Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wythenshawe and Sale East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency.svg
Boundary of Wythenshawe and Sale East in North West England
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 76,971 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Mike Kane (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Manchester Wythenshawe, Altrincham and Sale, Davyhulme

Wythenshawe and Sale East is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester and the borough of Trafford. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Contents

The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat, and the southern tip of the constituency includes Manchester Airport; the constituency also borders rural Cheshire to the south. The current MP is Mike Kane of the Labour Party who was elected at the 2014 by-election in February 2014. He succeeded Labour's Paul Goggins who died in January 2014, and who had held the seat since its inception in 1997.

53°25′N2°16′W / 53.41°N 2.27°W / 53.41; -2.27

Boundaries

Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1997–2010: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Benchill, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park, and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory, and Sale Moor.

2010–present: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston and Woodhouse Park, and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory 1, and Sale Moor.

1 Renamed Sale Central following a local government boundary review in Trafford which became effective in May 2023. [2] [3]

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged. [4]

The constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East is one of three in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and one of six in the City of Manchester, encompassing three of the five electoral wards in Sale and all five wards of Wythenshawe. The constituency was created at the 1997 general election combining all of the former Manchester Wythenshawe constituency with the Sale parts of the Altrincham and Sale and Davyhulme constituencies.

Constituency profile

The seat broadly comprises two very contrasting areas - the massive post-war built council estate in Wythenshawe (once the biggest in Europe), eight miles south of Manchester city centre, and the eastern half of the more suburban, middle-class and affluent Sale, particularly in Brooklands, the constituency's biggest Tory ward. But the similarly named ward in Manchester is currently held by Labour, as are other areas around Wythenshawe such as Woodhouse Park, Baguley and Sharston, with the Priory and Sale Moor wards from Trafford also usually inclined to Labour. The southernmost Woodhouse Park ward is the largest in size as it contains mostly uninhabited area at Manchester Airport alongside the parish of Ringway, and there are green spaces at Sale Water Park and the park around the Tudor-era manor house Wythenshawe Hall.

The Wythenshawe area has historically suffered from some severe social and economic problems (the former ward of Benchill was assessed as the most deprived in the country in the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000).

Members of Parliament

ElectionsMember [5] Party
1997
2001
2005
2010
Paul Goggins 		Labour
2014 by
2015
2017
2019
2024 		Official portrait of Mike Kane MP crop 2.jpg
Mike Kane 		Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Wythenshawe and Sale East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Kane 20,596 52.6 ―0.7
Reform UK Julie Fousert5,98615.3+9.2
Conservative Sarah Beament5,39213.8―16.2
Green Melanie Earp4,13310.6+7.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Lepori1,9855.1―1.9
Workers Party John Barstow7141.8N/A
SDP Hilary Salt3260.8N/A
Majority14,61037.3+14.1
Turnout 39,13250.3―7.9
Registered electors 77,765
Labour hold Swing ―5.0

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Wythenshawe and Sale East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Kane 23,855 53.3 ―8.9
Conservative Peter Harrop13,45930.1+0.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Lepori3,1117.0+3.7
Brexit Party Julie Fousert2,7176.1N/A
Green Robert Nunney1,5593.5+2.2
Communist League Caroline Bellamy580.1N/A
Majority10,39623.2―9.4
Turnout 44,75958.8―1.2
Labour hold Swing ―4.7
General election 2017: Wythenshawe and Sale East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Kane 28,525 62.2 +12.1
Conservative Fiona Green13,58129.6+3.9
Liberal Democrats William Jones1,5043.3―1.2
UKIP Mike Bayley-Sanderson1,4753.2―11.5
Green Dan Jerrome5761.3―2.5
Independent Luckson Augustine1850.4N/A
Majority14,94432.6+8.2
Turnout 45,84660.0+3.1
Labour hold Swing +4.1
General election 2015: Wythenshawe and Sale East [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Kane 21,693 50.1 +6.0
Conservative Fiona Green11,12425.7+0.1
UKIP Lee Clayton6,35414.7+11.3
Liberal Democrats Victor Chamberlain1,9274.5―17.8
Green Jess Mayo1,6583.8N/A
Monster Raving Loony Johnny Disco2920.7N/A
TUSC Lynn Worthington2150.5―0.2
Majority10,56924.4+5.9
Turnout 43,26356.9+2.6
Labour hold Swing +3.0
By-election 2014: Wythenshawe and Sale East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Kane 13,261 55.3 +11.2
UKIP John Bickley4,30118.0+14.6
Conservative Daniel Critchlow3,47914.5―11.1
Liberal Democrats Mary Di Mauro1,1764.9―17.4
Green Nigel Woodcock7483.1N/A
BNP Eddy O'Sullivan7083.0―0.9
Monster Raving Loony Captain Chaplington-Smythe2881.2N/A
Majority8,96037.3+18.8
Turnout 23,96128.0―26.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 2010: Wythenshawe and Sale East [12] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Goggins 17,987 44.1 −8.0
Conservative Janet Clowes10,41225.6+3.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Eakins9,10722.3+0.9
BNP Bernard Todd1,5723.9N/A
UKIP Christopher Cassidy1,4053.4+0.4
TUSC Lynn Worthington2680.7−0.3
Majority7,57518.5−11.4
Turnout 40,75154.3+3.1
Labour hold Swing −5.9

This is compared to Worthington's performance as the Socialist Alternative candidate at the prior election.

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Wythenshawe and Sale East [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Goggins 18,878 52.2 −7.8
Conservative Jane Meehan8,05122.3−1.7
Liberal Democrats Alison Firth7,76621.5+9.2
UKIP William Ford1,1203.1N/A
Socialist Alternative Lynn Worthington3691.0N/A
Majority10,82729.9−6.1
Turnout 36,18450.4+1.8
Labour hold Swing −3.0
General election 2001: Wythenshawe and Sale East [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Goggins 21,032 60.0 +1.9
Conservative Susan Fildes 8,42424.0−1.1
Liberal Democrats Yasmin Zalzala4,32012.3−0.1
Green Lance Crookes8692.5N/A
Socialist Labour Fred Shaw4101.2−0.9
Majority12,60836.0+3.0
Turnout 35,05548.6−14.6
Labour hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Wythenshawe and Sale East [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Goggins 26,448 58.1 +8.6
Conservative Paul Fleming11,42925.1−9.8
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Tucker5,63912.4−2.1
Referendum Brian Stanyer1,0602.3N/A
Socialist Labour Jim Flannery9572.1N/A
Majority15,01933.0+18.4
Turnout 45,53363.2
Labour hold Swing +9.2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ↑ LGBCE. "Trafford | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  6. ↑ "Wythenshawe and Sale East results" . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Blackley & Broughton Parliamentary constituency". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Wythenshawe and Sale East - Statement of Persons Nominated & Notice of Poll". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council . Retrieved 19 May 2017. Pdf.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Wythenshawe & Sale East". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Wythenshawe by-election: Ukip knocks Tories into third as Labour wins". The Independent . Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Wythenshawe & Sale East". Election 2001. BBC News Online . Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  14. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "General Election result, May 2001: Wythenshawe and Sale East". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "General Election result, May 2005: Wythenshawe and Sale East". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "General Election result, June 2001: Wythenshawe and Sale East". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "General Election result, May 1997: Wythenshawe and Sale East". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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