Davyhulme (UK Parliament constituency)

Davyhulme
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Greater Manchester
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Stretford and Urmston, Altrincham and Sale West, Wythenshawe and Sale East

Davyhulme was a parliamentary constituency in the Davyhulme suburb of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Its territory was then mostly incorporated into the new Stretford and Urmston constituency.

History

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Winston Churchill	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Stretford and Urmston, Altrincham and Sale West, Wythenshawe and Sale East

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Davyhulme[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	24,216	48.0	+1.4
	Labour	Barry Brotherton	19,790	39.2	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Jacqueline Pearcey	5,797	11.5	-11.5
	Natural Law	Terence L. Brotheridge	665	1.3	+1.3
Majority			4,426	8.8	-7.4
Turnout			50,468	80.5	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.7

Notes and references

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
2. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010. 

Coordinates: 53°28′N 2°22′W / 53.46°N 2.36°W / 53.46; -2.36