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Manchester East was one of six single-member parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester. The others were: Manchester South, Manchester North, Manchester North East, Manchester North West and Manchester South West. They were all abolished in 1918.
Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester (2024-present) For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election , the Boundary Commission for England proposed that Greater Manchester be considered as a sub-region of the North West Region ...
Manchester City's home is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and then reconfigured as a football ground in 2003. Manchester United, despite originating in Manchester, have been based in the neighbouring borough of Trafford since 1910.
Greater Manchester represents more than £82.7 billion in GDP, more than Wales, Northern Ireland or North East England. [197] Manchester city centre, the central business district of Greater Manchester, is a major centre of trade and commerce and provides Greater Manchester with a global identity, specialist activities and employment ...
The outer boundary of Greater Manchester, roughly 130 miles (209 km), "passes through or near several areas of natural beauty". [6] To the northwest are the West Pennine Moors, and to the north and northeast the South Pennines. Parts of the Peak District National Park also cover the east and south east of Greater Manchester.
Located in Miles Platting, less than 2 miles (3.2 km) to the North East of central Manchester, Victoria Mill is a Grade II* listed building. Functional to its original purpose until 1960, it was later converted to office and residential use.
Greater Manchester East was, from 1984 to 1999, a European Parliament constituency centred on Greater Manchester, in North West England.. From 1984 to 1994, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheadle, Denton and Reddish, Hazel Grove, Oldham Central and Royton, Oldham West, Stalybridge and Hyde, and Stockport. [1]