Davyhulme (UK Parliament constituency)

Davyhulme
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Davyhulme in Greater Manchester, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
County	Greater Manchester
1983–1997
Seats	One
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.

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

Election		Member [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]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	24,216	48.0	+1.4
	Labour	Barry Brotherton	19,790	39.2	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Pearcey	5,797	11.5	−11.5
	Natural Law	Terence L. Brotheridge	665	1.3	New
Majority			4,426	8.8	−7.4
Turnout			50,468	80.5	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Davyhulme ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	23,633	46.6	+0.6
	Labour	John Nicholson	15,434	30.4	+3.6
	Liberal	Dennis Wrigley	11,637	23.0	−4.2
Majority			8,199	16.2	−2.6
Turnout			50,704	77.3	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.5

General election 1983: Davyhulme ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	22,055	46.0
	Liberal	Dennis Wrigley	13,041	27.2
	Labour	Sean Rogers	12,887	26.8
Majority			9,014	18.8
Turnout			47,983	73.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

1. "'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. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
8. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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