Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Worsley
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Worsley in Greater Manchesterfor the 2005 general election
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Location of Greater Manchester within England
County Greater Manchester
1983–2010
SeatsOne
Created from Leigh
Newton
Farnworth
Replaced by Worsley and Eccles South
Leigh

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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Boundaries

1983–1997: The City of Salford wards of Cadishead, Irlam, Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, and Worsley and Boothstown, and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Bedford-Astley and Tyldesley East.

1997–2010: The City of Salford wards of Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, and Worsley and Boothstown, and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Bedford-Astley, Hindsford, and Tyldesley East.

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.

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. The Wigan Borough wards were returned to the Leigh constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1983 Terry Lewis Labour
2005 Barbara Keeley Labour
2010 constituency abolished: see Worsley and Eccles South

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Worsley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Lewis 21,675 40.3
Conservative Stanley Windle17,53632.6
SDP John Roper 14,54527.1
Majority4,1397.7
Turnout 53,75674.7
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Worsley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Lewis 27,157 48.1 +7.8
Conservative Veronica Horman19,82035.1+2.5
Liberal David Cowpe9,50716.8−10.3
Majority7,33713.0+5.3
Turnout 56,48477.2+2.5
Labour hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Worsley [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Lewis 29,418 52.4 +4.3
Conservative Neil St. C. Cameron19,40634.6−0.5
Liberal Democrats Robert D. Boyd6,49011.6−5.2
Green Philip J. Connolly6771.2New
Natural Law Gregg D. Phillips1760.3New
Majority10,01217.8+4.8
Turnout 56,16777.7+0.5
Labour hold Swing +2.4
General election 1997: Worsley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Lewis 29,083 62.2 +9.8
Conservative Damien R.L. Garrido11,34224.2−10.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Bleakley6,35613.6+2.0
Majority17,74138.0+20.2
Turnout 46,78167.8−9.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Worsley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Lewis 20,193 57.1 −5.1
Conservative Tobias Ellwood 8,40623.8−0.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Bleakley6,18817.5+3.9
Socialist Labour Dorothy Entwistle5761.6New
Majority11,78733.3−4.7
Turnout 35,36351.0−16.8
Labour hold Swing
General election 2005: Worsley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Keeley 18,859 51.0 −6.1
Conservative Graham Evans 9,49125.7+1.9
Liberal Democrats Richard M. Clayton6,90218.7+1.2
UKIP Bernard Gill1,6944.6New
Majority9,36825.4−7.9
Turnout 36,94653.1+2.1
Labour hold Swing −4.0

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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