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Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Wigan County constituency |
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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.
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Traditionally one of Labour's most secure strongholds, Wigan was once a mill town (before the mills all around the town closed), and is famous for rugby league, Northern Soul, Wigan Pier, Uncle Joe's Mintballs, George Formby and now its Premiership Football Team. In short, a town that has always had a lively culture, and a political loyalty to the Labour Party, despite the fact there is little evidence of social or economic problems. Despite conservative areas in the town such as Swinley and Orrell, its terraced housing and council estates (generally much less deprived than other such areas in the North West as well) have always kept it Labour. Which is, in a way, ironic, as Wigan has always described itself as being 'Ancient and Loyal', the 'loyal' of the motto referring to being loyal to 'The Crown'!
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.
| General Election 2005: Wigan | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Wigan by-election, 1999 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | ||||
| General Election 1997: Wigan | |||||
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| 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 | ||
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| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||