Salford (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
120px Boundary of Salford in Greater Manchester for the 2005 general election.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
1997–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Salford and Eccles
1832–1885
Replaced by	Salford North, Salford South and Salford West
Created from	Lancashire

Salford was a borough constituency 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.

A parliamentary borough of the same name existed from 1832 to 1885. The historic constituency returned two members of parliament from 1868.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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 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

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1868

Election		Member	Party
	1832	Joseph Brotherton	Liberal
	1857 by-election	Edward Ryley Langworthy	Liberal
	1857	William Nathaniel Massey	Liberal
	1865	John Cheetham	Liberal
Representation increased to two members 1868

MPs 1868–1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		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	Party
	1997	Hazel Blears	Labour
	2010	Constituency abolished: see Salford and Eccles

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Salford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Blears	13,007	57.6	−7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Norman J. Owen	5,062	22.4	+6.2
	Conservative	Miss Laetitia M. Cash	3,440	15.2	−0.1
	UKIP	Mrs. Lisa A. Duffy	1,091	4.8	+4.8
Majority			7,945	35.2
Turnout			22,600	42.4	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.9

General Election 2001: Salford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Blears	14,649	65.1	−3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Norman J. Owen	3,637	16.2	+5.9
	Conservative	Christopher John King	3,446	15.3	−2.1
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Michael Grant	414	1.8	N/A
	Independent	Miss Sheilah 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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Salford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Blears	22,848	69.0	N/A
	Conservative	Elliot Bishop	5,779	17.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Norman J. Owen	3,407	10.3	N/A
	Referendum	Robert W. Cumpsty	926	2.8	N/A
	Natural Law	Mrs. Susan Herman	162	0.5	N/A
Majority			17,069	51.5	N/A
Turnout			33,122	56.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester