the seat from the Liberal Democrats; and in 2015 achieved their highest majority in the seat's history, with the Liberal Democrats falling to fourth place. Constituency profile The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. It contains most of the town of Rochdale itself as well as Littleborough, Wardle and some of the surrounding rural area. For the 2010 general election, the seat gained the villages of Milnrow and Newhey from Oldham East and Saddleworth and lost the areas of Sudden, Marland, and part of Norden to Heywood and Middleton, a 19.16% boundary change. Those changes made the seat a notional Labour victory in the Rallings and Thrasher figures which were used by the Press Association for determining gains, losses and swings. However, other predictions by political commentator Martin Baxter showed the seat maintaining a narrow Lib Dem majority. The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2010 estimated that had the seat been fought on these boundaries in 2010 Labour would have won the seat with approximately 40.9% of the vote to the Liberal Democrats' 40.7%. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2010 reported that based on the notional 2005 result on the new boundaries the Labour vote had fallen by 4.5% and the Liberal Democrat vote had fallen by 6.1%, while the Conservative voteshare increased by 7.6%. Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1940s Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1910s A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. British Socialist Party: Tom Kennedy Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1870s Elections in the 1860s Caused by Cobden's death. Elections in the 1850s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1830s Caused by Entwistle's death See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester 1940 Rochdale by-election 1958 Rochdale by-election 1972 Rochdale by-election Notes References Sources Election results, 1950–1997 Politics Science Resources (Keele University) FWS Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 FWS Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918