Widnes and Halewood
North West · County constituency
About the Widnes and Halewood constituency
Widnes and Halewood is a county constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Derek Twigg (Labour), first elected in May 1997. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 61.6% to 18.5% for Reform UK, a majority of 16,425 votes on a 54.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 51.9% and Reform UK on 29.2%, a margin of 22.7 points.
Who lives in Widnes and Halewood? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Widnes and Halewood vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Widnes and Halewood
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Widnes and Halewood within Halton and Knowsley
Widnes and Halewood crosses council boundaries: Halton (66%), Knowsley (34%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Halton | 66% | View projection › |
| Knowsley | 34% | View projection › |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | Farnworth | Lab HOLD | Lab 51% Ref 36% Con 8% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton | Labour 62.6%vs Reform 19.2% | May 2026 Reform 42.2%vs Labour 37.1% | Labour→Reform +24.3pp | - |
| Bankfield | Labour 61.4%vs Reform 19.4% | May 2026 Reform 42.4%vs Labour 38.7% | Labour→Reform +22.8pp | - |
| Birchfield | Labour 59.9%vs Reform 16.8% | May 2026 Reform 35.6%vs Labour 35.5% | Labour→Reform +21.6pp | - |
| Central & West Bank | Labour 61.8%vs Reform 20.0% | May 2026 Reform 51.6%vs Labour 28.7% | Labour→Reform +32.3pp | - |
| Ditton, Hale Village & Halebank | Labour 60.1%vs Reform 19.9% | May 2026 Reform 53.0%vs Labour 29.3% | Labour→Reform +32.0pp | - |
| Farnworth | Labour 58.1%vs Reform 18.5% | May 2026 Labour 36.5%vs Reform 36.4% | Labour share -21.7pp | - |
| Halewood North | Labour 63.4%vs Reform 18.5% | May 2026 Reform 28.4%vs Labour 26.3% | Labour→Reform +23.5pp | 33.0% |
| Halewood South | Labour 59.0%vs Reform 20.7% | May 2026 Others 46.8%vs Labour 29.2% | Labour→Others +38.4pp | 28.6% |
| Halton View | Labour 62.0%vs Reform 19.2% | May 2026 Reform 47.8%vs Labour 33.0% | Labour→Reform +28.8pp | - |
| Highfield | Labour 64.2%vs Reform 17.3% | May 2026 Labour 41.6%vs Reform 41.2% | Labour share -22.6pp | - |
| Hough Green | Labour 63.7%vs Reform 18.9% | May 2026 Reform 43.0%vs Labour 38.9% | Labour→Reform +24.5pp | - |
| Whiston and Cronton | Labour 62.7%vs Reform 14.3% | May 2026 Reform 36.3%vs Green 34.1% | Labour→Reform +27.5pp | 31.3% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Widnes and Halewood at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Widnes and Halewood at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Lab hold | Derek Twigg Halton MP | 57.7% | 20.2% | 13.8% | 15,504 | 60.0% |
| 2015predecessor | Lab hold | Derek Twigg Halton MP | 62.8% | 17.8% | 2.4% | 20,285 | 61.8%+1.8 |
| 2017predecessor | Lab hold | Derek Twigg Halton MP | 72.9% | 21.6% | 1.8% | 25,405 | 67.4%+5.6 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Derek Twigg Halton MP, pre-review boundary | 66.5% | 20.8% | 2.8% | 21,542 | 66.6% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Derek Twigg | 61.6% | 9.2% | 4.2% | 16,425 | 54.3%-12.3 |
Widnes and Halewood was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Halton (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Widnes and Halewood
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Widnes and Halewood. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Graduate25.3 / 27.2vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent13.6 / 14.9vs 20.2
- ↓Private rent13.6 / 13.3vs 20.2
- ↓Graduate25.3 / 28.6vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent13.6 / 12.8vs 20.2
- ↓Graduate25.3 / 27.3vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent13.6 / 13.1vs 20.2
- ↓Graduate25.3 / 26.9vs 33.7
- ↓Graduate25.3 / 27.2vs 33.7
- ↓Private rent13.6 / 17.2vs 20.2
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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