Denton and Reddish

Denton and Reddish
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)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Andrew Gwynne (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Manchester Gorton, and
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Denton and Reddish is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Andrew Gwynne of the Labour Party.

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–present: 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.

Before the seat's creation in 1983 Reddish was part of the marginal ; the large Brinnington council estate (now in part bought under right to buy) was in the Labour safe seat of ; 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.