Oldham Central and Royton | |
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Former
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
1983– 1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Heywood & Royton, Oldham East and Oldham West [1] |
Replaced by | Oldham East and Saddleworth and Oldham West and Royton |
Oldham Central and Royton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Oldham and Royton areas in the north-west of Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Oldham West & Royton.
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The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Alexandra, Coldhurst, Royton North, Royton South, St James's, St Mary's, St Paul's, and Waterhead.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1983 | James Lamond | Labour | |
1992 | Bryan Davies | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Oldham West and Royton |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Lamond | 18,611 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 15,299 | 34.1 | ||
SDP | Martin Jackson | 11,022 | 24.5 | ||
Majority | 3,312 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 44,932 | 66.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Lamond | 21,759 | 48.1 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 15,480 | 34.3 | +0.2 | |
SDP | Ann Dunn | 7,956 | 17.6 | −6.9 | |
Majority | 6,279 | 13.8 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,195 | 69.2 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bryan Davies | 23,246 | 51.1 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Patricia Morris | 14,640 | 32.2 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Dunn | 7,224 | 15.9 | −1.7 | |
Natural Law | Ian Dalling | 403 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,606 | 18.9 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,513 | 74.2 | +5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |