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Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)

Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards


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.

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History

Stretford and Urmston was created in 1997 from significant parts of the former constituencies of Davyhulme – whose last member was the Conservative Winston Churchill (grandson of the former Prime Minister) – and 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.[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–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow-St. Martins, Clifford, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Gorse Hill, Longford, Stretford, and Urmston.

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.[5]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged.[6]

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%[7]

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

References

  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. Tooth, Jack (17 November 2022). "Stretford and Urmston by-election – what, who, when, where, why?". Messenger Newspapers. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. "Greater Manchester deputy mayor Bev Hughes to step down". BBC News. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. "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
  5. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  6. "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.
  7. "Stretford & Urmston Parliamentary constituency". bbc.co.uk. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  8. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. "Stretford & Urmston". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  10. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. "Stretford and Urmston". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  12. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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