Stretford and Urmston (UK Parliament constituency)

Stretford and Urmston Borough constituency

Stretford and Urmston shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Beverley Hughes
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Stretford and Urmston is a borough 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.

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The constituency of Stretford and Urmston is one of three in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and covers the north and west of the borough. It contains nine of the Borough of Trafford's wards

As at 2000 the total electorate for the constituency was 72,414.^[1]

General Election 2005: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	19,417	51.0	-10.1
	Conservative	Damian Hinds	11,566	30.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Faraz Bhatti	5,323	14.0	+4.0
	Respect	Mark Krantz	950	2.5	+2.5
	UK Independence	Michael McManus	845	2.2	+2.2
Majority			7,851	20.6
Turnout			38,101	61.5	+6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.7

General Election 2001: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	23,836	61.1	+2.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	10,565	27.1	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Bridges	3,891	10.0	+1.8
	Independent (politician)	Katie Price	713	1.8	N/A
Majority			13,271	34.0
Turnout			39,005	54.8	-14.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Stretford and Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hughes	28,480	58.5	{{{change}}}
	Conservative	John Raymond Gregory	14,840	30.5	{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democrat	John Bridges	3,978	8.2	{{{change}}}
	Referendum Party	Ms C Dore	1,397	2.9	{{{change}}}
Majority			13,271	34.0	{{{change}}}
Turnout			48,695	69.7	{{{change}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne \| Barrow and Furness \| Birkenhead \| Blackburn \| Blackpool North and Fleetwood \| Blackpool South \| Bolton North East \| Bolton South East \| Bolton West \| Bootle \| Burnley \| Bury North \| Bury South \| Carlisle \| Chorley \| City of Chester \| Copeland \| Crosby \| Denton and Reddish \| Eccles \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Halton \| Heywood and Middleton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley North and Sefton East \| Knowsley South \| Leigh \| Liverpool Garston \| Liverpool Riverside \| Liverpool Walton \| Liverpool Wavertree \| Liverpool West Derby \| Makerfield \| Manchester Blackley \| Manchester Central \| Manchester Gorton \| Morecambe and Lunesdale \| Oldham East and Saddleworth \| Oldham West and Royton \| Pendle \| Preston \| Rossendale and Darwen \| Salford \| South Ribble \| St Helens North \| St Helens South \| Stalybridge and Hyde \| Stockport \| Stretford and Urmston \| Wallasey \| Warrington North \| Warrington South \| Weaver Vale \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral South \| Wirral West \| Workington \| Worsley \| Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Congleton \| Eddisbury \| Fylde \| Lancaster and Wyre \| Macclesfield \| Penrith and The Border \| Ribble Valley \| Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle \| Hazel Grove \| Manchester Withington \| Rochdale \| Southport \| Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Conservative (4) \| Labour (3) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1)