List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
The ceremonial and metropolitan county of Greater Manchester is divided into 27 parliamentary constituencies—19 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. At the 2024 general election in Greater Manchester, Labour won 25 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 2.
Constituencies
Conservative Party Green Party Independent Labour Party Liberal Democrats Reform UK Workers Party of Britain
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | ||
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Altrincham and Sale West BC | 74,026 | 4,174 | Connor Rand (Lab) | Oliver Carroll (Con) | ||
Ashton-under-Lyne BC | 71,002 | 6,791 | Angela Rayner (Lab) | Robert Barrowcliffe (Reform UK) | ||
Blackley and Middleton South BC | 73,372 | 14,402 | Graham Stringer (Lab) | Alison Devine (Reform UK) | ||
Bolton North East BC | 80,011 | 6,653 | Kirith Entwistle (Lab) | Adele Warren (Con) | ||
Bolton South and Walkden BC | 79,622 | 7,598 | Yasmin Qureshi (Lab) | Julie Pattison (Reform UK) | ||
Bolton West CC | 74,933 | 4,945 | Phil Brickell (Lab) | Chris Green (Con) | ||
Bury North BC | 77,703 | 6,944 | James Frith (Lab) | James Daly (Con) | ||
Bury South BC | 75,339 | 9,361 | Christian Wakeford (Lab) | Arnie Saunders (Con) | ||
Cheadle BC | 74,383 | 12,235 | Tom Morrison (Lib Dem) | Mary Robinson (Con) | ||
Gorton and Denton BC | 74,383 | 12,235 | Andrew Gwynne (Lab) | Lee Moffitt (Reform UK) | ||
Hazel Grove CC | 72,843 | 6,500 | Lisa Smart (Lib Dem) | Claire Vibert (Lab) | ||
Heywood and Middleton North CC | 74,786 | 6,082 | Elsie Blundell (Lab) | Steve Potter (Reform UK) | ||
Leigh and Atherton BC | 79,761 | 8,881 | Jo Platt (Labour Co-op) | George Woodward (Reform UK) | ||
Makerfield BC | 76,641 | 5,399 | Josh Simons (Lab) | Robert Kenyon (Reform UK) | ||
Manchester Central BC | 85,049 | 13,797 | Lucy Powell (Labour Co-op) | Ekua Bayunu (Green) | ||
Manchester Rusholme BC | 72,604 | 8,235 | Afzal Khan (Lab) | Thirza Asanga-Rae (Green) | ||
Manchester, Withington BC | 76,530 | 27,905 | Jeff Smith (Lab) | Sam Easterby-Smith (Green) | ||
Oldham East and Saddleworth CC | 72,760 | 6,357 | Debbie Abrahams (Lab) | Jacob Barden (Reform UK) | ||
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton BC | 75,346 | 4,976 | Jim McMahon (Labour Co-op) | Zaffar Iqbal (Ind) | ||
Rochdale CC | 71,264 | 1,440 | Paul Waugh (Lab) | George Galloway (Workers Party) | ||
Salford BC | 82,202 | 16,327 | Rebecca Long-Bailey (Lab) | Keith Whalley (Reform UK) | ||
Stalybridge and Hyde CC | 72,265 | 8,539 | Jonathan Reynolds (Labour Co-op) | Barbara Kaya (Reform UK) | ||
Stockport BC | 76,625 | 15,270 | Navendu Mishra (Lab) | Lynn Schofield (Reform UK) | ||
Stretford and Urmston BC | 75,153 | 16,150 | Andrew Western (Lab) | Mark Cornes (Con) | ||
Wigan CC | 77,537 | 9,549 | Lisa Nandy (Lab) | Andy Dawber (Reform UK) | ||
Worsley and Eccles CC | 78,643 | 11,091 | Michael Wheeler (Lab) | Craig Birtwistle (Reform UK) | ||
Wythenshawe and Sale East BC | 77,765 | 14610 | Mike Kane (Lab) | Julie Fousert (Reform UK) |
2023 boundary changes
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.[1]
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, approved by the Privy Council on 15 November 2023 and came into law on 29 November.
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 were significant changes made to realign boundaries to revised ward boundaries and ensure electorates are within the statutory range. Denton and Reddish was 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 resulted in name changes as follows:[2][3][4]
Current name | Proposed name |
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Blackley and Broughton | Blackley and Middleton South |
Bolton South East | Bolton South and Walkden |
Heywood and Middleton | Heywood and Middleton North |
Leigh | Leigh and Atherton |
Salford and Eccles | Salford |
Worsley and Eccles South | Worsley and Eccles |
In addition, although unchanged, Oldham West and Royton was renamed Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton.
The following are the constituencies in place following the changes:
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Bolton
- Bolton North East
- Bolton South and Walkden (part)
- Bolton West
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Bury
- Bury North
- Bury South (part)
Containing electoral wards in the city of Manchester
- Gorton and Denton (part)
- Blackley and Middleton South (part)
- Manchester Central (part)
- Manchester Rusholme
- Manchester Withington
- Wythenshawe and Sale East (part)
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Oldham
- Manchester Central (part)
- Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Rochdale
- Blackley and Middleton South (part)
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Rochdale
Containing electoral wards in the city of Salford
- Bolton South and Walkden (part)
- Bury South (part)
- Salford
- Worsley and Eccles (part)
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Stockport
- Cheadle
- Hazel Grove
- Stockport
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Tameside
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Gorton and Denton (part)
- Stalybridge and Hyde
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Trafford
- Altrincham and Sale West
- Stretford and Urmston
- Wythenshawe and Sale East (part)
Containing electoral wards in the borough of Wigan
- Leigh and Atherton
- Makerfield
- Wigan
- Worsley and Eccles (part)
2010 boundary changes
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 boundaries
Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | |
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2010 boundaries
Current name | Boundaries 2010–2023 | |
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Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
2019
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% | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 435,651 | 34.9% | ![]() | 9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 109,555 | 8.8% | ![]() | 0 | 0 | |
Brexit Party | 68,462 | 5.5% | new | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 29,642 | 2.4% | ![]() | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 6,602 | 0.5% | ![]() | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,247,183 | 100.0 | 27 |
Percentage votes
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
Seats
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
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Conservative | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |
Labour | 18 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 25 | |
Liberal Democrats1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
- 2024
Historical representation by party
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.
1983 to 2010
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 88 | 1992 | 95 | 96 | 1997 | 99 | 2001 | 2005 | 05 |
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Eccles | Carter-Jones | Lestor | Stewart | ||||||||
Heywood and Middleton | Callaghan | Dobbin | |||||||||
Leigh | Cunliffe | Burnham | |||||||||
Denton and Reddish | Bennett | Gwynne | |||||||||
Bolton South East | Young | Iddon | |||||||||
Ashton-under-Lyne | Sheldon | Heyes | |||||||||
Makerfield | McGuire | McCartney | |||||||||
Manchester Blackley | Eastham | Stringer | |||||||||
Manchester Central | Litherland | Lloyd | |||||||||
Manchester Gorton | Kaufman | ||||||||||
Oldham C and Royton / Oldham E & Saddleworth (97) | Lamond | Davies | Woolas | ||||||||
Oldham West / Oldham West and Royton (1997) | Meacher | ||||||||||
Rochdale | Smith | → | Lynne | Fitzsimons | Rowen | ||||||
Salford East / Salford (1997) | Orme | Blears | |||||||||
Stalybridge and Hyde | Pendry | Purnell | |||||||||
Stretford / Stretford and Urmston (1997) | Lloyd | Hughes | |||||||||
Wigan | Stott | Turner | |||||||||
Worsley | Lewis | Keeley | |||||||||
Manchester Wythenshawe / Wythenshawe & Sale E (97) | Morris | Goggins | |||||||||
Manchester Withington | Silvester | Bradley | Leech | ||||||||
Stockport | Favell | Coffey | |||||||||
Bolton North East | Thurnham | → | Crausby | ||||||||
Bury South | Sumberg | Lewis | |||||||||
Bolton West | Sackville | Kelly | |||||||||
Bury North | Burt | Chaytor | |||||||||
Hazel Grove | Arnold | Stunell | |||||||||
Cheadle | Normanton | Day | Calton | Hunter | |||||||
Altrincham & Sale / Altrincham & Sale W (1997) | Montgomery | Brady | |||||||||
Davyhulme | Churchill | ||||||||||
Littleborough and Saddleworth | Dickens | Davies | |||||||||
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 88 | 1992 | 95 | 96 | 1997 | 99 | 2001 | 2005 | 05 |
2010 to present
Change UK Conservative Independent Independent Labour Labour Liberal Democrats Workers
Constituency | 2010 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 2015 | 15 | 2017 | 17 | 19 | 2019 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 2024 |
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Heywood & Middleton / Heywood & Middleton North (2024) | Dobbin | McInnes | Clarkson | Blundell | ||||||||||
Leigh / Leigh and Atherton (2024) | Burnham | Platt | Grundy | Platt | ||||||||||
Denton and Reddish / Gorton and Denton (2024) | Gwynne | |||||||||||||
Bolton South East / Bolton South and Walkden (2024) | Qureshi | |||||||||||||
Ashton-under-Lyne | Heyes | Rayner | ||||||||||||
Makerfield | Fovargue | Simons | ||||||||||||
Blackley and Broughton / Blackley & Middleton South (2024) | Stringer | |||||||||||||
Manchester Central | Lloyd | Powell | ||||||||||||
Manchester Gorton / Manchester Rusholme (2024) | Kaufman | Khan | ||||||||||||
Oldham East and Saddleworth | Woolas | Abrahams | ||||||||||||
Oldham W & Royton / Oldham W, Chadderton & Royton ('24) | Meacher | McMahon | ||||||||||||
Rochdale | Danczuk | → | Lloyd | Galloway | Waugh | |||||||||
Salford and Eccles / Salford (2024) | Blears | Long-Bailey | ||||||||||||
Stalybridge and Hyde | Reynolds | |||||||||||||
Stretford and Urmston | Green | Western | ||||||||||||
Wigan | Nandy | |||||||||||||
Worsley and Eccles South / Worsley and Eccles (2024) | Keeley | Wheeler | ||||||||||||
Wythenshawe and Sale East | Goggins | Kane | ||||||||||||
Manchester Withington | Leech | Smith | ||||||||||||
Stockport | Coffey | → | Mishra | |||||||||||
Bolton North East | Crausby | Logan | → | Entwistle | ||||||||||
Bury South | Lewis | → | Wakeford | → | ||||||||||
Bolton West | Hilling | Green | Brickell | |||||||||||
Bury North | Nuttall | Frith | Daly | Frith | ||||||||||
Hazel Grove | Stunell | Wragg | → | Smart | ||||||||||
Cheadle | Hunter | Robinson | Morrison | |||||||||||
Altrincham and Sale West | Brady | Rand | ||||||||||||
Constituency | 2010 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 2015 | 15 | 2017 | 17 | 19 | 2019 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 2024 |
See also
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
Notes
- ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
References
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Green, Charlotte (11 November 2022). "Radical boundaries shake-up scaled back". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Green, Charlotte (9 June 2021). "Nearly every GM constituency boundaries could soon look radically different". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 815-862. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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