Parliamentary Boundary Review 2013
The Boundary Commission for England is an independent public
body that reviews all Parliamentary constituency boundaries in
England every five years. They are currently carrying out a
review under new rules laid down by Parliament.
The review concludes in 2013 and will mean substantial changes
to the Parliamentary constituencies in England: reducing the total
number from 533 to 502 and making sure each constituency has
similar numbers of registered electors. In many cases this
means that existing boundaries will be redrawn.
The Boundary Commission for England published initial proposals
for the new constituency boundaries in England on Tuesday 13
September 2011. This publication marks the start of a 12 week
period of consultation on these proposals, ending on Monday 5
December 2011.
Find Out More
You can find more about this review by:
- Inspecting the maps and reading the guidance
materials at Rochdale Town Hall, The Esplanade,
Rochdale or Heywood Customer Service Centre, Phoenix Centre,
Church Street, Heywood during normal office hours
- Visiting the
Boundary Commission for England website
If you have any questions, you can:
What this means for the Rochdale borough
Currently, the Borough is split between 2
parliamentary constituencies each containing ten wards:
Current Rochdale constituency
- Healey
- Kingsway
- Milkstone & Deeplish
- Balderstone & Kirkholt
- Spotland & Falinge
- Central Rochdale
- Smallbridge & Firgrove
- Littleborough Lakeside
- Milnrow & Newhey
- Wardle & West Littleborough
Current Heywood & Middleton constituency
- Castleton
- Bamford
- Norden
- West Heywood
- North Heywood
- Hopwood Hall
- East Middleton
- South Middleton
- West Middleton
- North Middleton
The proposals by the Boundary Commission would
mean that the twenty wards of the Borough would be split between
three constituencies, each containing wards from other boroughs
too. The proposed constituencies are:
Proposed Middleton constituency
- West Heywood
- Hopwood Hall
- West Middleton
- South Middleton
- East Middleton
- North Middleton
- Two wards from Oldham Borough
Council - Chadderton North and Chadderton Central
- Charlestown from Manchester City Council
Proposed Rochdale North and Rawtenstall constituency
- Healey
- Spotland & Falinge
- Central Rochdale
- Smallbridge & Firgrove
- Norden
- Littleborough Lakeside
- Wardle & West Littleborough
- Seven wards from Rossendale Council – Healey
& Whitworth, Facit & Shawforth, Irwell, Stacksteads,
Greensclough, Whitewell, Hareholme
Proposed Rochdale South constituency
- Kingsway
- Milkstone & Deeplish
- Balderstone & Kirkholt
- Castleton
- Bamford
- North Heywood
- Milnrow & Newhey
- Three wards from Oldham Borough Council –
Royton North, Crompton, Shaw