Oldham West and Royton Borough constituency
Oldham West and Royton shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Michael Meacher
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Oldham West and Royton 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. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Michael Hugh Meacher (born November 4, 1939) is a British Labour party politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton. ... This is a list of political parties in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Political parties 8 Committees 22 Last election June 2004 (785 MEPs) Meeting place Brussels and Strasbourg Secretariat Luxembourg and Brussels Website europarl. ... North West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Houses of Parliament, as seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ...

Boundaries

The constituency is one of three covering the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. It covers most of the western part of the borough, including Chadderton and Royton, but not Failsworth which is in the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency. This article relates to the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... Statistics Population: 33,001 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD9005 Administration Metropolitan Borough: Oldham Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... Royton is a town in Greater Manchester, England. ... Location within the British Isles Failsworth is a town in North West England. ... Ashton under Lyne is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Name

In July 2006 fourteen representations were received by the Boundary Commission for England, which called for the inclusion of Chadderton in the name of the Oldham West and Royton parliamentary constituency. Many of the objectors pointed out that Chadderton was much larger and more populous than Royton. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ... Royton is a town in Greater Manchester, England. ...

However the commission rejected the proposed alternative name (Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) because it was too long and they did not believe that there was a significant amount of support for a name change.^[1]

History

The present constituency was formed in 1997, from parts of the former Oldham Central and Royton and Oldham West constituencies. It is a safe seat for the Labour Party, having been held by Michael Meacher since the 1997 general election. Meacher had previously been the MP for Oldham West since 1970. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oldham Central and Royton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Oldham and Royton districts in the north-west of Greater Manchester. ... Oldham West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-west of Greater Manchester. ... A safe seat is a seat in a legislature which is regarded as fully secured by a certain political party with very little chance of an election upset because of the nature of the electorate in the constituency concerned. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... Michael Hugh Meacher (born November 4, 1939) is a British Labour party politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton. ... The UK general election, 1997 was arguably the largest and one of the most significant election Victory of the twentieth century (Labour won 418 seats- More than the liberals in 1906). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

The constituency gained a level of notoriety at the 2001 general election when the leader of the far-right British National Party (BNP), Nick Griffin, stood as a candidate. Griffin received over 6,500 votes (a 16.4% share), beating the Liberal Democrats to third place, and finishing narrowly behind the Conservatives in second. This was widely interpreted to be a reaction to the serious race riots that had occurred in Oldham (and other northern towns) a few months earlier. Because of the heightened tension, the Returning Officer took the decision not to allow any candidates to make speeches after the declaration of the results. This led to Griffin and fellow BNP candidate Michael Treacy, who ran in the neighbouring constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth, symbolically gagging themselves on the platform wearing T-shirts bearing the slogan "Gagged for Telling the Truth".^[2] Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... The British National Party (BNP) is a far right political party in the United Kingdom. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... A race riot or racial riot is an outbreak of violent civil unrest in which race is a key factor. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... In United Kingdom, a Returning Officer is responsible for overseeing elections in one or more constituencies. ... Oldham East and Saddleworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Since the riots in Oldham the BNP have received considerable support in the two wards of Royton North and Royton South. However, the BNP has consistently finished in second place behind the Labour Party in all the local council elections since 2002 ^[3] beating the more established Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ...

At the 2005 election, the BNP's share of the vote declined (although they still retained their deposit), and Labour's Michael Meacher still won comfortably. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...

Members of Parliament

• 1997 – present: Michael Meacher, Labour

1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Hugh Meacher (born November 4, 1939) is a British Labour party politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ...

Election results

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Notes

1. ^ Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Counstituency Boundaries in Greater Manchester, Boundary Commission for England, published July 19, 2006. URL accessed October 24, 2006.
2. ^ BNP: Under the Skin, BBC News. URL accessed December 11, 2006.
3. ^ Election Results Oldham Council Website.

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester