Heywood and Middleton

Heywood and Middleton is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North West region of England. The seat was last held by Chris Clarkson (Conservative) between 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.

2014-10-09 Heywood and Middleton By-election

The 2014-10-09 Heywood and Middleton By-election was held on 9 October 2014. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
617
Electorate
79,170
Turnout
36%

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
McInnes, Liz
Labour
11,633 40.9% 0.8%
Bickley, John
UK Independence Party
11,016 38.7% 36.1%
Gartside, Iain
Conservative
3,496 12.3% -14.9%
Smith, Anthony
Liberal Democrat
1,457 5.1% -17.6%
Jackson, Abi
Green Party
870 3.1% 3.1%