Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)
| Worsley | |
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| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Worsley in Greater Manchester for the 2005 general election. |
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 Location of Greater Manchester within England. |
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| County | Greater Manchester |
| 1983–2010 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Worsley and Eccles South |
| Created from | Leigh Newton Farnworth |
Worsley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Leigh, Newton and Farnworth. This was a safe Labour seat including mostly working-class areas from the boroughs of Salford and Wigan, including: Walkden, Little Hulton, Astley and Irlam. The only Tory areas of strength here ironically were Worsley itself and Boothstown.
[edit] Boundary review
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Worsley be merged into a new constituency of Worsley and Eccles South. That constituency was first fought at the 2010 general election.
The previous link between Salford and Wigan for parliamentary purposes has been broken, hence the requirement to alter the existing Worsley seat.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Terry Lewis | Labour | |
| 2005 | Barbara Keeley | Labour | |
| 2010 | constituency abolished: see Worsley and Eccles South | ||
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Worsley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Keeley | 18,859 | 51.0 | −6.1 | |
| Conservative | Graham Evans | 9,491 | 25.7 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Clayton | 6,902 | 18.7 | +1.2 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 1,694 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 9,368 | 25.4 | −7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 36,946 | 53.1 | +2.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Worsley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Terence Lewis | 20,193 | 57.1 | −5.1 | |
| Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 8,406 | 23.8 | −0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Bleakley | 6,188 | 17.5 | +3.9 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dorothy Entwistle | 576 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,787 | 33.3 | |||
| Turnout | 35,363 | 51.0 | −16.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Worsley[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Terence Lewis | 29,418 | 52.4 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | NStC Cameron | 19,406 | 34.6 | −0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | RD Boyd | 6,490 | 11.6 | −5.3 | |
| Green | PJ Connolly | 677 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Natural Law | GD Phillips | 176 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 10,012 | 17.8 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 56,167 | 77.7 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
