Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)

Altrincham and Sale West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Altrincham and Sale West in Greater Manchester.

Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 72,008 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Graham Brady (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Altrincham & Sale
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Altrincham and Sale West is a parliamentary 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. It was created in 1997 largely from Altrincham and Sale, and has been held since then by the Conservative Graham Brady, the Chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee since 2010.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency is one of three covering the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford. It covers the south of the borough, covering the town of Altrincham and the west of Sale. It comprises the Altrincham, Bowdon, Broadheath, Hale, Mersey St. Mary's, St. Martin's, Timperley and Village wards of Trafford council.

The constituency includes the most expensive residential streets outside of South-East England.[2] Despite this wealth, Altrincham and Sale West remains ethnically diverse; as its most affluent wards are home to a significant Jewish community [3] and smaller Muslim communities.[4][5] There are also several Black British premiership footballers and millionaire British Asian businesswomen, like the "curry queen" Nighat Awan, who live in the constituency.[6]

Overall, Trafford was ranked 3rd out of all of the Local Education Authorities in National Curriculum assessment performance in 2007.[7] Absences from Trafford secondary schools in 2006–07, authorised and unauthorised, were 5.6% and 0.8% respectively, both lower than the national average (6.4% and 1.4%).[8] From the 2007 GCSE results, the Trafford LEA was ranked 5th out of 148 in the country – and first in Greater Manchester and the North West – based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*–C grades at GCSE including maths and English (60.8% compared with the national average of 46.7%), this is widely thought to be because of the Grammar School system which is mainly held in South Trafford and is a key issue that Graham Brady has fought for as he is a believer in the system.[9]

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing Altrincham and Sale West seat, with the creation of a seat with the following electoral wards:

Members of Parliament

Election Member [10] Party
1997 Graham Brady Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Altrincham and Sale West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Brady 24,176 48.9 +1.9
Liberal Democrat Jane Brophy 12,581 25.5 +3.6
Labour Tom Ross 11,073 22.4 −7.0
UKIP Kenneth Bullman 1,563 3.2 +1.5
Majority 11,595 23.5
Turnout 49,393 69.3 +1.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Altrincham and Sale West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Brady 20,569 46.4 +0.2
Labour John Stockton 13,410 30.3 -9.1
Liberal Democrat Ian Chappell 9,595 21.7 +7.3
UKIP Gary Peart 736 1.7 +1.7
Majority 7,159 16.2
Turnout 44,310 65.9 +5.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.7
General Election 2001: Altrincham and Sale West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Brady 20,113 46.2 +3.0
Labour Jane Baugh 17,172 39.4 -0.8
Liberal Democrat Christopher Gaskell 6,283 14.4 +1.8
Majority 2,941 6.8
Turnout 43,568 60.3 -12.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Altrincham and Sale West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Brady 22,348 43.2  ?
Labour Jane Baugh 20,843 40.3  ?
Liberal Democrat Marc Ramsbottom 6,535 12.6  ?
Referendum Party Anthony Landes 1,348 2.6  ?
ProLife Alliance Jonathan Stephens 313 0.6  ?
UKIP Richard Mrozinski 270 0.5  ?
Majority 1,505 2.9  ?
Turnout 51,782 73.3%  ?
Conservative hold Swing +4.7

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "Prices surge in England's most expensive street". The Daily Telegraph (London). 8 March 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertynews/7400442/Prices-surge-in-Englands-most-expensive-street.html. 
  3. ^ http://www.hale-jewish-community.org.uk/shule/about/building
  4. ^ Trafford MBC (2006),"Hale Barns Ward Profile".
  5. ^ Altrincham Muslim Association. "Our history in Hale". http://www.ama-online.org.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 
  6. ^ Barry, Chris (5 February 2007). "From printing T-shirts to £30m food fortune". Manchester Evening News (M.E.N. Media). http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/235164_from_printing_tshirts_to_30m_food_fortune. 
  7. ^ "How different areas performed". BBC News. 6 December 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7130024.stm. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
  8. ^ "Altrincham Grammar School for Girls". BBC News. 10 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/07/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/358_5407.stm. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
  9. ^ "How different areas performed". BBC News. 10 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7180228.stm. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
  10. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
  11. ^ Altrincham and Sale West UKPOLLING
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