List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
The ceremonial and metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies—16 borough constituencies and 11 county constituencies. At the 2019 general election in Greater Manchester, Labour won 18 seats and the Conservatives won 9.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
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Altrincham and Sale West BC | 73,107 | 6,139 | Sir Graham Brady (Con) | Andrew Western (Lab) | |||
Ashton-under-Lyne BC | 67,978 | 4,263 | Angela Rayner (Lab) | Dan Costello (Con) | |||
Blackley and Broughton BC | 73,372 | 14,402 | Graham Stringer (Lab) | Alexander Elias (Con) | |||
Bolton North East BC | 67,564 | 378 | Mark Logan (Lab) (elected as Conservative) | Sir David Crausby (Lab) | |||
Bolton South East BC | 69,163 | 7,598 | Yasmin Qureshi (Lab) | Johno Lee (Con) | |||
Bolton West CC | 73,191 | 8,855 | Chris Green (Con) | Julie Hilling (Lab) | |||
Bury North BC | 68,802 | 105 | James Daly (Con) | James Frith (Lab) | |||
Bury South BC | 75,152 | 402 | Christian Wakeford (Lab) (elected as Conservative) | Lucy Burke (Lab) | |||
Cheadle BC | 74,577 | 2,336 | Mary Robinson (Con) | Tom Morrison (Lib Dem) | |||
Denton and Reddish BC | 66,234 | 6,175 | Andrew Gwynne (Lab) | Iain Bott (Con) | |||
Hazel Grove CC | 63,346 | 4,423 | William Wragg (Ind) (elected as Conservative) | Lisa Smart (Lib Dem) | |||
Heywood and Middleton CC | 80,162 | 663 | Chris Clarkson (Con) | Liz McInnes (Lab) | |||
Leigh CC | 77,417 | 1,965 | James Grundy (Con) | Joanne Platt (Lab) | |||
Makerfield CC | 74,190 | 4,740 | Yvonne Fovargue (Lab) | Nick King (Con) | |||
Manchester, Central BC | 92,247 | 29,089 | Lucy Powell (Labour Co-op) | Shaden Jaradat (Con) | |||
Manchester, Gorton BC | 76,419 | 30,339 | Afzal Khan (Lab) | Sebastian Lowe (Con) | |||
Manchester, Withington BC | 76,530 | 27,905 | Jeff Smith (Lab) | John Leech (Lib Dem) | |||
Oldham East and Saddleworth CC | 72,120 | 1,499 | Debbie Abrahams (Lab) | Tom Lord (Con) | |||
Oldham West and Royton CC | 72,999 | 11,127 | Jim McMahon (Labour Co-op) | Kirsty Finlayson (Con) | |||
Rochdale CC | 78,909 | 5,697 (2024) | George Galloway (Workers Party) | David Tully (Ind) | |||
Salford and Eccles BC | 82,202 | 16,327 | Rebecca Long-Bailey (Lab) | Attika Choudhary (Con) | |||
Stalybridge and Hyde CC | 73,604 | 2,946 | Jonathan Reynolds (Labour Co-op) | Tayub Amjad (Con) | |||
Stockport BC | 65,391 | 10,039 | Nav Mishra (Lab) | Isy Imarni (Con) | |||
Stretford and Urmston BC | 71,641[3] | 9,906[3] | Andrew Western (Lab) | Emily Carter-Kandola (Con) | |||
Wigan CC | 75,860 | 6,728 | Lisa Nandy (Lab) | Ashley Williams (Con) | |||
Worsley and Eccles South CC | 75,219 | 3,219 | Barbara Keeley (Lab) | Arnie Saunders (Con) | |||
Wythenshawe and Sale East BC | 76,313 | 10,396 | Mike Kane (Lab) | Peter Harrop (Con) |
2010 boundary changes
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Greater Manchester from 28 to 27, leading to significant changes in the city of Salford, where the three constituencies of Eccles, Salford and Worsley were abolished and replaced by the two constituencies of Salford and Eccles, and Worsley and Eccles South. Manchester, Blackley was replaced with Blackley and Broughton.
Former boundaries
Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | |
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Current boundaries
Current name | Boundaries 2010–present | |
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Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[4] Initial proposals were published on 8 June and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission proposed that Greater Manchester be considered as a sub-region of the North West Region, retaining a total of 27 constituencies. However, there would be some significant changes to realign boundaries to revised ward boundaries and ensure electorates are within the statutory range. Denton and Reddish would be broken up and Manchester Rusholme re-established, resulting in major re-configurations of the Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton constituencies, with the latter being renamed Gorton and Denton. Other boundary changes would result in name changes as follows:[5][6][7]
Current name | Proposed name |
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Blackley and Broughton | Blackley and Middleton South |
Bolton South East | Bolton South and Walkden |
Heywood and Middleton | Heywood and Middleton North |
Leigh | Leigh and Atherton |
Salford and Eccles | Salford |
Worsley and Eccles South | Worsley and Eccles |
In addition, although unchanged, it is proposed that Oldham West and Royton be renamed Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton.
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Bolton
- Bolton North East
- Bolton South and Walkden (part)
- Bolton West
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Bury
- Bury North
- Bury South (part)
Containing electoral wards in the city of Manchester
- Gorton and Denton (part)
- Blackley and Middleton South (part)
- Manchester Central (part)
- Manchester Rusholme
- Manchester Withington
- Wythenshawe and Sale East (part)
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Oldham
- Manchester Central (part)
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Rochdale
- Blackley and Middleton South (part)
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Rochdale
Containing electoral wards in the city of Salford
- Bolton South and Walkden (part)
- Bury South (part)
- Salford
- Worsley and Eccles (part)
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Stockport
- Cheadle
- Hazel Grove
- Stockport
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Tameside
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Gorton and Denton (part)
- Stalybridge and Hyde
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Trafford
- Altrincham and Sale West
- Stretford and Urmston
- Wythenshawe and Sale East (part)
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Wigan
- Leigh and Atherton
- Makerfield
- Wigan
- Worsley and Eccles (part)
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[8]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Greater Manchester in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 | |
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Labour | 597,271 | 47.9% | 9.0% | 18 | 5 | |
Conservative | 435,651 | 34.9% | 2.4% | 9 | 5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 109,555 | 8.8% | 2.7% | 0 | 0 | |
Brexit Party | 68,462 | 5.5% | new | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 29,642 | 2.4% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 6,602 | 0.5% | 3.0% | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,247,183 | 100.0 | 27 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | |
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Conservative | 36.2 | 35.9 | 35.5 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 27.3 | 26.4 | 32.5 | 34.9 | |
Labour | 39.7 | 44.0 | 47.3 | 56.3 | 53.7 | 47.2 | 40.3 | 46.1 | 56.9 | 47.9 | |
Liberal Democrats1 | 23.6 | 19.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.8 | |
Green | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.2 | 16.1 | 2.8 | * | |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.5 | |
Other | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | |
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Conservative | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Labour | 18 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 18 | |
Liberal Democrats1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1983 to 2010
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 88 | 1992 | 95 | 96 | 1997 | 99 | 2001 | 2005 | 05 |
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Eccles | Carter-Jones | Lestor | Stewart | ||||||||
Heywood and Middleton | Callaghan | Dobbin | |||||||||
Leigh | Cunliffe | Burnham | |||||||||
Denton and Reddish | Bennett | Gwynne | |||||||||
Bolton South East | Young | Iddon | |||||||||
Ashton-under-Lyne | Sheldon | Heyes | |||||||||
Makerfield | McGuire | McCartney | |||||||||
Manchester Blackley | Eastham | Stringer | |||||||||
Manchester Central | Litherland | Lloyd | |||||||||
Manchester Gorton | Kaufman | ||||||||||
Oldham C and Royton / Oldham E & Saddleworth (97) | Lamond | Davies | Woolas | ||||||||
Oldham West / Oldham West and Royton (1997) | Meacher | ||||||||||
Rochdale | Smith | → | Lynne | Fitzsimons | Rowen | ||||||
Salford East / Salford (1997) | Orme | Blears | |||||||||
Stalybridge and Hyde | Pendry | Purnell | |||||||||
Stretford / Stretford and Urmston (1997) | Lloyd | Hughes | |||||||||
Wigan | Stott | Turner | |||||||||
Worsley | Lewis | Keeley | |||||||||
Manchester Wythenshawe / Wythenshawe & Sale E (97) | Morris | Goggins | |||||||||
Manchester Withington | Silvester | Bradley | Leech | ||||||||
Stockport | Favell | Coffey | |||||||||
Bolton North East | Thurnham | → | Crausby | ||||||||
Bury South | Sumberg | Lewis | |||||||||
Bolton West | Sackville | Kelly | |||||||||
Bury North | Burt | Chaytor | |||||||||
Hazel Grove | Arnold | Stunell | |||||||||
Cheadle | Normanton | Day | Calton | Hunter | |||||||
Altrincham & Sale / Altrincham & Sale W (1997) | Montgomery | Brady | |||||||||
Davyhulme | Churchill | ||||||||||
Littleborough and Saddleworth | Dickens | Davies | |||||||||
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 88 | 1992 | 95 | 96 | 1997 | 99 | 2001 | 2005 | 05 |
2010 to present
Change UK Conservative Independent Independent Labour Labour Liberal Democrats Workers
Constituency | 2010 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 2015 | 15 | 2017 | 17 | 19 | 2019 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 2024 |
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Heywood & Middleton / Heywood & Middleton North (2024) | Dobbin | McInnes | Clarkson | |||||||||||
Leigh / Leigh and Atherton (2024) | Burnham | Platt | Grundy | |||||||||||
Denton and Reddish / Gorton and Denton (2024) | Gwynne | |||||||||||||
Bolton South East / Bolton South and Walkden (2024) | Qureshi | |||||||||||||
Ashton-under-Lyne | Heyes | Rayner | ||||||||||||
Makerfield | Fovargue | |||||||||||||
Blackley and Broughton / Blackley & Middleton South (2024) | Stringer | |||||||||||||
Manchester Central | Lloyd | Powell | ||||||||||||
Manchester Gorton / Manchester Rusholme (2024) | Kaufman | Khan | ||||||||||||
Oldham East and Saddleworth | Woolas | Abrahams | ||||||||||||
Oldham W & Royton / Oldham W, Chadderton & Royton ('24) | Meacher | McMahon | ||||||||||||
Rochdale | Danczuk | → | Lloyd | Galloway | ||||||||||
Salford and Eccles / Salford (2024) | Blears | Long-Bailey | ||||||||||||
Stalybridge and Hyde | Reynolds | |||||||||||||
Stretford and Urmston | Green | Western | ||||||||||||
Wigan | Nandy | |||||||||||||
Worsley and Eccles South / Worsley and Eccles (2024) | Keeley | |||||||||||||
Wythenshawe and Sale East | Goggins | Kane | ||||||||||||
Manchester Withington | Leech | Smith | ||||||||||||
Stockport | Coffey | → | Mishra | |||||||||||
Bolton North East | Crausby | Logan | → | |||||||||||
Bury South | Lewis | → | Wakeford | → | ||||||||||
Bolton West | Hilling | Green | ||||||||||||
Bury North | Nuttall | Frith | Daly | |||||||||||
Hazel Grove | Stunell | Wragg | → | |||||||||||
Cheadle | Hunter | Robinson | ||||||||||||
Altrincham and Sale West | Brady | |||||||||||||
Constituency | 2010 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 2015 | 15 | 2017 | 17 | 19 | 2019 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 2024 |
See also
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
- ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b "2022 Stretford and Urmston by-election result". Trafford Council. 16 December 2022.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Green, Charlotte (11 November 2022). "Radical boundaries shake-up scaled back". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Green, Charlotte (9 June 2021). "Nearly every GM constituency boundaries could soon look radically different". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 815-862. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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