Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885, 1997–2010 and 2024 onwards
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.
The constituency was first established as a single-member parliamentary borough by the Reform Act 1832 . It returned two MPs from 1868.[ 2] 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.[ 3]
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 :[ 4]
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.[ 2]
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.[ 5]
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 [ edit ] 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:
Map of boundaries from 2024
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.[ 6] 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 [ edit ] Elections in the 2020s [ edit ] Elections in the 2010s [ edit ] Elections in the 2000s [ edit ] Elections in the 1990s [ edit ] Elections in the 1880s [ edit ] Elections in the 1870s [ edit ] Caused by Cawley's death. Elections in the 1860s [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Caused by Brotherton's death Elections in the 1840s [ edit ] Elections in the 1830s [ edit ] Notes and references [ edit ]
^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West" . Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 21 July 2024 .^ a b Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.2: Northern England . London: Royal Historical Society . ISBN 0-86193-127-0 ^ "North West | Boundary Commission for England" . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk . Retrieved 15 June 2023 .^ 1832 c.64, schedule "O"
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1626)" . Office of Public Sector Information . 1995. Retrieved 12 April 2009 .^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023" . Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.^ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2) ^ "The Elections" Bury and Norwich Post . 19 December 1832. p. 1. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "General Election" Morning Post . 15 December 1832. p. 2. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ Paz, Denis G. (1992). Popular Anti-Catholicism in Mid-Victorian England Stanford : Stanford University Press . p. 204. ISBN 9780804719841 . Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via Google Books . ^ Garrard, John (1983). Leadership and Power in Victorian Industrial Towns, 1830–80 Manchester : Manchester University Press . p. 213 . ISBN 0-7190-0897-2 LCCN 82-62260 . Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via Internet Archive . ^ "Election Intelligence" . Bucks Herald . 7 February 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2018 .^ "Newport Borough Election" Hampshire Advertiser . 10 July 1852. p. 7. Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "Shipping and Mercantile Gazette" . Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "Election Results" . Salford City Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019" . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024 .^ "Election Data 2005" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .^ "Election Data 2001" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .^ "Election Data 1997" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 264– 265. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 ^ a b "The Candidates for Salford" Dundee Evening Telegraph . Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "The Representation of Salford" Manchester Times . Retrieved 17 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "Election Intelligence" Bolton Chronicle . 16 April 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ "The Borough Elections" Yorkshire Gazette . 6 April 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .^ a b c d Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England 187 . ISBN 0-900178-13-2
