Longsight
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| Longsight shown within Greater Manchester | |
| Population | 15,429 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SJ865965 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M13, M12 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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Longsight is an inner city area of Manchester, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the city centre. Historically in Lancashire, it had a population of 15,429 at the 2011 census.
Longsight is an ethnically diverse area, with high levels of poverty, deprivation and crime.
For many years, Longsight has been plagued by gang related violence, similar to that of nearby Moss Side. Most of the violence came from tensions between two rival gangs which fought "turf wars" with each other since the 1990s, resulting in many shootings and several deaths. The Gooch Gang, from neighbouring Moss Side, were jailed in 2009, Consequently, gun crime in Greater Manchester as a whole has fallen dramatically, from a high of 120 gang-related shootings in 2006 to just 16 in 2011.
Longsight has been in the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Gorton since boundary changes in 1983. Since that year, Gorton was represented in the House of Commons by the Labour MP, the Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman until his death in 2017. At the 2015 General Election, Labour won 28,187 votes and 67.1% of the vote, the Greens came second with 4,108 votes (9.8%) and the Conservatives third with 4,063 (9.7%).
The area is represented on Manchester City Council by three councillors, currently Luthfur Rahman, Abid Chohan and Suzanne Richards. Abid Chohan was initially a Lib Dem councillor but defected to Labour ahead of the local council elections in 2010.
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