Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)
| Altrincham and Sale West | |
|---|---|
| borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Altrincham and Sale West in Greater Manchester | |
 Location of Greater Manchester within England | |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Population | 96,591 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 72,008 (December 2010)[2] |
| Borough | Trafford |
| Major settlements | Altrincham, Hale, Sale, Timperley |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Sir Graham Brady (Conservative) |
| Created from | Altrincham & Sale, Davyhulme |
Altrincham and Sale West (/ˈɒltrɪŋəm/ ⓘ) is a constituency[n 1] in Greater Manchester. Since its creation in 1997 it has been represented by Sir Graham Brady, a member of the Conservative Party. [n 2]
In March 2023, Brady announced he would stand down as an MP at the next general election.[3]
History[edit]
The 1995 Boundary Commission review led to its creation for the 1997 election largely from the old seat of Altrincham and Sale, and has been held since then by the Conservative Graham Brady, appointed by his colleagues the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee (2010 to present).
From 2001 to 2010, it was the only Conservative seat in Greater Manchester, and predecessor seats have always been Conservative. In 1997, local grammar school-educated Brady was elected on a small majority of 1,500. His majority peaked at over 13,000 in 2015 but was reduced in 2017 to just under 7,000. In 2019, it fell further to 6,139, a swing of 0.5% from Conservative to Labour, bucking the trend of large swings in the opposite direction.
Trafford was one of three areas in Greater Manchester to vote Remain in the EU referendum. However, Brady campaigned to Leave.
Boundaries[edit]
1997–2010: The Borough of Trafford wards of Altrincham, Bowdon, Broadheath, Hale, Mersey-St. Mary's, St. Martin's, Timperley, and Village.
2010–2023: The Borough of Trafford wards of Altrincham, Ashton on Mersey, Bowdon, Broadheath, Hale Barns, Hale Central, St. Mary's, Timperley, and Village.
2023–present: Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023[4][5], the constituency now comprises the following wards of Metropolitan Borough of Trafford:
- Altrincham; Ashton upon Mersey; Bowdon; Broadheath; Hale Barns & Timperley South; Hale; Manor; Timperley Central; Timplerley North.[6]
The constituency is one of three covering the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford. It covers the south of the borough, covering the town of Altrincham and the west of Sale. It is bordered by the constituencies of Stretford and Urmston, Tatton, Warrington North, Warrington South, and Wythenshawe and Sale East.
Proposed[edit]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency (based on the ward structure which existed on 1 December 2020) will be unchanged from the next general election (due by January 2025).[7]
Constituency profile[edit]
The economy of the area is diverse and closely linked to the success of private business in the North West.
A highly affluent area, workless claimants who were registered jobseekers, based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian in November 2012, were a lower proportion of Altrincham and Sale West's population, at 2.3%, compared to the national average of 3.8%, and the slightly higher regional average of 4.2%.[8] The constituency includes some of the most expensive residential streets in the North-West England,[9] typified by areas like Bowdon and Hale Barns, which are safely Conservative. Several Black British premiership footballers and millionaire British Asian businessmen and women also live in the constituency.[10]
In the 2023 local council elections, the Conservatives won in three of the nine wards making up the constituency, with Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party each winning two wards.
Members of Parliament[edit]
| Election | Member[11] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sir Graham Brady | Conservative | |
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Brophy[12] | ||||
| Conservative | Oliver Carroll[13] | ||||
| Green | Geraldine Coggins[14] | ||||
| Labour | Ben Hartley[15] | ||||
| Reform UK | Paul Swansborough[16] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 2010s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Brady | 26,311 | 48.0 |  3.0
| |
| Labour | Andrew Western | 20,172 | 36.8 | 2.0
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Smith | 6,036 | 11.0 |  3.3
| |
| Green | Geraldine Coggins | 1,566 | 2.9 | 1.0
| |
| Liberal | Neil Taylor | 454 | 0.8 | 0.2
| |
| Independent | Iram Kiani | 224 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 6,139 | 11.2 | 1.0
| ||
| Turnout | 54,763 | 74.9 | 2.8
| ||
| Registered electors | 73,107 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.5
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Brady | 26,933 | 51.0 | 2.0
| |
| Labour | Andrew Western | 20,507 | 38.8 | 12.1
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Brophy | 4,051 | 7.7 | 0.7
| |
| Green | Geraldine Coggins | 1,000 | 1.9 | 2.0
| |
| Liberal | Neil Taylor | 299 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 6,426 | 12.2 | 14.1
| ||
| Turnout | 52,790 | 72.1 | 2.9
| ||
| Registered electors | 73,226 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 7.1
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Brady | 26,771 | 53.0 | 4.1
| |
| Labour | James Wright | 13,481 | 26.7 | 4.3
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Brophy | 4,235 | 8.4 | 17.1
| |
| UKIP | Chris Frost | 4,047 | 8.0 | 4.8
| |
| Green | Nick Robertson-Brown | 1,983 | 3.9 | New | |
| Majority | 13,290 | 26.3 | 2.9
| ||
| Turnout | 50,517 | 70.2 | 0.9
| ||
| Registered electors | 71,511 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.2
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Brady | 24,176 | 48.9 | 1.9
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Brophy | 12,581 | 25.5 | 3.6
| |
| Labour | Tom Ross | 11,073 | 22.4 | 7.0
| |
| UKIP | Kenneth Bullman | 1,563 | 3.2 | 1.5
| |
| Majority | 11,595 | 23.4 | 7.2
| ||
| Turnout | 49,393 | 69.3 | 1.5
| ||
| Registered electors | 72,208 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.9
|
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Elections in the 2000s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Brady | 20,569 | 46.4 | 0.2
| |
| Labour | John Stockton | 13,410 | 30.3 | 9.1
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Chappell | 9,595 | 21.7 | 7.3
| |
| UKIP | Gary Peart | 736 | 1.7 | New | |
| Majority | 7,159 | 16.1 | 9.3
| ||
| Turnout | 44,310 | 65.9 | 5.6
| ||
| Registered electors | 66,337 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 4.7
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Brady | 20,113 | 46.2 | 3.0
| |
| Labour | Jane Baugh | 17,172 | 39.4 | 0.9
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Gaskell | 6,283 | 14.4 | 1.8
| |
| Majority | 2,941 | 6.8 | 3.9
| ||
| Turnout | 43,568 | 60.3 | 13.0
| ||
| Registered electors | 72,288 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.9
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Elections in the 1990s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Brady | 22,348 | 43.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Jane Baugh | 20,843 | 40.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marc Ramsbottom | 6,535 | 12.6 | N/A | |
| Referendum | Anthony Landes | 1,348 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | Jonathan Stephens | 313 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Richard Mrozinski | 270 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,505 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 51,782 | 73.3 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 70,625 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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[edit]
- ^ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Graham Brady: Tory Chair of 1922 committee to stand down as MP". BBC News. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ LGBCE. "Trafford | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "The Trafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Altrincham and Sale West". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
- ^ Inman, Phillip (17 November 2010). "Unemployment claimants by constituency". The Guardian.
- ^ "The top 10 most expensive streets in the North West revealed". Bury Times. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Barry, Chris (5 February 2007). "From printing T-shirts to £30m food fortune". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N. Media. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ ""I'm a new generation Conservative": Meet the 29-year-old from Hale Barns hoping to succeed Sir Graham Brady at the next election". AltrinchamToday. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Full list of all Green Party candidates at the next general election". Bright Green. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Labour picks candidate to fight seat being vacated by Sir Graham Brady". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Altrincham and Sale West Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Altrincham and Sale West Constituency" (PDF). trafford.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Bloom, Dan (7 June 2017). "Here is every single 2017 general election candidate in a plain text list". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Altrincham & Sale West". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
