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
County	Greater Manchester
1983–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Worsley and Eccles South Leigh
Created from	Leigh 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

Election		Member	Party
	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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

References

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

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.