Salford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Salford Borough constituency |
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| Salford shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | 1832, 1997 |
| MP: | Hazel Blears |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Salford is a constituency 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
A very safe Labour seat which has 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 Tories, like all the other neighbouring Manchester seats, are now in third place in General Elections.
[edit] 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:
- 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
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Hazel Blears, Labour (1997 - Present)
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Salford | |||||
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| 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 | +4.8 | |
| Majority | 7,945 | 35.2 | |||
| Turnout | 22,600 | 35 | -6.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -6.9% | |||
| General Election 2001: Salford | |||||
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| 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 | -2.1 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Peter Grant | 414 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Hazel Wallace | 216 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | Roy Masterson | 152 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,012 | 48.9 | |||
| Turnout | 22,514 | 41.6 | -14.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
Categories: Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester | Salford | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997 | United Kingdom constituency stubs
