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
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 and published their initial proposals on 8 June.[3]
The commission has 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 a new constituency of Failsworth and Droylsden created, resulting in a major re-configuration of the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency. Other boundary changes would result in name changes as follows:[4][5]
Current name | Proposed name |
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Blackley and Broughton | Manchester Blackley |
Bolton South East | Bolton South and Walkden |
Heywood and Middleton | Heywood |
Leigh | Leigh South and Atherton |
Manchester Gorton | Manchester Longsight |
Salford and Eccles | Salford |
Stalybridge and Hyde | Denton and Hyde |
Worsley and Eccles South | Worsley and Eccles |
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Bolton
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Bury
- Bury North
- Bury South (part)
Containing electoral wards in the city of Manchester
- Failsworth and Droylsden (part)
- Manchester Blackley (part)
- Manchester Central
- Manchester Longsight
- Manchester Withington
- Wythenshawe and Sale East (part)
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Oldham
- Failsworth and Droylsden (part)
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Oldham West and Royton
Containing electoral wards in the borough of 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
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Tameside
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Denton and Hyde
- Failsworth and Droylsden (part)
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 South and Atherton
- Makerfield
- Wigan
- Worsley and Eccles (part)
Revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022[6] and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]
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 | 68,462 | 5.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 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 Democrat1 | 23.6 | 19.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.8 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 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 Democrat1 | 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
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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.
Change UK Conservative Independent Independent Labour Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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(help) - ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review |". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Green, Charlotte (9 June 2021). "Nearly every GM constituency boundaries could soon look radically different". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ 2023 Review - North West Boundary Commission for England.
- ^ "Commission announces publication date for revised constituency proposals and launch of final public consultation". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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