Blackley and Middleton South is a

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of the

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in the

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, in Northern

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. Created as a result of the

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, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Labour's

Graham Stringer Graham Eric Stringer (born 17 February 1950) is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Blackley and Middleton South since the 2024 United Kingdom general e ...

, who was MP for the predecessor seats of Blackley and Broughton (2010–2024) and

Manchester Blackley Manchester, Blackley was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom located in Northern Greater Manchester which existed from 1918 to 2010. It elec ...

(1997–2010). The constituency includes the northern suburban areas of Manchester as well as half of the town of Middleton.

Constituency profile

The seat covers a mostly residential area in the north of the City of Manchester with the southern half of Middleton in the borough of Rochdale. The areas are joined by major roads with many small parks and two of Manchester City Council's largest green spaces, Heaton Park which is one of the largest municipal parks in Europe and hosts the annual Parklife concert, and Boggart Hole Clough, a large ancient woodland in Blackley towards the east. There is also Alkrington Woods Nature Reserve, and the nearby M60 motorway separates Middleton from Blackley. Blackley itself is a residential area at the northern half of the seat, and Crumpsall is an increasingly diverse suburb including North Manchester General Hospital, one of the 'new hospitals' set for redevelopment, while the inner-city Harpurhey and Collyhurst districts have a high proportion of social housing and have faced problems with deprivation, and are amongst some of the most deprived areas in the country. Relatively more affluent areas include Alkrington Garden Village in the southern part of Middleton. The constituency voted Leave in the European referendum in 2016 and the incumbent,

was a prominent Vote Leave supporter.

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020): * The City of Manchester wards of: Charlestown; Crumpsall; Harpurhey; Higher Blackley; Moston. *The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale wards of: East Middleton; South Middleton, Including Alkrington Garden village. The seat covers the majority of the former Blackley and Broughton constituency - excluding the parts in the City of Salford ( Broughton) as well as the City of Manchester district of Cheetham. The two Middleton wards were formerly part of Heywood and Middleton (renamed Heywood and Middleton North), and Moston was transferred in from Manchester Central.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

References

External links

Blackley and Middleton South UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Constituencies in North West England Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024