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Wigan
County constituency
WiganConstituency.svg
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Wigan shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created: 1295, 1545
MP: Neil Turner
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater Manchester
EP constituency: North West England

Wigan 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. It was one of the constituencies of the Model Parliament of 1295.

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended alterations to the existing constituencies in the Wigan area. The electoral wards used in the altered Wigan constituency are:

Members of Parliament

1545-1640

  • 1547: Alexander Barlowe
  • 1553: Gilbert Gerard
  • 1555: Gilbert Gerard
  • 1572-1581: Edward Fitton
  • 1572-1581: Edward Elrington
  • 1584-1587: William Gerard
  • 1593: William Gerard
  • 1593: Michael Heneage
  • 1604-1611: Sir William Crooke
  • 1604-1611: Sir J Poultney
  • 1614: Gilbert Gerard
  • 1614: Sir Richard Molyneux
  • 1621: Sir Thomas Gerard
  • 1621-1622: George Garret
  • 1621-1622: Roger Downes
  • 1625, 1626, 1628 Edward Bridgeman, brother of Bishop John Bridgeman
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1640-1885

Year First member First party Second member Second party
November 1640 Orlando Bridgeman Royalist Alexander Rigby Parliamentarian
May 1642 Bridgeman expelled - seat vacant
1646 John Holcroft
December 1648 Holcroft excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant
August 1650 Rigby died - seat vacant
1653 Wigan was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Robert Markland Hugh Forth
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 William Gardiner Hugh Forth
October 1660 John Molyneux Roger Stoughton
1661 The Earl of Ancram Geoffrey Shakerley
February 1679 Roger Bradshaigh
September 1679 William Banks
1681 Viscount Colchester
1685 Lord Charles Murray
1689 Sir Edward Chisenhall William Banks
1690 Sir Richard Standish Peter Shakerley
1694 John Byrom
1695 Sir Roger Bradshaigh
1698 Orlando Bridgeman
1701 Sir Alexander Rigby
1702 Orlando Bridgeman
1705 Brigadier Emanuel Scrope Howe Whig
1708 Major Henry Bradshaigh
1713 George Kenyon
1715 The Earl of Barrymore
1727 Peter Bold
1734 The Earl of Barrymore
March 1747 Richard Clayton
June 1747 Hon. Richard Barry
1754 Sir William Meredith
1761 Fletcher Norton Simon Luttrell
1768 George Byng Beaumont Hotham
1775 John Morton Tory
August 1780 Henry Simpson Bridgeman
September 1780 Hon. Horatio Walpole Tory
1782 John Cotes Tory
1784 Orlando Bridgeman [1] Tory
1800 George Gunning
1802 John Hodson Tory Sir Robert Holt Leigh Tory
1820 James Alexander Hodson Tory Lord Lindsay Tory
1825 Lieutenant-Colonel James Lindsay Tory
March 1831 John Hodson Kearsley Tory
May 1831 Ralph Thicknesse Whig
1832 Richard Potter Whig
1835 John Hodson Kearsley Conservative
1837 Charles Strickland Standish Whig
1839 William Ewart Radical
1841 Peter Greenall Conservative Thomas Bright Crosse [2] Conservative
1842 Charles Strickland Standish Whig
1845 Hon. James Lindsay Conservative
1847 Ralph Anthony Thicknesse Whig
1854 Joseph Acton Whig
1857 Francis Sharp Powell Conservative Henry Woods Whig
1859 Hon. James Lindsay Conservative Liberal
1866 Nathaniel Eckersley Conservative
1868 John Lancaster Liberal
1874 Lord Lindsay Conservative Thomas Knowles Conservative
1881 Francis Powell [3] Conservative
1881 Writ suspended following corrupt election - seat vacant
December 1882 Hon. Algernon Fulke Egerton Conservative
1883 Nathaniel Eckersley Conservative
1885 Representation reduced to one member

1885-present

Election Member Party
1885 Sir Francis Powell Conservative
1910 Henry Twist Labour
1910 Reginald James Neville Conservative
1918 John Parkinson Labour
1942 by-election William Foster Labour
1948 by-election Ronald Williams Labour
1958 by-election Alan Fitch Labour
1983 Roger Stott Labour
1999 by-election Neil Turner Labour

Notes

  1. ^ The Honourable Orlando Bridgeman from 1796
  2. ^ On petition, the election of Crosse was declared void and after scrutiny of the votes his opponent, Standish, was declared duly elected.
  3. ^ On petition, Powell's election was declared void and the writ was suspended. The following year a new writ was issued and a by-election was held

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Wigan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Turner 18,901 55.1 −6.6
Conservative John Coombes 7,134 20.8 0.0
Liberal Democrat Denise Capstick 6,051 17.7 +2.9
UKIP John Whittaker 1,166 3.4 N/A
Community Action Kevin Williams 1,026 3.0 N/A
Majority 11,767 34.3
Turnout 34,278
Turnout 34,278 53.3 +0.8
Labour hold Swing 3.3
General Election 2001: Wigan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Turner 20,739 61.7 -6.8
Conservative Dave Lowe 6,996 20.8 +3.9
Liberal Democrat Trevor Beswick 4,970 14.8 +4.8
Socialist Alliance Mark Page 886 2.6 N/A
Majority 13,743 40.9
Turnout 33,591 52.5 -15.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

Wigan by-election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Turner 9,641 59.6 -9.0
Conservative Tom Peet 2,912 18.0 +1.1
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Rule 2,148 13.3 +3.3
UKIP John Whittaker 834 5.2 N/A
Socialist Labour William Kelly 240 1.5 N/A
Green Chris Maile 190 1.2 +0.2
National Democrats Stephen Ebbs 100 0.6 N/A
Natural Law Paul Davis 64 0.4 +0.2
Independent David Braid 58 0.4 N/A
Majority 6,729
Turnout 25
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Wigan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Stott 30,043 68.6
Conservative Mark Loveday 7,400 16.9
Liberal Democrat Trevor Beswick 4,390 10.0
Referendum Party Anthony Bradborne 1,450 3.3
Green Christopher Maile 442 1.0
Natural Law W. J. Ayliffe 94 0.2
Majority 22,643 51.67
Turnout 43,819 67.74
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Wigan[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Stott 34,910 63.01
Conservative EJW Hess 13,068 23.59
Liberal Democrat G Davies 6,111 11.03
Liberal K White 1,116 2.01
Natural Law A Taylor 197 0.36
Majority 21,842 39.42
Turnout 55,405 76.17

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Stott 33,955 61.53
Conservative KR Wade 13,493 24.45
SDP-Liberal Alliance KJ White 7,732 14.01
Majority 20,462 37.08
Turnout 55,179 76.57
General Election 1983[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Stott 29,859 54.55
SDP-Liberal Alliance J Piggott 12,554 22.94
Conservative H Cadman 12,320 22.51
Majority 17,305 31.62
Turnout 54,734 75.61

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Fitch 26,144 59.77
Conservative T Peet 13,149 30.06
Liberal K Bruce 4,102 9.38
Workers' Revolutionary A Smith 348 0.8
Majority 12,995 29.71
Turnout 43,742 74.11
General Election October 1974
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Fitch 27,692 65.77
Conservative PM Beard 8,865 21.05
Liberal J Campbell 5,548 13.18
Majority 18,827 44.71
Turnout 42,105 73.98
General Election February 1974[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Fitch 30,485 71.28
Conservative P Beard 12,283 28.72
Majority 18,202 42.56
Turnout 42,766 75.84
General Election 1970[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Fitch 28,102 67.46
Conservative A Daniels 12,882 30.92
Communist J Kay 672 1.61
Majority 15,220 36.54
Turnout 41,655 72.27

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Fitch 28,754 72.85 +3.43
Conservative M Kingston 9,876 25.01 -3.21
Communist M Weaver 858 2.17 -0.22
Majority 18,878 47.81
General Election 1964
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Fitch 28,640 69.39 +3.05
Conservative I K Paley 11,648 28.22 -3.40
Communist M Weaver 988 2.39 +0.35
Majority 16,992 41.17

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Fitch 30,664 66.34 +1.94
Conservative J J Hodgson 14,615 31.62 -0.59
Communist M Weaver 945 2.04 -1.35
Majority 16,049 34.72
General Election 1955
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Williams 29,755 64.40 -2.51
Conservative H D Lowe 14,883 32.21 -0.88
Communist T Rowlandson 1,567 3.39 N/A
Majority 14,872 32.19
General Election 1951
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Williams 34,530 66.91 +4.39
Conservative D C Walls 17,078 33.09 +3.05
Majority 17,452 33.82
General Election 1950
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Williams 32,746 62.52 -5.64
Conservative H Dowling 15,733 30.04 -1.80
Liberal I S Webster 2,651 5.06 N/A
Communist T Rowlandson 1,243 2.37 N/A
Majority 17,013 32.48


Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W Foster 31,392 68.16
Conservative E C L Hubert-Powell 14,666 31.84
Majority 16,726 36.32

References

  1. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i21.htm
  2. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i21.htm
  3. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i21.htm
  4. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i21.htm
  5. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i21.htm
  6. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i21.htm
  • Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
  • D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
  • Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
  • F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
  • Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
  • J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
  • Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

See also

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Constituencies in North West England
Labour
Ashton-under-Lyne · Barrow and Furness · Birkenhead · Blackburn · Blackpool North and Fleetwood · Blackpool South · Bolton North East · Bolton South East · Bolton West · Bootle · Burnley · Bury North · Bury South · Carlisle · Chorley · City of Chester · Copeland · Crosby · Denton and Reddish · Eccles · Ellesmere Port and Neston · Halton · Heywood and Middleton · Hyndburn · Knowsley North and Sefton East · Knowsley South · Leigh · Liverpool Garston · Liverpool Riverside · Liverpool Walton · Liverpool Wavertree · Makerfield · Manchester Blackley · Manchester Central · Manchester Gorton · Morecambe and Lunesdale · Oldham East and Saddleworth · Oldham West and Royton · Pendle · Preston · Rossendale and Darwen · Salford · South Ribble · St Helens North · St Helens South · Stalybridge and Hyde · Stockport · Stretford and Urmston · Wallasey · Warrington North · Warrington South · Weaver Vale · West Lancashire · Wigan · Wirral South · Wirral West · Workington · Worsley · Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Independent
North West European constituency: Conservative (3) · Labour (2) · UKIP (1) · Liberal Democrats (1) · BNP (1)

Coordinates: 53°32′N 2°38′W / 53.54°N 2.64°W / 53.54; -2.64


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