Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)

Worsley
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Worsley in Greater Manchester for the 2005 general election.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
1983–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Worsley and Eccles South
Created from	Leigh Newton Farnworth

Worsley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The City of Salford wards of Cadishead, Irlam, Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, and Worsley and Boothstown, and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Bedford-Astley and Tyldesley East.

1997-2010: The City of Salford wards of Little Hulton, Walkden North, Walkden South, and Worsley and Boothstown, and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards of Bedford-Astley, Hindsford, and Tyldesley East.

The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Leigh, Newton and Farnworth. This was a safe Labour seat including mostly working-class areas from the boroughs of Salford and Wigan, including Walkden, Little Hulton, Astley and Irlam. The only Tory areas of strength here ironically were Worsley itself and Boothstown.

Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Worsley be merged into a new constituency of Worsley and Eccles South. That constituency was first fought at the 2010 general election.

The previous link between Salford and Wigan for parliamentary purposes has been broken, hence the requirement to alter the existing Worsley seat.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1983	Terry Lewis	Labour
2005	Barbara Keeley	Labour
2010	constituency abolished: see Worsley and Eccles South

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Keeley	18,859	51.0	−6.1
	Conservative	Graham Evans	9,491	25.7	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Richard M. Clayton	6,902	18.7	+1.2
	UKIP	Bernard Gill	1,694	4.6	N/A
Majority			9,368	25.4	−7.9
Turnout			36,946	53.1	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

General Election 2001: Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Lewis	20,193	57.1	−5.1
	Conservative	Tobias Ellwood	8,406	23.8	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Mark Bleakley	6,188	17.5	+3.9
	Socialist Labour	Mrs. Dorothy Edna Entwistle	576	1.6	N/A
Majority			11,787	33.3
Turnout			35,363	51.0	−16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Lewis	29,083	62.2	+9.8
	Conservative	Damien R.L. Garrido	11,342	24.2	−10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Mark Bleakley	6,356	13.6	+2.0
Majority			17,741	37.9
Turnout			46,781	67.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Worsley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Lewis	29,418	52.4	+4.3
	Conservative	Neil St. C. Cameron	19,406	34.6	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Robert D. Boyd	6,490	11.6	−5.3
	Green	Philip J. Connolly	677	1.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Gregg D. Phillips	176	0.3	N/A
Majority			10,012	17.8	+4.8
Turnout			56,167	77.7	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Lewis	27,157	48.1	+7.8
	Conservative	Mrs. Veronica Horman	19,820	35.1	+2.5
	Liberal	David Allan Cowpe	9,507	16.8	−10.3
Majority			7,337	13.0
Turnout			56,484	77.2	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election 1983: Worsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Lewis	21,675	40.3	N/A
	Conservative	Stanley Windle	17,536	32.6	N/A
	Social Democratic	John Roper	14,545	27.1	N/A
Majority			4,139	7.7	N/A
Turnout			53,756	74.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)

↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Constituencies in North West England (75)

Labour (51)	Ashton-under-Lyne Barrow and Furness Birkenhead Blackburn Blackley and Broughton Blackpool South Bolton North East Bolton South East Bootle Burnley Bury South Chorley City of Chester Copeland Denton and Reddish Ellesmere Port and Neston Garston and Halewood Halton Heywood and Middleton Hyndburn Knowsley Lancaster and Fleetwood Leigh Liverpool Riverside Liverpool Walton Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool West Derby Makerfield Manchester Central Manchester Gorton Manchester Withington Oldham East and Saddleworth Oldham West and Royton Preston Rochdale St Helens North St Helens South and Whiston Salford and Eccles Sefton Central Stalybridge and Hyde Stockport Stretford and Urmston Wallasey Warrington North West Lancashire Wigan Wirral South Wirral West Workington Worsley and Eccles South Wythenshawe and Sale East

Conservative (22)	Altrincham and Sale West Blackpool North and Cleveleys Bolton West Bury North Carlisle Cheadle Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Eddisbury Fylde Hazel Grove Macclesfield Morecambe and Lunesdale Pendle Penrith and The Border Ribble Valley Rossendale and Darwen South Ribble Tatton Warrington South Weaver Vale Wyre and Preston North

Liberal Democrats (2)	Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

North West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (3) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 53°31′N 2°25′W / 53.51°N 2.41°W / 53.51; -2.41

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