Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)

Blackley and Broughton
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Blackley and Broughton in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	69,006 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010)
Member of Parliament	Graham Stringer (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Manchester Blackley and part of Salford.
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Blackley and Broughton pron.: is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Graham Stringer of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Formed following the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, this seat is a cross-border constituency with electoral wards from Salford and Manchester. The constituency of Blackley and Broughton is the successor seat to Manchester Blackley

From the city of Salford, the wards of: Broughton, and Kersal.
From the city of Manchester, the wards of: Charlestown, Cheetham, Crumpsall, Harpurhey, and Higher Blackley.

Election		Member ^[2]	Party
	2010	Graham Stringer	Labour

General Election 2010: Blackley and Broughton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Stringer*	18,563	54.3	-8.2
	Conservative	James Edsberg	6,260	18.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	William Hobhouse	4,861	14.2	-4.9
	BNP	Derek Adams	2,469	7.2	N/A
	Respect	Kay Phillips	996	2.9	N/A
	UKIP	Robert Willescroft	894	2.6	-2.7
	Christian	Shafiq uz Zaman	161	0.5	N/A
Majority			12,303	36.0
Turnout			34,204	49.7	+3.8

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.