NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Halton (UK Parliament constituency)

Halton 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. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... map of admin county File links The following pages link to this file: Cheshire Categories: GFDL images ... This article is about the English county. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 kmÂ² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/kmÂ² Ethnicity... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

Boundaries

Halton constituency sits on either side of the River Mersey and comprises of Widnes, the original town of Runcorn (with a small part of the new town) and Hale village. It consists of 14 separate wards; Hale, Ditton, Riverside, Hough Green, Broadheath, Kingsway, Birchfield, Farnworth, Appleton, Halton, Mersey, Heath, Grange and Halton Brook. The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ... Arms of the former Widnes Borough Council Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Runcorn Urban District Council Runcorn is an industrial town in the unitary authority of Halton, Cheshire, England on the southern banks of the River Mersey at the site of the rivers first bridge crossing. ...

Members of Parliament

Gordon Oakes, Labour (1983-1997) (retired 1997,died 2005)
Derek Twigg, Labour (1997-present)

The Right Honourable Gordon James Oakes (June 22, 1931-August 15, 2005) was a member of the British House of Commons for Bolton West from 1964 to 1970 and successively for Widnes (to 1983) and Halton from a 1971 by-election until 1997. ... The Labour Party is a centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... (John) Derek Twigg (born 9 July 1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Halton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Twigg	21,460	62.8	-6.4
	Conservative	Colin Bloom	6,854	20.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Barlow	5,869	17.2	+5.0
Majority			14,606	42.7
Turnout			34,183	53.1	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.9

General Election 2001: Halton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Twigg	23,841	69.2	-1.7
	Conservative	Chris Davenport	6,413	18.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Walker	4,216	12.2	+4.9
Majority			17,428	50.6
Turnout			34,470	54.1	-14.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Halton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Twigg	31,497	70.9	+11.3
	Conservative	Philip Balmer	7,847	17.7	-12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Jones	3,263	7.3	-1.5
	Referendum Party	Reginald Atkins	1,036	2.3
	Liberal	David Proffitt	600	1.4
	Republican	John Alley	196	0.4
Majority			23,650	53.2
Turnout			44,439	68.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Halton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Oakes	35,005	59.7
	Conservative	G.L. Mercer	16,821	28.6
	Liberal Democrats	D. Reaper	6,104	10.4
	Monster Raving Loony	S. Herley	398	0.7
	Natural Law	N.G. Collins	338	0.6
Majority			18,184	31.1
Turnout			58,666	78.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Halton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Oakes	32,065	55.5
	Conservative	J.G. Hardman	17,487	30.2
	Social Democrat	H.F. Clucas	8,272	14.3
Majority			14,578	25.3
Turnout			57,824	78.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Halton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Oakes	24,752	46.4
	Conservative	P.M. Pedley	17,923	33.6
	Social Democrat	T.R. Tilling	10,649	20.0
Majority			6,829	12.8
Turnout			53,324	73.3

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See also

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