Constituency profile

Worsley and Eccles

North West · County constituency

Michael Wheeler MP
Sitting MP

Michael Wheeler

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
58.9% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +7.0pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +7.5pp
vs Reform UK 31.9%
NorthernLeave-leaning

About the Worsley and Eccles constituency

Worsley and Eccles is a county constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Michael Wheeler (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 47.7% to 21.6% for Reform UK, a majority of 11,091 votes on a 54.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 39.5% and Reform UK on 31.9%, a margin of 7.5 points.

Who lives in Worsley and Eccles? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
58.9%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
31.2%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
19.1%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
62.9%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
36.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
39.4
UK median ~40
Age 65+
20.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
31.0%
UK average ~28%

How did Worsley and Eccles vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 11,091 votes (26.1pp) · turnout 54.1%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Worsley and Eccles

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Worsley and Eccles within Salford and Wigan

Worsley and Eccles crosses council boundaries: Salford (87%), Wigan (13%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Salford
59 LSOAs
87%View projection ›
Wigan
9 LSOAs
13%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
AstleyLabour 52.5%vs Reform 18.0%May 2026 Reform 45.2%vs Labour 20.3%
Labour→Reform
+29.7pp
43.2%
Barton & WintonLabour 49.6%vs Reform 23.4%May 2026 Labour 37.2%vs Reform 36.0%
Labour share
-12.4pp
33.4%
Boothstown & EllenbrookLabour 39.9%vs Conservative 26.3%May 2026 Conservative 34.6%vs Reform 31.8%
Labour→Conservative
+16.6pp
48.3%
Cadishead & Lower IrlamLabour 47.2%vs Reform 22.4%May 2026 Reform 47.3%vs Labour 32.3%
Labour→Reform
+19.9pp
39.9%
EcclesLabour 52.5%vs Reform 21.1%May 2026 Labour 44.2%vs Reform 32.1%
Labour share
-8.3pp
38.8%
Higher Irlam & Peel GreenLabour 47.0%vs Reform 23.8%May 2026 Reform 46.3%vs Labour 31.0%
Labour→Reform
+19.3pp
31.5%
Swinton & WardleyLabour 51.1%vs Reform 21.9%May 2026 Reform 42.0%vs Labour 26.6%
Labour→Reform
+22.3pp
39.0%
Tyldesley & Mosley CommonLabour 46.3%vs Reform 26.6%May 2026 Reform 44.7%vs Labour 19.9%
Labour→Reform
+22.3pp
39.7%
Worsley & Westwood ParkLabour 44.4%vs Reform 21.5%May 2026 Reform 35.0%vs Labour 27.3%
Labour→Reform
+15.3pp
43.6%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Worsley and Eccles at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Worsley and Eccles at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdBarbara Keeley Worsley and Eccles South MP42.9%32.5%16.5%4.9% UKIP-3.2%4,33757.5%
2015predecessorLab holdBarbara Keeley Worsley and Eccles South MP44.2%30.1%2.6%18.3% UKIP3.0%1.8%5,94658.3%+0.8
2017predecessorLab holdBarbara Keeley Worsley and Eccles South MP57.1%38.7%2.4%-1.8%-8,37961.9%+3.6
2019notionalLabour winnerBarbara Keeley Worsley and Eccles South MP, pre-review boundary46.5%38.5%5.3%-2.5%7.2%3,96164.4%
2024Lab holdMichael Wheeler47.7%16.0%4.4%21.6% Ref7.7%2.7%11,09154.1%-10.3

Worsley and Eccles was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Worsley and Eccles South (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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