Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)


Stretford and Urmston is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Kate Green, a member of the Labour Party.

History

It has been represented by the Labour Party since its creation in 1997, originally by Beverley Hughes, who stood down at the 2010 general election. Stretford and Urmston was created from significant parts of the former constituencies of Davyhulme - whose last member was the Conservative Winston Churchill and Stretford - whose last member was Tony Lloyd who chaired the party while later the member for Manchester Central and was elected, Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester in 2012 and since 2017, MP for Rochdale.

Boundaries

1997–2004: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow, Clifford, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Longford, Park, Stretford, Talbot, and Urmston.
2004–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow-St. Martins, Clifford, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Gorse Hill, Longford, Stretford, and Urmston.
This is one of three seats in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and covers its north and west. As of 2000, the total electorate for the constituency was 72,414.

Constituency profile

The Conservatives are strongest in the affluent suburbs of Davyhulme and Flixton, whereas Urmston is often a marginal battle between them and Labour. The 2019 Local Elections saw most of these seats gained by Labour, giving them control of Trafford Council. The rest of the wards, which include Stretford and its suburbs, and the areas of Carrington and Partington are strongly Labour. There is significant commercial activity in the north-east of the seat along the ship canal at Trafford Park, which also includes the Trafford Centre, opened in 1998 and is one of the largest shopping centres in the UK.
The seat is also home to Manchester United's Old Trafford football ground as well as the cricket ground of the same name.
The constituency is of approximately average scale in area for Greater Manchester, featuring several green spaces and is convenient for workers in both the cities of Salford and Manchester. It is also one of the only borough in Greater Manchester to retain state-funded Grammar Schools, two of which, Stretford Grammar and Urmston Grammar, are in this seat, with the rest being in Altrincham in the neighbouring seat.
As to other parties, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP are to date the only parties to have achieved the retention of deposit threshold of 5% of the vote, the former achieving a peak vote share of 16.9% in 2010.
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 higher the regional average of 4.4%, at 4.6% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. This in turn is higher than the national average at the time of 3.8%

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s