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View Full Version : How many seats does Greater Manchester have? Aryan April 22nd, 2005, 01:31 AM I know we've got the 4 "city of manchester" seats, but there are plenty of places in greater manchester that aren't included in this, like Stretford, Oldham, Rochdale etc. How many seats do we have in total, and how does it compare with rival cities like Liverpool and Birmingham? dgnr8 April 22nd, 2005, 01:36 AM My house alone has 8. I feel I win this contest. Nobby April 22nd, 2005, 09:32 AM We have... Altrincham & Sale West Ashton under Lyne Bolton North East Bolton South East Bolton West Bury North Bury South Cheadle Denton & Reddish Eccles Hazel Grove Heywood & Middleton Leigh Manchester Blackley Manchester Central Manchester Gorton Manchester Withington Oldham East & Saddleworth Oldham West & Royton Rochdale Salford Stalybridge & Hyde Stockport Stretford & Urmston Wigan Worsley Wythenshawe & Sale East Nobby April 22nd, 2005, 09:33 AM i.e. 27 (I think). Craig April 22nd, 2005, 01:10 PM I know we've got the 4 "city of manchester" seats, but there are plenty of places in greater manchester that aren't included in this, like Stretford, Oldham, Rochdale etc. How many seats do we have in total, and how does it compare with rival cities like Liverpool and Birmingham? There are four entirely within the city of manchester but also Wythenshaw and Sale East which is obviously part Manchester and part Trafford. chasedwar April 22nd, 2005, 02:01 PM that may av changed now, cos Denton (tameside) and Reddish (stockport) are no longer tied together under an MP . I think? herd sumfin about them goin back to their respective metro boroughs. which makes sense. Nobby April 22nd, 2005, 02:11 PM The list above is off the BBC's web site, it is quite acurate. andyains April 23rd, 2005, 01:14 AM that may av changed now, cos Denton (tameside) and Reddish (stockport) are no longer tied together under an MP . I think? herd sumfin about them goin back to their respective metro boroughs. which makes sense. There's a periodic rejig of constituency boundaries to tidy things up. I recall Labour did quite well out of the lest one. Amazing what you can do with a cheeky redrawing of boundaries Jonesy55 April 23rd, 2005, 01:42 AM This map shows who won what last time around. There are less Scottish constituencies this time but apart from that it's pretty similar I think. Virtually all urban areas are tory free zones, the only places they do well are rural seats and rich commuter town areas. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/flash_map/html/map05.stm |