Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)

Stretford and Urmston
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]
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Kate Green (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Davyhulme, Stretford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Stretford and Urmston is a constituency^{[n 1]} 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 by the people, in 2012, Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester.^[2]

Boundaries

1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow, Clifford, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Longford, Park, Stretford, Talbot, and Urmston.

2010-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 Davyhulme and Flixton, whereas Urmston is often a marginal battle between them and Labour. The rest of the wards, which include Stretford and its suburbs, and the areas of Carrington and Partington (Bucklow-St Martins) are strongly Labour.

As to other parties, the Liberal Democrats are to date the only party to have achieved the retention of deposit threshold of 5% of the vote, however have not exceeded 16% of the vote.

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 as well as near to the Trafford Centre.

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]

The seat is home to Manchester United's Old Trafford football ground as well as the cricket ground of the same name.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[5]	Party
	1997	Beverley Hughes	Labour
	2010	Kate Green	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Stretford and Urmston^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kate Green	24,601	53.0	+4.4
	Conservative	Lisa Cooke	12,916	27.8	-0.8
	UKIP	Kalvin Chapman	5,068	10.9	+7.6
	Green	Geraldine Coggins	2,187	4.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Ankers	1,362	2.9	-14.0
	Whig	Paul Bradley-Law	169	0.4	+0.4
	Population Party UK	Paul Carson	83	0.2	+0.2
Majority			11,685	25.2	+5.3
Turnout			46,386	66.8	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

General Election 2010: Stretford and Urmston^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kate Green	21,821	48.6	–2.8
	Conservative	Alex Williams	12,886	28.7	–1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Cook	7,601	16.9	+3.0
	UKIP	David Owen	1,508	3.4	+1.1
	Green	Margaret Westbrook	916	2.0	+2.0
	Christian	Samuel Jacob	178	0.4	+0.4
Majority			8,935	19.9	-0.7
Turnout			44,910	64.1	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	–0.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Stretford and Urmston^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	19,417	51.0	–10.1
	Conservative	Damian Hinds	11,566	30.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Faraz Bhatti	5,323	14.0	+4.0
	Respect	Mark Krantz	950	2.5	+2.5
	UKIP	Michael McManus	845	2.2	+2.2
Majority			7,851	20.6
Turnout			38,101	61.5	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	–6.7

General Election 2001: Stretford and Urmston^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	23,836	61.1	+2.6
	Conservative	Jonathan D. Mackie	10,565	27.1	–3.4
	Liberal Democrat	John R. Bridges	3,891	10.0	+1.8
	Independent	Katie Price	713	1.8	N/A
Majority			13,271	34.0
Turnout			39,005	54.8	–14.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Stretford and Urmston^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	28,480	58.5	N/A
	Conservative	John Raymond Gregory	14,840	30.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	John R. Bridges	3,978	8.2	N/A
	Referendum	Caroline Dore	1,397	2.9	N/A
Majority			13,640	28.0	N/A
Turnout			48,695	69.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

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. 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, retrieved 3 April 2007
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
↑ "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 17 October 2015. 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.

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Liberal Democrats (2)	Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

North West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (3) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 53°27′N 2°20′W / 53.45°N 2.33°W / 53.45; -2.33

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