Oldham West (UK Parliament constituency)
Oldham West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Oldham West in Greater Manchester, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997 | |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Oldham West and Royton , Ashton-under-Lyne |
Created from | Oldham |
Oldham West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-west of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History[]
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Boundaries[]
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Oldham West in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974–83
1950–1983: The County Borough of Oldham wards of Coldhurst, Hartford, Hollinwood, Werneth, and Westwood, and the Urban District of Chadderton.
1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Chadderton Central, Chadderton North, Chadderton South, Failsworth East, Failsworth West, Hollinwood, and Werneth.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Leslie Hale | Labour | Previously MP for Oldham from 1945. Resigned May 1968 | |
1968 by-election | Bruce Campbell | Conservative | ||
1970 | Michael Meacher | Labour | Subsequently, MP for Oldham West and Royton | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 22,533 | 47.6 | ||
Conservative | Ian Horobin | 17,740 | 37.5 | ||
Liberal | James Taylor Middleton | 6,635 | 14.0 | ||
Communist | W. Mawdsley | 438 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 4,793 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 47,346 | 85.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 23,712 | 50.4 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | John Grigg | 19,517 | 41.5 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Philip Fothergill | 3,823 | 8.1 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 4,195 | 8.9 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,052 | 84.8 | -0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 23,164 | 54.6 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | John Grigg | 19,265 | 45.4 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 3,899 | 9.2 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,429 | 78.1 | -7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 22,624 | 55.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | John Sutcliffe | 18,505 | 45.0 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 4,119 | 10.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,129 | 79.3 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 21,588 | 58.8 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | William Arthur Bromley-Davenport | 15,152 | 41.2 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 6,436 | 17.6 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 36,740 | 75.1 | -4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leslie Hale | 20,648 | 61.2 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Bruce Campbell | 13,076 | 38.8 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 7,572 | 22.4 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,724 | 72.4 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bruce Campbell | 11,904 | 46.5 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Michael Meacher | 8,593 | 33.6 | -27.6 | |
All Party Alliance | John Creasey | 3,389 | 13.2 | New | |
Liberal | David Green | 1,707 | 6.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,311 | 12.9 | -10.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,593 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 16,062 | 48.1 | -13.1 | |
Conservative | Bruce Campbell | 14,387 | 43.1 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Brian Lomax | 2,944 | 8.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,675 | 5.0 | -17.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,393 | 67.0 | -5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 17,933 | 48.4 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | David Trippier | 11,628 | 31.4 | -11.7 | |
Liberal | Anthony Limont | 7,505 | 20.3 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 6,305 | 17.0 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,066 | 77.8 | +10.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 18,444 | 53.2 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | David Trippier | 10,407 | 30.0 | -1.4 | |
Liberal | K. Stocks | 5,838 | 16.8 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 8,037 | 23.2 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,689 | 72.2 | -5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 17,802 | 52.4 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | J. Smith | 12,025 | 35.4 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | K. Stocks | 3,604 | 10.6 | -6.2 | |
National Front | G. Halliwell | 515 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,777 | 17.0 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,946 | 72.6 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 17,690 | 44.1 | -8.3 | |
Conservative | David Dickinson | 14,510 | 36.2 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Rodney A. M. Smith | 7,745 | 19.3 | +8.7 | |
Independent | James Street | 180 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,180 | 7.9 | -9.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,125 | 69.9 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 20,291 | 49.4 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Joan Jacobs | 14,324 | 34.9 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | Mary Mason | 6,478 | 15.8 | -3.5 | |
Majority | 5,967 | 14.5 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,093 | 71.9 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Meacher | 21,580 | 52.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Gillen | 13,247 | 32.4 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John D. Smith | 5,525 | 13.5 | -2.3 | |
Natural Law | Sheila Dalling | 551 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,333 | 20.4 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,903 | 75.6 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
References[]
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Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997
- Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham