Gorton South is a Local Government

Local government

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 ward in the Gorton

Gorton

Gorton is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. It is located to the southeast of Manchester city centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme....

 area of the City

City

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 of Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

. The current councillors are Peter Cookson (Labour), Julie Reid (Labour) and Charles Glover (Liberal Democrat). The area was previously represented by James Ashley

James Ashley (politician)

James Ashley was a Liberal Democrat politician in the City of Manchester, England. He was the Lord Mayor of Manchester, and a councillor in the Gorton South ward.-Personal life:...

 who was Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor

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 of Manchester at the time of his death in 2006. Former councillors include Simon Ashley (Liberal Democrat) who lost his seat to Peter Cookson in the election of 2011, John Bridges (Liberal democrat) who lost his seat to Julie Reid in the election of 2010, and Bernard Stone (Labour). Ellen Wilkinson the educational reformer was a previous Labour councillor in Gorton South.

Gorton South is in the Manchester Gorton parliamentary constituency

Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester, Gorton is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-1885–1918:...

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