Halton (UK Parliament constituency)


Halton is a constituency in Cheshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Derek Twigg of the Labour Party. The constituency name refers to the Halton barony and covers the borough of the same name. Halton is part of the red wall and is considered as a safe seat for the Labour Party.

History

The constituency was created in 1983, the year of the Margaret Thatcher landslide victory. It has to date otherwise proven a statistical safe seat for the Labour Party's incumbent MPs, of which there have been two. Its most marginal election result was the earliest, a 12.8% majority — three elections later that majority had risen to 53.2% of the vote. The 2015 result made the seat the 22nd safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.
As to the two forerunners, the northern and major contributor, Widnes, was last won by other party political representation in 1935, Runcorn was the minor and southern contributor to the Halton seat and had Conservative representation immediately before 1983 — since its creation in 1950. Most of the electorate of the expansive Runcorn seat was transferred into three other seats on its abolition.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Halton wards of Appleton, Broadheath, Castlefields, Ditton, Farnworth, Grange, Hale, Halton, Halton Brook, Heath, Hough Green, Kingsway, Mersey, Victoria, and Weston.
1997–2010: The Borough of Halton wards of Appleton, Broadheath, Ditton, Farnworth, Grange, Hale, Halton, Halton Brook, Heath, Hough Green, Kingsway, Mersey, and Riverside.
2010–present: The Borough of Halton wards of Appleton, Birchfield, Broadheath, Castlefields, Ditton, Farnworth, Grange, Hale, Halton Brook, Halton View, Heath, Hough Green, Kingsway, Mersey, and Riverside.
Halton constituency sits on either side of the River Mersey and comprises Widnes, the original town of Runcorn and Hale village.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s