Worsley and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)

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Worsley and Eccles
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - Worsley and Eccles constituency.svg
Boundary of Worsley and Eccles in North West England
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 76,915 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Worsley and Eccles
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Michael Wheeler (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Salford and Eccles & Worsley and Eccles South

Worsley and Eccles is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Following completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election. [3] Since 2024, it has been represented by Michael Wheeler of the Labour Party.

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Boundaries

Worsley and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The seat covers the majority of, and replaces, the Worsley and Eccles South constituency - excluding the town of Walkden, which is now part of the new seat of Bolton South and Walkden. The remaining parts of Eccles, together with the town of Swinton, were transferred from Salford and Eccles (renamed Salford). The Wigan Borough ward of Astley Mosley Common was transferred from Leigh (renamed Leigh and Atherton). [5]

1 Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [6] [7] from the 2024 general election, the parts in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan now comprise most of the Astley ward and a small part of the Tyldesley & Mosley Common ward. [5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Michael Wheeler Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Worsley and Eccles [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Wheeler 20,277 47.7 +1.2
Reform UK Craig Birtwistle9,18621.6+14.5
Conservative Bradley Mitchell6,79116.0−22.5
Green David Jones3,2837.7+5.2
Liberal Democrats Jemma (Vella) De Vincenzo1,8514.4−0.9
Workers Party Nas Barghouti4661.1N/A
Independent Danny Moloney4481.1N/A
TUSC Sally Griffiths2410.6N/A
Majority11,09126.1+14.1
Turnout 42,70754.3N/A
Registered electors 78,643
Labour hold Swing −6.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [10]
PartyVote %
Labour 23,05846.5
Conservative 19,09738.5
Brexit Party 3,5417.1
Liberal Democrats 2,6075.3
Green 1,2602.5
Turnout49,56364.4
Electorate76,915

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