Information on Heywood and Middleton constituency

Sadly it has been announced that the MP for Heywood & Middleton in Greater Manchester has died aged 73. here is a background to the seat.

Candidates

Name	Party	Votes	%	+/-
Jim Dobbin	Labour	18,499	40.1	-8.2
Michael Holly	Conservative	12,528	27.2	+5.4
Wera Hobhouse	Liberal Democrat	10,474	22.7	+2.5
Peter Greenwood	British National Party	3,239	7.0	+2.6
Victoria Cecil	UK Independence Party	1,215	2.6	+0.7
Chrissy Lee	Independent	170	0.4	+0.4
Majority		5,971	12.9
Turnout		46,125	57.5	+3.7

2005 Result

Party		Votes Share
Labour		48.3%
Conservative		21.7%
Liberal Democrat		20.2%
Others		9.8%

Ward by ward breakdown from Electoral Calculus 

	2010 Votes	2010 Share	Predicted Votes
LAB	18,499	40.11%	46.46%
CON	12,528	27.16%	20.86%
LIB	10,474	22.71%	5.19%
OTH	3,409	7.39%	9.52%
UKIP	1,215	2.63%	17.96%
LAB Majority	5,971	12.95%	Pred Maj 25.60%

Implied and predicted ward-by-ward votes for Heywood and Middleton

This table shows the (estimated) general election results broken down over each ward in the seat of Heywood and Middleton, as well as the predicted election result ward-by-ward.

Heywood and Middleton			Est. 2010 General Election Results					Predicted Results
District	Ward	Electorate 2010	CON Votes	LAB Votes	LIB Votes	Other Votes	Total Votes	CON Votes	LAB Votes	LIB Votes	Other Votes	Total Votes
Rochdale	Bamford	7,573	2,420	600	1,108	228	4,356	1,859	978	253	1,266	4,356
Rochdale	Castleton	7,807	716	1,341	1,083	1,351	4,491	550	1,608	248	2,085	4,491
Rochdale	East Middleton	8,084	1,154	2,239	1,052	206	4,651	886	2,527	241	997	4,651
Rochdale	Hopwood Hall	9,018	1,240	2,593	668	686	5,187	952	2,807	153	1,275	5,187
Rochdale	Norden	7,385	1,520	746	1,446	537	4,249	1,168	1,138	331	1,613	4,250
Rochdale	North Heywood	7,653	630	1,585	1,842	347	4,404	484	2,003	421	1,496	4,404
Rochdale	North Middleton	7,919	1,108	2,393	882	174	4,557	851	2,643	202	861	4,557
Rochdale	South Middleton	7,720	1,819	1,770	705	147	4,441	1,397	2,028	161	855	4,441
Rochdale	West Heywood	8,367	1,161	2,474	986	193	4,814	892	2,749	226	948	4,815
Rochdale	West Middleton	8,645	759	2,758	702	756	4,975	583	2,949	161	1,282	4,975
	Total	80,171	12,527	18,499	10,474	4,625	46,127	9,622	21,430	2,397	12,678	46,127

Please note that general election results and electorates are not officially made available ward-by-ward. The numbers shown are our best estimates for these figures, but are not official.