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| Salford | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Salford in Greater Manchester for the 2005 general election | |
 Location of Greater Manchester within England | |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| 1997–2010 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Salford East, Eccles |
| Replaced by | Salford and Eccles |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Created from | Lancashire |
| Replaced by | Salford North, Salford South and Salford West |
| 2024–2024 | |
| Created from | Salford and Eccles |
Salford was a borough constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The borough constituency dated from 1997 and was abolished in 2010, replaced by Salford and Eccles.
A parliamentary borough of the same name existed from 1832 to 1885. The historic constituency returned two MPs from 1868.[1]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the 2024 general election, formed primarily from the (to be abolished) constituency of Salford and Eccles.[2]
Boundaries
Boundaries 1832–1885
In 1832 the constituency was formed from the townships of Broughton, Pendleton and Salford, with part of the township of Pendlebury. The exact boundaries were defined in the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832:[3]
From the Northernmost Point at which the Boundary of the Township of Salford meets the Boundary of the Township of Broughton, Northward, along the Boundary of the Township of Broughton, to the Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the Township of Pendleton; thence, Westward, along the Boundary of the Township of Pendleton to the Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the detached Portion of the Township of Pendlebury; thence, Southward, along the Boundary of the detached Portion of the Township of Pendlebury to the Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the Township of Salford; thence, Westward, along the Boundary of the Township of Salford to the Point first described.
In 1883 the detached portion of Pendlebury was absorbed by Pendleton.[1]
Boundaries 1997–2010
The constituency was re-created for the 1997 election. It boundaries were defined by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995, and consisted of eight wards of the City of Salford: Blackfriars, Broughton, Claremont, Kersal, Langworthy, Ordsall, Pendleton, and Weaste & Seedley.[4]
A very safe Labour seat which had some of the UK's most deprived areas, typified by council estates like Ordsall, Pendleton and Langworthy, which are now due for apparent redevelopment. Higher Broughton has a considerable Jewish population and has some very decent residential housing, but even here Labour are usually in the lead at local level; the Conservatives, like all the other neighbouring Manchester seats, are now in third place in General Elections.
2010 boundary review
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Following its review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Salford be split into three new constituencies and this was enacted in 2010:
- Blackley and Broughton, a cross-border constituency formed with wards in the current Manchester Blackley seat.
- Salford and Eccles takes the existing Salford seat and marries it with central electoral wards of Eccles
- Worsley and Eccles South brings Walkden, Worsley and Eccles together in a new seat following the removal of the Wigan-Salford link
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the re-established constituency will be composed of the following wards of the City of Salford (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- Blackfriars & Trinity; Broughton; Claremont; Ordsall; Pendlebury & Clifton; Pendleton & Charlestown; Quays; Swinton Park; Weaste & Seedley.[5]
The constituency will comprise the majority of, and replace, the constituency of Salford and Eccles - excluding the towns of Eccles and Swinton. It will also include Broughton, transferred from Blackley and Broughton (to be abolished).
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1868
| Election | Member [6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Joseph Brotherton | Radical[7][8][9][10] | |
| 1857 by-election | Edward Ryley Langworthy | Independent Whig[11] | |
| 1857 | William Nathaniel Massey | Radical[12][13] | |
| 1859 | Liberal | ||
| 1865 | John Cheetham | Liberal | |
| Representation increased to two members 1868 | |||
MPs 1868–1885
| Election | 1st Member [6] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[6] | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Charles Edward Cawley | Conservative | William Thomas Charley | Conservative | ||
| 1877 by-election | Oliver Ormerod Walker | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | Benjamin Armitage | Liberal | Arthur Arnold | Liberal | ||
| 1885 | Parliamentary borough split into three single-member divisions: see Salford North, Salford South, Salford West | |||||
MPs 1997–2010
| Election | Member [6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Hazel Blears | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Salford and Eccles | ||
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers Party | Mustafa Abdullah[14] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jake Austin[15] | ||||
| SDP | Stephen Lewthwaite[16] | ||||
| Labour | Rebecca Long-Bailey[17] | ||||
| Green | Wendy Olsen[18] | ||||
| Conservative | Hilary Scott | ||||
| Reform UK | Keith Whalley[19] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hazel Blears | 13,007 | 57.6 | −7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Owen | 5,062 | 22.4 | +6.2 | |
| Conservative | Laetitia Cash | 3,440 | 15.2 | −0.1 | |
| UKIP | Lisa Duffy | 1,091 | 4.8 | New | |
| Majority | 7,945 | 35.2 | -13.7 | ||
| Turnout | 22,600 | 42.4 | +0.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hazel Blears | 14,649 | 65.1 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Owen | 3,637 | 16.2 | +5.9 | |
| Conservative | Christopher King | 3,446 | 15.3 | −2.2 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Peter Grant | 414 | 1.8 | New | |
| Independent | Sheilah Wallace | 216 | 1.0 | New | |
| Independent | Roy Masterson | 152 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 11,012 | 48.9 | -2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 22,514 | 41.6 | −14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||