Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton under Lyne Borough constituency
Ashton under Lyne shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1832
MP:	David Heyes
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Ashton-under-Lyne is a constituency centred on the town of Ashton-under-Lyne that 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. In recent years it has become a strongly Labour seat.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 3.4 Elections in the 1970s 3.5 Elections in the 1960s 3.6 Elections in the 1950s 3.7 Elections in the 1940s 3.8 Elections in the 1930s 3.9 Elections in the 1920s 3.10 Elections in the 1910s 3.11 Elections in the 1900s 3.12 Elections in the 1890s 3.13 Elections in the 1880s 4 See also 5 Sources

Boundaries

The constituency covers the Failsworth East, Failsworth West and Hollinwood electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the Ashton Hurst, Ashton St. Michael's, St. Peter's, Ashton Waterloo, Droylsden East and Droylsden West wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. The addition of Failsworth and Hollinwood has made little difference to the seat's political loyalties; it remains safely Labour.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1832	George Williams	Liberal
	1835	Charles Hindley	Liberal
	1857	Thomas Milner Gibson	Liberal
	1868	Thomas Walton Mellor	Conservative
	1880	Hugh Mason	Liberal
	1885	John Edmund Wentworth Addison	Conservative
	1895	Herbert Whiteley	Conservative
	1906	Alfred Henry Scott	Liberal
	1910	Sir Max Aitken	Conservative
	1916	Sir Albert Henry Stanley	Conservative
	1920	Sir Walter de Frece	Conservative
	1924	Cornelius Homan	Conservative
	1928	Albert Bellamy	Labour
	1931	John Broadbent	Conservative
	1935	Fred Brown Simpson	Labour
	1939	Sir William Jowitt	Labour
	1945	Hervey Rhodes	Labour
	1964	Robert Sheldon	Labour
	2001	David Heyes	Labour

In the 1886 election, voting resulted in a tie between incumbent John Edmund Wentworth Addison and the Liberal candidate. Under the law of the day, the presiding officer chose the winner, and Addison was reelected.

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2010: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes
	Conservative	Seema Kennedy
	UKIP	Angela McManus

General Election 2005: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	21,211	57.4	-5.1
	Conservative	Graeme Brown	7,259	19.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Les Jones	5,108	13.8	+2.0
	BNP	Anthony Jones	2,051	5.5	+1.0
	UKIP	John Whittaker	768	2.1	+2.1
	Local Community Party	Jack Crossfield	570	1.5	+1.5
Majority			13,952	37.7
Turnout			36,967	51.3	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

General Election 2001: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	22,340	62.5	-5.0
	Conservative	Tim Charlesworth	6,822	19.1	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Fletcher	4,237	11.8	+2.1
	BNP	Roger Woods	1,617	4.5	N/A
	Green	Nigel Rolland	748	2.1	N/A
Majority			15,518	43.4
Turnout			35,764	49.1	-16.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	31,919	67.5
	Conservative	Richard Mayson	8,954	18.9
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Pickstone	4,603	9.7
	Referendum Party	L. Clapham	1,346	2.8
	Monster Raving Loony	P. Cymbal	458	1.0
Majority			22,965
Turnout				65.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,550	56.6
	Conservative	John Penniger	13,615	31.4
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Turner	4,005	9.2
	Liberal	C. Hall	907	2.1
	Natural Law	J. Brannigan	289	0.7
Majority			10,935
Turnout				73.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	22,389	51.8
	Conservative	H. L. Cadman	13,103	30.3
	Liberal	Mark Hunter	7,760	18.0
Majority			9,286	21.5
Turnout				74.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	20,987	49.7
	Conservative	Richard Spring	13,290	31.5
	Social Democrat	J. Adler	7,521	17.8
	Independent	D. Hallsworth	407	1.0
Majority			7,697	18.2
Turnout				71.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,535	54.7
	Conservative	A. Fearn	16,156	36.0
	Liberal	G. Taylor	3,699	8.2
	National Front	D. Jones	486	1.1
Majority			8,379	18.7
Turnout			76.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,490	53.9
	Conservative	M. H. Litchfield	12,763	29.3
	Liberal	T. G. Jones	7,356	16.9
Majority			10,727	24.6
Turnout				72.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,019	48.4
	Conservative	T. Aitken	14,718	30.9
	Liberal	J. G. Jones	9,837	20.7
Majority			8,301	17.5
Turnout				79.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,927	54.5
	Conservative	A. d'A. Fearn	19,973	45.5
Majority			3,954	9.0
Turnout				71.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,728	58.7
	Conservative	H. D. Moore	17,396	41.3
Majority			7,332	17.4
Turnout				73.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,657	54.5
	Conservative	H. D. Moore	20,550	45.5
Majority			4,107	9.1
Turnout				77.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	25,991	52.8
	Conservative	R. Horrocks	23,239	47.2
Majority			2,752	5.6
Turnout				81.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	26,216	52.0
	Conservative	E. Hodson	24,251	48.1
Majority			1,965	3.1
Turnout				80.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	21,424	52.1
	Conservative	K. Lewis	19,740	48.0
Majority			1,684	4.1
Turnout				84.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Ashton under Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	20,970	50.6
	Conservative	G. B. Howcroft	20,046	48.3
	Communist	H. H. Blackwell	459	1.1
Majority			924	2.2
Turnout				86.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	12,889	54.1	−2.3
	Conservative	R. A. Cary	8,360	35.0	−8.6
	Liberal	A. Beale	2,604	10.9	N/A
Majority			4,529	19.1	+6.3
Turnout				70.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jowitt	14,998	56.4
	Conservative	F. H. G. H. Goodhart	11,604	43.6
Majority			3,394	12.8
Turnout				78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

William Jowitt won the Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1939 unopposed.

General Election 1935: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Simpson	14,140	50.2
	Conservative	John Broadbent	14,026	49.8
Majority			114	0.4
Turnout				81.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Broadbent	15,652	52.5
	Labour	J. W. Gordon	11,074	37.1
	Liberal	J. T. Middleton	2,696	9.0
	New Party	C. B. Hobhouse	424	1.4
Majority			4,578	15.4
Turnout				85.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Broadbent	12,420	44.6	+11.6
	Labour	J. W. Gordon	11,005	39.4	−5.0
	New Party	A. Young	4,472	16.0	N/A
Majority			1,415	5.2
Turnout			27,897	80.2	−5.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bellamy	13,170	44.4
	Conservative	John Broadbent	9,763	33.0
	Liberal	W. G. Greenwood	6,693	22.6
Majority			3,407	11.4
Turnout				85.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bellamy	9,567	40.6	+7.8
	Conservative	Gordon Cosmo Touche	7,161	30.3	-9.2
	Liberal	W. G. Greenwood	6,874	29.1	+1.4
Majority			2,406	10.3
Turnout				89.1	+0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1924: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cornelius Homan	8,971	39.5
	Labour	Cecil L'Estrange Malone	7,451	32.8
	Liberal	H. T. Greenwood	6,692	27.7
Majority			1,520	6.7
Turnout				88.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter de Frece	7,813	36.2
	Liberal	H. T. Greenwood	7,574	35.1
	Labour	Ellen Wilkinson	6,208	28.7
Majority			239	1.1
Turnout				85.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter de Frece	12,006	57.6
	Labour	T. W. Gillinder	8,834	42.4
Majority			3,172	15.2
Turnout				83.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Sir Walter de Frece	8,864	43.3	−15.0
	Labour	William Cornforth Robinson	8,127	39.6	N/A
	Liberal	Sir A.H. Marshal	3,511	17.1	N/A
Majority			738	3.7	−12.9
Turnout			20,502	82.3	+13.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Albert Henry Stanley	10,261	58.3
	NFDSS	T. F. Lister	7,334	41.7
Majority			2,927	16.6
Turnout				68.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1916

In the Ashton-under-Lyne By-Election of 23 December 1916, Albert Henry Stanley, Conservative was elected unopposed.

General Election December 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Aitken	4,044	51.1	+5.5
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Scott	3,848	48.8	-0.5
Majority			196	2.4
Turnout			7,652	91.8	-3.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election January 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Scott	4,039	49.3	-7.0
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,746	45.9	+2.2
	Independent Labour	W Gee	413	5.0
Majority			293	3.6	-9.0
Turnout			8,198	95.4	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Scott	4,310	56.3	+20.4
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,342	43.7	-9.4
Majority			968	12.6
Turnout			7,652	92.8	+6.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1900: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,545	53.1	+0.5
	Liberal	E A Parkin	2,400	35.9	-5.1
	Labour	J Johnston	737	11.0
Majority			1,145	17.2	+5.6
Turnout			6,682	86.2	-5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,434	52.6	+1.6
	Liberal	W. Woods	2,680	41.0	-8.0
	Ind. Labour Party	James Sexton	415	6.4
Majority			754	11.6	+9.6
Turnout			6,529	91.3	-2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1892: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edmund Wentworth Addison	3,358	51.0	+1.0
	Liberal	O V Morgan	3,223	49.0	-1.0
Majority			135	2.0	+2.0
Turnout			6,581	93.9	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edmund Wentworth Addison	3,050	50.0	-0.4
	Liberal	A B Rowley	3,049	50.0	+0.4
Majority			1	0.0	-0.4
Turnout			6,099	93.1	-2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

• Both candidates having received 3,049 votes each, Addison was elected on the Returning Officer's casting vote.

General Election 1885: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edmund Wentworth Addison	3,153	50.4
	Liberal	Hugh Mason	3,104	49.4
Majority			49	0.8
Turnout			6,257	95.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
• Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920
• Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1928
• Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1931
• Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1939
• Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945

Sources

• Historic list of MPs
• Election results 1992–2005
• Election results 1951–1992

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