Denton and Reddish (UK Parliament constituency)

Denton and Reddish is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Situated in eastern Greater Manchester, with an electorate of around 68,000, the constituency of Denton and Reddish contains the council wards of Audenshaw, Denton North East, Denton South, Denton West and Dukinfield from Tameside Metropolitan Borough and Reddish North and Reddish South from Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. It covers the former townships of Audenshaw, Denton, Dukinfield, Haughton Green, Heaton Chapel, Heaton Norris, Lancashire Hill and Reddish. It has existed as a Parliamentary Constituency since 1983. In 1997, the Labour leaning Brinnington Ward (Stockport MBC) was transferred out of the constituency, into the Stockport seat, and was replaced with the equally Labour leaning Dukinfield Ward in Tameside.

Related Topics:
Greater Manchester - Tameside - Stockport - Audenshaw - Denton - Dukinfield - Reddish

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Prior to the seat's creation in 1983, the Stockport part of the seat was contained within the Conservative-Labour marginal Stockport North Constituency. Audenshaw and Denton formed the main part of the Manchester Gorton Constituency. Dukinfield, prior to 1997 was part of the Stalybridge and Hyde seat.

Related Topics:
Audenshaw - Denton - Manchester Gorton - Dukinfield - Stalybridge - Hyde

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In the Boundary Commission's provisional recommendations for parliamentary constituencies, published in 2005, the Reddish part of the constituency will be re-patriated with the rest of Stockport. Denton, Audenshaw and Dukinfield will be joined with Droylsden East, West and the St. Peter's Wards in Tameside to form the 'Denton Borough Constituency', wholly in Tameside. It is expected the new seat would remain a Labour Party stronghold. The Boundary Commission's proposals are currently the subject of a public inquiry. If approved, the new boundaries would be in force at the next General Election, expected in 2009/10.

Related Topics:
Reddish - Stockport - Denton - Audenshaw - Dukinfield - Droylsden - Tameside - Labour Party - General Election

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