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| style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | || 1942 || [[William Foster (UK politician)|William Foster]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | || 1948 || [[Ronald Williams (UK politician)|Ronald Williams]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | || 1958 || [[Alan Fitch]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | || 1983 || [[Roger Stott]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | || 1999 || [[Neil Turner]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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Revision as of 19:26, 17 July 2009
Template:UK constituency infobox
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.
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:
- Aspull New Springs Whelley, Douglas, Ince, Pemberton, Shevington with Lower Ground, Standish-with-Langtree, Wigan Central, and Wigan West.
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
1885-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Sir Francis Powell | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1910 | Henry Twist | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1910 | Reginald James Neville | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | John Parkinson | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1942 by-election | William Foster | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1948 by-election | Ronald Williams | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1958 by-election | Alan Fitch | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Roger Stott | Labour |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1999 by-election | Neil Turner | Labour |
Notes
- ^ The Honourable Orlando Bridgeman from 1796
- ^ On petition, the election of Crosse was declared void and after scrutiny of the votes his opponent, Standish, was declared duly elected.
- ^ 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Turner | 18,901 | 55.1 | −6.6 | |
| Conservative | John Coombes | 7,134 | 20.8 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Turner | 20,739 | 61.7 | −6.8 | |
| Conservative | Dave Lowe | 6,996 | 20.8 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neil Turner | 9,641 | 59.6 | −9.0 | |
| Conservative | Tom Peet | 2,912 | 18.0 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roger Stott | 30,043 | 68.6 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Loveday | 7,400 | 16.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Beswick | 4,390 | 10.0 | ||
| Referendum | Anthony Bradborne | 1,450 | 3.3 | ||
| Green | Christopher Maile | 442 | 1.0 | ||
| Natural Law | W. J. Ayliffe | 94 | 0.2 | ||
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| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- 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 Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]