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Heywood and Middleton

Every general election and by-election in Heywood and Middleton since 1983 (until 2019). Latest: Chris Clarkson, Conservative, majority 663.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Chris Clarkson ElectedConservative20,45343.1%
Liz McInnes sitting MPLabour19,79041.7%
Colin LambertBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		3,9528.3%
Anthony SmithLiberal Democrats2,0734.4%
Nigel Ainsworth-BarnesGreen1,2202.6%
Valid votes47,488
Majority6631.4%

Con gain from Lab Turnout 59.2% of 80,162 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1983198719921997200120052010201520172019Labour, 1983: 43.3%Labour, 1987: 49.9%Labour, 1992: 52.2%Labour, 1997: 57.7%Labour, 2001: 57.7%Labour, 2005: 49.8%Labour, 2010: 40.1%Labour, 2015: 43.1%Labour, 2017: 53.3%Labour, 2019: 41.7%Conservative, 1983: 33.8%Conservative, 1987: 34.3%Conservative, 1992: 33.4%Conservative, 1997: 23.0%Conservative, 2001: 27.6%Conservative, 2005: 21.4%Conservative, 2010: 27.2%Conservative, 2015: 19.1%Conservative, 2017: 38.0%Conservative, 2019: 43.1%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 12.3%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 15.6%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 11.2%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 18.6%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 22.7%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 3.3%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 2.2%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 4.4%UK Independence Party, 2010: 2.6%UK Independence Party, 2015: 32.2%UK Independence Party, 2017: 6.5%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 22.1%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 15.8%Others, 1983: 0.8%Others, 1992: 2.1%Others, 1997: 3.6%Others, 2001: 3.5%Others, 2005: 10.2%
Vote share in Heywood and Middleton at each general election Lab Con LD UKIP Alliance Oth

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Heywood and Middleton (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Con Chris ClarksonLab6631.459.2%Con gain from Lab
2017Lab Liz McInnesCon7,61715.362.4%Lab hold
2015Lab Liz McInnesUKIP5,29910.960.7%Lab hold
By-election Oct 2014Lab Liz McInnesUKIP6172.236.0%Lab hold
2010Lab Jim DobbinCon5,97113.057.5%Lab hold
2005LabCon11,08328.454.1%
2001LabCon11,67030.153.1%Lab hold
1997LabCon17,54234.768.4%
1992LabCon8,07418.974.9%Lab hold
1987LabCon6,84815.673.8%Lab hold
1983LabCon3,9749.569.3%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Heywood and Middleton?

Chris Clarkson (Conservative) won Heywood and Middleton at the 2019 general election with a majority of 663.

Which parties have won Heywood and Middleton?

At the 10 general elections held under this name since 1983: Labour 9, Conservative 1.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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