Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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
CountyGreater Manchester
1983–2010
Number of membersOne
Replaced byWorsley and Eccles South
Leigh
Created fromLeigh
Newton
Farnworth

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. The Wigan Borough wards were returned to the Leigh constituency.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1983 Terry Lewis Labour
2005 Barbara Keeley Labour
2010 constituency abolished: see Worsley and Eccles South

Elections

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1983: Worsley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Lewis 21,675 40.3
Conservative Stanley Windle 17,536 32.6
SDP John Roper 14,545 27.1
Majority 4,139 7.7
Turnout 53,756 74.7
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Worsley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Lewis 27,157 48.1 +7.8
Conservative Veronica Horman 19,820 35.1 +2.5
Liberal David Cowpe 9,507 16.8 −10.3
Majority 7,337 13.0 +5.3
Turnout 56,484 77.2 +2.5
Labour hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Worsley[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Lewis 29,418 52.4 +4.3
Conservative Neil St. C. Cameron 19,406 34.6 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Robert D. Boyd 6,490 11.6 −5.2
Green Philip J. Connolly 677 1.2 New
Natural Law Gregg D. Phillips 176 0.3 New
Majority 10,012 17.8 +4.8
Turnout 56,167 77.7 +0.5
Labour hold Swing +2.4
General election 1997: Worsley[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Lewis 29,083 62.2 +9.8
Conservative Damien R.L. Garrido 11,342 24.2 −10.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Bleakley 6,356 13.6 +2.0
Majority 17,741 38.0 +20.2
Turnout 46,781 67.8 -9.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2001: Worsley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Lewis 20,193 57.1 −5.1
Conservative Tobias Ellwood 8,406 23.8 −0.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Bleakley 6,188 17.5 +3.9
Socialist Labour Dorothy Entwistle 576 1.6 New
Majority 11,787 33.3 -4.7
Turnout 35,363 51.0 −16.8
Labour hold Swing
General election 2005: Worsley[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Keeley 18,859 51.0 −6.1
Conservative Graham Evans 9,491 25.7 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Richard M. Clayton 6,902 18.7 +1.2
UKIP Bernard Gill 1,694 4.6 New
Majority 9,368 25.4 −7.9
Turnout 36,946 53.1 +2.1
Labour hold Swing −4.0

See also

References
  1. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
  5. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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