County Greater Manchester Created 1983 Member of parliament Yvonne Fovargue Party Labour Party | Electorate 74,856 (December 2010) European Parliament constituency North West England Number of members 1 | |
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Created from Ince, Wigan, Newton and Westhoughton Replaced by Ince, Wigan, Newton, Westhoughton | ||
Makerfield /ˈmækərfiːld/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Yvonne Fovargue of the Labour Party.
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History
This seat was formed in 1983 mostly from the Ince and Wigan seats however with some of the Leigh seat.
Constituency profile
Makerfield is on some calculations, particularly a historical measure based on the period of time since a previous party served the area, the safest Labour seat in the country — with its predecessor constituencies, it has been held by Labour since the Parliamentary Labour Party was formed in 1906.[1] In 2010 the constituency, of the 650 nationally, polled the 105th highest share of the vote for the Labour Party.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Abram, Ashton-Golborne, Bryn, Lightshaw, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes.
1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Abram, Ashton-Golborne, Bryn, Ince, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes.
2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Abram, Ashton, Bryn, Hindley, Hindley Green, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes.
Makerfield consists of the western and central section of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester. It comprises the wards to the south and to the west of Wigan and to the west of Leigh.