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14 December 1832 | 632/687 | 91.99 | |
Whig | 277 | 43.83 | |
Tory | 246 | 38.92 | |
Radical | 109 | 17.25 | |
Majority | 31 | 4.91 | |
9 January 1835 | 695/746 | 93.16 | |
Conservative Party | 369 | 53.09 | |
Whig | 326 | 46.91 | |
Majority | 43 | 6.19 | |
5 April 1837 Death of John Entwistle. | |||
19 April 1837 | 722/857 | 84.25 | |
Whig | 383 | 53.05 | |
Conservative Party | 339 | 46.95 | |
Majority | 44 | 6.09 | |
26 July 1837 | 723/857 | 84.36 | |
Whig | 374 | 51.73 | |
Conservative Party | 349 | 48.27 | |
Majority | 25 | 3.46 | |
2 July 1841 | 734/1,016 | 72.24 | |
Radical | 399 | 54.36 | |
Conservative Party | 335 | 45.64 | |
Majority | 64 | 8.72 | |
30 July 1847 | 1,026 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
10 July 1852 | 904/1,160 | 77.93 | |
Radical | 529 | 58.52 | |
Conservative Party | 375 | 41.48 | |
Majority | 154 | 17.04 | |
30 March 1857 | 1,020/1,255 | 81.27 | |
Conservative Party | 532 | 52.16 | |
Radical | 488 | 47.84 | |
Majority | 44 | 4.31 | |
1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
29 April 1859 | 1,340 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 April 1865 Death of Richard Cobden. | |||
15 April 1865 | 1,142/1,358 | 84.09 | |
Liberal Party | 646 | 56.57 | |
Conservative Party | 496 | 43.43 | |
Majority | 150 | 13.13 | |
11 July 1865 | 1,358 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Boundary Change | |||
17 November 1868 | 7,725/9,280 | 83.24 | |
Liberal Party | 4,455 | 57.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,270 | 42.33 | |
Majority | 1,185 | 15.34 | |
4 February 1874 | 8,496/10,352 | 82.07 | |
Liberal Party | 4,498 | 52.94 | |
Conservative Party | 3,998 | 47.06 | |
Majority | 500 | 5.89 | |
31 March 1880 | 9,330/11,172 | 83.51 | |
Liberal Party | 5,614 | 60.17 | |
Conservative Party | 3,716 | 39.83 | |
Majority | 1,898 | 20.34 | |
26 November 1885 | 9,969/10,808 | 92.24 | |
Liberal Party | 5,552 | 55.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,417 | 44.31 | |
Majority | 1,135 | 11.39 | |
3 July 1886 | 8,219/10,808 | 76.05 | |
Liberal Party | 4,738 | 57.65 | |
Conservative Party | 3,481 | 42.35 | |
Majority | 1,257 | 15.29 | |
4 July 1892 | 9,940/11,584 | 85.81 | |
Liberal Party | 5,460 | 54.93 | |
Conservative Party | 4,480 | 45.07 | |
Majority | 980 | 9.86 | |
15 July 1895 | 10,391/11,782 | 88.19 | |
Conservative Party | 4,781 | 46.01 | |
Liberal Party | 4,359 | 41.95 | |
Independent Labour Party | 1,251 | 12.04 | |
Majority | 422 | 4.06 | |
1 October 1900 | 11,290/12,968 | 87.06 | |
Conservative Party | 5,204 | 46.09 | |
Liberal Party | 5,185 | 45.93 | |
Labour Party | 901 | 7.98 | |
Majority | 19 | 0.17 | |
13 January 1906 | 12,867/13,831 | 93.03 | |
Liberal Party | 5,912 | 45.95 | |
Conservative Party | 4,449 | 34.58 | |
Independent Labour | 2,506 | 19.48 | |
Majority | 1,463 | 11.37 | |
15 January 1910 | 13,945/14,909 | 93.53 | |
Liberal Party | 6,809 | 48.83 | |
Conservative Party | 5,381 | 38.59 | |
Social Democratic Foundation | 1,755 | 12.59 | |
Majority | 1,428 | 10.24 | |
3 December 1910 | 13,124/14,909 | 88.03 | |
Liberal Party | 5,850 | 44.57 | |
Conservative Party | 5,373 | 40.94 | |
Social Democratic Party | 1,901 | 14.48 | |
Majority | 477 | 3.63 | |
14 December 1918 | 30,057/46,598 | 64.50 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition | 14,299 | 47.57 | |
Liberal Party | 6,452 | 21.47 | |
Labour Party | 4,956 | 16.49 | |
National Democratic Party | 2,358 | 7.85 | |
National Party | 1,992 | 6.63 | |
Majority | 7,847 | 26.11 | |
15 November 1922 | 40,674/46,723 | 87.05 | |
Labour Party | 15,774 | 38.78 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,006 | 31.98 | |
Liberal Party | 11,894 | 29.24 | |
Majority | 2,768 | 6.81 | |
6 December 1923 | 41,457/47,207 | 87.82 | |
Liberal Party | 15,087 | 36.39 | |
Labour Party | 13,525 | 32.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,845 | 30.98 | |
Majority | 1,562 | 3.77 | |
29 October 1924 | 43,213/47,859 | 90.29 | |
Labour Party | 14,609 | 33.81 | |
Liberal Party | 14,492 | 33.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,112 | 32.66 | |
Majority | 117 | 0.27 | |
30 May 1929 | 54,979/62,744 | 87.62 | |
Labour Party | 22,060 | 40.12 | |
Liberal Party | 16,957 | 30.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,962 | 29.03 | |
Majority | 5,103 | 9.28 | |
27 October 1931 | 56,247/63,351 | 88.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,346 | 45.06 | |
Labour Party | 18,329 | 32.59 | |
Liberal Party | 12,572 | 22.35 | |
Majority | 7,017 | 12.48 | |
14 November 1935 | 54,078/63,854 | 84.69 | |
Labour Party | 22,281 | 41.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,486 | 37.88 | |
Liberal Party | 11,311 | 20.92 | |
Majority | 1,795 | 3.32 | |
12 July 1940 Resignation of William Kelly. (Northstead) | |||
20 July 1940 | |||
Labour Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 49,110/60,873 | 80.68 | |
Labour Party | 22,047 | 44.89 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,852 | 34.31 | |
Liberal Party | 10,211 | 20.79 | |
Majority | 5,195 | 10.58 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 56,806/64,544 | 88.01 | |
Labour Party | 25,484 | 44.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,280 | 37.46 | |
Liberal Party | 10,042 | 17.68 | |
Majority | 4,204 | 7.40 | |
25 October 1951 | 55,140/64,373 | 85.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,797 | 50.41 | |
Labour Party | 27,343 | 49.59 | |
Majority | 454 | 0.82 | |
26 May 1955 | 51,446/62,126 | 82.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,518 | 51.55 | |
Labour Party | 24,928 | 48.45 | |
Majority | 1,590 | 3.09 | |
16 December 1957 Death of Wentworth Schofield. | |||
12 February 1958 | 49,563/61,809 | 80.19 | |
Labour Party | 22,133 | 44.66 | |
Liberal Party | 17,603 | 35.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,827 | 19.83 | |
Majority | 4,530 | 9.14 | |
8 October 1959 | 52,303/61,091 | 85.61 | |
Labour Party | 21,689 | 41.47 | |
Liberal Party | 18,949 | 36.23 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,665 | 22.30 | |
Majority | 2,740 | 5.24 | |
15 October 1964 | 49,107/59,695 | 82.26 | |
Labour Party | 22,927 | 46.69 | |
Liberal Party | 14,212 | 28.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,968 | 24.37 | |
Majority | 8,715 | 17.75 | |
31 March 1966 | 46,724/59,175 | 78.96 | |
Labour Party | 24,481 | 52.39 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,239 | 28.33 | |
Liberal Party | 9,004 | 19.27 | |
Majority | 11,242 | 24.06 | |
18 June 1970 | 46,301/63,629 | 72.77 | |
Labour Party | 19,247 | 41.57 | |
Liberal Party | 14,076 | 30.40 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,978 | 28.03 | |
Majority | 5,171 | 11.17 | |
16 July 1972 Death of John McCann. | |||
26 October 1972 | 45,633/66,081 | 69.06 | |
Liberal Party | 19,296 | 42.29 | |
Labour Party | 14,203 | 31.12 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,060 | 17.66 | |
Independent | 4,074 | 8.93 | |
Majority | 5,093 | 11.16 | |
Jim Merrick was the National Chairman of the British Campaign to Stop Immigration. | |||
28 February 1974 | 51,451/66,521 | 77.35 | |
Liberal Party | 25,266 | 49.11 | |
Labour Party | 16,367 | 31.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,933 | 15.42 | |
National Front | 1,885 | 3.66 | |
Majority | 8,899 | 17.30 | |
10 October 1974 | 47,098/67,014 | 70.28 | |
Liberal Party | 20,092 | 42.66 | |
Labour Party | 17,339 | 36.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,740 | 16.43 | |
National Front | 1,927 | 4.09 | |
Majority | 2,753 | 5.85 | |
3 May 1979 | 49,234/66,841 | 73.66 | |
Liberal Party | 22,172 | 45.03 | |
Labour Party | 16,878 | 34.28 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,494 | 19.28 | |
National Front | 690 | 1.40 | |
Majority | 5,294 | 10.75 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 47,412/67,456 | 70.29 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 21,858 | 46.10 | |
Labour Party | 14,271 | 30.10 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,616 | 22.39 | |
National Front | 463 | 0.98 | |
Unemp | 204 | 0.43 | |
Majority | 7,587 | 16.00 | |
11 June 1987 | 51,272/69,467 | 73.81 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 22,245 | 43.39 | |
Labour Party | 19,466 | 37.97 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,561 | 18.65 | |
Majority | 2,779 | 5.42 | |
9 April 1992 | 53,170/69,522 | 76.48 | |
Liberal Democrats | 22,776 | 42.84 | |
Labour Party | 20,937 | 39.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,626 | 16.22 | |
British National Party | 620 | 1.17 | |
Natural Law Party | 211 | 0.40 | |
Majority | 1,839 | 3.46 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
1 May 1997 | 48,082/68,529 | 70.16 | |
Labour Party | 23,758 | 49.41 | |
Liberal Democrats | 19,213 | 39.96 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,237 | 8.81 | |
British National Party | 653 | 1.36 | |
IZB | 221 | 0.46 | |
Majority | 4,545 | 9.45 | |
7 June 2001 | 39,412/69,506 | 56.70 | |
Labour Party | 19,406 | 49.24 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13,751 | 34.89 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,274 | 13.38 | |
Green Party | 728 | 1.85 | |
Independent | 253 | 0.64 | |
Majority | 5,655 | 14.35 | |
5 May 2005 | 40,826/69,894 | 58.41 | |
Liberal Democrats | 16,787 | 41.12 | |
Labour Party | 16,345 | 40.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,270 | 10.46 | |
British National Party | 1,773 | 4.34 | |
UK Independence Party | 499 | 1.22 | |
Green Party | 448 | 1.10 | |
Independent | 361 | 0.88 | |
Veritas | 343 | 0.84 | |
Majority | 442 | 1.08 | |
Mohammed Salim sought election as an Islam Zinda Baad Platform candidate. | |||
Major Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 45,907/77,970 | 58.88 | |
Labour Party | 16,699 | 36.38 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15,810 | 34.44 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,305 | 18.09 | |
National Front | 2,236 | 4.87 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,999 | 4.35 | |
Islam | 545 | 1.19 | |
Independent | 313 | 0.68 | |
Majority | 889 | 1.94 | |
7 May 2015 | 45,430/79,170 | 57.38 | |
Labour Party | 20,961 | 46.14 | |
UK Independence Party | 8,519 | 18.75 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,742 | 17.04 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,667 | 10.27 | |
Rochdale First | 1,535 | 3.38 | |
Green Party | 1,382 | 3.04 | |
National Front | 433 | 0.95 | |
Islam Zinda Baad Pla | 191 | 0.42 | |
Majority | 12,442 | 27.39 | |
31 December 2015 Simon Danczuk suspended from the Labour Party following allegations about his private life. | |||
8 June 2017 | 50,044/78,064 | 64.11 | |
Labour Party | 29,035 | 58.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,216 | 28.41 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,027 | 8.05 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,641 | 3.28 | |
Independent | 883 | 1.76 | |
Greater Manchester H | 242 | 0.48 | |
Majority | 14,819 | 29.61 | |
12 December 2019 | 47,447/78,909 | 60.13 | |
Labour Party | 24,475 | 51.58 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,807 | 31.21 | |
Brexit Party | 3,867 | 8.15 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,312 | 6.98 | |
Green Party | 986 | 2.08 | |
Majority | 9,668 | 20.38 | |
17 January 2024 Death of Sir Tony Lloyd. | |||
29 February 2024 | |||
Workers Party | 12,335 | 39.65 | |
Independent | 6,638 | 21.34 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,731 | 11.99 | |
Labour Party | 2,402 | 7.72 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,164 | 6.96 | |
Reform UK | 1,968 | 6.33 | |
Independent | 523 | 1.68 | |
Independent | 455 | 1.46 | |
Green Party | 436 | 1.40 | |
Independent | 246 | 0.79 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 209 | 0.67 | |
Majority | 5,697 | 18.31 | |
The Labour Party withdrew its support from Azhar Ali on 12 February 2024 following publication of anti-semitic remarks made by him. | |||
The Green Party withdrew its support from Guy Otten on 7 February 2024, following alleged anti-Semitic posts by Otten on social media. | |||