Ashton-under-Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ashton under Lyne
Borough constituency

Ashton under Lyne shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created: 1832
MP: David Heyes
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Greater Manchester
EP constituency: North West England

Ashton under Lyne 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. In recent years it has become a strongly Labour seat.

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The constituency covers the Failsworth East, Failsworth West and Hollinwood electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the Ashton Hurst, Ashton St. Michael's, St. Peter's, Ashton Waterloo, Droylsden East and Droylsden West wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. The addition of Failsworth and Hollinwood has made little difference to the seat's political loyalties; it remains safely Labour.

Election Member Party
1832 George Williams Liberal
1835 Charles Hindley Liberal
1857 Thomas Milner Gibson Liberal
1868 Thomas Mellor Conservative
1880 Hugh Mason Liberal
1885 John Wentworth Addison Conservative
1895 Herbert Whiteley Conservative
1906 Alfred Henry Scott Liberal
1910 Sir Max Aitken Conservative
1916 Sir Albert Henry Stanley Conservative
1920 Sir Walter de Frece Conservative
1924 Cornelius Homan Conservative
1928 Albert Bellamy Labour
1931 John Broadbent Conservative
1935 Fred Brown Simpson Labour
1939 Sir William Jowitt Labour
1945 Hervey Rhodes Labour
1964 Robert Sheldon Labour
2001 David Heyes Labour

General Election 2005: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Heyes 21,211 57.4 -5.1
Conservative Graeme Brown 7,259 19.6 +0.5
Liberal Democrat Les Jones 5,108 13.8 +2.0
British National Party Anthony Jones 2,051 5.5 +1.0
UK Independence John Whittaker 768 2.1 +2.1
Local Community Jack Crossfield 570 1.5 +1.5
Majority 13,952 37.7
Turnout 36,967 51.3 +2.2
Labour hold Swing -2.8
General Election 2001: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Heyes 22,340 62.5 -5.0
Conservative Tim Charlesworth 6,822 19.1 +0.1
Liberal Democrat Kate Fletcher 4,237 11.8 +2.1
British National Party Roger Woods 1,617 4.5 N/A
Green Nigel Rolland 748 2.1 N/A
Majority 15,518 43.4
Turnout 35,764 49.1 -16.3
Labour hold Swing

General Election 1997: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 31,919 67.5
Conservative Richard Mayson 8,954 18.9
Liberal Democrat Tim Pickstone 4,603 9.7
Referendum Party L. Clapham 1,346 2.8
Monster Raving Loony P. Cymbal 458 1.0
Majority 22,965
Turnout 65.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 24,550 56.6
Conservative John Penniger 13,615 31.4
Liberal Democrat Charles Turner 4,005 9.2
Liberal C. Hall 907 2.1
Natural Law J. Brannigan 289 0.7
Majority 10,935
Turnout 73.9
Labour hold Swing

General Election 1987: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 22,389 51.8
Conservative H. L. Cadman 13,103 30.3
Liberal Mark Hunter 7,760 18.0
Majority 9,286 21.5
Turnout 74.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 20,987 49.7
Conservative R. Spring 13,290 31.5
Social Democrat J. Adler 7,521 17.8
Independent D. Hallsworth 407 1.0
Majority 7,697 18.2
Turnout 71.6
Labour hold Swing

General Election 1979: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 24,535 54.7
Conservative A. Fearn 16,156 36.0
Liberal G. Taylor 3,699 8.2
National Front D. Jones 486 1.1
Majority 8,379 18.7
Turnout 76.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 23,490 53.9
Conservative M. H. Litchfield 12,763 29.3
Liberal T. G. Jones 7,356 16.9
Majority 10,727 24.6
Turnout 72.2
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 23,019 48.4
Conservative T. Aitken 14,718 30.9
Liberal J. G. Jones 9,837 20.7
Majority 8,301 17.5
Turnout 79.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1970: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 23,927 54.5
Conservative A. d'A. Fearn 19,973 45.5
Majority 3,954 9.0
Turnout 71.4
Labour hold Swing

General Election 1966: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 24,728 58.7
Conservative H. D. Moore 17,396 41.3
Majority 7,332 17.4
Turnout 73.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1964: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Sheldon 24,657 54.5
Conservative H. D. Moore 20,550 45.5
Majority 4,107 9.1
Turnout 77.4
Labour hold Swing

General Election 1959: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hervey Rhodes 25,991 52.8
Conservative R. Horrocks 23,239 47.2
Majority 2,752 5.6
Turnout 81.1
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1955: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hervey Rhodes 26,216 52.0
Conservative E. Hodson 24,251 48.1
Majority 1,965 3.1
Turnout 80.1
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1951: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hervey Rhodes 21,424 52.1
Conservative K. Lewis 19,740 48.0
Majority 1,684 4.1
Turnout 84.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1950: Ashton under Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hervey Rhodes 20,970 50.6
Conservative G. B. Howcroft 20,046 48.3
Communist H. H. Blackwell 459 1.1
Majority 924 2.2
Turnout 86.4
Labour hold Swing

Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hervey Rhodes 12,889 54.1 −2.3
Conservative R. A. Cary 8,360 35.0 −8.6
Liberal A. Beale 2,604 10.9 N/A
Majority 4,529 19.1 +6.3
Turnout 70.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1945: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Jowitt 14,998 56.4
Conservative F. H. G. H. Goodhart 11,604 43.6
Majority 3,394 12.8
Turnout 78.6
Labour hold Swing

William Jowitt won the Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1939 unopposed.
General Election 1935: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Simpson 14,140 50.2
Conservative John Broadbent 14,026 49.8
Majority 114 0.4
Turnout 81.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1931: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Broadbent 15,652 52.5
Labour J. W. Gordon 11,074 37.1
Liberal J. T. Middleton 2,696 9.0
New Party C. B. Hobhouse 424 1.4
Majority 4,578 15.4
Turnout 85.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1931
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Broadbent 12,420 44.6 +11.6
Labour J. W. Gordon 11,005 39.4 −5.0
New Party A. Young 4,472 16.0 N/A
Majority 1,415 5.2
Turnout 27,897 80.2 −5.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

General Election 1929: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Bellamy 13,170 44.4
Conservative John Broadbent 9,763 33.0
Liberal W. G. Greenwood 6,693 22.6
Majority 3,407 11.4
Turnout 85.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Bellamy 9,567 40.6 +7.8
Conservative Gordon Cosmo Touche 7,161 30.3 -9.2
Liberal W. G. Greenwood 6,874 29.1 +1.4
Majority 2,406 10.3
Turnout 89.1 +0.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1924: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cornelius Homan 8,971 39.5
Labour Cecil L'Estrange Malone 7,451 32.8
Liberal H. T. Greenwood 6,692 27.7
Majority 1,520 6.7
Turnout 88.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1923: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter de Frece 7,813 36.2
Liberal H. T. Greenwood 7,574 35.1
Labour Ellen Wilkinson 6,208 28.7
Majority 239 1.1
Turnout 85.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1922: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Walter de Frece 12,006 57.6
Labour T. W. Gillinder 8,834 42.4
Majority 3,172 15.2
Turnout 83.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Conservative Sir Walter de Frece 8,864 43.3 −15.0
Labour William Cornforth Robinson 8,127 39.6 N/A
Liberal Sir A.H. Marshal 3,511 17.1 N/A
Majority 738 3.7 −12.9
Turnout 20,502 82.3 +13.9
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1918: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Conservative Albert Henry Stanley 10,261 58.3
NFDSS T. F. Lister 7,334 41.7
Majority 2,927 16.6
Turnout 68.4
Conservative hold Swing
Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1916

In the Ashton-under-Lyne By-Election of 23rd December 1916, Albert Henry Stanley, Conservative was elected unopposed.

General Election December 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Max Aitken 4,044 51.1 +5.5
Liberal Alfred Henry Scott 3,848 48.8 -0.5
Majority 196 2.4
Turnout 7,652 91.8 -3.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
General Election January 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Henry Scott 4,039 49.3 -7.0
Conservative Herbert Whiteley 3,746 45.9 +2.2
Independent Labour W Gee 413 5.0
Majority 293 3.6 -9.0
Turnout 8,198 95.4 +2.6
Liberal hold Swing

General Election 1906: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Henry Scott 4,310 56.3 +20.4
Conservative Herbert Whiteley 3,342 43.7 -9.4
Majority 968 12.6
Turnout 7,652 92.8 +6.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1900: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Whiteley 3,545 53.1 +0.5
Liberal E A Parkin 2,400 35.9 -5.1
Labour J Johnston 737 11.0
Majority 1,145 17.2 +5.6
Turnout 6,682 86.2 -5.1
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1895: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Whiteley 3,434 52.6 +1.6
Liberal W. Woods 2,680 41.0 -8.0
Ind. Labour Party James Sexton 415 6.4
Majority 754 11.6 +9.6
Turnout 6,529 91.3 -2.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1892: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Wentworth Addison 3,358 51.0 +1.0
Liberal O V Morgan 3,223 49.0 -1.0
Majority 135 2.0 +2.0
Turnout 6,581 93.9 +0.8
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1886: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Wentworth Addison 3,050 50.0 -0.4
Liberal A B Rowley 3,049 50.0 +0.4
Majority 1 0.0 -0.4
Turnout 6,099 93.1 -2.4
Conservative hold Swing
  • Both candidates having received 3,049 votes each, Addison was elected on the Returning Officers casting vote.


General Election 1885: Ashton-under-Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Wentworth Addison 3,153 50.4
Liberal Hugh Mason 3,104 49.4
Majority 49 0.8
Turnout 6,257 95.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Constituencies in North West England
Labour

Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative

Altrincham and Sale West | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat

Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) | Conservative (3) | Liberal Democrats (2) | UKIP (1)
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