Wythenshawe and Sale East
Encyclopedia
Wythenshawe and Sale East is a parliamentary constituency
in the city of Manchester
. 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.
and five in Manchester City, encompassing three of the five 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
.
Sale East contains the following wards:
Wythenshawe contains the following wards:
(once the biggest in Europe), eight miles south of Manchester city centre
, and the suburban, more middle-class and affluent areas of Sale
.
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 local election results suggesting the majority of residents in Sale are Conservative
voters.
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
in the city 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...
. It returns one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
, elected by the first past the post system.
Boundaries
The constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East is one of three in the Metropolitan Borough of TraffordTrafford
The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 211,800, covers , and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston...
and five in Manchester City, encompassing three of the five wards in Sale and all five wards of Wythenshawe. The constituency was created at the 1997 General Election
United Kingdom general election, 1997
The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...
combining most of the former Manchester Wythenshawe constituency
Manchester Wythenshawe (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester Wythenshawe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wythenshawe suburb of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
with parts of the Altrincham and Sale constituency
Altrincham and Sale (UK Parliament constituency)
Altrincham and Sale was a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election, and existed between 1945 and 1997.-History:The constituency...
.
Sale East contains the following wards:
- BrooklandsBrooklands, TraffordBrooklands is an area and electoral ward within Sale, in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is to the south-southwest of Manchester city centre and has a total resident population of 9,773....
- All seats Conservative - Priory - All seats Labour
- Sale Moor - Two seats Labour, One seat Conservative
Wythenshawe contains the following wards:
- NorthendenNorthendenNorthenden is a suburban area and electoral ward of the city of Manchester in North West England. It lies on the south side of both the River Mersey and the M60 motorway, west of Stockport and south of Manchester city centre. Northenden is bounded by the districts of Didsbury, Gatley and...
- Two seats Liberal Democrat, one seat Labour - BrooklandsBrooklands, ManchesterBrooklands is an area and electoral ward of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It has a total resident population of 10,779.-Election results:...
- All three Labour - BaguleyBaguleyBaguley is a locality in Wythenshawe, and an electoral ward of the city of Manchester in North West England.Historically within Cheshire, the town is mentioned as Bagelei in the Domesday Book of 1086.-History:...
- All three Labour - SharstonSharstonSharston is an area within the Wythenshawe district of South Manchester, in the North West of England. The area was initially mostly industrial, with the Sharston Industrial Estate taking up a large part of the area which contains a post office , a dairy, and a Bisto factory, and various other...
- All three Labour - Woodhouse ParkWoodhouse ParkWoodhouse Park is a locality in the south of the area of Wythenshawe, in the city of Manchester in North West England.The area incorporates Wythenshawe town centre and borders onto Newall Green but is separated by the M56 motorway from which it is served by Junctions 4 and 5...
- All three Labour
Constituency Profile
The seat is comprised broadly of two very contrasting areas - the massive post-war built council estate in WythenshaweWythenshawe
Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the city of Manchester, England.Formerly part of the administrative county of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s to resolve the problem of its inner...
(once the biggest in Europe), eight miles south of Manchester city centre
Manchester City Centre
Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England. It lies within the Manchester Inner Ring Road, next to the River Irwell...
, and the suburban, more middle-class and affluent areas of Sale
Sale, Greater Manchester
Sale is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, the town lies on flat ground on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of the city of Manchester...
.
The Wythenshawe area has historically suffered from some severe social and economic problems (the former ward of Benchill
Benchill
Benchill is a district of the city of Manchester, England, part of the massive Wythenshawe council estate, approximately eight miles south of Manchester City Centre....
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 local election results suggesting the majority of residents in Sale are Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
voters.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general... |
Paul Goggins Paul Goggins Paul Gerard Goggins is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Wythenshawe and Sale East since 1997, and was a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office.-Early life:... |
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
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