Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Oldham East and Saddleworth

|parliament = uk

|year = 1997

|abolished =

|type = County

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = Littleborough & Saddleworth and Oldham Central & Royton

|next =

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|publisher=Boundary Commission for England

|access-date=18 July 2024

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|mp = Debbie Abrahams

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|region = England

|county = Greater Manchester

|towns = Oldham (part)
Saddleworth
Shaw and Crompton

|european = North West England

|image2=File:North West England - Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency.svg|caption2=Boundary of Oldham East and Saddleworth in North West England}}

Oldham East and Saddleworth is a constituency in outer Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since January 2011 by Debbie Abrahams of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

Oldham East and Saddleworth is the largest constituency in Greater Manchester by area, and is one of three covering the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. According to the Manchester Evening News it is "... a juxtaposition of downbeat urban terraces and the rolling Pennine hills."

UK Polling Report describes it as "a constituency at the eastern side of Greater Manchester, reaching from central Oldham up into the Pennines and Saddleworth Moor". It characterises East Oldham as "an area of deprived terraces and racial tensions", Shaw and Crompton as "relatively prosperous" and Saddleworth as composed of "middle-class villages and hamlets".

Within its bounds are the eastern fringes of Oldham (such as Derker, Glodwick, Greenacres, and Sholver), Shaw and Crompton, Lees, and Saddleworth (the latter of which includes the rural villages of Delph, Denshaw, Diggle, Dobcross, Greenfield and Uppermill).{{cite web|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/general_election/oldham_east_and_saddleworth/s/1202688_oldham_east_and_saddleworth |title=Oldham East and Saddleworth – Manchester Evening News |publisher=Menmedia.co.uk |date=1 April 2010 |access-date=14 January 2011}} Between 1997 and 2010, Oldham East and Saddleworth incorporated the suburban town of Milnrow in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale when boundary changes placed it in the neighbouring Rochdale constituency.

For the 2011 by-election The Guardian described the constituency as "[Culturally] ... a shotgun marriage [likened to] ... Coronation Street meets Last of the Summer Wine, Salford combined with Holmfirth."{{cite news |last=White |first=Michael |author-link=Michael White (journalist) |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jan/07/oldham-byelection-too-close-to-call?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Oldham byelection race remains too close to call | Politics |work=The Guardian|date= 7 January 2011|access-date=14 January 2011 |location=London}}

History

The seat was established for the 1997 general election from parts of the former Littleborough and Saddleworth and Oldham Central and Royton constituencies. Oldham Central and Royton was a safe Labour seat whereas Littleborough and Saddleworth had had a Conservative MP, Geoffrey Dickens, from its creation until a 1995 close three-party fought by-election where it was lost to a Liberal Democrat. Ahead of the 1997 general election the new seat was notionally Conservative, though from 1997 to 2011 the seat was a Labour/Liberal Democrat marginal;{{#tag:ref| The phrase comes from the estimated size of the winner's majority.|group= n}} Phil Woolas of the Labour Party (defeated candidate in the 1995 by-election) was victorious in all four general elections in that period, but his majorities were not substantial and the Conservative vote increased from 16% to 24%.

At the 2001 general election, the far-right British National Party gained over 5,000 votes (an 11.2% share), retaining their deposit partly as Nick Griffin stood in the neighbouring West seat.{{cite news|url=http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Oldham+East+%26+Saddleworth |title=Oldham East & Saddleworth: Constituency – Telegraph |publisher=Ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk |access-date=14 January 2011 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Along with the BNP's showing in the neighbouring Oldham West and Royton constituency, this was interpreted as a reaction to the 2001 Oldham race riots.{{cite news|date=8 June 2001|title=BNP makes its mark in Oldham|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jun/08/uk.election200131|access-date=22 December 2020|website=The Guardian}}{{cite news|title='Something has gone wrong in Oldham,' MP warns, following surprise BNP vote|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/something-has-gone-wrong-in-oldham-mp-warns-following-surprise-bnp-vote-1.312212|access-date=22 December 2020|newspaper=The Irish Times}} At the 2005 election the BNP's share of the vote dropped to 4.9%.

For the 2010 general election the seat lost the Milnrow and Newhey ward to the neighbouring Rochdale constituency and gained part of Alexandra ward from Oldham West and Royton.{{cite web|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/bdy_gtman_wards.html |title=Greater Manchester: New Constituencies Ward Breakdown |publisher=Electoralcalculus.co.uk |access-date=14 January 2011}}

After losing the 2010 general election by 103 votes, Liberal Democrat candidate Elwyn Watkins submitted a petition for a hearing by an election court, claiming that campaign literature issued by his Labour opponent Phil Woolas breached the Representation of the People Act 1983 by making false statements about his personal character.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/10181693.stm|title=Losing candidate challenges Oldham election result|work=BBC News|date=28 May 2010|access-date=28 May 2010}}[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110928151457/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/election-petition-may2010-part1.pdf Election Petition submitted to the High Court – Part 1], [http://www.oldham.gov.uk/election-petition-may2010-part2.pdf Part 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118053539/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/election-petition-may2010-part2.pdf |date=18 January 2012 }} and [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110928151527/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/election-petition-may2010-part3.pdf Part 3]. Parts 2 and 3 includes copies of the election literature challenged. (Oldham Council website. Retrieved 30 June 2010. On 5 November 2010, the election court{{#tag:ref|Determined by High Court of England and Wales Judges Mr Justice Nigel Teare and Mr Justice Griffith Williams|group= n}} upheld the petition and declared the election void after reporting Phil Woolas guilty of making false election statements.{{cite web |url=http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2010/2702.html |title=Watkins v Woolas 2010 EWHC 2702 (QB) |publisher=British and Irish Legal Information Institute |date=5 November 2010 |access-date=5 November 2010}}[http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/oldhameastandsaddleworth Oldham East and Saddleworth] UK Polling Report[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11699888 Judges order election re-run in ex-minister's seat] BBC News. 5 November 2010 Woolas sought a judicial review of the decision in the Administrative Division of the High Court, which upheld the decision of the Election Court in relation to two statements, whilst quashing the decision in relation to a third.{{cite web|url=http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2010/3169.html|title=R on the application of Woolas v The Parliamentary Election Court and others (2010) EWHC 3169 (Admin)|publisher=British and Irish Legal Information Institute|date=3 December 2010|access-date=3 December 2010}} As a result, the 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election was needed.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11699888|title=Judges order election re-run in ex-minister's seat|work=BBC News|date=5 November 2010|access-date=5 November 2010}} By the time it was held, the Liberal Democrats had supported an increase in tuition fees, despite a manifesto commitment to oppose any such increase. This caused a significant drop in their polling numbers nationally, but one media report nevertheless stated the seat was "ultra-marginal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats".{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/oldhameastandsaddleworth?cp=5 |title=UKPollingreport – Constituency Guide » Oldham East and Saddleworth |publisher=Ukpollingreport.co.uk |access-date=14 January 2011}} The by-election took place on 13 January 2011 and was contested by ten candidates.{{cite web |url=http://www.saddleworthnews.com/?p=5080 |title=Ten Candidates To Fight By-Election |date=23 December 2010 |publisher=Saddleworth News |access-date=12 December 2010}} The Labour Party candidate Debbie Abrahams won, and held the seat in subsequent general elections.

Boundaries

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1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Crompton, Lees, St James', St Mary's, Saddleworth East, Saddleworth West, Shaw, and Waterhead, and the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale ward of Milnrow.

2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Alexandra, Crompton, St James', St Mary's, Saddleworth North, Saddleworth South, Saddleworth West and Lees, Shaw, and Waterhead.

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.{{cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region}}

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member{{Rayment-hc\|o\|date=March 2012}} !Party !Notes
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1997 \| Phil Woolas \| Labour \|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2011 by-election \| Debbie Abrahams \| Labour \|Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2016-2018)

class="wikitable"

colspan="2"|Election

Member{{Rayment-hc|o|date=March 2012}}

!Party

!Notes

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1997

| Phil Woolas

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 2011 by-election

| Debbie Abrahams

| Labour

|Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2016-2018)

Elections

=Elections in the 2020s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Oldham East and Saddleworth{{cite web |url= https://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/201257/general_election_4_july_2024_results |title=General Election 4 July 2024 results |publisher=Oldham Council |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001415 |title=Oldham East and Saddleworth results |publisher=BBC News |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Debbie Abrahams|votes=14,091|percentage=35.2|change=-8.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Jacob Barden|votes=7,734|percentage=19.3|change=+12.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tom Fish|votes=6,838|percentage=17.1|change=-23.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Shanaz Saddique|votes=4,647|percentage=11.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Sam Al-Hamdani|votes=3,386|percentage=8.5|change=+3.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Fesl Reza-Khan|votes=1,490|percentage=3.7|change=+2.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Paul Errock|votes=1,362|percentage=3.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Nick Buckley|votes=517|percentage=1.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,357

|percentage = 15.9

|change = +12.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 40,065

|percentage = 54.8

|change = -8.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors= 72,760

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -10.6

}}

=Elections in the 2010s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Oldham East and Saddleworth{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-general-election-2019-17257421|title=All the Greater Manchester General Election 2019 candidates|last1=Sansome|first1=Jessica|last2=Otter|first2=Saffron|date=14 November 2019|website=men|access-date=15 November 2019}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Debbie Abrahams

|votes = 20,088

|percentage = 43.5

|change = -11.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Tom Lord

|votes = 18,589

|percentage = 40.3

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Brexit Party

|candidate = Paul Brierley

|votes = 2,980

|percentage = 6.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sam Al-Hamdani

|votes = 2,423

|percentage = 5.2

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Proud of Oldham & Saddleworth

|candidate = Paul Errock

|votes = 1,073

|percentage = 2.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Wendy Olsen

|votes = 778

|percentage = 1.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Amoy Lindo

|votes = 233

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,503

|percentage = 3.2

|change = -14.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 46,164

|percentage = 64.0

|change = -1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = -7.1

}}

{{Election box begin |title=General election 2017: Oldham East and Saddleworth{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000870 |title=Oldham East & Saddleworth parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Debbie Abrahams

|votes = 25,629

|percentage = 54.5

|change = +15.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kashif Ali

|votes = 17,447

|percentage = 37.1

|change = +11.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Ian Bond

|votes = 2,278

|percentage = 4.8

|change = -14.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jonathan Smith

|votes = 1,683

|percentage = 3.6

|change = -9.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,182

|percentage = 17.4

|change = +3.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,037

|percentage = 65.3

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +2.0

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Oldham East and Saddleworth{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000870 |title= Election 2015 – Oldham East & Saddleworth |work=BBC News |access-date=13 October 2015}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Debbie Abrahams

|votes = 17,529

|percentage = 39.4

|change = +7.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sajjad Hussain

|votes = 11,527

|percentage = 25.9

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Peter Klonowski

|votes = 8,557

|percentage = 19.2

|change = +15.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Richard Marbrow

|votes = 5,718

|percentage = 12.9

|change = −18.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Miranda Meadowcroft

|votes = 1,152

|percentage = 2.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,002

|percentage = 13.5

|change = +13.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,483

|percentage = 61.8

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +4.0

}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election 2011: Oldham East and Saddleworth{{cite web|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/42157/bnps-nick-griffin-bid-phil-woolas-oldham-seat |title=BNP's Nick Griffin in bid for Phil Woolas' Oldham seat |publisher=thejc.com |access-date=9 December 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.saddleworthnews.com/?p=4811 |title=Three on Labour's Saddleworth Shortlist |date=10 December 2010 |publisher=Saddleworth News |access-date=12 December 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.omrlp.com/ |title=Official Monster Raving Loony Party Homepage |publisher=Omrlp.com |access-date=14 January 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Debbie Abrahams

|votes = 14,718

|percentage = 42.1

|change = +10.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Elwyn Watkins|votes=11,160|percentage=31.9|change=+0.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kashif Ali|votes=4,481|percentage=12.8|change=−13.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Paul Nuttall|votes=2,029|percentage=5.8|change=+1.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=British National Party|candidate=Derek Adams|votes=1,560|percentage=4.5|change=−1.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Peter Allen|votes=530|percentage=1.5|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party|candidate=Nick "The Flying Brick" Delves|votes=145|percentage=0.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=English Democrats|candidate=Stephen Morris|votes=144|percentage=0.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Pirate Party UK|candidate=Loz Kaye|votes=96|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bus-Pass Elvis Party|candidate=David Bishop|votes=67|percentage=0.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=3,558|percentage=10.2|change=+9.9}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=34,930|percentage=48.0|change=−13.2}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +4.95

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2010: Oldham East and Saddleworth{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d44.stm |title= Election 2010 – Oldham East & Saddleworth |work=BBC News |access-date=14 January 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge10/i17.htm |title=UK General Election results May 2010 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=24 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924044232/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge10/i17.htm |archive-date=24 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Phil Woolas

|votes = 14,186

|percentage = 31.9

|change = −10.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Elwyn Watkins

|votes = 14,083

|percentage = 31.6

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kashif Ali

|votes = 11,773

|percentage = 26.4

|change = +8.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Alwyn Stott

|votes = 2,546

|percentage = 5.7

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = David Bentley

|votes = 1,720

|percentage = 3.9

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Christian Party (UK)

|candidate = Gulzar Nazir

|votes = 212

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 103

|percentage = 0.3

|change = −10.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,520

|percentage = 61.2

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box void|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −5.1

}}

=Elections in the 2000s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2005: Oldham East and Saddleworth{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/i15.htm |title=UK General Election results May 2005 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=24 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203173005/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/i15.htm |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Phil Woolas

|votes = 17,968

|percentage = 41.4

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Tony Dawson

|votes = 14,378

|percentage = 33.2

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Keith Chapman

|votes = 7,901

|percentage = 18.2

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Michael Treacy

|votes = 2,109

|percentage = 4.9

|change = −6.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Valerie Nield

|votes = 873

|percentage = 2.0

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Philip O'Grady

|votes = 138

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,590

|percentage = 8.2

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,367

|percentage = 57.3

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +1.1

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2001: Oldham East and Saddleworth{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/351.htm |title=Oldham East & Saddleworth, 1997 and 2001 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |access-date=24 December 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Phil Woolas

|votes = 17,537

|percentage = 38.6

|change = −3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Howard Sykes

|votes = 14,811

|percentage = 32.6

|change = −2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Craig Heeley

|votes = 7,304

|percentage = 16.1

|change = −3.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Michael Treacy

|votes = 5,091

|percentage = 11.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Barbara Little

|votes = 677

|percentage = 1.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,726

|percentage = 6.0

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,420

|percentage = 61.0

|change = −12.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +0.13

}}

=Elections in the 1990s=

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Oldham East and Saddleworth}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Phil Woolas

|votes = 22,546

|percentage = 41.7

|change = +11.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Chris Davies

|votes = 19,157

|percentage = 35.4

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Hudson

|votes = 10,666

|percentage = 19.7

|change = -15.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Douglas Findlay

|votes = 1,116

|percentage = 2.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Smith

|votes = 470

|percentage = 0.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Ian Dalling

|votes = 146

|percentage = 0.3

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,389

|percentage = 6.3

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,101

|percentage = 73.92

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{{Election box new seat win

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

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Chris Davies was MP for the former Littleborough and Saddleworth seat since the 1995 by-election.

Notes

References

External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13288.html Oldham East and Saddleworth UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65903.html Oldham East and Saddleworth UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168641.html Oldham East and Saddleworth UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997

Category:Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham

Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Constituency profile

History

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Elections

=Elections in the 2020s=

=Elections in the 2010s=

=Elections in the 2000s=

=Elections in the 1990s=

See also

Notes

References

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