentary constituency", Election 2017, BBC News, retrieved 9 June 2017
  6. ↑ "Alec is Greens' choice for Congleton". www.facebook.com.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Congleton". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Congleton". BBC News.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Congleton CONSERVATIVE HOLD". London: guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  17. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 53°9′N 2°16′W / 53.150°N 2.267°W / 53.150; -2.267

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