Worsley and Eccles South (UK Parliament constituency)

Worsley and Eccles South
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Worsley and Eccles South in Greater Manchester for the 2010 general election.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	73,409 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	2010 (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. 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.

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

• Barton
• Boothstown and Ellenbrook
• Cadishead
• Irlam
• Little Hulton
• Walkden North
• Walkden South
• Winton
• Worsley

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Barbara Keeley	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Worsley and Eccles South
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 Democrats	Paul Whitelegg	1,334	3.2	+3.2
Majority			4,337	10.4
Turnout			41,701	57.5	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester