Davyhulme (UK Parliament constituency)

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Davyhulme
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Davyhulme1983Constituency.svg
Davyhulme in Greater Manchester, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
County Greater Manchester
19831997
SeatsOne
Created from Altrincham and Sale, Stretford and Knutsford [1]
Replaced by Stretford and Urmston, Altrincham and Sale West and Wythenshawe and Sale East [1]

Davyhulme was a parliamentary constituency in the Davyhulme suburb of Greater Manchester. It elected Conservative Winston Spencer-Churchill, grandson of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, as a Member of Parliament of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from its establishment for the 1983 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Contents

Upon the constituency's abolition, the territory it covered was mostly incorporated into the new Stretford and Urmston constituency, with the Sale areas joining the new Wythenshawe and Sale East and Altrincham and Sale West constituencies.

History

The constituency only existed for three elections spanning nine years; having been established for the 1983 general election and abolished by the 1997 general election. At that time, the constituency elected Churchill every election. Notional results released by the BBC and ITN ahead of the 1983 election estimated that had the constituency existed at the 1979 general election it would have been won by the Conservatives with a majority of 10,671 votes. [2]

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Mersey St Mary's, Priory, St Martin's, and Urmston. [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
1983 Winston Spencer Churchill Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Stretford and Urmston,
Altrincham and Sale West & Wythenshawe and Sale East

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Davyhulme [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 24,213 48.0 +1.4
Labour Barry Brotherton19,79039.2+8.8
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Pearcey5,79711.511.5
Natural Law Terence L. Brotheridge6651.3New
Majority4,4268.87.4
Turnout 50,46880.5+3.2
Conservative hold Swing 3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Davyhulme [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 23,633 46.6 +0.6
Labour John Nicholson15,43430.4+3.6
Liberal Dennis Wrigley 11,63723.04.2
Majority8,19916.2−2.6
Turnout 50,70477.3+3.4
Conservative hold Swing 1.5
General election 1983: Davyhulme [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 22,055 46.0
Liberal Dennis Wrigley 13,04127.2
Labour Sean Rogers12,88726.8
Majority9,01418.8
Turnout 47,98373.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "'Davyhulme', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983. London: Times Books Ltd. 1983. p. 279. ISBN   0-7230-0255-X.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
  5. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  7. "davyhulme data". davyhulme data. github.
  8. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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