The Denton and Reddish Parliamentary constituency comprises the former townships of Audenshaw, Denton, Dukinfield and Reddish and includes parts of Heaton Norris and Heaton Chapel, and the old village of Haughton Green. It currently has around 68,000 electors. 

Andrew Bennett was the MP from the seat's creation in 1983 to 2005, when Andrew Gwynne became the new MP for the area.

(left) a map showing Denton and Reddish constituency within eastern Greater Manchester.

Its traditional industries were cotton spinning, hatting and engineering. Today it has a wide range of industries from Bardsley's Builders, Celmac and Vitafoam in Dukinfield, Mono Pumps and Brother in Audenshaw, Nelstrops in Heaton Norris and Eastlight in Denton. Two major new retail developments opened in Denton Town Centre in 2004, and a further large retail scheme is under consideration for the former Oldham Batteries site.

(right) Andrew Gwynne at the Tameside Park Industrial Estate in Dukinfield.

There are large areas of terraced houses in Reddish, central Denton and Dukinfield. Haughton Green has a Manchester overspill estate. Much of Denton West, Heaton Chapel and Audenshaw have 1930s suburban housing, occupied by people who originally moved out of Manchester.

(left) Andrew at Reddish Vale Country Park in the heart of the Tame Valley.

The constituency follows the River Tame from the centre of Stockport almost to the centre of Stalybridge. The Tame Valley is for the most part an attractive countryside park. The constituency is divided by the M60 and M67 motorways, and currently covers five council wards in Tameside MBC (Audenshaw, Denton North East, Denton South, Denton West and Dukinfield) and two council wards in Stockport MBC (Reddish North and Reddish South). 

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