| Worsley and Eccles South | |
|---|---|
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Worsley and Eccles South in Greater Manchester for the 2010 general election | |
 Location of Greater Manchester within England | |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Electorate | 73,409 (December 2010) [1] |
| Major settlements | Worsley, Walkden, Little Hulton, Irlam, Cadishead |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Barbara Keeley ( Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
Worsley Eccles |
Worsley and Eccles South is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The seat is currently held by Barbara Keeley MP of the Labour Party. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will incorporate the whole of the town of Eccles. As a consequence, it will be renamed Worsley and Eccles, to be first contested at the next general election. [2]
Constituency profile
The constituency covers the western half of the City of Salford, mostly safe Labour territory, but the seat also contains two of the Conservatives' strongest wards in the relatively affluent areas of Worsley and Boothstown & Ellenbrook; these are also the only two Remain-voting wards in the constituency. Worsley itself is a desirable area with attractions including historic manor houses along the Bridgewater Canal and the recently-opened 150-acre RHS Garden Bridgewater.
The largest town is actually the town of Walkden, mostly Labour-leaning, and it also includes the Little Hulton council estate. The "Eccles South" signifies the Barton and Winton suburbs of the town of Eccles. In the far south-west of the constituency along the ship canal are the villages of Irlam and Cadishead, separated from the other settlements by swathes of green belt land and farms in the form of Chat Moss, a protected peatland area.
In the 2019 general election, the BBC's exit poll forecast it as a Conservative gain, but it was not in fact among the many leave-supporting red wall seats to fall, and Labour held on although with a reduced, albeit comfortable, majority. [3]
Boundaries
Following its 2006 review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of a modified Worsley constituency, incorporating a part of Eccles, to be called Worsley and Eccles South. [4]
Following council boundary changes that took effect in 2021, [5] the electoral wards included in the Worsley and Eccles South constituency are currently Barton & Winton, Boothstown and Ellenbrook, Cadishead & Lower Irlam, Higher Irlam & Peel Green Ward, Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, Worsley & Westwood Park.
The electoral wards originally making up the seat were named Barton, Boothstown and Ellenbrook, Cadishead, Irlam, Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, Winton, Worsley.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Barbara Keeley | Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Keeley | 20,446 | 45.7 | ―11.4 | |
| Conservative | Arnie Saunders | 17,227 | 38.5 | ―0.2 | |
| Brexit Party | Seamus Martin | 3,224 | 7.2 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Johnson-Tod | 2,510 | 5.6 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Daniel Towers | 1,300 | 2.9 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 3,219 | 7.2 | ―11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 44,707 | 59.4 | ―2.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ―5.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Keeley | 26,046 | 57.1 | +12.8 | |
| Conservative | Iain Lindley | 17,667 | 38.7 | +8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Clarkson | 1,087 | 2.4 | ―0.2 | |
| Green | Tom Dylan | 842 | 1.8 | ―1.1 | |
| Majority | 8,379 | 18.4 | +4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 45,642 | 61.9 | +3.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Keeley | 18,600 | 44.2 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | Iain Lindley | 12,654 | 30.1 | ―2.4 | |
| UKIP | Owen Hammond | 7,688 | 18.3 | +13.4 | |
| Green | Chris Bertenshaw | 1,242 | 3.0 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Clarkson | 1,100 | 2.6 | ―13.9 | |
| TUSC | Steve North | 380 | 0.9 | New | |
| Reality Party | Mags McNally | 200 | 0.5 | New | |
| Independent | Geoffrey Berg | 184 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 5,946 | 14.1 | +3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 42,048 | 58.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Keeley | 17,892 | 42.9 | ||
| Conservative | Iain Lindley | 13,555 | 32.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Gadsden | 6,883 | 16.5 | ||
| UKIP | Andrew Townsend | 2,037 | 4.9 | ||
| English Democrat | Paul Whitelegg | 1,334 | 3.2 | ||
| Majority | 4,337 | 10.4 | |||
| Turnout | 41,701 | 57.5 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
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.
- ^ "North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Dalton, Tara (12 December 2019). "Regional exit polls show predicted Labour defeat in Worsley and Eccles South". Salford Now. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in Greater Manchester". Boundary Commission for England (North West). Government News Network. 19 July 2006. Archived from the original ( HTTP) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
- ^ "Electoral review of ward boundaries".
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated 2019" (PDF).
- ^ "Worsley & Eccles South parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Worsley & Eccles South". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Worsley & Eccles South". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
