| Gorton and Denton | |
|---|---|
| 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 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Andrew Gwynne | Labour | |
| February 2025 | Independent | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Gwynne | 18,555 | 50.8 | −16.4 | |
| Reform | 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] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||