- Source: Salford (UK Parliament constituency)
Salford is a borough constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was re-established for the 2024 general election and is represented by Rebecca Long-Bailey of the Labour Party until she was suspended and had the whip removed on 23 July 2024, as a result of voting to scrap the two child benefit cap.
Long-Bailey was MP for the predecessor seat of Salford and Eccles from 2015 to 2024.
History
The constituency was first established as a single-member parliamentary borough by the Reform Act 1832. It returned two MPs from 1868. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when it was replaced by three single member (North, South and West).
The borough constituency was created for the 1997 general election, primarily from the abolished Salford East seat. This was abolished and absorbed into the new Salford and Eccles constituency for the 2010 election. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, replacing the now abolished Salford and Eccles seat once again.
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:
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.
= 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.
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
=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 took the existing Salford seat and married it with central electoral wards of Eccles
Worsley and Eccles South brought Walkden, Worsley and Eccles together in a new seat following the removal of the Wigan-Salford link
= Current
=The re-established constituency is 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.
The constituency comprises the majority of, and replaces, the constituency of Salford and Eccles - excluding the towns of Eccles and Swinton, which formed part of the new constituency of Worsley and Eccles. It also includes Broughton, previously part of the abolished constituency of Blackley and Broughton.
Members of Parliament
= MPs 1832–1868
== MPs 1868–1885
== MPs 1997–2010
== MPs 2024–present
=Elections
= Elections in the 2020s
== Elections in the 2010s
== Elections in the 2000s
== Elections in the 1990s
== Elections in the 1880s
== Elections in the 1870s
=Caused by Cawley's death.
= Elections in the 1860s
=Seat increased to two members
Caused by Massey's resignation after his appointment as a member of the Council of India.
= Elections in the 1850s
=Caused by Brotherton's death
= Elections in the 1840s
== Elections in the 1830s
=See also
List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
Notes and references
External links
Salford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
Salford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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- Salford (UK Parliament constituency)
- Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)
- Salford West (UK Parliament constituency)
- Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)
- Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)
- Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)
- Bury South (UK Parliament constituency)
- Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)
- Salford South (UK Parliament constituency)
- Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)
