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Parliamentary constituencies in North West England

Parliamentary constituencies in North West England

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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] 30 are represented by Conservative MPs, 41 by Labour MPs, 1 by a Liberal Democrat MP, 1 by the Speaker, and 1 by a Workers MP.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   Speaker   Independent   Workers

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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. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the North West region will decrease by two, from 75 to 73.[9] Initial proposals were published on 8 June and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

Under the proposals, the following constituencies for the region will come into effect at the next general election: [10]

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Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[11]

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:

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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, Lindsay Hoyle)

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

OTH - 1997 - Independent (Martin Bell)

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. Elected as a Conservative in 2019, Wakeford defected to Labour on 19 January 2022.[5]

References

  1. "2019 Election Results". BBC.
  2. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  3. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. "Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to Labour". BBC News. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. Britain Elects [@BritainElects] (1 December 2022). "Chester by-election, turnout: 41.2% 28,541 votes cast" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  6. "Labour Holds Chester In By-Election Blow To Tories". HuffPost UK. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  7. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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