Gorton North is a local government

Local government

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 ward in the Gorton

Gorton

Gorton is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. It is located to the southeast of Manchester city centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme....

 area of the City

City

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 of Manchester

Manchester

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. The ward contains Debdale Park

Debdale Park

Debdale Park is an inner city park, located in the Gorton area of Manchester, England. At around , it is one of the largest inner city parks in the City of Manchester....

, the former Gorton Tub swimming pool

Swimming pool

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, and Belle Vue greyhound racing

Greyhound racing

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 track. Politically, the area is dominated by the Liberal Democrats and Labour. The Conservative Party is not represented in Gorton, but as December 2009, has selected its candidates for the both the North and South wards. The city councillors for the ward

Ward (subnational entity)

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 are Wendy Helsby, Dr Jackie Pearcey, and Nilofar Siddiqi. Former councillors include Bernadette Newing, who lost her seat in the local election in May 2006 to Nilofar Siddiqi.

Gorton North is in the Manchester Gorton parliamentary constituency

Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester, Gorton is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-1885–1918:...

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