Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Manchester, Gorton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
ManchesterGorton2007Constituency.svg
Boundary of Manchester Gorton in Greater Manchester in 2010.
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Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 74,681 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Belle Vue, Gorton, Levenshulme, Rusholme, Longsight
19182024
SeatsOne
Created from South East Lancashire
Replaced by Manchester Rusholme, Gorton and Denton
South East Lancashire Gorton
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Seatsone
Created from South East Lancashire

Manchester Gorton was a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was the safest Labour seat in Greater Manchester by numerical majority and one of the safest in the country.

Contents

Manchester Gorton was abolished for the 2024 general election. It will be split into the new constituencies of Manchester Rusholme and Gorton and Denton. [2]

Constituency profile

The seat covered Gorton, Fallowfield, Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme and Whalley Range to the south and east of the city centre, which are diverse and liberal suburbs, with some levels of deprivation such as in Longsight. Most housing is made of red brick terraced houses. There is a large student population, particularly in Fallowfield which includes several halls of residence and private rented houses serving students of Manchester's large universities, though the universities’ campuses are in Manchester Central. The seat includes the Curry Mile of takeaways and restaurants, Gorton Monastery, and small urban parks such as Debdale Park and Platt Fields Park.

The seat was ethnically diverse [3] and its residents were less wealthy than the UK average. [4]

History

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided the existing seat of South East Lancashire into eight single-member constituencies. The Gorton Division (of Lancashire) was one of these seats. It was renamed the Gorton Division of Manchester in 1918: the area had been incorporated as part of the County Borough of Manchester in 1890.

Manchester Gorton has returned MPs from the Labour Party since 1935, with majorities exceeding 17% since 1979. The 2015 general election result made the seat the eighth-safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. [5]

From 1983 to 2017, Sir Gerald Kaufman, Father of the House of Commons, represented the constituency. His death in February 2017 triggered a by-election which was due to be held on 4 May 2017, but this was subsequently countermanded (that is, cancelled) after the House of Commons voted for a snap general election to be held on 8 June 2017. [6] [n 2] At that election, the Conservatives returned their lowest vote share for any seat in Great Britain, at 7.3%. [7] The newly-elected MP, Afzal Khan became an opposition frontbencher. In 2019, he was re-elected with a commanding lead over the Conservatives, their vote share still in single digits. Khan remained on the frontbench until November 2023.

Boundaries

Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024
Manchester Gorton in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83 ManchesterGorton1974Constituency.svg
Manchester Gorton in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83

1885–1918: The Gorton Division of the parliamentary county of South East Lancashire was defined as consisting of the parishes of Denton, Haughton, and Openshaw, and the parish of Gorton (except for the detached part in the parliamentary borough of Manchester). [8]

The constituency comprised an area bounded on the west by the city of Manchester and to the east and south by the county boundary with Cheshire.

In 1890, Manchester's municipal boundaries were extended to include Gorton and Openshaw, although constituency boundaries remained unchanged until 1918. [9] Prior to 1918 the constituency consisted of four wards: Gorton North, Gorton South, Openshaw and St. Mark's.

1918–1950: The Gorton division of the parliamentary borough of Manchester was defined as consisting of the Gorton North, Gorton South and Openshaw wards of the county borough of Manchester. [10]

The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised parliamentary seats throughout Great Britain. The redistribution reflected the boundary changes of 1890, with Gorton becoming a division of the parliamentary borough of Manchester. Denton and Haughton, which together had formed Denton Urban District in 1894, were transferred to the Mossley Division of Lancashire. [9] [11]

1950–1955: The borough constituency of Manchester, Gorton was defined as consisting of the Gorton North, Gorton South, Levenshulme and Openshaw wards of the county borough of Manchester. [12]

The next redrawing of English constituencies was effected by the Representation of the People Act 1948. The Act introduced the term "borough constituency". Levenshulme was transferred from the abolished Manchester Rusholme seat. [9] The revised boundaries were first used at the 1950 general election.

1955–1974: The Gorton North and Gorton South wards of the county borough of Manchester, and the urban districts of Audenshaw and Denton. [13]

In 1955 boundary changes were made based on the recommendations of the Boundary Commission appointed under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. Levenshulme passed to Manchester Withington while Openshaw formed the core of a new Manchester Openshaw seat.

1974–1983: The Gorton North and Gorton South wards of the county borough of Manchester, and the urban districts of Audenshaw and Denton. [14]

The Boundary Commission for England proposed no change to the constituency at the Second Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, but later went on to propose a minor amendment to the constituency to meet new ward boundaries in Manchester.

1983–2010: The Fallowfield, Gorton North, Gorton South, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme wards of the City of Manchester. [15]

The 1983 redistribution of seats reflected local government reforms made in 1974. Manchester Gorton became a borough constituency in the parliamentary county of Greater Manchester. The constituency was unaltered at the next redistribution prior to the 1997 general election. [16]

2010–2024: The Fallowfield, Gorton North, Gorton South, Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme and Whalley Range wards of the City of Manchester. [17]

In 2018 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) implemented changes to Manchester's electoral wards including the merging of Gorton North and Gorton South to create a new ward, Gorton and Abbey Hey. [18] For the purposes of parliamentary elections the 2004–2018 ward boundaries are used.

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished prior to the 2024 general election, with its contents split in two: [2]

Members of Parliament

YearMember [19] PartyNotes
1885 Richard Peacock Liberal
1889 by-election William Mather Liberal
1895 Ernest Hatch Conservative
1905 Liberal Hatch crossed the floor [20]
1906 John Hodge Labour
1923 Joseph Compton Labour
1931 Eric Bailey Conservative
1935 Joseph Compton Labour
1937 by-election William Wedgewood Benn Labour
1942 by-election William Oldfield Labour
1955 Konni Zilliacus Labour
1967 by-election Kenneth Marks Labour
1983 Sir Gerald Kaufman Labour Died February 2017; by-election was called, but countermanded due to snap general election.
2017 Afzal Khan Labour Shadow Deputy House of Commons Leader, 2020-2021

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Manchester Gorton [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Afzal Khan 34,583 77.6 +1.3
Conservative Sebastian Lowe4,2449.5+2.2
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey2,4485.5―0.2
Green Eliza Tyrrell1,6973.8+1.5
Brexit Party Lesley Kaya1,5733.5New
Majority30,33968.1―0.9
Turnout 44,54558.5―2.5
Labour hold Swing ―0.5
General election 2017: Manchester Gorton [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Afzal Khan 35,085 76.3 +9.2
Conservative Shaden Jaradat3,3557.3―2.4
Independent George Galloway 2,6155.7New
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey2,5975.7+1.5
Green Jess Mayo1,0382.3―7.5
UKIP Phil Eckersley9522.1―6.1
CPA Kemi Abidogun2330.5New
Independent David Hopkins510.1New
Communist League Peter Clifford270.1New
Majority31,73069.0+11.7
Turnout 45,95361.0+3.4
Labour hold Swing +5.9

These are the same as the candidates who were to stand at the cancelled 2017 by-election, except for an Official Monster Raving Loony Party candidate and another independent, who did not stand at the general election.

General election 2015: Manchester Gorton [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Kaufman 28,187 67.1 +17.0
Green Laura Bannister4,1089.8+7.1
Conservative Mohammed Afzal4,0639.7―1.3
UKIP Phil Eckersley3,4348.2New
Liberal Democrats Dave Page1,7824.2―28.4
TUSC Simon Hickman2640.6―0.3
Pirate Cris Chesha1810.4―0.2
Majority24,07957.3+39.8
Turnout 42,01957.6+7.1
Labour hold Swing +5.0
General election 2010: Manchester Gorton [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Kaufman 19,211 50.1 ―3.0
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal12,50832.6―0.9
Conservative Caroline Healy4,22411.0+1.2
Green Justine Hall1,0482.7New
Respect Mohammed Zulfikar5071.3New
TUSC Karen Reissman3370.9New
Christian Peter Harrison2540.7New
Pirate Tim Dobson2360.6New
Majority6,70317.5―2.1
Turnout 38,32550.5+4.7
Labour hold Swing ―1.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Manchester Gorton [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Kaufman 15,480 53.2 ―9.6
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal9,67233.2+11.9
Conservative Amanda Byrne2,8489.8―0.1
UKIP Gregg Beaman7832.7+1.0
Workers Revolutionary Dan Waller1810.6New
Resolutionist PartyMatthew Kay1590.5New
Majority5,80820.0―21.5
Turnout 29,12345.0+2.3
Labour hold Swing ―10.8
General election 2001: Manchester Gorton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Kaufman 17,099 62.8 ―2.5
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey5,79521.3+3.8
Conservative Christopher Causer2,7059.9―1.8
Green Bruce Bingham8353.1+2.2
UKIP Rashid Bhatti4621.7New
Socialist Labour Kirsty Muir3331.2―0.2
Majority11,30441.5−6.3
Turnout 27,22942.7―12.9
Labour hold Swing ―3.2

Elections in the 1990s

Changes in vote compared with notional figures for 1992 election following boundary changes.

General election 1997: Manchester Gorton [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Kaufman 23,704 65.3 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Jackie Pearcey6,36217.5+3.5
Conservative Guy Senior4,24911.7―7.8
Referendum Kevin Hartley8122.2New
Green Spencer FitzGibbon6831.9+0.3
Socialist Labour Trevor Wongsam5011.4New
Majority17,34247.8+5.0
Turnout 36,31155.6―5.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Manchester, Gorton [30] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Kaufman 23,671 62.3 +7.9
Conservative Jonathan Bullock 7,39219.5―3.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Harris5,32714.0―7.7
Liberal Terry Henderson7672.0New
Green Mike Daw5951.6New
Revolutionary Communist Pam Lawrence1080.3New
Natural Law Philip D. Mitchell840.2New
International CommunistColleen E. Smith300.1New
Majority16,27942.8+11.7
Turnout 37,97460.8―9.6
Labour hold Swing +5.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Manchester Gorton [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Kaufman 24,615 54.4 +3.2
Conservative John Kershaw10,55023.3―5.2
Liberal Keith Whitmore 9,83021.7+2.7
Red Front Pam Lawrence2530.6New
Majority14,06531.1+8.4
Turnout 45,24870.4+2.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1983: Manchester Gorton [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Kaufman 22,460 51.2
Conservative John Kershaw12,49528.5
Liberal Keith Whitmore 8,34819.0
Communist Malcolm Cowle3330.8
BNP Leslie Andrews2310.5
Majority9,96522.7
Turnout 43,86767.9
Labour hold Swing

Gerald Kaufman had been the MP for the Manchester Ardwick constituency, which had been abolished for this election, since 1970. [34]

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Manchester Gorton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Marks 22,293 53.5
Conservative Michael Lord 16,00938.5
Liberal Graham Shaw2,8676.9
National Front Richard Chadfield4691.1New
Majority6,28415.1
Turnout 41,63877.2
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Manchester Gorton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Marks 21,287 53.63
Conservative Stephen Waley-Cohen 12,42331.30
Liberal A. Cottam5,98415.08
Majority8,86422.33
Turnout 39,69470.94
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Manchester Gorton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Marks 22,276 51.23
Conservative Stephen Waley-Cohen 13,30030.59
Liberal Robert Brooks7,90618.18
Majority8,97620.64
Turnout 43,48278.35
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Manchester, Gorton [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Marks 23,679 53.47
Conservative John A. Kevill17,59439.73
Liberal James M. Ashley3,0136.80
Majority6,08513.74
Turnout 44,37671.90
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Manchester Gorton by-election [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Marks 19,259 45.89 −14.21
Conservative Winston Churchill 18,68244.51+4.61
Liberal Terry Lacey2,4715.89New
All Party Alliance John Creasey 1,1232.68New
Communist Victor Eddisford4371.04New
Majority5571.38
Turnout 41,972
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Manchester, Gorton [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Konni Zilliacus 24,726 60.10
Conservative Ian Keith Paley16,41839.90
Majority8,30820.20
Turnout 41,14472.56
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Manchester, Gorton [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Konni Zilliacus 23,895 55.11
Conservative Edwin Hodson19,46544.89
Majority4,43010.22
Turnout 43,36076.44
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Manchester, Gorton [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Konni Zilliacus 23,337 50.94
Conservative Henry Donald Moore22,48049.06
Majority8571.88
Turnout 45,81782.04
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Manchester, Gorton [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Konni Zilliacus 21,102 50.32
Conservative K. Bruce Campbell20,83349.68
Majority2690.64
Turnout 41,93576.49
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Manchester, Gorton [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Oldfield 28,763 58.02
Conservative Squire Horace Garlick20,81541.98
Majority7,94816.04
Turnout 49,57882.31
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Manchester, Gorton [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Oldfield 28,088 55.18
Conservative James Watts 18,56436.47
Liberal Abram Maxwell Caplin3,3776.63New
Communist Syd Abbott [36] 8731.72New
Majority9,52418.71
Turnout 50,90285.49
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Manchester, Gorton [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Oldfield 24,095 69.05
Conservative Harry Sharp10,79930.95
Majority13,29638.10
Turnout 34,89475.53
Labour hold
1942 Manchester Gorton by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Oldfield Unopposed
Labour hold

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Manchester Gorton by-election [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Wedgewood Benn 17,849 57.69 +1.83
Conservative Alexander Spearman 13,09142.31−1.83
Majority4,75815.38
Turnout 30,940
Labour hold Swing
General election 1935: Manchester, Gorton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Compton 20,039 55.86
Conservative Eric Bailey 15,83344.14
Majority4,20611.72N/A
Turnout 35,87277.12
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1931: Manchester, Gorton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Bailey 21,228 55.1 +25.6
Labour Joseph Compton 16,31642.3−18.8
Communist Chris Flanagan1,0002.6New
Majority4,91212.8N/A
Turnout 38,54481.9+0.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Manchester Gorton [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Compton 22,056 61.1 +5.1
Unionist Alfred Critchley 10,66429.514.5
Liberal Beatrice Annie Bayfield3,3859.4New
Majority11,39231.6+19.6
Turnout 36,10581.5+1.0
Registered electors 44,300
Labour hold Swing +9.8
General election 1924: Manchester Gorton [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Compton 16,383 56.0 4.0
Unionist B.C. Sellars12,89844.0+4.0
Majority3,48512.08.0
Turnout 29,28180.5+6.0
Registered electors 36,378
Labour hold Swing 4.0
General election 1923: Manchester Gorton [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Compton 16,080 60.0 +6.4
Unionist William Heap10,70240.06.4
Majority5,37820.0+12.8
Turnout 26,78274.54.5
Registered electors 35,963
Labour hold Swing +4.0
General election 1922: Manchester Gorton [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hodge 15,058 53.6 13.8
Unionist William Heap13,05746.4New
Majority2,0017.238.3
Turnout 28,11579.0+21.0
Registered electors 35,567
Labour hold Swing N/A

Election in 1918

General election 1918: Manchester Gorton [38] [39] [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hodge 13,047 67.4 +15.2
Ind. Unionist Henry White5,00525.9New
Socialist Labour J. T. Murphy 1,3006.7New
Majority8,04241.5+37.1
Turnout 19,35258.024.7
Registered electors 33,382
Labour hold Swing N/A

Election results for South-East Lancashire, Gorton Division

Elections in the 1910s

Expected General Election 1914–15: Under the terms of the Parliament Act 1911 a General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

In the event, the election was postponed on the outbreak of the Great War.

General election December 1910: Gorton [42] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hodge 7,840 52.2 +0.6
Conservative Henry White7,18747.80.6
Majority6534.4+1.2
Turnout 15,02782.70.6
Registered electors 18,175
Labour hold Swing +0.6
General election January 1910: Gorton [42] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hodge 7,807 51.6 14.8
Conservative Henry White7,33448.4+14.8
Majority4733.229.6
Turnout 15,14183.3+5.3
Registered electors 18,175
Labour hold Swing 14.8

Elections in the 1900s

Hodge John Hodge.JPG
Hodge
General election 1906: Gorton [44] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Repr. Cmte. John Hodge 8,566 66.4 +18.8
Conservative SW Royce4,34133.618.8
Majority4,22532.8N/A
Turnout 12,90778.0+2.2
Registered electors 16,547
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative Swing +18.8

Hatch crossed the floor of the House of Commons to sit with the Liberals, around February 1905. [20]

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Ward
General election 1900: Gorton [44] [45] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Hatch 5,761 52.4 5.5
Lib-Lab W. Ward5,24147.6New
Majority5204.811.0
Turnout 11,00275.82.3
Registered electors 14,511
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

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Hatch
General election 1895: Gorton [44] [45] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Hatch 5,865 57.9 +9.0
Ind. Labour Party Richard Pankhurst 4,26142.1New
Majority1,60415.8N/A
Turnout 10,12678.19.2
Registered electors 14,511
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1892: Gorton [44] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Mather 5,255 51.1 1.5
Conservative Ernest Hatch 5,03348.9+1.5
Majority2222.23.0
Turnout 10,28887.3+2.9
Registered electors 11,782
Liberal hold Swing 1.5

Elections in the 1880s

Mather William Mather.jpg
Mather
By-election, 22 Mar 1889: Gorton [46] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Mather 5,155 54.5 +1.9
Conservative Ernest Hatch 4,30945.51.9
Majority8469.0+3.8
Turnout 9,46488.7+4.3
Registered electors 10,674
Liberal hold Swing +1.9
General election 1886: Gorton [43] [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Peacock 4,592 52.6 8.0
Conservative Arthur George Egerton4,13547.4+8.0
Majority4575.216.0
Turnout 8,72784.4−0.3
Registered electors 10,334
Liberal hold Swing .8.0
General election 1885: Gorton [43] [44] [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Peacock 5,300 60.6 N/A
Conservative Daniel Irvine Flattely3,45239.4N/A
Majority1,84821.2N/A
Turnout 8,75284.7N/A
Registered electors 10,334
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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Gorton and Denton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which came into being for the 2024 general election, following to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Constituency represented by the father of the House
2015–2017
Succeeded by