Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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![]() Boundary of Wythenshawe and Sale East in Greater Manchester.
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County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 85,058 (February 2014)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Mike Kane (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Manchester Wythenshawe, Altrincham and Sale, Davyhulme |
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European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Wythenshawe and Sale East is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester and the borough of Trafford. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat. The current MP is Mike Kane of the Labour Party who was elected at the 2014 by-election in February 2014. He succeeded Labour's Paul Goggins who died in January 2014, and who had held the seat since its inception in 1997.
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Boundaries
1997-2010: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Benchill, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park; and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory, and Sale Moor.
2010-present: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park; and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory, and Sale Moor.
The constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East is one of three in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and one of five in the City of Manchester, encompassing three of the five electoral wards in Sale and all five wards of Wythenshawe. The constituency was created at the 1997 general election combining most of the former Manchester Wythenshawe constituency with parts of the Altrincham and Sale constituency.
Constituency profile
The seat broadly comprises two very contrasting areas - the massive post-war built council estate in Wythenshawe (once the biggest in Europe), eight miles south of Manchester city centre, and the suburban, more middle-class and affluent areas of Sale. Two different wards in the constituency are somewhat confusingly named Brooklands; on the Trafford side of the seat, it is safely Conservative, while on the Manchester side it is safely Labour, as are virtually all of the wards there. Priory ward was Labour's strongest and safest seat in Sale, until 2015 when Labour Leader Andrew Western was nearly defeated by first time Conservative candidate Michael Taylor. They also have councillors in Sale Moor.
The Wythenshawe area has historically suffered from some severe social and economic problems (the former ward of Benchill was assessed as the most deprived in the country in the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000) and these safe Labour holdings are enough to make this a secure seat for them at Westminster, despite some Conservative strength in Sale. The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats suffered a huge setback at the 2014 by-election, when UKIP pushed them into third and fourth place respectively, though Labour maintained a strong majority (securing more than 55% of the vote) despite low voter turn-out.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1997 | Paul Goggins | Labour | |
2014 | Mike Kane | Labour |
Elections
Election in 2015
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Kane | 21,693 | 50.1 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Fiona Green | 11,124 | 25.7 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Lee Clayton | 6,354 | 14.7 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Victor Chamberlain | 1,927 | 4.5 | -17.9 | |
Green | Jess Mayo | 1,658 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Johnny Disco | 292 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
TUSC | Lynn Worthington | 215 | 0.5 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 10,569 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 43,263 | 56.9 |
Prior elections
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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By-election 2014 [1] Electorate: 85,058 Turnout: 23,961 (28%) -23 |
Labour hold Majority: 8,960 (37%) |
Mike Kane | Labour | 13,261 | 55.3 | +11.2 | ||
John Bickley | UKIP | 4,301 | 18.0 | +14.5 | ||||
Daniel Critchlow | Conservative | 3,479 | 14.5 | -11 | ||||
Mary Di Mauro | Liberal Democrat | 1,176 | 4.9 | -17 | ||||
Nigel Woodcock | Green | 748 | 3.1 | N/A | ||||
Eddy O'Sullivan | BNP | 708 | 3.0 | -0.9 | ||||
Captain Chaplington-Smythe | Monster Raving Loony | 288 | 1.2 | N/A | ||||
General election 2010 [5][6][7] Electorate: 79,923 Turnout: 40,751 (54.3%) +3.1 |
Labour hold Majority: 7,575 (18.6%) Swing: 5.9% from Lab to Con |
Paul Goggins | Labour | 17,987 | 44.1 | -8.0 | ||
Janet Clowes | Conservative | 10,412 | 25.6 | +3.3 | ||||
Martin Eakins | Liberal Democrat | 9,107 | 22.3 | +0.9 | ||||
Bernard Todd | BNP | 1,572 | 3.9 | N/A | ||||
Christopher Cassidy | UKIP | 1,405 | 3.4 | +0.4 | ||||
Lynn Worthington | TUSC | 268 | 0.7 | -0.3[8] | ||||
General election, 2005 [9][10] Electorate: 70,744 Turnout: 36,184 (50.4%) +1.8 |
Labour hold Majority: 10,827 (29.9%) −6.1 Swing: 3.0% from Lab to Con |
Paul Goggins | Labour | 18,878 | 52.2 | −7.8 | ||
Jane E. P. Meehan | Conservative | 8,051 | 22.3 | −1.7 | ||||
Alison P. Firth | Liberal Democrat | 7,766 | 21.5 | +9.2 | ||||
William H. Ford | UKIP | 1,120 | 3.1 | N/A | ||||
Lynn Worthington | Socialist Alternative | 369 | 1.0 | N/A | ||||
General election, 2001 [11][12] Electorate: 72,127 Turnout: 35,055 (48.6%) −14.6 |
Labour hold Majority: 12,608 (36.0%) +3.0 Swing: 1.5% from Con to Lab |
Paul Goggins | Labour | 21,032 | 60.0 | +1.9 | ||
Susan Fildes | Conservative | 8,424 | 24.0 | −1.1 | ||||
Vanessa M. Tucker | Liberal Democrat | 4,320 | 12.3 | −0.1 | ||||
Lance D. Crookes | Green | 869 | 2.5 | N/A | ||||
Fred B. Shaw | Socialist Labour | 410 | 1.2 | −0.9 | ||||
General election, 1997 [13][14] Electorate: 72,086 Turnout: 45,533 (63.2%) |
Labour hold Majority: 15,019 (33.0%) +18.4 Swing: 9.2% from Con to Lab |
Paul Goggins | Labour | 26,448 | 58.1 | +8.6 | ||
Paul Fleming | Conservative | 11,429 | 25.1 | −9.8 | ||||
Vanessa M. Tucker | Liberal Democrat | 5,639 | 12.4 | −2.1 | ||||
Brian Stanyer | Referendum | 1,060 | 2.3 | N/A | ||||
Jim D. Flannery | Socialist Labour | 957 | 2.1 | N/A |
See also
Notes and references
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- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester
- Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997
- Politics of Trafford
- Wythenshawe