Gorton South is a defunct

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in the

Gorton Gorton is an area of Manchester in North West England, southeast of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 36,055. Neighbouring areas include Levenshulme and Openshaw. A major landmark is Gorton Monastery, a 19th-century Hi ...

area of the

City A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

. The population of Gorton South ward at the 2011 census was 19,615. Under boundary changes by the

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(LGBCE) the ward was abolished and replaced with the new electoral ward Gorton and Abbey Hey from May 2018.

Governance

Gorton South (Manchester City Council ward)

Gorton South is in the parliamentary constituency of

Manchester Gorton Manchester Gorton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Labour's Afzal Khan, who was elected at the 2017 general election. It is the safest Labour seat in Greater Manchester by numerical majority and ...

. It has been represented in

Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster. The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...

by Afzal Khan since June 2017. The city councillors for the

are Julie Reid (Labour), Peter Cookson (Labour) and Bernard Stone (Labour). The area was previously represented by James Ashley who was Lord Mayor of Manchester at the time of his death in 2006. ;Councillors Julie Reid (Lab), Peter Cookson (Lab), and Bernard Stone (Lab) indicates seat up for re-election. indicates seat won in by-election. indicates ward abolished and replaced with new ward: Gorton and Abbey Hey.

Geography

Gorton South is bounded by the neighbourhoods of

Gorton North Gorton North is a defunct local government ward in the Gorton area of the City of Manchester. The population of Gorton North ward at the 2011 census was 16,440. Under boundary changes by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGB ...

to the north,

Longsight Longsight is an inner city suburb of Manchester, England, located south of the city centre. It is bounded by Ardwick and West Gorton to the north; Levenshulme to the south; and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Victoria Park and Fallowfield to the west. ...

to the east,

Levenshulme Levenshulme () is an area of Manchester, England, bordering Fallowfield, Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish; it is approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester city centre on the A6. Levenshulme is predominantly re ...

to the south and Denton West and Reddish North to the west.

References

External links

Office for National Statistics
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