Denton and Reddish (UK Parliament constituency)

Denton and Reddish
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Denton and Reddish in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	65,684 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Andrew Gwynne (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Denton and Reddish is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Andrew Gwynne of the Labour Party.

Boundaries

The constituency presently consists of an electorate of c.65,500, in eastern Greater Manchester divided among the electoral wards of:

• Audenshaw, Denton North East, Denton South, Denton West, and Dukinfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside
• Reddish North and Reddish South in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport

In historic terms, and in terms of distinct settlements, it covers the former townships of Audenshaw, Denton, Dukinfield, Haughton Green, Heaton Chapel, Heaton Norris and Reddish.

Historic boundaries

Before the seat's creation in 1983 Reddish was part of the marginal Stockport North constituency; the large Brinnington council estate, now in part bought under right to buy was in the Labour safe seat of Stockport South; Audenshaw and Denton formed the core of the Manchester Gorton; and Dukinfield was part of the Stalybridge and Hyde.

From 1983 to 1997 the constituency consisted of the electoral wards of Brinnington, Reddish North, and Reddish South, from the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport; and Audenshaw, Denton North East, Denton South, and Denton West, from the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside.

In 1997 Labour-leaning Brinnington ward was moved out of the constituency and transferred to the Stockport seat, and was replaced with the equally Labour-leaning Dukinfield ward in Tameside.

Historically both Audenshaw and Denton West wards returned Conservative councillors, but this has not occurred since 1992 and 1987 respectively.

In 2005 provisional recommendations of the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review, the Reddish ward was to be repatriated with the Stockport constituency. Denton, Audenshaw and Dukinfield would have been joined with Droylsden East, Droylsden West and the St Peter's, Ashton-u-Lyne wards of Tameside to form a Denton constituency, wholly in Tameside. However, following a public inquiry into Greater Manchester's constituencies held in late 2005, changes to the original proposals for the county were made. It was recommended that the Denton and Reddish seat should remain unchanged with five wards from Tameside (Denton North East, South and West; Audenshaw and Dukinfield) and two wards from Stockport (Reddish North and Reddish South), with slight readjustments to reflect the new ward boundaries introduced in 2004. The new parliamentary boundaries in Greater Manchester took effect at the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Andrew Bennett	Labour
	2005	Andrew Gwynne	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Denton and Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	19,661	50.8	−0.2
	Conservative	Lana Hempsall	9,150	23.7	−1.2
	UKIP	Andrew Fairfoull	7,225	18.7	+13.2
	Green	Nick Koopman	1,466	3.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Jewell	957	2.5	−15.4
	Independent	Victoria Lofas	222	0.6	+0.6
Majority			10,511	27.2
Turnout			38,681	58.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Denton and Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	19,191	51.0	−6.4
	Conservative	Julie Searle	9,360	24.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Broadhurst	6,727	17.4	+1.5
	UKIP	William Robinson	2,060	5.5	+2.3
	Independent	Jeff Dennis	297	0.8	+0.8
Majority			9,831	26.1
Turnout			37,635	58.1	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Denton and Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	20,340	57.4	−7.8
	Conservative	Alex Story	6,842	19.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Allison Seabourne	5,814	16.4	+4.0
	BNP	John Edgar	1,326	3.7	+3.7
	UKIP	Gerald Price	1,120	3.2	+0.4
Majority			13,498	38.1
Turnout			35,442	51.9	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.8

General Election 2001: Denton and Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	21,913	65.2	−0.2
	Conservative	Paul Newman	6,583	19.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Fletcher	4,152	12.4	−0.9
	UKIP	Alan Cadwallader	945	2.8	N/A
Majority			15,330	45.6
Turnout			33,593	48.5	−18.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Denton and Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	30,137	65.4
	Conservative	Mrs. Barbara E. Nutt	9,826	21.3
	Liberal Democrat	Iain C. Donaldson	6,121	13.3
Majority			20,311	44.1
Turnout			46,084	66.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Denton and Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	29,021	55.2	+5.6
	Conservative	Jeffrey Horswell	16,937	32.2	−1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Fred Ridley	4,953	9.4	−7.1
	Liberal	Martin W. Powell	1,296	2.5	+2.5
	Natural Law	John P.G. Fuller	354	0.7	+0.7
Majority			12,084	23.0	+7.3
Turnout			52,561	76.8	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Denton and Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	26,023	49.6	+5.4
	Conservative	Peter Slater	17,773	33.9	−0.1
	Social Democratic	Thomas Ian Huffer	8,697	16.6	−5.1
Majority			8,250	15.7
Turnout			52,493	75.8	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

General Election 1983: Denton and Reddish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	22,123	44.2	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Snadden	16,998	34.0	N/A
	Social Democratic	John Lovet Begg	10,869	21.7	N/A
Majority			5,125	10.2	N/A
Turnout			49,990	72.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Notes and references

Notes

References

Sources

• Election results 1992–2005
• Election results 1983–1992