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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Widnes and Halewood is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[3] The Member of Parliament elected in 2024 is Derek Twigg, who was formerly MP for Halton.
Widnes and Halewood | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire and Merseyside |
Electorate | 70,865 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Widnes and Halewood |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Derek Twigg (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Halton, Garston and Halewood & St Helens South and Whiston |
The constituency crosses the boundary of the ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Merseyside, and comprises the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat will cover the following areas:[5]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Derek Twigg | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Derek Twigg | 23,484 | 61.6 | −4.9 | |
Reform UK | Jake Fraser | 7,059 | 18.5 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Sean Houlston | 3,507 | 9.2 | −11.6 | |
Green | Nancy Mills | 2,058 | 5.4 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Coveney | 1,593 | 4.2 | +1.4 | |
Workers Party | Michael Murphy | 415 | 1.1 | new | |
Majority | 16,425 | 43.1 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 38,116 | 54.5 | −13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 70,161 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.9 |
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