Theceremonial andmetropolitan county ofGreater Manchester is divided into 27parliamentary constituencies—19borough constituencies and 8county constituencies. At the2024 general election in Greater Manchester,Labour won 25 seats and theLiberal Democrats won 2.
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See2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the2024 general election, theBoundary Commission for England proposed that Greater Manchester be considered as a sub-region of the North West Region, retaining a total of 27 constituencies. However, there were significant changes made to realign boundaries to revised ward boundaries and ensure electorates were within the statutory range.Denton and Reddish was abolished and broken up andManchester Rusholme re-established, resulting in major re-configurations of theManchester Central andManchester Gorton constituencies, with the latter being renamedGorton and Denton. Other boundary changes resulted in name changes as follows:[1][2][3]
In addition, although unchanged,Oldham West and Royton was renamedOldham West, Chadderton and Royton.
The following are the constituencies in place following the changes:
Containing electoral wards in the borough ofBolton
Containing electoral wards in the borough ofBury
Containing electoral wards in the city ofManchester
Containing electoral wards in the borough ofOldham
Containing electoral wards in the borough ofRochdale
Containing electoral wards in the city ofSalford
Containing electoral wards in the borough ofStockport
Containing electoral wards in the borough ofTameside
Containing electoral wards in the borough ofTrafford
Containing electoral wards in the borough ofWigan
Under theFifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, theBoundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in Greater Manchester from 28 to 27, leading to significant changes in the city of Salford, where the three constituencies ofEccles,Salford andWorsley were abolished and replaced by the two constituencies ofSalford and Eccles, andWorsley and Eccles South.Manchester, Blackley was replaced withBlackley and Broughton.
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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Greater Manchester in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 471,074 | 42.8% |  5.1% | 25 |  7 | |
| Reform | 191,257 | 17.4% | 11.9% | 0 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 173,735 | 15.8% | 19.1% | 0 | 9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 95,978 | 8.7% | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Green | 89,203 | 8.1% | 5.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 79,496 | 7.2% | 6.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,100,743 | 100.0 | 27 | |||
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Greater Manchester in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 597,271 | 47.9% | 9.0% | 18 | 5 | |
| Conservative | 435,651 | 34.9% | 2.4% | 9 | 5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 109,555 | 8.8% | 2.7% | 0 | 0 | |
| Brexit Party | 68,462 | 5.5% | new | 0 | 0 | |
| Green | 29,642 | 2.4% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 6,602 | 0.5% | 3.0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,247,183 | 100.0 | 27 | |||
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
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| Labour | 39.7 | 44.0 | 47.3 | 56.3 | 53.7 | 47.2 | 40.3 | 46.1 | 56.9 | 47.9 | 42.8 | |
| Reform1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.5 | 17.4 | |
| Conservative | 36.2 | 35.9 | 35.5 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 27.3 | 26.4 | 32.5 | 34.9 | 15.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats2 | 23.6 | 19.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 8.7 | |
| Green | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 8.1 | |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.2 | 16.1 | 2.8 | * | * | |
| Other | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 7.2 | |
1As the Brexit Party in 201921983 & 1987 -SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | |
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| Labour | 18 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 25 | |
| Liberal Democrats1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Conservative | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | |
11983 & 1987 -SDP-Liberal Alliance
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