Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)




Coordinates: 53°30′36″N 2°12′07″W / 53.510°N 2.202°W / 53.510; -2.202









































Blackley and Broughton

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Blackley and Broughton in Greater Manchester.


Outline map
Location of Greater Manchester within England.

County Greater Manchester
Population 110,754 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 69,006 (December 2010)[2]
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament
Graham Stringer (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from
Manchester Blackley and part of Salford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Blackley and Broughton /ˈbleɪkli ænd brɔːtən/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Graham Stringer of the Labour Party.[n 2]. He was first elected in 1997 for the former Manchester Blackley and prior to this was Leader of Manchester City Council.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Constituency profile


  • 3 History


  • 4 Members of Parliament


  • 5 Elections


    • 5.1 Elections in the 2010s




  • 6 See also


  • 7 Notes and references


  • 8 External links





Boundaries




Blackley and Broughton electoral wards - Broughton and Kersal part of Salford City Council (left) and Charlestown, Cheetham, Crumpsall, Harpurhey, and Higher Blackley part of Manchester City Council (right).


The City of Manchester wards of Charlestown, Cheetham, Crumpsall, Harpurhey, and Higher Blackley, and the City of Salford wards of Broughton and Kersal.


Formed following the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, this seat is a cross-border constituency with electoral wards from Salford City Council and Manchester City Council. The constituency of Blackley and Broughton is the successor seat to Manchester Blackley.


This is the only seat other than Cities of London and Westminster in Central London that covers two cities, Manchester and Salford.



Constituency profile


The seat covers a mostly urban area with many small parks and two large green spaces, coupled with major roads. Heaton Park, one of the largest municipal parks in Europe, which hosts the annual Parklife concert and Boggart Hole Clough a large ancient woodland in Blackley towards the east. A Diverse constituency which stretches from the city centre's outskirts (Manchester Arena is in this seat), featuring an Asian population in Cheetham and Orthodox Jewish populations in the Salford suburbs of Broughton and Kersal (in which the Conservative vote is strong with two elected Conservative councillors). There is also a number of Irish and Other European residents.


The Constituency overall voted Leave in the European referendum in 2016 and The incumbent, Graham Stringer is a prominent Vote leave campaigner and has displayed dismay at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the party.



History


Results of the Incumbent party

Most of the area has been held by Labour since 1964.[3]


Results of other parties

The Conservatives came second in 2017, with 21.6% of the vote, a 7% increase. This result was good for the Party as they had started to make more ground in Manchester, as shown in vote share increases across the City.


A March 2017 by-election saw the Conservatives win the ward of Kersal within the constituency from Labour and in the 2018 Local Elections notably another Conservative candidate was elected meaning the Conservatives now hold 2/3 Salford City Council seats in the area.


The 2015 general election saw much more than the national average swing (+16.5%) to the UKIP candidate (compared with 9.5% nationwide).


Turnout

Turnout has risen to date, from 49.7% to 56.1% of electors.



Members of Parliament














Election Member[4]
 Party


2010
Graham Stringer
Labour


Elections



Elections in the 2010s

















































































General Election 2017: Blackley and Broughton[5]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Graham Stringer
 28,258
 70.45
 +8.55


Conservative
 David Goss
 8,657
 21.58
 +6.58


UKIP
 Martin Power
 1,825
 4.55
 -11.95


Liberal Democrat
 Richard Gadsden
 737
 1.84
 -0.56


Green
 David Jones
 462
 1.15
 -3.05


Christian Peoples
 Abi Ajoku
 174
 0.24
 N/A
Majority
 19,601
 48.86
 +3.36

Turnout
 40,113
 56.13
 +4.53


Labour hold
Swing
 +0.99








































































General Election 2015: Blackley and Broughton[6][7]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Graham Stringer
 22,982
 61.9
 +7.7


UKIP
 Martin Power
 6,108
 16.5
 +13.8


Conservative
 Michelle Tanfield-Johnson
 5,581
 15.0
 -3.3


Green
 David Jones
 1,567
 4.2
N/A


Liberal Democrat
 Richard Gadsden
 874
 2.4
 -11.9
Majority
 16,874
 45.5
 +9.5

Turnout
 37,112
 51.6
 +2.9


Labour hold
Swing
 -3.0





















































































General Election 2010: Blackley and Broughton[8]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Graham Stringer
 18,563
 54.3
N/A


Conservative
 James Edsberg
 6,260
 18.3
N/A


Liberal Democrat
 William Hobhouse
 4,861
 14.2
N/A


BNP
 Derek Adams
 2,469
 7.2
N/A


Respect
 Kay Phillips
 996
 2.9
N/A


UKIP
 Robert Willescroft
 894
 2.6
N/A


Christian
 Shafiq uz Zaman
 161
 0.5
N/A
Majority
 12,303
 36.0

Turnout
 34,204
 49.7
N/A


Labour win (new seat)


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester


Notes and references


Notes




  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)


  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.



References




  1. ^ "Blackley and Broughton: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 January 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.


  3. ^ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-03-29


  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)


  5. ^ "Blackley and Broughton Constituency - Statement of Persons Nominated & Notice of Poll". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
    Pdf.


  6. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  7. ^ "Blackley & Broughton". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.


  8. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.




External links


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