Wythenshawe and Sale East is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester and the borough of Trafford. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Wythenshawe and Sale East borders rural Cheshire to the south, and its southern tip includes Manchester Airport. The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat; the current MP is Mike Kane, who was elected at the 2014 by-election in February 2014. He succeeded Paul Goggins, who died in January 2014 having held the seat for Labour since its inception in 1997.

Boundaries

1997–2010: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Benchill, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park, and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory, and Sale Moor.

2010–present: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston and Woodhouse Park, and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory<sup>1</sup>, and Sale Moor.

<sup>1</sup> Renamed Sale Central following a local government boundary review in Trafford which became effective in May 2023.

The 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.

The constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East is one of three in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford and one of six in the City of Manchester, encompassing three of the five electoral wards in Sale and all five wards of Wythenshawe. The constituency was created at the 1997 general election, combining all of the former Manchester Wythenshawe constituency with the Sale parts of the Altrincham and Sale and Davyhulme constituencies.

Constituency profile

The seat broadly comprises two very contrasting areas – the massive post-war built council estate in Wythenshawe (which once was the biggest in Europe), eight miles south of Manchester city centre, and the eastern half of the more suburban, middle-class and affluent Sale, particularly in Brooklands, the constituency's biggest Tory ward. However, the Brooklands ward in Manchester is currently held by Labour, as are other areas around Wythenshawe such as Woodhouse Park, Baguley and Sharston, with the Priory and Sale Moor wards from Trafford also usually inclined to Labour. The southernmost Woodhouse Park ward is the largest in size as it contains mostly uninhabited land at Manchester Airport alongside the parish of Ringway, and there are green spaces at Sale Water Park and the park around the Tudor-era manor house Wythenshawe Hall.

The Wythenshawe area has historically suffered from some severe social and economic problems; in the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000, the former ward of Benchill was assessed as the most deprived in the country.

Members of Parliament

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| 1997

| Paul Goggins

| Labour

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| 2014 by-election

| Mike Kane

| Labour

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Elections

thumb|centre|upright=2.5|Election results 1997-2024

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

This is compared to Worthington's performance as the Socialist Alternative candidate at the prior election.

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

See also

  • Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

References

  • Wythenshawe and Sale East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
  • Wythenshawe and Sale East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
  • Wythenshawe and Sale East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK