Makerfield

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Makerfield is a UK parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, historically associated with coal mining and working-class communities.

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Label Occurrences
Makerfield canonical 6

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
classProfile predominantly working-class ⓘ
containsArea Abram ⓘ
Bryn ⓘ
Golborne (part) ⓘ
linked to: Golborne

Hindley Green (part) ⓘ
Orrell (part) ⓘ
Platt Bridge ⓘ
Winstanley (part) ⓘ
containsTown Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Greater Manchester ⓘ
created 1983 ⓘ
currentMP Yvonne Fovargue ⓘ
currentMPFirstElected 2010 ⓘ
currentMPParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
economicHistory coal mining and related industries ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateType borough constituency ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
governingLocalAuthority Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council ⓘ
linked to: Wigan Council
hasCharacteristic former coalfield settlements ⓘ
post-industrial communities ⓘ
hasUndergone periodic boundary changes ⓘ
historicalIndustry coal mining ⓘ
historicCountyContext traditionally part of Lancashire area ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
mainSettlement Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
mapLabel Makerfield in Greater Manchester ⓘ
metropolitanBorough Wigan ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity Manchester ⓘ
nearbyMajorTown Wigan ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
previousMP Ian McCartney ⓘ
Robert Stott ⓘ
previousMPParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
replaced Ince (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Newton (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Newton constituency
representationBegan 1983 general election ⓘ
safeSeatStatus generally considered a safe Labour seat ⓘ
socioEconomicProfile working-class communities ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalTendency Labour Party stronghold ⓘ

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