Gorton and Denton (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Gorton and Denton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which came into being for the 2024 general election, following to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.^[2] Since 2024, it has been represented by Labour's Andrew Gwynne, who was MP for the Denton and Reddish from 2005 to 2024.

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The City of Manchester wards of: Burnage; Gorton & Abbey Hey; Levenshulme; Longsight.
• The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside wards of: Denton North East; Denton South; Denton West.^[3]

It comprises the following areas:^[4]

• Gorton, Levenshulme and Longsight, previously part of the abolished constituency of Manchester Gorton
• Burnage, transferred from Manchester Withington
• The three wards which make up the town of Denton, previously part of the abolished constituency of Denton and Reddish

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[5]
Party		Vote	%
		30,814	67.2
		8,639	18.9
		2,671	5.8
		2,225	4.9
		1,155	2.5
	Others	324	0.7
Turnout		45,828	61.7
Electorate		74,306

External links

• Gorton and Denton UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West . Boundary Commission for England . 6 July 2024 . dmy .
2. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-30 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
3. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
4. Web site: New Seat Details – Gorton and Denton . 2024-01-05 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.
5. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.