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Blackley and Middleton South is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.^[3] The constituency is based in northern Greater Manchester.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The City of Manchester wards of: Charlestown; Crumpsall; Harpurhey; Higher Blackley; Moston.
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale wards of: East Middleton; South Middleton.^[4]

The seat covers the majority of the former Blackley and Broughton constituency - excluding the parts in the City of Salford (Broughton) as well as the City of Manchester district of Cheetham. The two Middleton wards were formerly part of Heywood and Middleton (renamed Heywood and Middleton North), and Moston was transferred in from Manchester Central.^[5]

General election 2024: Blackley and Middleton South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Stringer	16,864	53.8
	Reform UK	Alison Devine	6,614	21.1
	Green	Dylan Lewis-Creser	3,197	10.2
	Conservative	Iftikhar Ahmed	3,073	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Donaldson	1,592	5.1
Majority			10,220	32.7
Total valid votes			31,340	43.3
Rejected ballots			149	0.5
Turnout			31,489	43.6
Registered electors			72,303
	Labour win (new seat)

Manchester constituencies
Current	Blackley and Middleton South Gorton and Denton Manchester Central Manchester Rusholme Manchester Withington Wythenshawe and Sale East
Historic	Manchester (1832–1885) Manchester East (1885–1918) Manchester North (1885–1918) Manchester North East (1885–1918) Manchester North West (1885–1918) Manchester South (1885–1918) Manchester South West (1885–1918) Manchester Ardwick (1918–1983) Manchester Blackley (1918–2010) Manchester Clayton (1918–1955) Manchester Exchange (1918-February 1974) Manchester Gorton (1918-2024) Manchester Hulme (1918–1950) Manchester Moss Side (1918–1983) Manchester Platting (1918–1950) Manchester Cheetham (1950-February 1974) Manchester Wythenshawe (1950–1997) Manchester Openshaw (1955–1983) Stretford (1885–1918, 1983–1997) Blackley and Broughton (2010-2024)
See also	South Lancashire South East Lancashire

Constituencies in North West England (73)
Labour (65)	Altrincham and Sale West Ashton-under-Lyne Barrow and Furness Birkenhead Blackley and Middleton South Blackpool North and Fleetwood Blackpool South Bolton North East Bolton South and Walkden Bolton West Bootle Burnley Bury North Bury South Carlisle Chester North and Neston Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Ellesmere Port and Bromborough Gorton and Denton Heywood and Middleton North Hyndburn Knowsley Lancaster and Wyre Leigh and Atherton Liverpool Garston Liverpool Riverside Liverpool Walton Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool West Derby Macclesfield Makerfield Manchester Central Manchester Rusholme Manchester Withington Mid Cheshire Morecambe and Lunesdale Oldham East and Saddleworth Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton Pendle and Clitheroe Penrith and Solway Preston Ribble Valley Rochdale Rossendale and Darwen Runcorn and Helsby Salford Sefton Central South Ribble Southport St Helens North St Helens South and Whiston Stalybridge and Hyde Stockport Stretford and Urmston Wallasey Warrington North Warrington South West Lancashire Whitehaven and Workington Widnes and Halewood Wigan Wirral West Worsley and Eccles Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative (3)	Chester South and Eddisbury Fylde Tatton
Liberal Democrats (3)	Cheadle Hazel Grove Westmorland and Lonsdale
Independent (1)	Blackburn
Speaker (1)	Chorley