Worsley and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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

Constituency profile

The constituency covers the western half of the City of Salford, mostly safe Labour territory, but the seat also contains two of the Conservatives' strongest wards in the relatively affluent areas of Worsley and Boothstown & Ellenbrook; these wards, along with Eccles, were the only wards in this constituency that voted Remain in the EU referendum. Worsley itself is a desirable area with tourist attractions including historic Tudor-style manor houses along the Bridgewater Canal and the 150-acre RHS Garden Bridgewater. Eccles contains the middle-class suburb of Monton while other areas of Eccles, Barton, Winton and Patricroft are relatively working-class. The seat also contains half of the town of Swinton, shared with the Salford constituency.

In the far south-west of the constituency along the Manchester Ship Canal are the villages of Irlam and Cadishead, separated from the other settlements by swathes of green belt land and farms in the form of Chat Moss, a protected peatland area. Further to the west is the Wigan ward of Astley, a residential suburb of Leigh which was previously in the Leigh constituency though its joining with a Salford constituency is not unprecedented, having been included in a historic Worsley constituency from 1983-2010.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

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

• The City of Salford wards of: Barton & Winton; Boothstown & Ellenbrook; Cadishead & Lower Irlam; Eccles; Higher Irlam & Peel Green; Swinton & Wardley; Worsley & Westwood Park.
• The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ward of Astley Mosley Common¹.^[4]

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

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Michael Wheeler	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Worsley and Eccles^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Wheeler	20,277	47.7	+1.2
	Reform UK	Craig Birtwistle	9,186	21.6	+14.5
	Conservative	Bradley Mitchell	6,791	16.0	−22.5
	Green	David Jones	3,283	7.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jemma (Vella) De Vincenzo	1,851	4.4	−0.9
	Workers Party	Nas Barghouti	466	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Danny Moloney	448	1.1	N/A
	TUSC	Sally Griffiths	241	0.6	N/A
Majority			11,091	26.1	+14.1
Turnout			42,543	54.1	N/A
Registered electors			78,643
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	23,058	46.5
	Conservative	19,097	38.5
	Brexit Party	3,541	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	2,607	5.3
	Green	1,260	2.5
Turnout		49,563	64.4
Electorate		76,915