Wythenshawe and Sale East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Wythenshawe and Sale East in Greater Manchester.
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Location of Greater Manchester within England.
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County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 85,058 (February 2014) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of parliament | Mike Kane (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Manchester Wythenshawe, Altrincham and Sale, Davyhulme |
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European Parliament constituency | North West England |
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.
The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat. The current MP is Mike Kane of the Labour Party who was elected at the 2014 by-election in February 2014. He succeeded Labour's Paul Goggins who died in January 2014, and who had held the seat since its inception in 1997.
Coordinates: 53°25′N 2°16′W / 53.41°N 2.27°W
1997-2010: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Benchill, 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, Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park, and the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Brooklands, Priory, and Sale Moor.