Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)
Stretford and Urmston | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Stretford and Urmston in North West England | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 73,212 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Stretford, Urmston, Davyhulme, Partington |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Andrew Western (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Davyhulme, Stretford |
Stretford and Urmston is a constituency[n 1] in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since a 2022 by-election by Andrew Western, a Labour MP.
History
Stretford and Urmston was created in 1997 from significant parts of the former constituencies of Davyhulme – a Conservative-held marginal whose last member was the Conservative Winston Churchill (grandson of the former Prime Minister) – and safely Labour Stretford, whose last member was Tony Lloyd (Labour).
The constituency was first represented by Beverley Hughes, who stood down at the 2010 general election.[2] Kate Green, a Labour front-bencher, held the seat from 2010 until she resigned in November 2022 after being nominated as Greater Manchester's deputy mayor for policing and crime, taking over from Beverley Hughes once again.[3][4]
Boundaries
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1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow, Clifford, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Longford, Park, Stretford, Talbot, and Urmston.
2010–2023: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow-St. Martins, Clifford, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Gorse Hill, Longford, Stretford, and Urmston.
2023–present: Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the constituency now comprises the following wards of Metropolitan Borough of Trafford:
- Bucklow-St. Martins; Davyhulme; Flixton; Gorse Hill & Cornbrook; Longford; Lostock & Barton; Old Trafford; Stretford & Humphrey Park; Urmston.[7]
This is one of three seats in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and covers its north and west. As of 2000, the total electorate for the constituency was 72,414.[8]
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged.[9]
Constituency profile
The Conservatives are traditionally strongest in the affluent suburbs of Davyhulme and Flixton, whereas Urmston is often a marginal battle between them and Labour. But in the 2018 and 2019 Local Elections, Labour won every ward in the constituency for the first time ever, gaining Flixton and both Davyhulme wards. These were crucial seats in terms of giving them control of Trafford Council in May 2019. The rest of the wards, which include Stretford and its suburbs, and the areas of Carrington and Partington (Bucklow-St Martins) are strongly Labour. There is significant commercial activity in the north-east of the seat along the ship canal at Trafford Park, which also includes the Trafford Centre, opened in 1998 and is one of the largest shopping centres in the UK.
The seat is also home to Manchester United's Old Trafford football ground as well as the cricket ground of the same name.
The constituency is of approximately average scale in area for Greater Manchester, featuring several green spaces, and is convenient for workers in both the cities of Salford and Manchester. It is the only borough in Greater Manchester to retain state-funded grammar schools, two of which, Stretford Grammar and Urmston Grammar, are in this seat, with the others being in Altrincham in the neighbouring seat.
As to other parties, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP are to date the only parties to have achieved the retention of deposit threshold of 5% of the vote, the former achieving a peak vote share of 16.9% in 2010.
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher the regional average of 4.4%, at 4.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. This in turn was higher than the national average at the time of 3.8%[10]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[11] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Beverley Hughes | Labour | |
2010 | Kate Green | Labour | |
2022 by-election | Andrew Western | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Western | 22,642 | 49.2 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | Mark Cornes | 6,492 | 14.1 | −13.4 | |
Reform UK | Charlotte Faulkner | 5,485 | 11.9 | 8.4 | |
Workers Party | Khalila Chaudry | 4,461 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Green | Dan Jerrome | 4,398 | 9.6 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Clayton | 2,216 | 4.8 | −1.1 | |
Rejoin EU | Jim Newell | 308 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,150 | 35.1 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,170 | 61.4 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 75,153 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Changes in vote share from the 2019 general election*
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Western | 12,828 | 69.6 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Emily Carter-Kandola | 2,922 | 15.9 | –11.7 | |
Green | Dan Jerrome | 789 | 4.3 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Fryer | 659 | 3.6 | –2.4 | |
Reform UK | Paul Swansborough | 650 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Rejoin EU | Jim Newell | 237 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Hazel Gibb | 183 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Freedom Alliance | Christina Glancy | 76 | 0.4 | N/A | |
SDP | Julien Yvon | 74 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,906 | 53.7 | +21.0 | ||
Turnout | 18,418 | 25.8 | –43.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.5 |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Green | 30,195 | 60.3 | –6.5 | |
Conservative | Mussadak Mirza | 13,778 | 27.5 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Fryer | 2,969 | 5.9 | +3.9 | |
Brexit Party | Gary Powell | 1,768 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Green | Jane Leicester | 1,357 | 2.7 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 16,417 | 32.8 | –6.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,067 | 69.4 | –0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Green | 33,519 | 66.8 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | Lisa Cooke | 13,814 | 27.5 | –0.3 | |
UKIP | Andrew Beaumont | 1,094 | 2.2 | –8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Fryer | 1,001 | 2.0 | –0.9 | |
Green | Michael Ingleson | 641 | 1.3 | –3.4 | |
CPA | Rose Doman | 122 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,705 | 39.3 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,191 | 70.0 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Green | 24,601 | 53.0 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Lisa Cooke | 12,916 | 27.8 | –0.9 | |
UKIP | Kalvin Chapman | 5,068 | 10.9 | +7.5 | |
Green | Geraldine Coggins | 2,187 | 4.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Ankers | 1,362 | 2.9 | –14.0 | |
Whig | Paul Bradley-Law | 169 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Population Party UK | Paul Carson | 83 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,685 | 25.2 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,386 | 66.8 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Green | 21,821 | 48.6 | –2.4 | |
Conservative | Alex Williams | 12,886 | 28.7 | –1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cook | 7,601 | 16.9 | +2.9 | |
UKIP | David Owen | 1,508 | 3.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Margaret Westbrook | 916 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Christian | Samuel Jacob | 178 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,935 | 19.9 | –0.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,910 | 64.1 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –0.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beverley Hughes | 19,417 | 51.0 | –10.1 | |
Conservative | Damian Hinds | 11,566 | 30.4 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Faraz Bhatti | 5,323 | 14.0 | +4.0 | |
Respect | Mark Krantz | 950 | 2.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Michael McManus | 845 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,851 | 20.6 | –13.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,101 | 61.5 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beverley Hughes | 23,836 | 61.1 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Jonathan D. Mackie | 10,565 | 27.1 | –3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John R. Bridges | 3,891 | 10.0 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Katie Price | 713 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,271 | 34.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,005 | 54.8 | –14.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beverley Hughes | 28,480 | 58.5 | ||
Conservative | John Gregory | 14,840 | 30.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John R. Bridges | 3,978 | 8.2 | ||
Referendum | Caroline Dore | 1,397 | 2.9 | ||
Majority | 13,640 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 48,695 | 69.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Beverley Hughes to stand down as MP at general election". The Daily Telegraph. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
- ^ Tooth, Jack (17 November 2022). "Stretford and Urmston by-election – what, who, when, where, why?". Messenger Newspapers. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Greater Manchester deputy mayor Bev Hughes to step down". BBC News. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ LGBCE. "Trafford | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Stretford and Urmston". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Greater Manchester", Boundary Commission for England (North West), Boundary Commission for England, 19 July 2006, archived from the original on 30 September 2007, retrieved 3 April 2007
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Stretford and Urmston Constituency" (PDF). Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "2024 Parliamentary General Election Results". Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). Stretford and Urmston. Trafford Council. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF).
- ^ "Stretford & Urmston Parliamentary constituency". bbc.co.uk. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Stretford & Urmston parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Stretford & Urmston". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Stretford and Urmston". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
- Stretford and Urmston UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Stretford and Urmston UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Stretford and Urmston UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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