The ceremonial and metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies—16 borough constituencies and 11 county constituencies. At the 2019 general election in Greater Manchester, Labour won 18 seats and the Conservatives won 9.
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Greater Manchester from 28 to 27, leading to significant changes in the city of Salford, where the three constituencies of Eccles, Salford and Worsley were abolished and replaced by the two constituencies of Salford and Eccles, and Worsley and Eccles South. Manchester, Blackley was replaced with Blackley and Broughton.
Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | |
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Current name | Boundaries 2010–present | |
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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. [4] Initial proposals were published on 8 June and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission proposed that Greater Manchester be considered as a sub-region of the North West Region, retaining a total of 27 constituencies. However, there would be some significant changes to realign boundaries to revised ward boundaries and ensure electorates are within the statutory range. Denton and Reddish would be broken up and Manchester Rusholme re-established, resulting in major re-configurations of the Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton constituencies, with the latter being renamed Gorton and Denton. Other boundary changes would result in name changes as follows: [5] [6] [7]
In addition, although unchanged, it is proposed that Oldham West and Royton be renamed Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton.
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Bolton
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Bury
Containing electoral wards in the city of Manchester
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Oldham
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Rochdale
Containing electoral wards in the city of Salford
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Stockport
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Tameside
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Trafford
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Wigan
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [8]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Greater Manchester in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 | |
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Labour | 597,271 | 47.9% | 9.0% | 18 | 5 | |
Conservative | 435,651 | 34.9% | 2.4% | 9 | 5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 109,555 | 8.8% | 2.7% | 0 | 0 | |
Brexit Party | 68,462 | 5.5% | new | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 29,642 | 2.4% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 6,602 | 0.5% | 3.0% | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,247,183 | 100.0 | 27 |
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | |
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Conservative | 36.2 | 35.9 | 35.5 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 27.3 | 26.4 | 32.5 | 34.9 | |
Labour | 39.7 | 44.0 | 47.3 | 56.3 | 53.7 | 47.2 | 40.3 | 46.1 | 56.9 | 47.9 | |
Liberal Democrats1 | 23.6 | 19.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.8 | |
Green | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.2 | 16.1 | 2.8 | * | |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.5 | |
Other | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | |
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Conservative | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Labour | 18 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 18 | |
Liberal Democrats1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
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