List of Parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)

The region^[1] of North West England is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies, of which 39 are borough constituencies and 36 are county constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019,^[2] 31 are represented by Conservative MPs, 42 by Labour MPs, 1 by a Liberal Democrat MP, and 1 by the Speaker.

Constituencies[]

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   Speaker   Independent

Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate[3]	Majority[4][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[4]		Nearest opposition[4]		County	County location	Constituency map
Altrincham and Sale West BC	73,107	6,139		Sir Graham Brady†		Andrew Western‡	Greater Manchester
Ashton-under-Lyne BC	67,978	4,263		Angela Rayner‡		Dan Costello†	Greater Manchester
Barrow and Furness	70,158	5,789		Simon Fell†		Chris Altree‡	Cumbria
Birkenhead BC	63,762	17,705		Mick Whitley‡		Frank Field (Birkenhead Social Justice)	Merseyside
Blackburn BC	71,234	18,304		Kate Hollern‡		Claire Gill†	Lancashire
Blackley and Broughton BC	73,372	14,402		Graham Stringer‡		Alexander Elias†	Greater Manchester
Blackpool North and Cleveleys BC	63,692	8,596		Paul Maynard†		Chris Webb‡	Lancashire
Blackpool South BC	57,690	3,690		Scott Benton†		Gordon Marsden‡	Lancashire
Bolton North East BC	67,564	378		Mark Logan†		David Crausby‡	Greater Manchester
Bolton South East BC	69,163	7,598		Yasmin Qureshi‡		Johno Lee†	Greater Manchester
Bolton West CC	73,191	8,855		Chris Green†		Julie Hilling‡	Greater Manchester
Bootle BC	74,832	34,566		Peter Dowd‡		Tarsilo Onuluk†	Merseyside
Burnley BC	64,345	1,352		Antony Higginbotham†		Julie Cooper‡	Lancashire
Bury North BC	68,802	105		James Daly†		James Frith‡	Greater Manchester
Bury South BC	75,152	402		Christian Wakeford‡[nb 3]		Lucy Burke‡	Greater Manchester
Carlisle	65,105	8,319		John Stevenson†		Ruth Alcroft‡	Cumbria
Cheadle BC	74,577	2,336		Mary Robinson†		Tom Morrison¤	Greater Manchester
Chorley CC	78,177	17,392		Lindsay Hoyle		Mark Brexit-Smith	Lancashire
City of Chester CC	76,057	6,164		Chris Matheson‡		Samantha George†	Cheshire
Congleton CC	80,930	18,591		Fiona Bruce†		Jo Dale‡	Cheshire
Copeland	61,693	5,842		Trudy Harrison†		Tony Lywoood‡	Cumbria
Crewe and Nantwich CC	80,321	8,508		Kieran Mullan†		Laura Smith‡	Cheshire
Denton and Reddish BC	66,234	6,175		Andrew Gwynne‡		Ian Bott†	Greater Manchester
Eddisbury CC	73,700	18,443		Edward Timpson†		Terry Savage‡	Cheshire
Ellesmere Port and Neston CC	70,327	8,764		Justin Madders‡		Alison Rodwell†	Cheshire
Fylde CC	66,847	16,611		Mark Menzies†		Martin Mitchell‡	Lancashire
Garston and Halewood BC	76,116	31,624		Maria Eagle‡		Neva Novaky†	Merseyside
Halton CC	71,930	18,975		Derek Twigg‡		Charles Rowley†	Cheshire
Hazel Grove CC	63,346	4,423		William Wragg†		Lisa Smart¤	Greater Manchester
Heywood and Middleton CC	80,162	663		Chris Clarkson†		Liz McInnes‡	Greater Manchester
Hyndburn BC	70,842	2,961		Sara Britcliffe†		Graham Jones‡	Lancashire
Knowsley BC	84,082	39,942		George Howarth‡		Rushi Millins†	Merseyside
Lancaster and Fleetwood CC	70,059	2,380		Cat Smith‡		Louise Thistletwhaite†	Lancashire
Leigh CC	77,417	1,965		James Grundy†		Joanne Platt‡	Greater Manchester
Liverpool, Riverside BC	80,310	37,043		Kim Johnson‡		Sean Malkeson†	Merseyside
Liverpool, Walton BC	62,628	30,520		Dan Carden‡		Alex Phillips†	Merseyside
Liverpool, Wavertree BC	63,458	27,085		Paula Barker‡		Catherine Mulhern†	Merseyside
Liverpool, West Derby BC	65,640	29,984		Ian Byrne‡		Tom Bradley†	Merseyside
Macclesfield CC	76,216	10,711		David Rutley†		Neil Puttick‡	Cheshire
Makerfield CC	74,190	4,740		Yvonne Fovargue‡		Nick King†	Greater Manchester
Manchester, Central BC	92,247	29,089		Lucy Powell‡		Shaden Jaradat†	Greater Manchester
Manchester, Gorton BC	76,419	30,339		Afzal Khan‡		Sebastian Lowe†	Greater Manchester
Manchester, Withington BC	76,530	27,905		Jeff Smith‡		John Leech¤	Greater Manchester
Morecambe and Lunesdale CC	67,397	6,354		David Morris†		Lizzi Collinge‡	Lancashire
Oldham East and Saddleworth CC	72,120	1,499		Debbie Abrahams‡		Tom Lord†	Greater Manchester
Oldham West and Royton CC	72,999	17,198		Jim McMahon‡		Kirsty Finlayson†	Greater Manchester
Pendle BC	65,292	6,186		Andrew Stephenson†		Azhar Ali‡	Lancashire
Penrith and The Border	67,555	18,519		Neil Hudson†		Sarah Williams‡	Cumbria
Preston BC	65,292	12,146		Mark Hendrick‡		Michele Scott†	Lancashire
Ribble Valley CC	79,247	18,439		Nigel Evans†		Giles Bridge‡	Lancashire
Rochdale CC	78,909	9,668		Tony Lloyd‡		Atifa Shah†	Greater Manchester
Rossendale and Darwen BC	72,770	9,522		Jake Berry†		Alyson Barnes‡	Lancashire
Salford and Eccles BC	82,202	16,327		Rebecca Long-Bailey‡		Attika Choudhary†	Greater Manchester
Sefton Central CC	69,760	15,618		Bill Esterson‡		Jade Marsden†	Merseyside
South Ribble CC	75,351	11,199		Katherine Fletcher†		Kim Snape‡	Lancashire
Southport BC	70,837	2,914		Damien Moore†		Liz Savage‡	Merseyside
St Helens North BC	75,593	12,209		Conor McGinn‡		Joel Charles†	Merseyside
St Helens South and Whiston BC	79,061	19,122		Marie Rimmer‡		Richard Short†	Merseyside
Stalybridge and Hyde CC	73,064	2,946		Jonathan Reynolds‡		Tayub Amjad†	Greater Manchester
Stockport BC	65,391	10,039		Nav Mishra‡		Isy Imarni†	Greater Manchester
Stretford and Urmston BC	72,372	19,705		Kate Green‡		Mussadak Mirza†	Greater Manchester
Tatton CC	69,018	17,387		Esther McVey†		James Weinburg‡	Cheshire
Wallasey BC	66,310	18,322		Angela Eagle‡		James Baker†	Merseyside
Warrington North BC	72,235	1,509		Charlotte Nichols‡		Wendy Maisey†	Cheshire
Warrington South BC	86,015	2,010		Andy Carter†		Faisal Rashid‡	Cheshire
Weaver Vale CC	70,551	562		Mike Amesbury‡		Adam Wordsworth†	Cheshire
West Lancashire CC	73,347	8,336		Rosie Cooper‡		Jack Gilmore†	Lancashire
Westmorland and Lonsdale	67,789	1,934		Tim Farron¤		James Airey†	Cumbria
Wigan CC	75,680	6,728		Lisa Nandy‡		Ashley Williams†	Greater Manchester
Wirral South CC	57,280	6,105		Alison McGovern‡		Stewart Gardiner†	Merseyside
Wirral West CC	55,550	3,003		Margaret Greenwood‡		Laura Evans†	Merseyside
Workington	61,370	4,176		Mark Jenkinson†		Sue Hayman‡	Cumbria
Worsley and Eccles South CC	75,219	3,219		Barbara Keeley‡		Arnie Saunders†	Greater Manchester
Wyre and Preston North CC	74,775	16,781		Ben Wallace†		Joanne Ainscough‡	Lancashire
Wythenshawe and Sale East BC	76,313	10,396		Mike Kane‡		Peter Harrop†	Greater Manchester

Proposed boundary changes[]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the North West region will decrease by two, from 75 to 73.^[6]

The following seats are proposed:^[7]

Results history[]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[8]

2019[]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the North West region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	1,321,072	37.5%	1.3%	32	12
Labour	1,665,089	47.2%	7.7%	42	12
Liberal Democrats	277,505	7.9%	2.5%	1	0
Greens	86,815	2.5%	1.4%	0	0
Brexit	136,196	3.9%	new	0	0
Others	37,007	1.0%	1.4%	0	0
Total	3,523,684	100.0		75

Percentage votes[]

North West votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats[]

North West seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party (2019 - includes the Speaker, Lyndsay Hoyle)

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1997 - Independent (Martin Bell)

See also[]

• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

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