Davyhulme (UK Parliament constituency)

Davyhulme
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Greater Manchester
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Stretford and Urmston, Altrincham and Sale West and Wythenshawe and Sale East[1]
Created from	Altrincham and Sale, Stretford and Knutsford[1]

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.

Boundaries

The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Bucklow, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Mersey St Mary's, Priory, St Martin's, and Urmston.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Winston Spencer 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^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Winston Spencer Churchill	24,216	48.0	+1.4
	Labour	Barry Brotherton	19,790	39.2	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Dr. Jacqueline Pearcey	5,797	11.5	−11.5
	Natural Law	Terence L. Brotheridge	665	1.3	N/A
Majority			4,426	8.8	−7.4
Turnout			50,468	80.5	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Davyhulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Winston Spencer Churchill	23,633	46.6	+0.6
	Labour	John Robert Nicholson	15,434	30.4	+3.6
	Liberal	Dennis Ian Wrigley	11,637	23.0	−4.2
Majority			8,199	16.17
Turnout			50,704	77.3	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.5

General Election 1983: Davyhulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Winston Spencer Churchill	22,055	46.0	N/A
	Liberal	Dennis Ian Wrigley	13,041	27.2	N/A
	Labour	Sean Rogers	12,887	26.8	N/A
Majority			9,014	18.8	N/A
Turnout			47,983	73.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

1. "'Davyhulme', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
3. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

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