Denton and Reddish (UK Parliament constituency)

Denton and Reddish was a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was last represented since 2005 by Andrew Gwynne of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Denton and Reddish
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Denton and Reddish in Greater Manchester
Location of Greater Manchester within England
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	65,684 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Denton, Reddish, Dukinfield, Audenshaw
1983–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Manchester Gorton, Stockport North and Stockport South[2]
Replaced by	Gorton and Denton

The seat was abolished before the 2024 general election.^[3]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 1997-2024

The constituency presently consists of an electorate of about 65,500 in eastern Greater Manchester. In historic terms, and in terms of distinct settlements, it covers the former townships of Audenshaw, Denton, Dukinfield, Haughton Green, Heaton Chapel, Heaton Norris and Reddish.

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside wards of Audenshaw, Denton North East, Denton South, and Denton West, and the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Brinnington, Reddish North, and Reddish South.

1997–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside wards of Audenshaw, Denton North East, Denton South, Denton West, and Dukinfield, and the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport wards of Reddish North and Reddish South.

History

Before the seat's creation in 1983 Reddish was part of the marginal Stockport North; the large Brinnington council estate (now in part bought under right to buy) was in the Labour safe seat of Stockport South; and Audenshaw and Denton formed the core of Manchester Gorton. Before it was added to this seat in 1997, Dukinfield was part of Stalybridge and Hyde.

Historically both Audenshaw and Denton West wards returned Conservative councillors, but this has not occurred since 1992 and 1987 respectively.

In the 2005 provisional recommendations of the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review, Reddish was to be repatriated with the Stockport constituency. Denton, Audenshaw and Dukinfield would have been joined with Droylsden East, Droylsden West and the St Peter's, Ashton-under-Lyne wards of Tameside to form a Denton constituency, wholly in Tameside. However, following a public inquiry into Greater Manchester's constituencies held in late 2005, changes to the original proposals for the county were made. It was recommended that the Denton and Reddish seat should remain unchanged, with slight readjustments to reflect the new ward boundaries introduced in 2004. The new parliamentary boundaries in Greater Manchester took effect at the 2010 general election.

Proposed abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways:^[3]

• Denton combined with the City of Manchester wards of Burnage, Gorton and Abbey Hey, Levenshulme and Longsight, to form the new constituency of Gorton and Denton
• Reddish transferred to Stockport
• Audenshaw and Dukinfield transferred to Ashton-under-Lyne

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[4]	Party
	1983	Andrew Bennett	Labour
	2005	Andrew Gwynne	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Denton and Reddish^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	19,317	50.1	―13.4
	Conservative	Iain Bott	13,142	34.1	+6.1
	Brexit Party	Martin Power	3,039	7.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hardwick	1,642	4.3	+2.1
	Green	Gary Lawson	1,124	2.9	+1.7
	Monster Raving Loony	Farmin Lord F'Tang F'tang Dave	324	0.8	+0.3
Majority			6,175	16.0	―19.5
Turnout			38,588	58.3	―2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	―9.7

General election 2017: Denton and Reddish^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	25,161	63.5	+12.7
	Conservative	Rozila Kana	11,084	28.0	+4.3
	UKIP	Josh Seddon	1,798	4.5	―14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Ankers	853	2.2	―0.3
	Green	Gareth Hayes	486	1.2	―2.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Farmin Lord Dave 1st of Haughton	217	0.5	New
Majority			14,077	35.5	+8.3
Turnout			39,599	61.1	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

General election 2015: Denton and Reddish^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	19,661	50.8	―0.2
	Conservative	Lana Hempsall	9,150	23.7	―1.2
	UKIP	Andrew Fairfoull	7,225	18.7	+13.2
	Green	Nick Koopman	1,466	3.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	957	2.5	―14.9
	Independent	Victoria Lofas	222	0.6	New
Majority			10,511	27.1	+1.0
Turnout			38,681	58.1	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

General election 2010: Denton and Reddish^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	19,191	51.0	―6.4
	Conservative	Julie Searle	9,360	24.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Broadhurst	6,727	17.4	+1.5
	UKIP	William Robinson	2,060	5.5	+2.3
	Independent	Jeff Dennis	297	0.8	New
Majority			9,831	26.1	―12.0
Turnout			37,635	58.1	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	―6.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Denton and Reddish^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Gwynne	20,340	57.4	―7.8
	Conservative	Alexander Story	6,842	19.3	―0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Seabourne	5,814	16.4	+4.0
	BNP	John Edgar	1,326	3.7	New
	UKIP	Gerald Price	1,120	3.2	+0.4
Majority			13,498	38.1	―7.5
Turnout			35,442	51.9	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	―3.8

General election 2001: Denton and Reddish^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	21,913	65.2	―0.2
	Conservative	Paul Newman	6,583	19.6	―1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Fletcher	4,152	12.4	―0.9
	UKIP	Alan Cadwallader	945	2.8	New
Majority			15,330	45.6	+1.5
Turnout			33,593	48.5	―18.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Denton and Reddish^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	30,137	65.4
	Conservative	Barbara Nutt	9,826	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Donaldson	6,121	13.3
Majority			20,311	44.1
Turnout			46,084	66.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Denton and Reddish^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	29,021	55.2	+5.6
	Conservative	Jeffrey Horswell	16,937	32.2	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Horace Ridley	4,953	9.4	−7.2
	Liberal	Martin Powell	1,296	2.5	New
	Natural Law	John Fuller	354	0.7	New
Majority			12,084	23.0	+7.3
Turnout			52,561	76.8	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Denton and Reddish^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	26,023	49.6	+5.4
	Conservative	Peter Slater	17,773	33.9	−0.1
	SDP	Thomas Huffer	8,697	16.6	−5.1
Majority			8,250	15.7	+5.5
Turnout			52,493	75.8	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

General election 1983: Denton and Reddish^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Bennett	22,123	44.2
	Conservative	John Snadden	16,998	34.0
	SDP	John Begg	10,869	21.7
Majority			5,125	10.2
Turnout			49,990	72.5
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.