Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)

Worsley
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
Seats	One
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
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

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	−7.9
Turnout			36,946	53.1	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

General Election 2001: Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Lewis	29,418	52.4	+4.3
	Conservative	NStC Cameron	19,406	34.6	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	RD Boyd	6,490	11.6	−5.3
	Green	PJ Connolly	677	1.2	+1.2
	Natural Law	GD Phillips	176	0.3	+0.3
Majority			10,012	17.8	+4.8
Turnout			56,167	77.7	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)