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Revision as of 20:27, 7 January 2011
Worsley | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Worsley in Greater Manchester for the 2005 general election | |
![]() Location of Greater Manchester within England | |
County | Greater Manchester |
1983–2010 | |
Created from | Leigh Newton Farnworth |
Replaced by | Worsley and Eccles South |
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.
Boundaries
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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Terry Lewis | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2005 | Barbara Keeley | Labour |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Worsley and Eccles South |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barbara Keeley | 18,859 | 51.0 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Graham Evans | 9,491 | 25.7 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Clayton | 6,902 | 18.7 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Bernard Gill | 1,694 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 9,368 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 36,946 | 53.1 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terence Lewis | 20,193 | 57.1 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 8,406 | 23.8 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Bleakley | 6,188 | 17.5 | +3.9 | |
Socialist Labour | Dorothy Entwistle | 576 | 1.6 | K.A. | |
Majority | 11,787 | 33.3 | |||
Turnout | 35,363 | 51.0 | −16.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |