1983–1997: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Croft, Culcheth and Glazebury, Fairfield, Howley, Hulme, Longford, Orford, Poulton-with-Fearnhead North, Poulton-with-Fearnhead South, Rixton and Woolston, Whitecross, and Winwick. 1997–2010: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield, Hulme, Locking Stumps, Gorse Covert and Risley, Oakwood, Orford, Poplars, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, and Winwick. 2010–present: The Borough of Warrington wards of Birchwood, Burtonwood and Winwick, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield and Howley, Orford, Poplars and Hulme, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, and Westbrook. The constituency is one of two covering the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, the other being Warrington South. It covers the northern and eastern parts of the town, including Birchwood, Orford, Padgate and Woolston, in effect suburbs that are. It also includes the villages of Burtonwood, Culcheth and Winwick.
History
The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the abolished Warrington and Newton constituencies. ;Political history Although in 2010 the Labour Party saw a 6.6% swing to the Conservative Party, all of its majorities until the 2019 General Election have not been marginal and therefore Warrington North is considered a safe seat for the Labour Party, who have selected all of the candidates for MP since the constituency's creation. Its first member of Parliament was Doug Hoyle, who had first won the Warrington seat in a by-election in 1981, beating Roy Jenkins, the leader of the then-new Social Democratic Party in their first election. Hoyle stood down at the 1997 general election, and was replaced by Helen Jones, who held the seat from then until the 2019 general election, when she chose to stand down. The seat was then held for Labour by Charlotte Nichols, albeit with a significantly reduced majority.
Constituency profile
The constituency includes half of the historic but industrious town, which saw significant economic and population growth in the 20th century. In contrast to Warrington South, workless claimants who were registered jobseekers, constituted in November 2012 a higher proportion than the national average of 3.8% of the population, at 4.3%, this demonstrated marginally higher employment than in the North West as a whole, based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.
