Worsley and Eccles South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Worsley and Eccles South
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Worsley and Eccles South in Greater Manchesterfor the 2010 general election
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Location of Greater Manchester within England
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 73,409 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Worsley, Walkden, Little Hulton, Irlam, Cadishead
2010–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Worsley
Eccles
Replaced by Worsley and Eccles

Worsley and Eccles South was a county constituency in Greater Manchester in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented since its 2010 creation until abolition by Barbara Keeley of the Labour Party.

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Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to boundary changes, incorporating in the whole of the town of Eccles, it was reformed as Worsley and Eccles , to be first contested at the 2024 general election. [2]

Constituency profile

The constituency covered the western half of the City of Salford, mostly safe Labour territory, but the seat also contained two of the Conservatives' strongest wards in the relatively affluent areas of Worsley and Boothstown & Ellenbrook; these are also the only two Remain-voting wards in the constituency. Worsley itself is a desirable area with attractions including historic manor houses along the Bridgewater Canal and the recently-opened 150-acre RHS Garden Bridgewater.

The largest town is Walkden, mostly Labour-leaning, and it also includes the Little Hulton council estate. The "Eccles South" signifies the Barton and Winton suburbs of the town of Eccles. In the far south-west of the constituency along the ship canal were the villages of Irlam and Cadishead, separated from the other settlements by swathes of green belt land and farms in the form of Chat Moss, a protected peatland area.

In the 2019 general election, the BBC's exit poll forecast it as a Conservative gain, but it was not in fact among the many leave-supporting red wall seats to fall, and Labour held on although with a reduced, albeit comfortable, majority. [3]

Boundaries

Worsley and Eccles South (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2021–2024

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. [4]

Following council boundary changes that took effect in 2021, [5] the electoral wards included in the Worsley and Eccles South constituency are currently Barton & Winton, Boothstown and Ellenbrook, Cadishead & Lower Irlam, Higher Irlam & Peel Green Ward, Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, Worsley & Westwood Park.

The electoral wards originally making up the seat were named Barton, Boothstown and Ellenbrook, Cadishead, Irlam, Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, Winton, Worsley.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
2010 Barbara Keeley Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Worsley and Eccles South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Keeley 20,446 45.7 −11.4
Conservative Arnie Saunders17,22738.5−0.2
Brexit Party Seamus Martin3,2247.2New
Liberal Democrats Joe Johnson-Tod2,5105.6+3.2
Green Daniel Towers1,3002.9+1.1
Majority3,2197.2−11.2
Turnout 44,70759.4−2.5
Labour hold Swing −5.6
General election 2017: Worsley and Eccles South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Keeley 26,046 57.1 +12.8
Conservative Iain Lindley17,66738.7+8.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Clarkson1,0872.4−0.2
Green Tom Dylan8421.8−1.1
Majority8,37918.4+4.3
Turnout 45,64261.9+3.6
Labour hold Swing +2.1
General election 2015: Worsley and Eccles South [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Keeley 18,600 44.2 +1.3
Conservative Iain Lindley12,65430.1−2.4
UKIP Owen Hammond7,68818.3+13.4
Green Chris Bertenshaw1,2423.0New
Liberal Democrats Kate Clarkson1,1002.6−13.9
TUSC Steve North3800.9New
Reality PartyMags McNally2000.5New
Independent Geoffrey Berg1840.4New
Majority5,94614.1+3.7
Turnout 42,04858.3+0.8
Labour hold Swing +1.9
General election 2010: Worsley and Eccles South [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Keeley 17,892 42.9
Conservative Iain Lindley13,55532.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Gadsden6,88316.5
UKIP Andrew Townsend2,0374.9
English Democrat Paul Whitelegg1,3343.2
Majority4,33710.4
Turnout 41,70157.5
Labour win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Dalton, Tara (12 December 2019). "Regional exit polls show predicted Labour defeat in Worsley and Eccles South". Salford Now. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Greater Manchester". Boundary Commission for England (North West). Government News Network. 19 July 2006. Archived from the original (HTTP) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  5. ↑ "Electoral review of ward boundaries".
  6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  7. ↑ "Statement of persons nominated 2019" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Worsley & Eccles South parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Worsley & Eccles South". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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