Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)

Wythenshawe and Sale East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Wythenshawe and Sale East in Greater Manchester.

Outline map

Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 85,058 (February 2014)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament Mike Kane (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Manchester Wythenshawe, Altrincham and Sale, Davyhulme
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Wythenshawe and Sale East is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester and the borough of Trafford. 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.

The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat. The current MP is Mike Kane of the Labour Party who was elected at the 2014 by-election in February 2014. He succeeded Labour's Paul Goggins who died in January 2014, and who had held the seat since its inception in 1997.

Coordinates: 53°25′N 2°16′W / 53.41°N 2.27°W / 53.41; -2.27

Boundaries

1997-2010: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Benchill, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park, and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory, and Sale Moor.

2010-present: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park, and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory, and Sale Moor.

The constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East is one of three in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and one of five in the City of Manchester, encompassing three of the five electoral wards in Sale and all five wards of Wythenshawe. The constituency was created at the 1997 general election combining most of the former Manchester Wythenshawe constituency with parts of the Altrincham and Sale constituency.

Constituency profile

The seat broadly comprises two very contrasting areas - the massive post-war built council estate in Wythenshawe (once the biggest in Europe), eight miles south of Manchester city centre, and the suburban, more middle-class and affluent areas of Sale. Two different wards in the constituency are somewhat confusingly named Brooklands; on the Trafford side of the seat, it is safely Conservative, while on the Manchester side it is safely Labour, as are virtually all of the wards there. Priory and Sale Moor wards have three Labour councillors, each.

The Wythenshawe area has historically suffered from some severe social and economic problems (the former ward of Benchill was assessed as the most deprived in the country in the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000) and these safe Labour holdings are enough to make this a secure seat for them at Westminster, despite some Conservative strength in Sale. The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats suffered a huge setback at the 2014 by-election, when UKIP pushed them into third and fourth place respectively, though Labour maintained a strong majority (securing more than 55% of the vote) despite low voter turn-out.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[2]Party
1997 Paul Goggins Labour
2014 Mike Kane Labour

Elections

Election in 2015

General Election 2015: Wythenshawe and Sale East[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Kane 21,693 50.1 +6.0
Conservative Fiona Green 11,124 25.7 +0.2
UKIP Lee Clayton 6,354 14.7 +11.2
Liberal Democrat Victor Chamberlain 1,927 4.5 -17.9
Green Jess Mayo 1,658 3.8 +3.8
Monster Raving Loony Johnny Disco 292 0.7 +0.7
TUSC Lynn Worthington 215 0.5 -0.2
Majority 10,569 24.4
Turnout 43,263 56.9

Prior elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
By-election 2014 [1]
Electorate: 85,058
Turnout: 23,961 (28%) -23
Labour hold
Majority: 8,960 (37%)
Mike KaneLabour13,26155.3+11.2
John Bickley UKIP4,30118.0+14.5
Daniel Critchlow Conservative3,47914.5-11
Mary Di Mauro Liberal Democrat1,1764.9-17
Nigel Woodcock Green7483.1N/A
Eddy O'Sullivan BNP7083.0-0.9
Captain Chaplington-Smythe Monster Raving Loony2881.2N/A
General election 2010 [5][6][7]
Electorate: 79,923
Turnout: 40,751 (54.3%) +3.1
Labour hold
Majority: 7,575 (18.6%)
Swing: 5.9% from Lab to Con
Paul GogginsLabour17,98744.1-8.0
Janet Clowes Conservative10,41225.6+3.3
Martin Eakins Liberal Democrat9,10722.3+0.9
Bernard Todd BNP1,5723.9N/A
Christopher Cassidy UKIP1,4053.4+0.4
Lynn Worthington TUSC2680.7-0.3[8]
General election, 2005 [9][10]
Electorate: 70,744
Turnout: 36,184 (50.4%) +1.8
Labour hold
Majority: 10,827 (29.9%) 6.1
Swing: 3.0% from Lab to Con
Paul GogginsLabour18,87852.27.8
Jane E. P. Meehan Conservative8,05122.31.7
Alison P. Firth Liberal Democrat7,76621.5+9.2
William H. Ford UKIP1,1203.1N/A
Lynn Worthington Socialist Alternative3691.0N/A
General election, 2001 [11][12]
Electorate: 72,127
Turnout: 35,055 (48.6%) 14.6
Labour hold
Majority: 12,608 (36.0%) +3.0
Swing: 1.5% from Con to Lab
Paul GogginsLabour21,03260.0+1.9
Susan Fildes Conservative8,42424.01.1
Vanessa M. Tucker Liberal Democrat4,32012.30.1
Lance D. Crookes Green8692.5N/A
Fred B. Shaw Socialist Labour4101.20.9
General election, 1997 [13][14]
Electorate: 72,086
Turnout: 45,533 (63.2%)
Labour hold
Majority: 15,019 (33.0%) +18.4
Swing: 9.2% from Con to Lab
Paul GogginsLabour26,44858.1+8.6
Paul Fleming Conservative11,42925.19.8
Vanessa M. Tucker Liberal Democrat5,63912.42.1
Brian Stanyer Referendum1,0602.3N/A
Jim D. Flannery Socialist Labour9572.1N/A

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "Wythenshawe by-election: Ukip knocks Tories into third as Labour wins". The Independent. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  3. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. "Wythenshawe & Sale East". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  5. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. "Wythenshawe & Sale East". Election 2001. BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  7. Kimber, Richard. "General Election result, May 2001: Wythenshawe and Sale East". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  8. This is compared to Worthington's performance as the Socialist Alternative candidate at the prior election.
  9. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. Kimber, Richard. "General Election result, May 2005: Wythenshawe and Sale East". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  11. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. Kimber, Richard. "General Election result, June 2001: Wythenshawe and Sale East". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  13. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. Kimber, Richard. "General Election result, May 1997: Wythenshawe and Sale East". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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