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 Greater Manchester | |
![]() Location of Greater Manchester within England | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 70,520 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Stretford, Urmston, Davyhulme, Partington |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Kate Green (Labour) |
Number of members | 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 2010 by Kate Green, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
History[]
It has been represented by the Labour Party since its creation in 1997, originally by Beverley Hughes, who stood down at the 2010 general election. Stretford and Urmston was created 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) who chaired the party while later the member for Manchester Central and was elected, Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester in 2012 and since 2017, MP for Rochdale.[2]
Boundaries[]
1997–2004: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow, Clifford, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Longford, Park, Stretford, Talbot, and Urmston.
2004–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.[3]
Constituency profile[]
The Conservatives are strongest in the affluent suburbs of Davyhulme and Flixton, whereas Urmston is often a marginal battle between them and Labour. 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 also 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 rest 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 is higher than the national average at the time of 3.8%[4]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[5] | Party | |
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1997 | Beverley Hughes | Labour | |
2010 | Kate Green | Labour |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
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 | New | |
Majority | 19,705 | 39.3 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,191 | 70.0 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
Population Party UK | Paul Carson | 83 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 11,685 | 25.2 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,386 | 66.8 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
Christian | Samuel Jacob | 178 | 0.4 | New | |
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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
UKIP | Michael McManus | 845 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,851 | 20.6 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,101 | 61.5 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
Majority | 13,271 | 34.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,005 | 54.8 | –14.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 and references[]
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Beverley Hughes to stand down as MP at general election, The Daily Telegraph, 2009-06-02, retrieved 2 June 2009
- ^ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Greater Manchester", Boundary Commission for England (North West), Boundary Commission for England, 2006-07-19, archived from the original on 30 September 2007, retrieved 3 April 2007
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ^ "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.
- Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
- Politics of Trafford