Wigan (UK Parliament constituency) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Wigan is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was one of the constituencies of the Model Parliament

Model Parliament

The Model Parliament is the term, attributed to Frederic William Maitland, used for the 1295 Parliament of England of King Edward I. This assembly included members of the clergy and the aristocracy, as well as representatives from the various counties and boroughs. Each county returned two knights,...

of 1295.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester prior to the United Kingdom general election, 2010, the Boundary Commission for England recommended alterations to the existing constituencies in the Wigan

Wigan

Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...

metropolitan borough area. The electoral wards used in the altered Wigan constituency are:

Aspull New Springs Whelley, Douglas, Ince, Pemberton
Pemberton, Greater Manchester
Pemberton is an area of Wigan, and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Douglas, contiguous to Wigan's town centre, and east of the M6 motorway...

, Shevington
Shevington
Shevington is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Shevington lies approximately from Wigan town centre and at the 2001 census had a population of 9,786.-Topynomy:Shevington, a...

with Standish Lower Ground, Standish-with-Langtree
Standish-with-Langtree
Standish-with-Langtree was, and to a limited extent remains, the name of a local government district centred on Standish, Greater Manchester, in North West England. Historically the name applied to an ancient township in the hundred of West Derby and county of Lancashire...

, Wigan Central, and Wigan West.

Other seats within the Wigan borough are Makerfield

Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Makerfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

and Leigh

Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)

Leigh is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...

, while the town of Atherton

Atherton, Greater Manchester

Atherton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England, historically a part of Lancashire. It is east of Wigan, north-northeast of Leigh, and northwest of Manchester...

is contained within Bolton West

Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Bolton West is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1295	William le Teinterer	Henry le Bocher
1306/7 (Jan)	Simon Payer	John de Mersee
1307-1545	No Members returned to Parliament
1545	Thomas Chaloner	John Eston
1547 (Nov)	Alexander Barlowe	Thomas Carus Thomas Carus Sir Thomas Carus SL was an English barrister and judge who served as a Justice of the Queen's Bench.Born to William Carus and Isabel Leyburn of Westmorland, he joined the Middle Temple in the 1530s and became Member of Parliament for Wigan in 1547...
1552/3 (Mar)	Alexander Barlowe	Gilbert Gerard
1553 (Oct)	Alexander Barlowe	Gilbert Gerard
1554 (Apr)	Alexander Barlowe	William Barnes
1554 (Nov)	Alexander Barlowe	John Barnes
1555	Alexander Barlowe	Gilbert Gerard
1558	Ralph Barton	Thomas Smith
1559 (Jan)	William Gerard II	Thomas Bromley
1562/3 (Mar)	William Gerard II	John Ratcliffe
1571	William Gerard II	Owen Ratcliffe
1572	Edward Fitton (the younger) Edward Fitton (the younger) Sir Edward Fitton the younger , was an Englishman who helped in the Elizabethan plantation of Ireland.-Biography:Fitton was the son and heir of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth, Cheshire... on Queen's Service repl. 1581 by Richard Molyneux	Edward Elrington
1584 (Nov)	Thomas Grimsditch	William Gerard III
1586	William Gerard III	Peter Legh
1588 (Dec)	Peter Legh	William Leycester
1593	William Gerard III	Michael Heneage Michael Heneage Michael Heneage was an English politician and antiquary. He was the Member of Parliament for Arundel, East Grinstead, Tavistock and Wigan.-Life:...
1597 (Oct)	Edward Legh	Nicholas Smyth
1601 (Oct)	Roger Downes	John Pulteney
1604	Sir William Cooke William Cooke (of Highnam) Sir William Cooke was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614....	Sir J Poultney
1614	Gilbert Gerard Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1660...	Sir Richard Molyneux Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1628 when he was created a peer....
1621	Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1621.Gerard was the son of Sir Thomas Gerard, of Bryn and his wife Elizabeth Port, daughter of Sir John Port, of Etwall, Derbyshire. He matriculated at Brasenose College,...	Roger Downes
1624	Sir Anthony St John Anthony St John Sir Anthony St John was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624 and 1625. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....	Francis Downes
1625	Francis Downs	Edward Bridgeman
1626	Sir Anthony St John Anthony St John Sir Anthony St John was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624 and 1625. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....	Sir William Pooley
1628	Edward Bridgeman	Sir Anthony St John Anthony St John Sir Anthony St John was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624 and 1625. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1885

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Orlando Bridgeman	Royalist		Alexander Rigby Alexander Rigby Alexander Rigby was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1650. He was a colonel in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.-Life:...	Parliamentarian
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		Orlando Bridgeman	Royalist
May 1642	Bridgeman expelled - seat vacant
1646		John Holcroft John Holcroft John Holcroft was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1648. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
December 1648	Holcroft excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant
August 1650				Rigby died - seat vacant
1653	Wigan was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Robert Markland Robert Markland Robert Markland was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Markland was of a Wigan family which was long resident in borough and possessed of considerable local influence. He was a manufacturer or mercer....			Hugh Forth Hugh Forth Hugh Forth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Forth was a merchant of the City of London. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in the Third Protectorate Parliament...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		William Gardiner Sir William Gardiner, 1st Baronet Sir William Gardiner, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Gardiner was the son of Robert Gardiner of Wigan and his wife Mary Palmer....			Hugh Forth Hugh Forth Hugh Forth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Forth was a merchant of the City of London. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in the Third Protectorate Parliament...
October 1660		John Molyneux			Roger Stoughton
1661		The Earl of Ancram Charles Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancram Charles Kerr, 2nd Earl of Ancram was a Scottish peer and a member of the English House of Commons.-Biography:Charles was born on 6 August 1624 at Richmond, Surrey to Anne daughter of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby and the second wife of Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Ancram...			Geoffrey Shakerley
February 1679					Roger Bradshaigh
September 1679					William Banks
1681					Viscount Colchester Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC was the second son of Thomas, 3rd Earl; and after the death about 1680 of his elder brother Thomas, styled Viscount Colchester, he was designated by that title until he succeeded to the peerage....
1685					Lord Charles Murray Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore was a British peer, previously Lord Charles Murray.The second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, he rose to become a general in the British Army and was created Earl of Dunmore, Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet and Viscount of Fincastle, all...
1689		Sir Edward Chisenhall			William Banks
1690		Sir Richard Standish			Peter Shakerley
1694		John Byrom
1695		Sir Roger Bradshaigh
1698					Orlando Bridgeman
1701					Sir Alexander Rigby
1702					Orlando Bridgeman
1705					Brigadier Emanuel Scrope Howe Emanuel Scrope Howe Lieutenant-General Emanuel Scrope Howe , of The Great Lodge, Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire, was an English diplomat, army officer and Member of Parliament.-Life:...	Whig
1708					Major Henry Bradshaigh
1713					George Kenyon
1715					The Earl of Barrymore
1727					Peter Bold
1734					The Earl of Barrymore
March 1747		Richard Clayton			The Earl of Barrymore
June 1747		Richard Clayton			Hon. Richard Barry
1754		Sir William Meredith Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet was a British politician of the late 18th Century, one of the Rockingham Whigs.Meredith represented Wigan in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1761, and then Liverpool until 1780. From 1765 to 1766, he briefly served as a Lord of the Admiralty...	Tory		Hon. Richard Barry
1761		Fletcher Norton Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley PC was an English politician.He was the eldest son of Thomas Norton of Grantley, Yorkshire. He became a barrister in 1739, and, after a period of inactivity, built up a profitable practice, becoming a King's Counsel in 1754, and later attorney-general for the...			Simon Luttrell Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton was a British politician and Irish nobleman.He was the second son of Col. Henry Luttrell, of Luttrellstown...
1768		George Byng George Byng (1735–1789) George Byng was a British Member of Parliament.He sat for Wigan from 1768 to 1780 and Middlesex from 1780 to his death.He was the son of Robert Byng and grandson of George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington...			Beaumont Hotham
1775					John Morton John Morton (MP) John Morton was an English Tory politician.He was appointed Chief Justice of Chester in November 1762.In 1765, a Bill of Regency came before Parliament, to make provisions should George III die unexpectedly...	Tory
August 1780					Henry Simpson Bridgeman
September 1780		Hon. Horatio Walpole Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford , styled The Honourable Horatio Walpole between 1757 and 1806 and Lord Walpole between 1806 and 1809, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...	Tory		Henry Simpson Bridgeman
1782			Tory		John Cotes	Tory
1784		Orlando Bridgeman Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford was a British peer and politician.The oldest son of the 1st Baron Bradford and Elizabeth Simpson, he was educated at Harrow School, London and at Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1784 to 1800, he was Member of Parliament for Wigan. Bridgeman succeeded to... The Honourable Orlando Bridgeman from 1796	Tory
1800		George Gunning
1802		John Hodson	Tory		Sir Robert Holt Leigh	Tory
1820		James Alexander Hodson	Tory		Lord Lindsay James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford and 7th Earl of Balcarres was an Earl in the Scottish peerage.James Lindsay was born on 24 April 1783 at Balcarres, Fife to Alexander Lindsay, 23rd Earl of Crawford and inherited the title of 7th Earl of Balcarres on his father's death in 1825...	Tory
1825		James Alexander Hodson	Tory		Lieutenant-Colonel James Lindsay	Tory
March 1831		John Hodson Kearsley	Tory		Lieutenant-Colonel James Lindsay	Tory
May 1831		John Hodson Kearsley	Tory		Ralph Thicknesse	Whig
1832		Richard Potter	Whig		Ralph Thicknesse	Whig
1835					John Hodson Kearsley	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1837					Charles Strickland Standish	Whig
1839		William Ewart	Radical		Charles Strickland Standish	Whig
1841		Peter Greenall	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Thomas Bright Crosse On petition, the election of Crosse was declared void and after scrutiny of the votes his opponent, Standish, was declared duly elected.	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1842		Peter Greenall			Charles Strickland Standish	Whig
1845		Hon. James Lindsay	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Charles Strickland Standish	Whig
1847					Ralph Anthony Thicknesse	Whig
1854					Joseph Acton	Whig
1857		Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Henry Woods Henry Woods (MP) Henry Woods was an English cotton manufacturer and colliery owner and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1874....	Whig
1859		Hon. James Lindsay	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...			Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1866		Nathaniel Eckersley Nathaniel Eckersley Nathaniel Eckersley was an English mill-owner, banker and Conservative Party politician from Standish Hall, near Wigan in Lancashire...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1868		John Lancaster John Lancaster (MP) John Lancaster was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.Lancaster was the son of John Lancaster of Prestwich, Lancashire. He was engaged in the coal and iron trades and was chairman of the Lancashire Union Railway. He was a J.P...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1874		Lord Lindsay James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres was a British astronomer, politician, bibliophile and philatelist. A member of the Royal Society, Crawford was elected president of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1878. He was a prominent Freemason.-Family:The Earl was the...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Thomas Knowles Thomas Knowles Thomas Knowles was an English businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1883....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1881		Francis Powell Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Sharp Powell, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1863 and 1910.... On petition, Powell's election was declared void and the writ was suspended. The following year a new writ was issued and a by-election was held	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1881	Writ suspended following corrupt election - seat vacant
December 1882		Hon. Algernon Fulke Egerton Algernon Egerton The Honourable Algernon Fulke Egerton , known as Algernon Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1883					Nathaniel Eckersley Nathaniel Eckersley Nathaniel Eckersley was an English mill-owner, banker and Conservative Party politician from Standish Hall, near Wigan in Lancashire...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

	Member	Party
1885	Sir Francis Powell Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Sharp Powell, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1863 and 1910....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1910	Henry Twist Henry Twist Henry Twist was a British miner's agent and Labour politician.Twist was born at Platt Bridge, near Wigan, Lancashire, and after primary education at the local Wesleyan School, began employment at Bamfurlong coal mine at the age of eleven...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1910	Reginald James Neville Sir Reginald Neville, 1st Baronet Sir Reginald James Neville Neville, 1st Baronet , born Reginald Neville White, was a British barrister and Conservative and Unionist member of parliament...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1918	John Parkinson John Parkinson (UK politician) John Allen Parkinson was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Wigan at the 1918 general election, replacing the Conservative MP Reginald James Neville.Parkinson was re-elected at each subsequent general election until his death at...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1942 by-election	William Foster William Foster (UK politician) William Foster was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Wigan in a by-election in 1942, following the death of sitting Labour MP John Parkinson....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1948 by-election	Ronald Williams	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1958 by-election	Alan Fitch Alan Fitch Alan Fitch was a British Labour Party politician.Fitch was educated at Kingswood School, Bath , and was a mineworker...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1983	Roger Stott Roger Stott Roger Stott, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.-Biography:Stott was born in Rochdale, the first child of Richard and Edith Stott. He went to school in Rochdale and when he was 15 he joined the Merchant Navy...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1999 by-election	Neil Turner	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
2010	Lisa Nandy Lisa Nandy Lisa Eva Nandy is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Wigan in Greater Manchester, since the 2010 general election and is one of six Asian female MPs in the country....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

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