Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)

Stretford and Urmston
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Stretford and Urmston in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	70,520 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Kate Green (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Davyhulme, Stretford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Stretford and Urmston is a borough 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 is represented by Kate Green of the Labour Party. It has been represented by the Labour Party since its creation in 1997, originally by Beverley Hughes, who stood down at the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1997 from the former seats of Stretford & Davyhulme. It is one of three in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and covers the north and west of the borough. It contains nine of the Borough of Trafford's wards:

• Bucklow-St Martins
• Clifford
• Davyhulme East
• Davyhulme West
• Flixton
• Gorse Hill
• Longford
• Stretford
• Urmston

As of 2000, the total electorate for the constituency was 72,414.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Beverley Hughes	Labour
	2010	Kate Green	Labour

Election results

General Election 2010: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Green	21,821	48.6	–2.8
	Conservative	Alex Williams	12,886	28.7	–1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Cook	7,601	16.9	+3
	UKIP	David Owen	1,508	3.4	+1.1
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	916	2.0	+2.0
	Christian	Samuel Jacob	178	0.4	+0.4
Majority			8,935	19.9
Turnout			44,910	64.1	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	–0.7

General Election 2005: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	19,417	51.0	–10.1
	Conservative	Damian Hinds	11,566	30.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Faraz Bhatti	5,323	14.0	+4.0
	Respect	Mark Krantz	950	2.5	+2.5
	UKIP	Michael McManus	845	2.2	+2.2
Majority			7,851	20.6
Turnout			38,101	61.5	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	–6.7

General Election 2001: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	23,836	61.1	+2.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	10,565	27.1	–3.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Bridges	3,891	10.0	+1.8
	Independent	Katie Price	713	1.8	N/A
Majority			13,271	34.0
Turnout			39,005	54.8	–14.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	28,480	58.5	N/A
	Conservative	John Raymond Gregory	14,840	30.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	John Bridges	3,978	8.2	N/A
	Referendum Party	C. Dore	1,397	2.9	N/A
Majority			13,640	28.0	N/A
Turnout			48,695	69.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester