Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Manchester, Gorton Borough constituency |
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| Manchester, Gorton shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Gerald Kaufman |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
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 (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
It covers the Manchester City Council wards of Fallowfield, Gorton North, Gorton South, Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme and Whalley Range. The current boundaries have been in place since 2006. Prior to the 1983 reorganisation of constituency boundaries, the seat contained the townships of Audenshaw and Denton in Tameside Metropolitan Borough, together with the Manchester wards of Gorton North and Gorton South only. Manchester, Gorton has a strong Labour history with a Labour MP elected at every election since 1906 except 1931. The Liberal Democrats did well in 2005, but lost 4 seats in 2006 retaining only Levenshulme and Rusholme. The constituency includes a large student population who tend not to vote, especially in local elections and an increasing population of people from Asia and Africa. Gerald Kaufman, having been Member for over 35 years, is reckoned to have a large personal vote.[citation needed]
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Richard Peacock | Liberal | |
| 1889 by-election | Sir William Mather | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Ernest Frederic George Hatch | Conservative | |
| 1904 | Liberal | ||
| 1906 | John Hodge | Labour | |
| 1923 | Joseph Compton | Labour | |
| 1931 | Eric Bailey | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Joseph Compton | Labour | |
| 1937 by-election | William Wedgewood Benn | Labour | |
| 1942 by-election | William Oldfield | Labour | |
| 1955 | Konni Zilliacus | Labour | |
| 1967 by-election | Kenneth Marks | Labour | |
| 1983 | Sir Gerald Kaufman | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2000s
| General Election 2005: Manchester, Gorton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gerald Kaufman | 15,480 | 53.2 | -9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Qassim Afzal | 9,672 | 33.2 | +11.9 | |
| Conservative | Amanda Byrne | 2,848 | 9.8 | -0.1 | |
| UK Independence | Gregg Beaman | 783 | 2.7 | +1.0 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | Dan Waller | 181 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Resolutionist Party | Matthew Kay | 159 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 5,808 | 19.9 | |||
| Turnout | 29,123 | 45.0 | +2.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -10.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Manchester, Gorton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gerald Kaufman | 17,099 | 62.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dr Jackie Pearcey | 5,795 | 21.3 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Causer | 2,705 | 9.9 | ||
| Green | Bruce Bingham | 835 | 3.1 | ||
| UK Independence | Rashid Bhatti | 462 | 1.7 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Kirsty Muir | 333 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 11,304 | 41.5 | |||
| Turnout | 42.7 | ||||
[edit] Sources
- Historical list of MPs, accessed 10 January, 2006
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
