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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 4, 2020 12:01:22 GMT
Stretford & Urmston has existed since 1997, when it largely replaced the old Davyhulme and Stretford seats, and is one of three seats to include wards from Trafford MBC. It is split into the wards of Urmston, Davyhulme West, Davyhulme East, Flixton, Bucklow St. Martins (broadly considered to be the Urmston wards), Clifford, Gorse Hill and Longford (broadly considered to be the Stretford wards). The Urmston wards have traditionally been lower middle-class, with Clifford and Gorse Hill being more deprived. The traditional economic focus of the area has been on nearby Trafford Park, once the world's largest industrial estate, although both Stretford and Urmston developed rapidly as commuter suburbs with the arrival of the railway. Park Hospital in Urmston, now Trafford General, was the first NHS hospital. Unusually for an urban seat, the presence of Trafford Park means that a large part of the seat is uninhabited. The seat is also known for its sporting links, hosting Old Trafford football and cricket grounds.
The Stretford wards have tended to vote Labour in recent decades, with no Conservative representation past 1996 after years of volatility. Davyhulme West and East have tended to be the most reliably Tory areas, although this too has changed in recent years as the area attracts more middle-class graduates and media figures attracted by the BBC relocation to nearby Media City. As a result, the seat itself has been reliably Labour-voting since its inception, and the Conservatives have been ever more distant. The highest third-party vote was 16.9%, achieved by the Liberal Democrats in 2010.
Notable political figures associated with the area include Beverley Hughes (minister in various positions in the Blair government) and Ernest Marples (noted Minister for Transport). Damian Hinds, the current MP for East Hampshire, contested the seat for the Conservatives in 2005.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 4, 2020 12:07:15 GMT
Tony Lloyd, Winston Churchill
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Post by jamie on Apr 4, 2020 15:02:21 GMT
The swings in Davyhulme and Flixton have been absolutely massive the past couple of council elections. Has any major settlement swung as much since 2015 directly from Conservative to Labour?
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 4, 2020 18:49:41 GMT
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Post by bsjmcr on May 28, 2020 11:01:38 GMT
Oops, as this was buried right at the back of the last page, I had no idea it was done already, as I start typing these in Word rather than straight into the text box here! I wish I could be as concise as @devil Wincarnate, my apologies, I really don't think I have actually added a lot in terms of facts, but here goes!
Those from outside the North West may not be familiar with the names of the two towns in this seat, save for die-hard Manchester United fans, but if the constituency name contained Trafford it would be instantly recognisable, nationally and internationally.
It covers the northern half of the borough, west of Manchester city centre, south of the Ship Canal. The area along the canal sits opposite, Salford Quays and probably has one of the lowest population densities in terms of residents you could find. This is not because it is swathes of green belt land or countryside, although there is a small green oasis in the Trafford Ecology Park, but because it is home to Trafford Park industrial and business complex, once the country’s first and largest industrial estate which thrived in the Industrial Revolution and after some decline is thriving again, now home to over 1,000 companies. The architecurally-notable Imperial War Museum north also sits overlooking the Quays, as does the new filming set for Coronation Street next door. The rest of Trafford Park is now home to all manners of businesses and industries, from Kelloggs, an Amazon warehouse, an international freight terminal, and large bases of brands from Adidas to Procter and Gamble and L’Oreal. Within this concrete jungle there are places for fun to be had including a trampoline park and an inflatable theme park. Most striking, however, has to be the Chill Factore (most people know it as Chill Factor as for some reason the ‘e’ is superscript and tiny), that juts out almost diagonally into the air as seen from the M60 motorway. Opened in 2007, it is the UK’s longest and was once the world’s widest indoor ski slope. The Trafford Centre cannot go without saying. Opened in 1998 by Peel (now owned by ‘intu’), it is now the 3rd largest shopping centre in the UK and one of the largest in Europe, and has the largest food court of any. It is a pioneering example of an out-of-town shopping centre situated on some former wasteland. There are 11,500 free parking spaces, which at Christmas time is still not enough. The architecture is notable and exquisite, its blue domes dominating and baroque/rococo architecture with statues and fountains throughout. It also features a cinema, SeaLife Centre, and Legoland. Many did not predict it to become the success it has become, but it is continues to be a bit of a marmite feature, with many blaming it for the heavy decline of the town centres of Stretford, Urmston and others. Locals are frustrated by the congestion it brings, while others find the architecture a bit artificial or even kitschy. A less romantic childhood memory of visiting the centre is the stench of the Davyhulme Sewage Works which could be detected from in the car on the way. It too is also one of the largest in Europe and one of the earliest, in action since 1894. Odour control technologies seem to have improved since the centre’s heyday.
‘Old Trafford’ will in most people conjure up images of the stadium of the world-famous football team, but it was actually the nearby Cricket Ground that came first. It was built in 1857 and is home to Lancashire County Cricket Club. Its official name is now Emirates Old Trafford. The Theatre of Dreams opened in 1910 and is the largest club football stadium nationally (2nd overall after Wembley of course), with a capacity of 74,879 - conveniently you could fit the electorate of an entire constituency in there in many cases. The West Stand is named the Stretford End and the North Stand was renamed Sir Alex Ferguson stand in 2011.
It should be said that some people do actually live in this constituency. Trafford Borough as a whole is known for being a Tory bastion until recently, and for retaining a grammar school system. Indeed two of their grammar schools are in this constituency, surprisingly, Stretford Grammar, and Urmston Grammar. However this seat remains safely Labour as it contains some of Trafford’s less salubrious areas, such as Clifford and Longford, and the town of Stretford. Much of the first two and part of the latter are made up of several densely populated rows of redbrick terraces, some with great views of Old Trafford. These are also the most ethnically diverse wards in Trafford, with high Asian populations. Stretford itself is fairly average in most respects. The most deprived area is actually in the far south, in the isolated Partington estate, a 1960’s Manchester overspill estate, near the former ICI chemical works, now Industrial Estate, at nearby Carrington. It is split away from everywhere else by swathes of green belt land and the river Mersey which meanders through Stretford and Urmston Meadows. The isolated location of Carrington was also chosen by Sir Alex Ferguson as the location of the new training ground for United, away from the prying eyes of paparazzi and fans. As with any overspill estate, Partington is mostly made up of white working class residents, with few professionals and few higher qualifications.
The same cannot be said for the final conurbation of this seat, Urmston, which is now pretty much contiguous with and similar in character to neighbouring Flixton and Davyhulme. Although all formerly in Lancashire, they would probably like to lean more towards former Cheshire in the south like their cousins in Altrincham just down the road. Firmly middle class and high in professionals and highly qualified people, house prices are above the regional average for what they are - there are not the gated mansions of Hale or Bowdon here, instead it is mostly made up of well-established semis and detached houses on leafy roads. Many may have moved from other areas, attracted to the grammar schools, which may be a reason for the the elevated house prices. Unlike Stretford, Urmston is not connected to the Metrolink tram network, though there are train stations in the area. The latest Metrolink line extension will not change this either, instead it will focus on connecting the Trafford Centre to the network.
Many notable people originate from the area, never mind the footballers (they mostly lived out in Cheshire anyway!). Emmeline Pankhurst and LS Lowry lived in Stretford (though the latter is now synonymous with Salford), and the singer Morrissey from Davyhulme. The late Winston Churchill, grandson of the original, once represented the Stretford, later Davyhulme, constituency which covered Urmston until retiring on its abolition in 1997.
Despite this relative affluence (overall it is above the national average in most respects and below average in deprivation), lack of extreme deprivation, dominance of free enterprise, grammar schools and even a Churchill in there, one would have thought this to be a marginal at the least? Well the Labour dominance in Stretford and nearby inner-city areas plus Partington would have been consistently dominant, and even the middle class areas around Urmston are rapidly moving away from the Conservatives, which is what led them to lose control Trafford Council to Labour in what was one of the few good results for Labour in the 2018/19 Local Elections. The affluence in Urmston is likely to be trending younger and/or public-sector, remain-voting, demographics now less inclined to the Tories overall. The ‘old money’ is now only to be found in the southern half of the borough and even there Graham Brady, as safe as he is, has seen better days. The more working class areas around Stretford are also likely to have remained loyal to Labour too, being ethnically diverse and also remain-leaning.
The lesser-known Winston Churchill represented the old Stretford seat from 1970 to 1983 when it split to create Davyhulme while Stretford shifted to include parts of inner-city Manchester, and so he remained loyal to his middle-class voters in Davyhulme right up to 1997. Tony Lloyd took over for Stretford in ’83 and followed the inner-city voters to Manchester Central in 1997, later becoming interim Mayor and Police Commissioner and is now MP for Rochdale.
The new Stretford and Urmston was taken by the safe hands of former social work academic and local Council Leader Beverley Hughes in 1997 with double that of the Conservative vote and a majority of almost 14,000. The Conservative still managed 30% on this occasion, perhaps some overhang from Churchill’s days in Davyhulme, but Ms Hughes, now Baroness of Stretford, boosted her majority in 2001 and the Conservatives have never really recovered since. Katie Price, aka Jordan was also the local independent candidate on that occasion, getting 713 votes (she was with United footballer Dwight Yorke at the time). Hughes’ majority was trimmed in 2005, votes splitting across all parties, but she still held by almost 8,000, stood down in 2010 and is now Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester under Andy Burnham. Non-local Kate Green swiftly took over and has done extremely well, achieving over 33,000 votes in 2017 and an almost 20,000 majority that Ms Hughes and the Blair days could only dream of in this area, while 2019 saw the tiniest swing away with Green still getting 30,000 votes and the Conservatives at a standstill. Results like this for suburban seats were probably only seen in Greater London. Credit must go to Green for proving herself to be a very effective local MP if these results are to go by, and now looks to be part of the furniture.
Stretford and Urmston, for all its national and international influence, fame and world-leadingness in many ways, is less stimulating electorally and won’t be shaking up the electoral map anytime soon, for it will remain as red as the football team.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 28, 2020 14:40:45 GMT
Duncan Edwards certainly lived in Stretford. I've seen the house where he had his digs I grew up in Frank Swift's old house in Davyhulme. A good summary bsjmcr, with two minor quibbles: - Morrissey was indeed born at Park Hospital but isn't really from there, he's from Old Trafford. - Urmston has changed quite a bit in the last ten years especially. The professionals have moved in in their droves, because of the housing and grammar schools- but the population tended to be more heavily employed in Trafford Park. It was extremely petit-bourgeois and "respectable working class" in outlook when I was there. I wonder if that change might be better reflected, although I think the description now is completely fair. On an unrelated note, there is a local rumour (possibly an urban myth) that the first roundabout was introduced in Urmston, which is why the locals (myself included, to be wife's irritation) call them "circles". There is a more straightforward connection to traffic management- as mentioned here some time ago, Leslie Hore-Belisha is buried here. |
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Post by finsobruce on May 28, 2020 16:31:29 GMT
Duncan Edwards certainly lived in Stretford. I've seen the house where he had his digs I grew up in Frank Swift's old house in Davyhulme. A good summary bsjmcr , with two minor quibbles: - Morrissey was indeed born at Park Hospital but isn't really from there, he's from Old Trafford. - Urmston has changed quite a bit in the last ten years especially. The professionals have moved in in their droves, because of the housing and grammar schools- but the population tended to be more heavily employed in Trafford Park. It was extremely petit-bourgeois and "respectable working class" in outlook when I was there. I wonder if that change might be better reflected, although I think the description now is completely fair. On an unrelated note, t here is a local rumour (possibly an urban myth) that the first roundabout was introduced in Urmston, which is why the locals (myself included, to be wife's irritation) call them "circles". There is a more straightforward connection to traffic management- as mentioned here some time ago, Leslie Hore-Belisha is buried here.
and even by Leicester (1868!).
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Post by bsjmcr on May 28, 2020 21:18:49 GMT
Duncan Edwards certainly lived in Stretford. I've seen the house where he had his digs I grew up in Frank Swift's old house in Davyhulme. A good summary bsjmcr , with two minor quibbles: - Morrissey was indeed born at Park Hospital but isn't really from there, he's from Old Trafford. - Urmston has changed quite a bit in the last ten years especially. The professionals have moved in in their droves, because of the housing and grammar schools- but the population tended to be more heavily employed in Trafford Park. It was extremely petit-bourgeois and "respectable working class" in outlook when I was there. I wonder if that change might be better reflected, although I think the description now is completely fair. On an unrelated note, there is a local rumour (possibly an urban myth) that the first roundabout was introduced in Urmston, which is why the locals (myself included, to be wife's irritation) call them "circles". There is a more straightforward connection to traffic management- as mentioned here some time ago, Leslie Hore-Belisha is buried here. Thank you! Fascinating about the roundabouts, who knows if it could be yet another 'first' to attribute to this area? In terms of circles I also noticed how there is a 'Redclyffe Circle' and 'Ellesmere Circle' near the Trafford Centre, and a road called 'Trafford Boulevard' which I found very American and have never come across any other Boulevards in the UK. I always found the name very appropriate as it would lead to a Costco and Walmart Asda. Also can't believe I forgot about the Trafford General being the first NHS hospital and it being opened by Nye Bevan. I didn't know Urmston was previously more skilled workers in the past but it would make sense given the housing is nice but not as opulent as Altrincham and environs. Even more fascinating in that it would have been Conservative in those days too. My view was shaped more by a friend I grew up with who was from Urmston, the son of two doctors and they must be there for getting on 25 years now. I wouldn't really be able to say where they were/are politically, I vaguely recall them not being happy about the middle-management being introduced into the NHS in the Blair years, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were Labour now. This also feels like somewhere where things like the £30 Trafford Council 'Green Bin Tax' must have gone down very badly. Even if it appears that they have decent incomes, there is a strong feeling of 'we already pay council tax', and many could be in the squeezed middle having moved for the grammar schools but with hefty mortgages to pay etc, having to tighten their belts. And the vast majority of houses here would have gardens! Unlike the terraces near Old Trafford who wouldn't have been affected by the policy. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 28, 2020 22:01:04 GMT
Trafford Boulevard was once Redclyffe Road. If you come off the M60 from the Bolton direction, there's a fenced-off piece of wasteland- that was until about fifteen years ago a row of Victorian terraced houses.
All the roundabouts in Urmston have names, and signs to show it, and all are circles!
I've mentioned here before, but geography once mattered more than party allegiances. Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme (we all just say we are from Urmston) were in the thrall of the "Urmston Mafia", aka the local Tories and friends, which held sway on the council and was continuously at war with the Alty wards. Quite a political machine, and it probably died out with Frank Eadie. This is why Urmston has two leisure centres, and why one is named after the undisputed Mafia don, George Carnell.
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Post by John Chanin on May 29, 2020 7:54:31 GMT
Fascinating about the roundabouts, who knows if it could be yet another 'first' to attribute to this area? In terms of circles I also noticed how there is a 'Redclyffe Circle' and 'Ellesmere Circle' near the Trafford Centre, and a road called 'Trafford Boulevard' which I found very American and have never come across any other Boulevards in the UK. I always found the name very appropriate as it would lead to a Costco and Walmart Asda. We have an Olton Boulevard near to where I live in Birmingham. I'd be surprised if there weren't plenty of others. |
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Post by carlton43 on May 29, 2020 8:01:38 GMT
Fascinating about the roundabouts, who knows if it could be yet another 'first' to attribute to this area? In terms of circles I also noticed how there is a 'Redclyffe Circle' and 'Ellesmere Circle' near the Trafford Centre, and a road called 'Trafford Boulevard' which I found very American and have never come across any other Boulevards in the UK. I always found the name very appropriate as it would lead to a Costco and Walmart Asda. We have an Olton Boulevard near to where I live in Birmingham. I'd be surprised if there weren't plenty of others. I remember walking Lenton Boulevard in Nottingham decades ago. It was known for the massive number of roosting birds on winter nights because it had a micro-climate caused by heat from the tobacco factories. |
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Post by No Offence Alan on May 29, 2020 8:39:33 GMT
I know of Mosspark Boulevard in Glasgow and, of course, Boulevard in Weston-Super-Mare.
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Post by finsobruce on May 29, 2020 8:52:51 GMT
I grew up in Frank Swift's old house in Davyhulme. A good summary bsjmcr , with two minor quibbles: - Morrissey was indeed born at Park Hospital but isn't really from there, he's from Old Trafford. - Urmston has changed quite a bit in the last ten years especially. The professionals have moved in in their droves, because of the housing and grammar schools- but the population tended to be more heavily employed in Trafford Park. It was extremely petit-bourgeois and "respectable working class" in outlook when I was there. I wonder if that change might be better reflected, although I think the description now is completely fair. On an unrelated note, there is a local rumour (possibly an urban myth) that the first roundabout was introduced in Urmston, which is why the locals (myself included, to be wife's irritation) call them "circles". There is a more straightforward connection to traffic management- as mentioned here some time ago, Leslie Hore-Belisha is buried here. Thank you! Fascinating about the roundabouts, who knows if it could be yet another 'first' to attribute to this area? In terms of circles I also noticed how there is a 'Redclyffe Circle' and 'Ellesmere Circle' near the Trafford Centre, and a road called 'Trafford Boulevard' which I found very American and have never come across any other Boulevards in the UK. I always found the name very appropriate as it would lead to a Costco and Walmart Asda. Also can't believe I forgot about the Trafford General being the first NHS hospital and it being opened by Nye Bevan. I didn't know Urmston was previously more skilled workers in the past but it would make sense given the housing is nice but not as opulent as Altrincham and environs. Even more fascinating in that it would have been Conservative in those days too. My view was shaped more by a friend I grew up with who was from Urmston, the son of two doctors and they must be there for getting on 25 years now. I wouldn't really be able to say where they were/are politically, I vaguely recall them not being happy about the middle-management being introduced into the NHS in the Blair years, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were Labour now. This also feels like somewhere where things like the £30 Trafford Council 'Green Bin Tax' must have gone down very badly. Even if it appears that they have decent incomes, there is a strong feeling of 'we already pay council tax', and many could be in the squeezed middle having moved for the grammar schools but with hefty mortgages to pay etc, having to tighten their belts. And the vast majority of houses here would have gardens! Unlike the terraces near Old Trafford who wouldn't have been affected by the policy. It is of course a French word, and one that has changed its meaning completely from the original , which was a sort of the top of a rampart - so a bulwark in other languages. And as we were recently discussing sport in Hull we should note that Hull F C's old ground was called the Boulevard, with Hull City also playing there sometimes. |
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Post by owainsutton on May 29, 2020 11:09:13 GMT
I grew up in Frank Swift's old house in Davyhulme. A good summary bsjmcr , with two minor quibbles: - Morrissey was indeed born at Park Hospital but isn't really from there, he's from Old Trafford. - Urmston has changed quite a bit in the last ten years especially. The professionals have moved in in their droves, because of the housing and grammar schools- but the population tended to be more heavily employed in Trafford Park. It was extremely petit-bourgeois and "respectable working class" in outlook when I was there. I wonder if that change might be better reflected, although I think the description now is completely fair. On an unrelated note, there is a local rumour (possibly an urban myth) that the first roundabout was introduced in Urmston, which is why the locals (myself included, to be wife's irritation) call them "circles". There is a more straightforward connection to traffic management- as mentioned here some time ago, Leslie Hore-Belisha is buried here. Thank you! Fascinating about the roundabouts, who knows if it could be yet another 'first' to attribute to this area? In terms of circles I also noticed how there is a 'Redclyffe Circle' and 'Ellesmere Circle' near the Trafford Centre, and a road called 'Trafford Boulevard' which I found very American and have never come across any other Boulevards in the UK. I always found the name very appropriate as it would lead to a Costco and Walmart Asda. Just one of the many pretentious aspects of the Trafford Centre, I think? Something that definitely was American-influenced is the numbered street/avenue grid system of Trafford Park village, built by Westinghouse but now uninhabited. manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/village.html and goo.gl/maps/J2vLSGEadXvQKY2E9 |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on May 29, 2020 12:51:52 GMT
Thank you! Fascinating about the roundabouts, who knows if it could be yet another 'first' to attribute to this area? In terms of circles I also noticed how there is a 'Redclyffe Circle' and 'Ellesmere Circle' near the Trafford Centre, and a road called 'Trafford Boulevard' which I found very American and have never come across any other Boulevards in the UK. I always found the name very appropriate as it would lead to a Costco and Walmart Asda. Just one of the many pretentious aspects of the Trafford Centre, I think? Something that definitely was American-influenced is the numbered street/avenue grid system of Trafford Park village, built by Westinghouse but now uninhabited. manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/village.html and goo.gl/maps/J2vLSGEadXvQKY2E9The Trafford Centre is definitely pretentious. The weirdest bit being the frescoes of the builders dressed as Roman senators (including one with a United scarf). Oh well- cleaning the loos there paid my way through university! |
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Post by bsjmcr on May 29, 2020 12:57:31 GMT
We have an Olton Boulevard near to where I live in Birmingham. I'd be surprised if there weren't plenty of others. It was known for the massive number of roosting birds on winter nights because it had a micro-climate caused by heat from the tobacco factories. Oh god... I should have known, I went to university there! My excuse being I was never one of what felt like 95% of students who ended up living in Lenton (or that it was a late night when I posted that, or that it was late nights when I would have walked down Lenton Boulevard!). The tobacco factories of course are long gone, and the birds are probably now to be found at Attenborough. That brings my UK Boulevard quota to 2 - and for some reason the early childhood fixation on Trafford Boulevard (it was always a matter of excitement getting to go to TC) stuck more than the more recent one! |
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Post by bsjmcr on Jun 27, 2020 16:49:02 GMT
Kate Green is now Shadow Education Secretary. Rather astute of Starmer to replace one Northerner with another in the shadow cabinet!
It does go without saying (as said above) the Shadow Education Secretary's constituency includes two esteemed state-funded grammar schools.
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Post by iainbhx on Jun 28, 2020 19:08:04 GMT
Fascinating about the roundabouts, who knows if it could be yet another 'first' to attribute to this area? In terms of circles I also noticed how there is a 'Redclyffe Circle' and 'Ellesmere Circle' near the Trafford Centre, and a road called 'Trafford Boulevard' which I found very American and have never come across any other Boulevards in the UK. I always found the name very appropriate as it would lead to a Costco and Walmart Asda. We have an Olton Boulevard near to where I live in Birmingham. I'd be surprised if there weren't plenty of others. Well, we have a Olton Boulevard West and an Olton Boulevard East. I live in a cul-de-sac off Olton Boulevard East and it has been named that since 1929 I believe. There's also West Boulevard running down from Quinborne to California |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jun 29, 2020 8:26:39 GMT
We have an Olton Boulevard near to where I live in Birmingham. I'd be surprised if there weren't plenty of others. Well, we have a Olton Boulevard West and an Olton Boulevard East. I live in a cul-de-sac off Olton Boulevard East and it has been named that since 1929 I believe. There's also West Boulevard running down from Quinborne to California Solihull has Cranmore Boulevard over in Shirley. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Apr 23, 2021 19:50:22 GMT
2011 Census
Owner-occupied 64.3% 401/650
Private rented 11.8% 474/650
Social rented 22.1% 164/650
White 79.3% 531/650
Black 5.3% 100/650
Asian 11.0% 104/650
Managerial & professional 29.5%
Routine & Semi-routine 25.8%
Degree level 25.5% 327/650
No qualifications 22.7% 339/650
Students 8.1% 219/650
Age 65+ 14.8% 475/650
2021 Census
Owner occupied 64.6% 322/573
Private rented 15.6% 403/573
Social rented 19.8% 157/573
White 73.5%
Black 5.7%
Asian 13.9%
Managerial & professional 34.5% 233/573
Routine & Semi-routine 22.2% 343/573
Degree level 35.7% 181/573
No qualifications 17.1% 329/573
General Election 2019: Stretford and Urmston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Green 30,195 60.3 -6.5
Conservative Mussadak Mirza 13,778 27.5 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Anna Fryer 2,969 5.9 +3.9
Brexit Party Gary Powell 1,768 3.5 New
Green Jane Leicester 1,357 2.7 +1.4
Lab Majority 16,417 32.8 -6.5
Turnout 50,067 69.4 -0.6
Labour hold
Swing 3.3 Lab to C
By-election 15 December 2022: Stretford and Urmston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Western 12,828 69.6 +9.3
Conservative Emily Carter-Kandola 2,922 15.9 -11.7
Green Dan Jerrome 789 4.3 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Anna Fryer 659 3.6 -2.4
Reform UK Paul Swansborough 650 3.5 New
Rejoin EU Jim Newell 237 1.3 New
Independent Hazel Gibb 183 1.0 New
Freedom Alliance Christina Glancy 76 0.4 New
SDP Julien Yvon 74 0.4 New
Lab Majority 9,906 53.7 +21.0
Turnout 18,418 25.8 -43.6
Labour hold
Swing 10.0 C to Lab
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