Gorton North


Gorton North is a defunct local government ward in the Gorton area of the City of Manchester. The population of Gorton North ward at the 2011 census was 16,440. Under boundary changes by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England the ward was abolished and replaced with the new electoral ward Gorton and Abbey Hey from May 2018.

Governance

Gorton North is in the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Gorton. It has been represented in Westminster by Afzal Khan since June 2017. The city councillors for the ward are Nilofar Siddiqi, John Hughes and Afia Kamal. Historically Gorton North was a safe Labour seat. Previous Labour councillors for Gorton North were Colin Brierley, Tom Hamnett and Anne Unwin.
;Councillors
Nilofar Siddiqi, John Hughes, and Afia Kamal
indicates seat up for re-election.
indicates ward abolished and replaced with new ward: Gorton and Abbey Hey.

Geography

Gorton North is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Bradford to the north, Ardwick to the east, Longsight and Gorton South to the south and Fairfield, Tameside to the west. It contains Belle Vue Stadium and Gorton Monastery.