Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)

Altrincham and Sale West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Altrincham and Sale West in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	72,008 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Graham Brady (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Altrincham & Sale
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Altrincham and Sale West is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1997 largely from Altrincham and Sale, and has been held since then by the Conservative Graham Brady, the Chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee since 2010.

Boundaries

The constituency is one of three covering the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford. It covers the south of the borough, covering the town of Altrincham and the west of Sale. It comprises the Altrincham, Bowdon, Broadheath, Hale, Mersey St. Mary's, St. Martin's, Timperley and Village wards of Trafford council.

The constituency includes the most expensive residential streets outside of South-East England. Despite this wealth, Altrincham and Sale West remains ethnically diverse; as its most affluent wards are home to a significant Jewish community and smaller Muslim communities. There are also several Black British premiership footballers and millionaire British Asian businesswomen, like the "curry queen" Nighat Awan, who live in the constituency.

Overall, Trafford was ranked 3rd out of all of the Local Education Authorities in National Curriculum assessment performance in 2007. Absences from Trafford secondary schools in 2006–07, authorised and unauthorised, were 5.6% and 0.8% respectively, both lower than the national average (6.4% and 1.4%). From the 2007 GCSE results, the Trafford LEA was ranked 5th out of 148 in the country – and first in Greater Manchester and the North West – based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*–C grades at GCSE including maths and English (60.8% compared with the national average of 46.7%), this is widely thought to be because of the Grammar School system which is mainly held in South Trafford and is a key issue that Graham Brady has fought for as he is a believer in the system.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing Altrincham and Sale West seat, with the creation of a seat with the following electoral wards:

• Altrincham, Ashton upon Mersey, Bowdon, Broadheath, Hale Barns, Hale Central, St Mary's, Timperley, and Village

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Graham Brady	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Altrincham and Sale West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Brady	24,176	48.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Brophy	12,581	25.5	+3.6
	Labour	Tom Ross	11,073	22.4	−7.0
	UKIP	Kenneth Bullman	1,563	3.2	+1.5
Majority			11,595	23.5
Turnout			49,393	69.3	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Altrincham and Sale West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Brady	20,569	46.4	+0.2
	Labour	John Stockton	13,410	30.3	-9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Chappell	9,595	21.7	+7.3
	UKIP	Gary Peart	736	1.7	+1.7
Majority			7,159	16.2
Turnout			44,310	65.9	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.7

General Election 2001: Altrincham and Sale West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Brady	20,113	46.2	+3.0
	Labour	Jane Baugh	17,172	39.4	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Gaskell	6,283	14.4	+1.8
Majority			2,941	6.8
Turnout			43,568	60.3	-12.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Altrincham and Sale West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Brady	22,348	43.2	?
	Labour	Jane Baugh	20,843	40.3	?
	Liberal Democrat	Marc Ramsbottom	6,535	12.6	?
	Referendum Party	Anthony Landes	1,348	2.6	?
	ProLife Alliance	Jonathan Stephens	313	0.6	?
	UKIP	Richard Mrozinski	270	0.5	?
Majority			1,505	2.9	?
Turnout			51,782	73.3%	?
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.7

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester