Davyhulme (UK Parliament constituency)

Davyhulme
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Greater Manchester
1983 (1983)1997 (1997)
Number of members One
Replaced by Stretford and Urmston, Altrincham and Sale West, Wythenshawe and Sale East

Davyhulme was a parliamentary constituency in the Davyhulme suburb of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Its territory was then mostly incorporated into the new Stretford and Urmston constituency.

Contents

History

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1983 Winston Churchill Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Stretford and Urmston,
Altrincham and Sale West, Wythenshawe and Sale East

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Davyhulme[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 24,216 48.0 +1.4
Labour Barry Brotherton 19,790 39.2 +8.8
Liberal Democrat Ms. Jacqueline Pearcey 5,797 11.5 -11.5
Natural Law Terence L. Brotheridge 665 1.3 +1.3
Majority 4,426 8.8 -7.4
Turnout 50,468 80.5 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing -3.7

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