County Cheshire Major settlements Runcorn and Widnes Created from Widnes and Runcorn Member of parliament Derek Twigg Number of members 1 Replaced by Widnes, Runcorn | Electorate 70,322 (December 2010) Created 1983 European Parliament constituency North West England Major settlement Runcorn Party Labour Party | |
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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.
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History
The constituency was created in 1983. Throughout its lifetime it has been a safe seat for the Labour Party's incumbent MPs, of which there have been two.
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 (with a small part of the new town) and Hale village.