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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		24,427/39,515	61.82
Rt Hon Norman Harold Lever	Labour Party	15,075	61.71
Christopher Frederic Horne	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,071	20.76
Michael Steed	Liberal Party	4,281	17.53
Majority		10,004	40.95

10 October 1974		21,277/39,846	53.40
Rt Hon Norman Harold Lever	Labour Party	14,753	69.34
Robert Victor Jackson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,142	19.47
Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman	Liberal Party	2,382	11.20
Majority		10,611	49.87

3 May 1979		19,947/31,312	63.70
Rt Hon Norman Harold Lever	Labour Party	14,117	70.77
Herbert Paul Cummins	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,413	22.12
Gordon Maurice Robert Wilmott	Liberal Party	1,052	5.27
Derek Stuart Bentall	National Front	365	1.83
Majority		9,704	48.65

11 June 1979 Elevation of Rt Hon Harold Lever to the Peerage - Baron Lever of Manchester.

27 July 1979		10,599/31,558	33.59
Robert Kenneth Litherland	Labour Party	7,494	70.70
Anthony T Parkinson	Liberal Party	1,502	14.17
Alfred Stephen Lea	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,275	12.03
Syed Ala-Ud-Din	Independent Labour	187	1.76
John M Foster	Ecology Party	129	1.22
William George Boaks	Independent	12	0.11
Majority		5,992	56.53

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		41,906/70,088	59.79
Robert Kenneth Litherland	Labour Party	27,353	65.27
David Eager	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,868	21.16
Altef Ahmed	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	4,956	11.83
Alfred Coles	National Front	729	1.74
Majority		18,485	44.11

11 June 1987		40,239/64,000	62.87
Robert Kenneth Litherland	Labour Party	27,428	68.16
Matthew Richard William Banks	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,561	18.79
Barry William McColgan	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	5,250	13.05
Majority		19,867	49.37

9 April 1992		32,120/56,446	56.90
Robert Kenneth Litherland	Labour Party	23,336	72.65
Peter Winder Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,299	16.50
Richard Mark Clayton	Liberal Democrats	3,151	9.81
Andrew Nassau Buchanan	Communist League	167	0.52
Vivienne Claire Mitchell	Natural Law Party	167	0.52
Majority		18,037	56.16

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		33,537/63,815	52.55
Anthony Joseph Lloyd	Labour Party	23,803	70.98
Alison Pamela Firth	Liberal Democrats	4,121	12.29
Simon Peter McIlwaine	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,964	11.82
Francis David Rafferty	Socialist Labour	810	2.42
John William Maxwell	Referendum Party	742	2.21
Timothy David John Rigby	Communist League	97	0.29
Majority		19,682	58.69

7 June 2001		25,928/66,268	39.13
Anthony Joseph Lloyd	Labour Party	17,812	68.70
Philip Andrew David Hobson	Liberal Democrats	4,070	15.70
Aaron James Powell	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,328	8.98
Vanessa Hall	Green Party	1,018	3.93
Ronald Sinclair	Socialist Labour	484	1.87
Terrenia Maria Brosnan	Pro-Life Alliance	216	0.83
Majority		13,742	53.00

5 May 2005		29,264/69,656	42.01
Anthony Joseph Lloyd	Labour Party	16,993	58.07
Marc Steven Ramsbottom	Liberal Democrats	7,217	24.66
Thomas Charles Jackson	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,504	8.56
Steven Jonathan Durrant	Green Party	1,292	4.41
Richard William Kemp	National Front	421	1.44
Damien Patrick O'Connor	Independent Labour	382	1.31
Dr John Whittaker	UK Independence Party	272	0.93
Ronald Sinclair	Socialist Labour	183	0.63
Majority		9,776	33.41

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		39,927/85,742	46.57
Anthony Joseph Lloyd	Labour Party	21,059	52.74
Marc Steven Ramsbottom	Liberal Democrats	10,620	26.60
Suhail Rahuja	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,704	11.78
Tony Trebilcock	British National Party	1,636	4.10
Gayle O'Donovan	Green Party	915	2.29
Nicola Weatherill	UK Independence Party	607	1.52
Ronald Sinclair	Socialist Labour	153	0.38
John Cartwright	Independent	120	0.30
Jonty Joel Leff	Workers Revolutionary Party	59	0.15
Robert Skelton	Socialist Equality	54	0.14
Majority		10,439	26.15

22 October 2012 Resignation of Tony Lloyd in order to contest the Police Commissioner election in Greater Manchester. (Northstead)

15 November 2012		16,648/91,692	18.16
Lucy Maria Powell	Labour Party	11,507	69.12
Marc Steven Ramsbottom	Liberal Democrats	1,571	9.44
Matthew Joseph Sephton	Conservative & Unionist Party	754	4.53
Christopher James Cassidy	UK Independence Party	749	4.50
Tom Dylan	Green Party	652	3.92
Edward Richard James O'Sullivan	British National Party	492	2.96
Loz Kaye	Pirate	308	1.85
Alex Davidson	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	220	1.32
Catherine Aminatta Higgins	Respect the Unity Coalition	182	1.09
Howling Laud Hope	Monster Raving Loony Party	78	0.47
Lee Robert Holmes	Peoples Dem	71	0.43
Peter Clifford	Communist League	64	0.38
Majority		9,936	59.68

7 May 2015		45,331/86,078	52.66
Lucy Maria Powell	Labour Party	27,772	61.26
Xingang Wang	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,133	13.53
Myles Power	UK Independence Party	5,033	11.10
Kieran Turner-Dave	Green Party	3,838	8.47
John Campbell Reid	Liberal Democrats	1,867	4.12
Loz Kaye	Pirate	346	0.76
Alex Davidson	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	270	0.60
John Paul Davies	Communist League	72	0.16
Majority		21,639	47.74

8 June 2017		49,720/90,261	55.08
Lucy Maria Powell	Labour and Co-operative Party	38,490	77.41
Xingang Wang	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,045	14.17
John Richard Bridges	Liberal Democrats	1,678	3.37
Kalvin Paul Chapman	UK Independence Party	1,469	2.95
Rachael Shah	Green Party	846	1.70
Neil Blackburn	Pirate	192	0.39
Majority		31,445	63.24

12 December 2019		52,289/92,247	56.68
Lucy Maria Powell	Labour and Co-operative Party	36,823	70.42
Shaden Jaradat	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,734	14.79
John Richard Bridges	Liberal Democrats	3,420	6.54
Sarah Jane Chadwick	Brexit Party	2,335	4.47
Melanie Jane Horrocks	Green Party	1,870	3.58
Dennis Leech	Socialist Equality	107	0.20
Majority		29,089	55.63

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		39,725/85,049	46.71
Lucy Maria Powell	Labour and Co-operative Party	20,184	50.81
Ekua Bayunu	Green Party	6,387	16.08
David Brown	Reform UK	4,760	11.98
Chris Joanne Northwood	Liberal Democrats	3,051	7.68
Scott David Ian Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,823	7.11
Parham Hashemi	Workers Britain	1,888	4.75
Sebastian Moore	Social Democratic Party	240	0.60
Sabeena Khan	Independent	202	0.51
Caitriona Rhiannon Rylance	Comm Future	131	0.33
Albati Kalonda	Independent	59	0.15
Majority		13,797	34.73