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**Salford**
Salford; Borough constituency
	;
	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. The present borough constituency dates from 1997.

A parliamentary borough of the same name existed from 1832 to 1885. The historic constituency returned two members of parliament from 1868.^[1]

[edit] History

Hazel Blears of the Labour Party has represented the present seat since 1997.

[edit] 1832 - 1885

[edit] Members of parliament

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

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1868		Charles Edward Cawley	Conservative	William Thomas Charley	Conservative
1877		Oliver Ormerod Walker	Conservative	William Thomas Charley	Conservative
1880		Benjamin Armitage	Liberal	Arthur Arnold	Liberal
1885	Parliamentary borough split into three single-member divisions: see Salford North, Salford South, Salford West

[edit] Boundaries

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:^[2]

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.^[1]

[edit] 1997 to date

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Hazel Blears	Labour

[edit] Boundaries

The current constituency was defined by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995, and consists of eight wards of the City of Salford: Blackfriars, Broughton, Claremont, Kersal, Langworthy, Ordsall, Pendleton, and Weaste & Seedley.^[3]

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 Conservatives, 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] Election results

General Election 2010: Salford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Tina Wingfield^[4]
	Labour	Hazel Blears
Majority
Turnout

General Election 2005: Salford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Blears	13,007	57.6	-7.5
	Liberal Democrat	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Blears	14,649	65.1	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	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

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

[edit] References

^ ^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.
^ 1832 c.64, schedule "O"
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1626)". Office of Public Sector Information. 1995. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951626_en_2.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
^ http://bnp.org.uk/2009/12/tina-wingfield-to-take-on-hazel-blears-in-salford/

[youngs-0] 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.

[1] 1832 c.64, schedule "O"

[2] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1626)". Office of Public Sector Information. 1995. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951626_en_2.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

[3] ttp://bnp.org.uk/2009/12/tina-wingfield-to-take-on-hazel-blears-in-salford/

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Contents

[edit] History

[edit] 1832 - 1885

[edit] Members of parliament

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] 1997 to date

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Boundary Review

[edit] Election results

[edit] See also

[edit] References