 Prestwich was a well established middle class suburb with a large Jewish minority, and during the inter-war years boasted several millionaires.Middleton, on the other hand, was greatly expanded by a large Manchester overspill council estate, and at one point during the 1950s, Prestwich had no Labour councillors, while Middleton had no Conservatives.The new constituency of Heywood and Middleton in 1983 resolved this mismatch by linking together the two adjacent towns, which was held by Labour right up to 2019.