Denton and Reddish | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Denton and Reddish in Greater Manchester.
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Location of Greater Manchester within England.
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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.
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.
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.
Before the seat's creation in 1983 Reddish was part of the marginal constituency; the large Brinnington council estate, now in part bought under right to buy was in the Labour safe seat of ; Audenshaw and Denton formed the core of the Manchester Gorton; and Dukinfield was part of the Stalybridge and Hyde.