Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stretford and Urmston Borough constituency

Stretford and Urmston shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Beverley Hughes
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Stretford and Urmston is a constituency 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

A divided seat between Labour-voting Stretford and Tory Urmston. The Urmston area's only Labour ward is Bucklow St.Martins, which contains Partington, a council estate.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 – present: Beverley Hughes, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	19,417	51.0	-10.1
	Conservative	Damian Hinds	11,566	30.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Faraz Bhatti	5,323	14.0	+4.0
	Respect	Mark Krantz	950	2.5	+2.5
	UK Independence	Michael McManus	845	2.2	+2.2
Majority			7,851	20.6
Turnout			38,101	61.5	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.7

General Election 2001: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	23,836	61.1	+2.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	10,565	27.1	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Bridges	3,891	10.0	+1.8
	Independent (politician)	Katie Price	713	1.8	N/A
Majority			13,271	34.0
Turnout			39,005	54.8	-14.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne \| Barrow and Furness \| Birkenhead \| Blackburn \| Blackpool North and Fleetwood \| Blackpool South \| Bolton North East \| Bolton South East \| Bolton West \| Bootle \| Burnley \| Bury North \| Bury South \| Carlisle \| Chorley \| City of Chester \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Crosby \| Denton and Reddish \| Eccles \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Halton \| Heywood and Middleton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley North and Sefton East \| Knowsley South \| Leigh \| Liverpool Garston \| Liverpool Riverside \| Liverpool Walton \| Liverpool Wavertree \| Liverpool West Derby \| Makerfield \| Manchester Blackley \| Manchester Central \| Manchester Gorton \| Morecambe and Lunesdale \| Oldham East and Saddleworth \| Oldham West and Royton \| Pendle \| Preston \| Rossendale and Darwen \| Salford \| South Ribble \| St Helens North \| St Helens South \| Stalybridge and Hyde \| Stockport \| Stretford and Urmston \| Wallasey \| Warrington North \| Warrington South \| Weaver Vale \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral South \| Wirral West \| Workington \| Worsley \| Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West \| Congleton \| Eddisbury \| Fylde \| Lancaster and Wyre \| Macclesfield \| Penrith and The Border \| Ribble Valley \| Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle \| Hazel Grove \| Manchester Withington \| Rochdale \| Southport \| Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) \| Conservative (3) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| UKIP (1)