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| Weaver Vale County constituency |
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| Weaver Vale shown within Cheshire, and Cheshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Mike Hall |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Cheshire |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Weaver Vale 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.
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Boundaries
The constituency covers the northern part of the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority in Cheshire, including the towns of Northwich and Frodsham and the villages of Helsby and Weaverham. It also includes part of the Halton borough, covering eastern parts of Runcorn.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cheshire, in 2007 the Boundary Commission for England made minor changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes. The electoral wards included in this modified constituency were (as at 12 April 2005):
- From the borough of Vale Royal [1] - Forest, Frodsham North, Frodsham South, Hartford and Whitegate, Helsby, Kingsley, Leftwich and Kingsmead, Milton Weaver, Northwich Castle, Northwich Winnington, Northwich Witton, and Weaverham
- From the borough of Halton - Beechwood, Daresbury, Halton Lea, Norton North, Norton South, and Windmill Hill
The changes were approved in 2007 and will come into effect at the 2010 general election [2].
History
The Weaver Vale constituency was created in 1997, when the number of constituencies in Cheshire was increased from 10 to 11. It was formed from parts of the Eddisbury, Tatton, Halton and Warrington South constituencies.
Since the 1997 general election, the seat has been held by the Labour Party's Mike Hall, who first entered Parliament in 1992 for Warrington South. Although Labour have held the seat relatively easily, it is a likely target for the Conservatives, with them having held two of the predecessor seats in the past.
Boundary changes in 2007 are likely to show in the Conservative Party's favour - the Castlefields ward in Runcorn has shifted to Halton; the Rudheath and South Witton ward in Northwich has shifted to Tatton; approx 700 electors in the affluent Hartford and Whitegate ward have been moved out of the Eddisbury constituency into Weaver Vale, as have approx 1800 electors in the Leftwich and Kingsmead ward - primarily those on the newly-built relatively expensive Kingmead estate.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Mike Hall | Labour | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Graham Evans | ||||
| Labour | Mike Hall | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Hampson | ||||
| General Election 2005: Weaver Vale | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike Hall | 18,759 | 47.6 | -4.9 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Mackie | 11,904 | 30.2 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Trevor Griffiths | 7,723 | 19.6 | +5.2 | |
| UKIP | Brenda Swinscoe | 1,034 | 2.6 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 6,855 | 17.4 | |||
| Turnout | 39,420 | 57.1 | -0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Weaver Vale | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike Hall | 20,611 | 52.5 | -3.9 | |
| Conservative | Carl Cross | 10,974 | 27.9 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nigel Griffiths | 5,643 | 14.4 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Mike Cooksley | 1,484 | 3.8 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Jim Bradshaw | 559 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,637 | 24.6 | |||
| Turnout | 39,271 | 57.6 | -15.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Weaver Vale | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike Hall | 27,244 | 56.4 | ||
| Conservative | J.P. Byrne | 13,796 | 28.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Nigel Griffiths | 5,949 | 12.3 | ||
| Referendum Party | R.E. Cockfield | 1,312 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 13,448 | 27.8 | |||
| Turnout | 48,301 | 73.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ The borough of Vale Royal and its constituent wards were abolished on 1 April 2009, when they became part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester; however, the boundaries of the parliamentary constituency remain fixed according to the wards in operation at 12 April 2005
- ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, S.I. 2007/1681
- ^ [1], UK Polling Report
See also
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