Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Manchester, Withington Borough constituency |
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| Manchester, Withington shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918 |
| MP: | John Leech |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Manchester, Withington 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The current Manchester wards in the constituency are Burnage, Chorlton, Chorlton Park, Didsbury East, Didsbury West, Old Moat and Withington.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the Withington constituency, creating a modified seat from the same electoral wards as above, with the new boundaries following any minor alterations made to the shapes of the wards.
[edit] History
Manchester Withington was once a Conservative stronghold. It even resisted being gained by Labour in its massive landslide victories in 1945 and 1966. However, although Margaret Thatcher helped the Conservative's majority grow in two elections in this seat, by 1987 the seat turned red for the first time and remained so until 2005. The Conservatives have since tumbled into third place and the Lib-Dems have taken many of the former Labour votes.
[edit] Members of Parliament
John Leech is the Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington. He was elected at the 2005 general election, defeating Keith Bradley of the Labour Party who had previously held the seat for 18 years. On the face of it, this was an enormous shock as Labour had an 11,000+ majority; but the seat has a large student population who may have voted Lib Dem in opposition to aspects of Labour's higher education policy. Locally as well, the Liberal Democrats have more councillors: Didsbury, Withington, Chorlton Park and Burnage. Labour control Old Moat and Chorlton.
- Constituency created (1918)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Rei Alfred Deakin Carter | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Dr. Thomas Watts | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Ernest Darwin Simon | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Thomas Watts | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Ernest Darwin Simon | Liberal | |
| 1931 | Edward Fleming | Conservative | |
| 1950 | Frederick Cundiff | Conservative | |
| 1951 | Sir Robert Cary | Conservative | |
| 1974 | Frederick Silvester | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Keith Bradley | Labour | |
| 2005 | John Leech | Liberal Democrat | |
[edit] Election results
| Next United Kingdom general election: Manchester Withington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Leech | ||||
| General Election 2005: Manchester, Withington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Leech | 15,872 | 42.4 | +20.4 | |
| Labour | Keith Bradley | 15,205 | 40.6 | -14.3 | |
| Conservative | Karen Bradley | 3,919 | 10.5 | -4.8 | |
| Green | Brian Candeland | 1,595 | 4.3 | -0.1 | |
| UK Independence | Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley | 424 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Independent | Ivan Benett | 243 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | Yasmin Zalzala | 153 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Their Party | Richard Reed | 47 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 667 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 37,458 | 55.3 | +3.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +17.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Manchester, Withington | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Keith Bradley | 19,239 | 54.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Yasmin Zalala | 7,715 | 22.0 | ||
| Conservative | Julian Samways | 5,349 | 15.3 | ||
| Green | Michelle Valentine | 1,539 | 4.4 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | John Clegg | 1,208 | 3.4 | ||
| Majority | 11,524 | 32.9 | |||
| Turnout | 51.9 | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
