Salford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Salford
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - Salford constituency.svg
Boundary of Salford in North West England
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 72,169 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Rebecca Long-Bailey (Independent)
SeatsOne
Created from Salford and Eccles
1997–2010
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Created from Salford East, Eccles
1832–1885
Created from Lancashire
Replaced by Salford North, Salford South and Salford West

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.

Contents

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. [2] 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. [3]

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: [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]

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. [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

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:

Current

Salford (UK Parliament constituency)
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):

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

ElectionMember [7] Party
1832 Joseph Brotherton Radical [8] [9] [10] [11]
1857 by-election Edward Ryley Langworthy Independent Whig [12]
1857 William Nathaniel Massey Radical [13] [14]
1859 Liberal
1865 John Cheetham Liberal
Representation increased to two members 1868

MPs 1868–1885

Election1st Member [7] 1st Party2nd Member [7] 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

ElectionMember [7] Party
1997 Hazel Blears Labour
2010 Constituency abolished; see Salford and Eccles

MPs 2024–present

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour
2024 Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Salford [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rebecca Long-Bailey 21,132 53.2 −4.2
Reform UK Keith Whalley6,03115.2+6.3
Green Wendy Olsen5,18813.1+8.8
Conservative Hilary Scott3,5839.0−14.3
Liberal Democrats Jake Austin2,7526.9+0.7
Workers Party Mustafa Abdullah7912.0N/A
SDP Stephen Lewthwaite2270.6N/A
Majority15,10138.0+3.6
Turnout 39,88947.7−10.2
Registered electors 83,633
Labour hold Swing −5.3

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [16]
PartyVote %
Labour 23,97757.4
Conservative 9,72923.3
Brexit Party 3,7038.9
Liberal Democrats 2,5716.2
Green 1,7834.3
Turnout41,76357.9
Electorate72,169

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Salford [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hazel Blears 13,007 57.6 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Norman Owen5,06222.4+6.2
Conservative Laetitia Cash3,44015.2−0.1
UKIP Lisa Duffy 1,0914.8N/A
Majority7,94535.2−13.7
Turnout 22,60042.4+0.8
Labour hold Swing −6.9
General election 2001: Salford [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hazel Blears 14,649 65.1 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Norman Owen3,63716.2+5.9
Conservative Christopher King3,44615.3−2.2
Socialist Alliance Peter Grant4141.8N/A
Independent Sheilah Wallace2161.0N/A
Independent Roy Masterson1520.7N/A
Majority11,01248.9−2.6
Turnout 22,51441.6−14.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Salford [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hazel Blears 22,848 69.0
Conservative Elliot Bishop5,77917.5
Liberal Democrats Norman J. Owen3,40710.3
Referendum Robert W. Cumpsty9262.8
Natural Law Susan Herman1620.5
Majority17,06951.5
Turnout 33,12256.3
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Salford (2 seats) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Benjamin Armitage 11,116 28.6 +3.8
Liberal Arthur Arnold 11,110 28.5 +4.1
Conservative William Thomas Charley 8,40021.6−3.8
Conservative Oliver Ormerod Walker 8,30221.3−4.1
Majority2,7107.0N/A
Majority2,8087.2N/A
Turnout 19,464 (est)87.1 (est)+15.3
Registered electors 22,334
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.8
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1870s

1877 Salford by-election (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Ormerod Walker 8,642 50.8 N/A
Liberal Joseph Kay [21] 8,37249.2N/A
Majority2701.6+1.0
Turnout 17,01477.2+5.4
Registered electors 22,041
Conservative hold Swing +0.0
General election 1874: Salford (2 seats) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Edward Cawley 7,003 25.4 −0.2
Conservative William Thomas Charley 6,987 25.4 +0.3
Liberal Joseph Kay [21] 6,82724.8−0.1
Liberal Henry Lee 6,70924.4+0.0
Majority1600.6+0.4
Turnout 13,763 (est)71.8 (est)−5.9
Registered electors 19,177
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
Conservative hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Salford (2 seats) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Edward Cawley 6,312 25.6 N/A
Conservative William Thomas Charley 6,181 25.1 N/A
Liberal John Cheetham 6,14124.9N/A
Liberal Henry Rawson [22] 6,01824.4N/A
Majority400.2N/A
Turnout 12,326 (est)77.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors 15,862
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1865: Salford (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Cheetham Unopposed
Registered electors 5,397
Liberal hold
By-election, 13 February 1865: Salford (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Cheetham Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Salford (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Nathaniel Massey 1,919 51.8 −8.0
Liberal Henry Ashworth [23] 1,78748.2N/A
Majority1323.6−16.0
Turnout 3,70687.8+9.7
Registered electors 4,222
Liberal hold Swing −8.0
General election 1857: Salford (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William Nathaniel Massey 1,880 59.8 N/A
Radical Elkanah Armitage [24] 1,26440.2N/A
Majority61619.6N/A
Turnout 3,14478.1N/A
Registered electors 4,028
Radical gain from Ind. Whig
By-election, 2 February 1857: Salford (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Whig Edward Ryley Langworthy Unopposed
Ind. Whig gain from Radical
General election 1852: Salford (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Joseph Brotherton Unopposed
Registered electors 2,950
Radical hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Salford (1 seat) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Joseph Brotherton Unopposed
Registered electors 2,605
Radical hold
General election 1841: Salford (1 seat) [20] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Joseph Brotherton 991 53.2 +3.1
Conservative William Garnett87346.8−3.1
Majority1186.4+6.2
Turnout 1,86476.3+8.6
Registered electors 2,443
Radical hold Swing +3.1

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Salford (1 seat) [20] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Joseph Brotherton 890 50.1 −8.1
Conservative William Garnett88849.9+8.1
Majority20.2−16.2
Turnout 1,77867.7+9.2
Registered electors 2,628
Radical hold Swing −8.1
General election 1835: Salford (1 seat) [20] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Joseph Brotherton 795 58.2 +0.3
Conservative John Dugdale57241.8−0.3
Majority22316.4+0.6
Turnout 1,36758.5−24.3
Registered electors 2,336
Radical hold Swing +0.3
General election 1832: Salford (1 seat) [20] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Radical Joseph Brotherton 712 57.9
Tory William Garnett51842.1
Majority19415.8
Turnout 1,23082.8
Registered electors 1,497
Radical win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ "North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ↑ 1832 c.64, schedule "O"
  5. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1626)". Office of Public Sector Information. 1995. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  6. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  8. ↑ "The Elections" . Bury and Norwich Post. 19 December 1832. p. 1. Retrieved 7 July 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "General Election" . Morning Post. 15 December 1832. p. 2. Retrieved 7 July 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ Paz, Denis G. (1992). Popular Anti-Catholicism in Mid-Victorian England (Illustrated ed.). Stanford: Stanford University Press. p. 204. ISBN   9780804719841 . Retrieved 7 July 2018– via Google Books.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "Election Intelligence". Bucks Herald. 7 February 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Newport Borough Election" . Hampshire Advertiser. 10 July 1852. p. 7. Retrieved 10 June 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ "Shipping and Mercantile Gazette" . 9 July 1852. p. 8. Retrieved 10 June 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ↑ "Election Results". Salford City Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.
  21. 1 2 "The Candidates for Salford" . Dundee Evening Telegraph . 10 April 1877. p. 3. Retrieved 19 January 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ↑ "The Representation of Salford" . Manchester Times . 15 February 1868. p. 3. Retrieved 17 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ↑ "Election Intelligence" . Bolton Chronicle. 16 April 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ↑ "The Borough Elections" . Yorkshire Gazette. 6 April 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 7 July 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. 1 2 3 4 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p.  187. ISBN   0-900178-13-2.

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