Uk Parliament Constituency Ashton-Under-Lyne

It has been represented since 2015 by Angela Rayner, who has served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020.

Ashton under Lyne
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ashton under Lyne in Greater Manchester
Location of Greater Manchester within England
County	Greater Manchester
Population	90,484 (2011 census)
Electorate	68,553 (December 2010)
Borough	Tameside
Major settlements	Ashton-under-Lyne, Failsworth, Droylsden
Current constituency
Created	1832
Member of Parliament	Angela Rayner (Labour)
Seats	1
Created from	Lancashire

Like much of Greater Manchester, Ashton was a significant hub for textile production and retains some manufacturing. Incomes and house prices are lower than UK averages.

 

1832–1885: The area defined by the Ashton-under-Lyne Improvement Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. lxxvii).

1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne included in the local government district of Hurst as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.

1918–1949: The Municipal Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, and the Urban District of Hurst.

1950–1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, and Mossley; and the Rural District of Limehurst.

1955–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, and Mossley; and the Rural District of Droylsden.

The constituency currently covers the Failsworth East and Failsworth West wards in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the Ashton Hurst, Ashton St. Michael's, Ashton Waterloo, Droylsden East, Droylsden West and St. Peters wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• Ashton Hurst; Ashton St. Michael’s; Ashton Waterloo; Audenshaw; Droylsden East; Droylsden West; Dukinfield; St. Peter’s.

The constituency will gain the Audenshaw and Dukinfield wards from the (to be abolished) constituency of Denton and Reddish, and lose the two Failsworth wards to Manchester Central.

In the 1886 election, voting resulted in a tie between incumbent John Edmund Wentworth Addison and the Liberal candidate. Under the legislation of the time, the presiding officer had a casting vote, and Addison was reelected. In the by-election of 29 October 1928, the turnout was 89.1%, a record for Great Britain. The mayor arranged for the result to be signalled by coloured rockets.

 

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Rayner	18,544	48.1	12.3
	Conservative	Dan Costello	14,281	37.0	5.0
	Brexit Party	Derek Brocklehurst	3,151	8.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	George Rice	1,395	3.6	2.0
	Green	Lee Huntbach	1,208	3.1	1.8
Majority			4,263	11.1	17.3
Turnout			38,579	56.3	2.5
Registered electors			67,978
	Labour hold		Swing	8.7

General election 2017: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Rayner	24,005	60.4	10.6
	Conservative	Jack Rankin	12,710	32.0	9.9
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	1,878	4.7	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carly Hicks	646	1.6	0.8
	Green	Andy Hunter-Rossall	534	1.3	2.6
Majority			11,295	28.4	0.7
Turnout			39,773	58.8	1.3
Registered electors			65,751
	Labour hold		Swing	0.4

General election 2015: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Rayner	19,366	49.8	1.4
	Conservative	Tracy Sutton	8,610	22.1	2.6
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	8,468	21.8	17.4
	Green	Charlotte Hughes	1,531	3.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Carly Hicks	943	2.4	12.4
Majority			10,756	27.7	4.0
Turnout			38,918	57.5	0.6
Registered electors			68,343
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

UKIP originally selected Angela McManus as candidate, but she changed to the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency.

General election 2010: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	18,604	48.4	10.1
	Conservative	Seema Kennedy	9,510	24.7	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Larkin	5,703	14.8	3.2
	BNP	David Lomas	2,929	7.6	1.7
	UKIP	Angela McManus	1,686	4.4	2.3
Majority			9,094	23.7	14.0
Turnout			38,432	56.9	5.4
Registered electors			67,714
	Labour hold		Swing	7.3

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Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	21,211	57.4	5.1
	Conservative	Graeme Brown	7,259	19.6	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Les Jones	5,108	13.8	2.0
	BNP	Anthony Jones	2,051	5.5	1.0
	UKIP	John Whittaker	768	2.1	New
	Local Community Party	Jack Crossfield	570	1.5	New
Majority			13,952	37.8	6.6
Turnout			36,967	51.3	2.2
Registered electors			71,291
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

General election 2001: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Heyes	22,340	62.5	5.0
	Conservative	Tim Charlesworth	6,822	19.1	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Fletcher	4,237	11.8	2.1
	BNP	Roger Woods	1,617	4.5	New
	Green	Nigel Rolland	748	2.1	New
Majority			15,518	43.4	5.2
Turnout			35,764	49.1	16.4
Registered electors			72,820
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

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Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	31,919	67.5	10.9
	Conservative	Richard Mayson	8,954	18.9	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Pickstone	4,603	9.7	0.5
	Referendum	Lorraine Clapham	1,346	2.8	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Prince Cymbal	458	1.0	New
Majority			22,965	48.6	23.4
Turnout			47,280	65.5	8.4
Registered electors			72,308
	Labour hold		Swing	11.7

General election 1992: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,550	56.6	4.8
	Conservative	John R. Pinniger	13,615	31.4	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charles W. Turner	4,005	9.2	8.8
	Liberal	Colin L. Hall	907	2.1	N/A
	Natural Law	John Brannigan	289	0.7	New
Majority			10,935	25.2	3.7
Turnout			43,366	73.9	0.1
Registered electors			58,701
	Labour hold		Swing	1.9

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Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	22,389	51.8	2.1
	Conservative	Henry Cadman	13,103	30.3	1.2
	Liberal	Mark Hunter	7,760	18.0	New
Majority			9,286	21.5	3.3
Turnout			43,250	74.0	2.4
Registered electors			58,440
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

General election 1983: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	20,987	49.7	5.0
	Conservative	Richard Spring	13,290	31.5	4.5
	SDP	John Adler	7,521	17.8	9.6
	Independent	Dave Hallsworth	407	1.0	New
Majority			7,697	18.2	0.5
Turnout			42,196	71.6	5.0
Registered electors			58,963
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

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Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,535	54.7	0.8
	Conservative	Alan Fearn	16,156	36.0	6.7
	Liberal	G. Taylor	3,699	8.2	8.7
	National Front	D. Jones	486	1.1	New
Majority			8,379	18.7	5.9
Turnout			44,876	76.6	4.4
Registered electors			58,588
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

General election October 1974: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,490	53.9	5.5
	Conservative	M.H. Litchfield	12,763	29.3	1.6
	Liberal	T.G. Jones	7,356	16.9	3.8
Majority			10,727	24.6	7.1
Turnout			43,609	72.2	7.3
Registered electors			60,393
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

General election February 1974: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,019	48.4	6.1
	Conservative	Timothy Maxwell Aitken	14,718	30.9	14.6
	Liberal	J.G. Jones	9,837	20.7	New
Majority			8,301	17.5	8.5
Turnout			47,574	79.5	8.1
Registered electors			59,881
	Labour hold		Swing	4.3

General election 1970: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	23,927	54.5	4.2
	Conservative	Alan d'A. Fearn	19,973	45.5	4.2
Majority			3,954	9.0	8.4
Turnout			43,900	71.4	2.3
Registered electors			61,468
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

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Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,728	58.7	4.2
	Conservative	Henry Donald Moore	17,396	41.3	4.2
Majority			7,332	17.4	8.4
Turnout			42,124	73.7	3.7
Registered electors			57,159
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

General election 1964: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	24,657	54.5	1.7
	Conservative	Henry Donald Moore	20,550	45.5	1.7
Majority			4,107	9.0	3.4
Turnout			45,213	77.4	3.7
Registered electors			58,411
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

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Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	25,991	52.8	0.8
	Conservative	Robert Horrocks	23,239	47.2	0.9
Majority			2,752	5.6	1.7
Turnout			49,230	81.1	1.0
Registered electors			60,706
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

General election 1955: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	26,216	52.0	0.1
	Conservative	Edwin Hodson	24,251	48.1	0.1
Majority			1,965	3.9	0.2
Turnout			50,467	80.1	4.8
Registered electors			62,392
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

General election 1951: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	21,424	52.1	1.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Lewis	19,740	48.0	0.3
Majority			1,684	4.1	1.8
Turnout			41,164	84.9	1.5
Registered electors			48,490
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

General election 1950: Ashton under Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	20,970	50.6	5.8
	Conservative	Gilbert Burdett Howcroft	20,046	48.3	4.7
	Communist	H.H.H. Blackwell	459	1.1	New
Majority			924	2.3	10.5
Turnout			41,475	86.4	7.8
Registered electors			47,989
	Labour hold		Swing	8.4

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Elections in the 1940s

1945 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hervey Rhodes	12,889	54.1	2.3
	Conservative	Robert Cary	8,360	35.0	8.6
	Liberal	A. Beale	2,604	10.9	New
Majority			4,529	19.1	6.3
Turnout			23,853	70.5	8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

General election 1945: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jowitt	14,998	56.4	6.2
	Conservative	Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart	11,604	43.6	6.2
Majority			3,394	12.8	12.4
Turnout			26,602	78.6	2.4
Registered electors			33,790
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2

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Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Simpson	14,140	50.2	13.1
	Conservative	John Broadbent	14,026	49.8	2.7
Majority			114	0.4	N/A
Turnout			28,166	81.0	4.3
Registered electors			34,789
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.9

General election 1931: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Broadbent	15,652	52.5	19.5
	Labour	John William Gordon	11,074	37.1	7.3
	Liberal	James Taylor Middleton	2,696	9.0	New
	New Party	Charles B. Hobhouse	424	1.4	N/A
Majority			4,578	15.4	4.0
Turnout			29,846	85.3	0.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.1

1931 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Broadbent	12,420	44.6	11.6
	Labour	John William Gordon	11,005	39.4	5.0
	New Party	Allan Young	4,472	16.0	New
Majority			1,415	5.2	N/A
Turnout			27,897	80.2	5.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.3

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bellamy	13,170	44.4	3.8
	Unionist	John Broadbent	9,763	33.0	2.7
	Liberal	William Gilbert Greenwood	6,693	22.6	6.5
Majority			3,407	11.4	1.4
Turnout			29,626	85.9	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bellamy	9,567	40.6	7.8
	Unionist	Gordon Touche	7,161	30.3	9.2
	Liberal	William Gilbert Greenwood	6,874	29.1	1.4
Majority			2,406	10.3	N/A
Turnout			23,512	89.1	0.8
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	8.5

General election 1924: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Cornelius Homan	8,971	39.5	3.3
	Labour	Cecil Malone	7,451	32.8	4.1
	Liberal	Henry Thomas Greenwood	6,692	27.7	7.4
Majority			1,520	6.7	5.6
Turnout			23,114	88.3	3.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	0.4

General election 1923: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter de Frece	7,813	36.2	21.4
	Liberal	Henry Thomas Greenwood	7,574	35.1	New
	Labour	Ellen Wilkinson	6,208	28.7	13.7
Majority			239	1.1	14.1
Turnout			21,595	85.3	2.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1922: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter de Frece	12,006	57.6	14.3
	Labour	Tom Gillinder	8,834	42.4	2.8
Majority			3,172	15.2	11.5
Turnout			20,840	83.3	1.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	5.7

1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Walter de Frece	8,864	43.3	15.0
	Labour	William C. Robinson	8,127	39.6	New
	Liberal	Arthur Marshall	3,511	17.1	New
Majority			738	3.7	12.9
Turnout			20,502	82.3	13.9
	Unionist hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Albert Stanley	10,261	58.3	7.2
	NFDDSS	Frederick Lister	7,334	41.7	New
Majority			2,927	16.6	14.2
Turnout			17,595	68.4	23.4
	Unionist hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election December 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Aitken	4,044	51.1	5.2
	Liberal	Alfred Scott	3,848	48.8	0.5
Majority			196	2.4	N/A
Turnout			7,652	91.8	3.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	3.0

General election January 1910: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Scott	4,039	49.3	7.0
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,746	45.9	2.2
	Independent Labour	William Gee	413	5.0	New
Majority			293	3.4	9.2
Turnout			8,198	95.4	2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	4.6

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Elections in the 1900s

 

General election 1906: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Scott	4,310	56.3	20.4
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,342	43.7	9.4
Majority			968	12.6	N/A
Turnout			7,652	92.8	6.6
Registered electors			8,248
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	14.8

 

General election 1900: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,545	53.1	0.5
	Liberal	Ernest Albert Parkin	2,400	35.9	5.1
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	James Johnston	737	11.0	New
Majority			1,145	17.2	5.6
Turnout			6,682	86.2	5.1
Registered electors			7,753
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

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Elections in the 1890s

 

General election 1895: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Whiteley	3,434	52.6	1.6
	Liberal	William Woods	2,680	41.0	8.0
	Ind. Labour Party	James Sexton	415	6.4	New
Majority			754	11.6	9.6
Turnout			6,529	91.3	2.6
Registered electors			7,152
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.8

General election 1892: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Addison	3,358	51.0	1.0
	Liberal	Octavius Morgan	3,223	49.0	1.0
Majority			135	2.0	2.0
Turnout			6,581	93.9	0.8
Registered electors			7,012
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

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Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Addison	3,050*	50.0	0.4
	Liberal	Alexander Rowley	3,049	50.0	0.4
Majority			1	0.0	0.8
Turnout			6,099	93.1	2.4
Registered electors			6,553
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

* Both candidates having received 3,049 votes each, Addison was elected on the Returning Officer's casting vote.

 

General election 1885: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Addison	3,153	50.4	3.8
	Liberal	Hugh Mason	3,104	49.6	3.8
Majority			49	0.8	N/A
Turnout			6,257	95.5	1.4
Registered electors			6,553
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	3.8

General election 1880: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Mason	2,966	53.4	5.2
	Conservative	John Ross Coulthart	2,586	46.6	5.2
Majority			380	6.8	N/A
Turnout			5,552	94.1	1.9
Registered electors			5,901
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	5.2

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Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Walton Mellor	2,612	51.8	0.6
	Liberal	Abel Buckley	2,432	48.2	0.6
Majority			180	3.6	1.2
Turnout			5,044	92.2	0.4
Registered electors			5,471
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Elections in the 1860s

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Elections in the 1850s

• Caused by Gibson's appointment as President of the Board of Trade

• Caused by Gibson's appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.

• Caused by Hindley's death.

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Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	303	54.4	2.5
	Conservative	Jonah Harrop	254	45.6	1.6
Majority			49	8.8	0.9
Turnout			557	78.1	2.3
Registered electors			713
	Radical hold		Swing	0.5

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Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	237	51.9	3.9
	Conservative	James Wood	201	44.0	16.4
	Chartist	Rayner Stephens	19	4.2	New
Majority			36	7.9	20.3
Turnout			457	75.8	2.0
Registered electors			603
	Radical hold		Swing	10.2

General election 1835: Ashton-under-Lyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Charles Hindley	212	55.8	12.0
	Conservative	Thomas William Helps	105	27.6	18.7
	Radical	George Williams	63	16.6	30.7
Majority			107	28.2	24.7
Turnout			380	73.8	12.1
Registered electors			515
	Radical hold		Swing	3.4

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• List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
• 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
• 1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
• 1931 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
• 1939 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election
• 1945 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election