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Warrington North (UK Parliament constituency)

Warrington North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Warrington North in Cheshire.
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Location of Cheshire within England.
County Cheshire
Electorate 71,836 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament Helen Jones (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Warrington, Newton
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European Parliament constituency North West England

Warrington North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is Helen Jones of the Labour Party — the constituency has always been a safe Labour seat.

1983-1997: The Borough of Warrington wards of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Croft, Culceth 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, Culceth, 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. The southern boundary (with Warrington South) is the River Mersey.

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the abolished Warrington and Newton constituencies.


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