Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Worsley County constituency |
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| Worsley shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | Year of creation |
| MP: | Barbara Keeley |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Worsley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
A safe Labour seat including mostly working-class areas from the boroughs of Salford and Wigan;the only Tory area of strength here ironically is Worsley itself,a pleasant village with black and white timbered housing,and also Boothstown.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Worsley and Eccles South. This will be fought at the next UK General election.
The existing link between Salford and Wigan for parliamentary purposes has been broken, hence the requirement to alter the existing Worsley seat
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 2005: Terence Lewis, Labour
- 2005 – present: Barbara Keeley, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Worsley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Barbara Keeley | 18,859 | 51.0 | -6.1 | |
| Conservative | Graham Evans | 9,491 | 25.7 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Clayton | 6,902 | 18.7 | +1.2 | |
| UK Independence | Bernard Gill | 1,694 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 9,368 | 25.4 | |||
| Turnout | 36,946 | 53.1 | +2.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Worsley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Terence Lewis | 20,193 | 57.1 | -5.1 | |
| Conservative | Tobias Ellwood | 8,406 | 23.8 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Bleakley | 6,188 | 17.5 | +3.9 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dorothy Entwistle | 576 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,787 | 33.3 | |||
| Turnout | 35,363 | 51.0 | -16.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
