Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)

Congleton
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Congleton in Cheshire.
Location of Cheshire within England.
County	Cheshire
Electorate	73,820 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Congleton, Alsager, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich and Sandbach.
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Crewe, Macclesfield, Knutsford and Nantwich[2]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Congleton is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Cheshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Fiona Bruce of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The constituency adjoining the Peak District in Cheshire has since its 1983 creation been a Conservative stronghold.^{[n 3]}

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Borough of Congleton, and the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich ward of Haslington.

1997–present: The Borough of Congleton.

NB: The borough of Congleton and its constituent wards were abolished on 1 April 2009, when they became part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.

The constituency covers the south-east of Cheshire, and includes the towns of Congleton, Alsager, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich and Sandbach.

History

The constituency was established at the 1983 general election, and was held comfortably until 2010 by the Conservative Ann Winterton, the wife of Sir Nicholas Winterton, the MP for the adjacent Macclesfield constituency. Both stood down at the 2010 general election; their joint statement cited the hectic life of politics as part of their reason for standing down.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[4]	Party
	1983	Ann Winterton	Conservative
	2010	Fiona Claire Bruce	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Congleton^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Fiona Claire Bruce	27,164	53.3	+7.5
	Labour	Darren Price	10,391	20.4	+3.2
	UKIP	Lee Slaughter	6,922	13.6	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hirst	4,623	9.1	−22.8
	Green	Alec Heath	1,876	3.7	+3.7
Majority			16,773	32.9	+19
Turnout			50,976	70.4	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Congleton^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Fiona Claire Bruce	23,250	45.8	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hirst	16,187	31.9	+5.0
	Labour	David Bryant	8,747	17.2	−10.5
	UKIP	Lee Slaughter	2,147	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Paul Edwards	276	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Paul Rothwell	94	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Adam Parton	79	0.2	+0.2
Majority			7,063	13.9
Turnout			50,780	68.9	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Congleton^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann Winterton	21,189	45.4	−0.9
	Labour	Nicholas Milton	12,943	27.7	−2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanor Key	12,550	26.9	+5.3
Majority			8,246	17.7
Turnout			46,682	64.2	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

General Election 2001: Congleton^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann Winterton	20,872	46.3	+5.1
	Labour	John Anthony Flanagan	13,738	30.5	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Lloyd-Griffiths	9,719	21.6	−8.2
	UKIP	Bill Young	754	1.7	+0.2
Majority			7,134	15.8
Turnout			45,083	62.7	−14.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Congleton^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann Winterton	22,012	41.2	−7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Margaret Walmsley	15,882	29.7	−2.0
	Labour	Helen Scholey	14,713	27.6	+8.4
	UKIP	John Lockett	811	1.5	N/A
Majority			6,130	11.5
Turnout			53,418	77.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Congleton^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann Winterton	29,163	49.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Malcolm Brodie-Browne	18,043	30.3	−3.5
	Labour	Matthew Finnegan	11,927	20.0	+2.2
	Natural Law	Peter Brown	399	0.7	N/A
Majority			11,120	18.7	+4.2
Turnout			59,532	84.5	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Congleton^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann Winterton	26,513	48.3	−0.4
	Liberal	Iain Malcolm Brodie-Browne	18,544	33.8	+2.4
	Labour	Michael Knowles	9,810	17.9	−2.0
Majority			7,969	14.5
Turnout			54,867	80.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

General Election 1983: Congleton^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ann Winterton	23,895	48.7	N/A
	Liberal	Clive Vernon Smedley	15,436	31.4	N/A
	Labour	Eric Charles Gill	9,783	19.9	N/A
Majority			8,459	17.2	N/A
Turnout			49,114	76.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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3. MP pair to step down at election "MP pair to step down at election" Check |url= value (help). BBC News. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
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13. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
15. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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Coordinates: 53°9′N 2°16′W / 53.150°N 2.267°W