| Worsley | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Worsley in Greater Manchester for the 2005 general election | |
 Location of Greater Manchester within England | |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| 1983–2010 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Leigh Newton Farnworth |
| Replaced by | Worsley and Eccles South Leigh |
Worsley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
[edit]1983–1997: The City of Salford wards of Cadishead, Irlam, Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, and Worsley and Boothstown, and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Bedford-Astley and Tyldesley East.
1997–2010: The City of Salford wards of Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, and Worsley and Boothstown, and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Bedford-Astley, Hindsford, and Tyldesley East.
The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Leigh, Newton and Farnworth. This was a safe Labour seat including mostly working-class areas from the boroughs of Salford and Wigan, including Walkden, Little Hulton, Astley and Irlam. The only Tory areas of strength here ironically were Worsley itself and Boothstown.
Boundary review
[edit]Following its review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Worsley be merged into a new constituency of Worsley and Eccles South. That constituency was first fought at the 2010 general election.
The previous link between Salford and Wigan for parliamentary purposes has been broken, hence the requirement to alter the existing Worsley seat. The Wigan Borough wards were returned to the Leigh constituency.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Terry Lewis | Labour | |
| 2005 | Barbara Keeley | Labour | |
| 2010 | constituency abolished: see Worsley and Eccles South | ||
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Lewis | 21,675 | 40.3 | ||
| Conservative | Stanley Windle | 17,536 | 32.6 | ||
| SDP | John Roper | 14,545 | 27.1 | ||
| Majority | 4,139 | 7.7 | |||
| Turnout | 53,756 | 74.7 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Lewis | 27,157 | 48.1 | +7.8 | |
| Conservative | Veronica Horman | 19,820 | 35.1 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal | David Cowpe | 9,507 | 16.8 | −10.3 | |
| Majority | 7,337 | 13.0 | +5.3 | ||
| Turnout | 56,484 | 77.2 | +2.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Lewis | 29,418 | 52.4 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Neil St. C. Cameron | 19,406 | 34.6 | −0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert D. Boyd | 6,490 | 11.6 | −5.2 | |
| Green | Philip J. Connolly | 677 | 1.2 | New | |
| Natural Law | Gregg D. Phillips | 176 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 10,012 | 17.8 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 56,167 | 77.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Lewis | 29,083 | 62.2 | +9.8 | |
| Conservative | Damien R.L. Garrido | 11,342 | 24.2 | −10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Bleakley | 6,356 | 13.6 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 17,741 | 38.0 | +20.2 | ||
| Turnout | 46,781 | 67.8 | −9.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Lewis | 20,193 | 57.1 | −5.1 | |
| Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 8,406 | 23.8 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Bleakley | 6,188 | 17.5 | +3.9 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dorothy Entwistle | 576 | 1.6 | New | |
| Majority | 11,787 | 33.3 | −4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 35,363 | 51.0 | −16.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Keeley | 18,859 | 51.0 | −6.1 | |
| Conservative | Graham Evans | 9,491 | 25.7 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard M. Clayton | 6,902 | 18.7 | +1.2 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Gill | 1,694 | 4.6 | New | |
| Majority | 9,368 | 25.4 | −7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 36,946 | 53.1 | +2.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". 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 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Worsley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK