Worsley and Eccles South (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°30′34″N 2°23′09″W / 53.509560°N 2.385972°W / 53.509560; -2.385972

Worsley and Eccles South
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Worsley and Eccles South in Greater Manchester for the 2010 general election.

Outline map

Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 73,409 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament Barbara Keeley (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Worsley
Eccles
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Worsley and Eccles South is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The seat is currently held by Barbara Keeley MP of the Labour Party. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is favourable mostly to the Labour Party, though it does contain two of the Conservatives' strongest wards in the City of Salford (Worsley, Boothstown and Ellenbrook).

For seats before 2010, see Worsley and Eccles.

Boundaries

Following its 2006 review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of a modified Worsley constituency, incorporating a part of Eccles, to be called Worsley and Eccles South.[2]

The electoral wards included in the Worsley and Eccles South constituency are:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[3] Party
2010 Barbara Keeley Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Worsley and Eccles South[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Barbara Keeley 18,600 44.2 +1.3
Conservative Iain Lindley 12,654 30.1 -2.4
UKIP Owen Hammond 7,688 18.3 +13.4
Green Chris Bertenshaw 1,242 3.0 +3.0
Liberal Democrat Kate Clarkson 1,100 2.6 -13.9
TUSC Steve North 380 0.9 +0.9
Reality Mags McNally 200 0.5 +0.5
Independent Geoffrey Berg 184 0.4 +0.4
Majority 5,946 14.1
Turnout 42,048 58.3
General Election 2010: Worsley and Eccles South[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Barbara Keeley 17,892 42.9 -10.4
Conservative Iain Lindley 13,555 32.5 +4.8
Liberal Democrat Richard Gadsden 6,883 16.5 +3.6
UKIP Andrew Townsend 2,037 4.9 -1.2
English Democrat Paul Whitelegg 1,334 3.2 +3.2
Majority 4,337 10.4
Turnout 41,701 57.5 +3.2

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Greater Manchester" (HTTP). Boundary Commission for England (North West). Government News Network. 2006-07-19. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. "Worsley & Eccles South". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. "Worsley & Eccles South". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
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