Oldham West (UK Parliament constituency)
Oldham West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Oldham West and Royton |
Created from | Oldham |
Oldham West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-west of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
Boundaries
1950-1983: The County Borough of Oldham wards of Coldhurst, Hartford, Hollinwood, Werneth, and Westwood, and the Urban District of Chadderton.
1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Chadderton Central, Chadderton North, Chadderton South, Failsworth East, Failsworth West, Hollinwood, and Werneth.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Leslie Hale | Labour | Previously MP for Oldham from 1945. Resigned May 1968 | |
1968 by-election | Bruce Campbell | Conservative | ||
1970 | Michael Meacher | Labour | Subsequently MP for Oldham West and Royton | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 22,533 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian Horobin | 17,740 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Taylor Middleton | 6,635 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Communist | W. Mawdsley | 438 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,793 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 85.1 | N/A | |||
Labour win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 23,712 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | John Grigg | 19,517 | 41.5 | ||
Liberal | Philip Fothergill | 3,823 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 4,195 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 84.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 23,164 | 54.6 | ||
Conservative | John Grigg | 19,265 | 45.4 | ||
Majority | 3,899 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 78.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 22,624 | 55.0 | ||
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 18,505 | 45.0 | ||
Majority | 4,119 | 10.0 | |||
Turnout | 79.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 21,588 | 58.8 | ||
Conservative | William Arthur Bromley-Davenport | 15,152 | 41.2 | ||
Majority | 6,436 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 75.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 20,648 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | Bruce Campbell | 13,076 | 38.8 | ||
Majority | 7,572 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 72.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bruce Campbell | 11,904 | 46.5 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Michael Meacher | 8,593 | 33.6 | -27.6 | |
All-Party Alliance | John Creasey | 3,389 | 13.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | David Green | 1,707 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,311 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 16,062 | 48.1 | ||
Conservative | Bruce Campbell | 14,387 | 43.1 | ||
Liberal | Brian Lomax | 2,944 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,675 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 67.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 17,933 | 48.4 | ||
Conservative | David Trippier | 11,628 | 31.4 | ||
Liberal | Anthony Limont | 7,505 | 20.3 | ||
Majority | 6,305 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 77.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 18,444 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | David Trippier | 10,407 | 30.0 | ||
Liberal | K. Stocks | 5,838 | 16.8 | ||
Majority | 8,037 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 72.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 17,802 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | J. Smith | 12,025 | 35.4 | ||
Liberal | K. Stocks | 3,604 | 10.6 | ||
National Front | G. Halliwell | 515 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | 5,777 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 72.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 17,690 | 44.1 | ||
Conservative | David Dickinson | 14,510 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal | Rodney A. M. Smith | 7,745 | 19.3 | ||
Independent | James Street | 180 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,180 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 69.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 20,291 | 49.4 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Joan Jacobs | 14,324 | 34.9 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | Mary Mason | 6,478 | 15.8 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 5,967 | 14.5 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 71.9 | +2.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 21,580 | 52.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Gillen | 13,247 | 32.4 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | John D. Smith | 5,525 | 13.5 | -2.3 | |
Natural Law | Sheila Dalling | 551 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,333 | 20.4 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,903 | 75.6 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1950. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1951. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1955. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1959. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1964. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1966. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "1968 By Elections". British Elections Ephemera Archive. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1970. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election February 1974. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election October 1974. Politics Resources. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1979. Politics Resources. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1987. Politics Resources. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
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