Gorton South is a defunct

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ward in the

Gorton Gorton is an area of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. It is to the southeast of Manchester city centre. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 36,055. Neighbouring areas include Levenshulme and Openshaw. A ...

area of the

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Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

. The population of Gorton South ward at the 2011 census was 19,615. Under boundary changes by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) the ward was abolished and replaced with the new electoral ward Gorton and Abbey Hey from May 2018.

Governance

Gorton South is in the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Gorton. It has been represented in

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by Afzal Khan since June 2017. The city councillors for the ward are Julie Reid (Labour), Peter Cookson (Labour) and Bernard Stone (Labour). The area was previously represented by James Ashley who was

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of Manchester at the time of his death in 2006. ;Councillors Julie Reid (Lab), Peter Cookson (Lab), and Bernard Stone (Lab) indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election. indicates ward abolished and replaced with new ward: Gorton and Abbey Hey.

Geography

Gorton South is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Gorton North to the north, Longsight to the east, Levenshulme to the south and Denton West and Reddish North to the west.

References

External links

Office for National Statistics
Manchester City Council Wards {{UK-gov-stub