Gorton and Denton | |
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Borough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Gorton and Denton in North West England | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 74,306 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Gorton andDenton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Andrew Gwynne (Independent) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Manchester Gorton,Manchester Withington (part), &Denton and Reddish (part) |
Gorton and Denton is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theParliament of the United Kingdom, which came into being for the2024 general election, following to the2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies.[2] Since 2024, it has been represented byAndrew Gwynne, who was MP forDenton and Reddish from 2005 to 2024.
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the following areas:[4]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Andrew Gwynne | Labour | |
February 2025 | Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Gwynne | 18,555 | 50.8 | −16.4 | |
Reform UK | Lee Moffitt | 5,142 | 14.1 | +9.2 | |
Green | Amanda Gardner | 4,810 | 13.2 | +10.7 | |
Workers Party | Amir Burney | 3,766 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ruth Welsh | 2,888 | 7.9 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Reid | 1,399 | 3.8 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 13,413 | 36.7 | −11.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,560 | 46.8 | −14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 78,125 | ||||
Labourhold | Swing | −12.8 |
2019notional result[8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 30,814 | 67.2 | |
Conservative | 8,639 | 18.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,671 | 5.8 | |
Brexit Party | 2,225 | 4.9 | |
Green | 1,155 | 2.5 | |
Others | 324 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 45,828 | 61.7 | |
Electorate | 74,306 |