Salford (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Salford
Map1 = Salford
Map2 = GreaterManchester
Entity = Greater Manchester
Type = Borough
County = Greater Manchester
Year = 1832, 1997
MP = Hazel Blears
Party = Labour
EP = 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.

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.

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

Members of Parliament

* Hazel Blears, Labour (1997 - Present)

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: SalfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hazel Blears
votes = 13,007
percentage = 57.6
change = -7.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Norman Owen
votes = 5,062
percentage = 22.4
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Laetitia Cash
votes = 3,440
percentage = 15.2
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Lisa Duffy
votes = 1,091
percentage = 4.8
change = +4.8Election box majority
votes = 7,945
percentage = 35.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 22,600
percentage = 35
change = -6.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -6.9%

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: SalfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hazel Blears
votes = 14,649
percentage = 65.1
change = -3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Norman Owen
votes = 3,637
percentage = 16.2
change = +5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher King
votes = 3,446
percentage = 15.3
change = -2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Peter Grant
votes = 414
percentage = 1.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hazel Wallace
votes = 216
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roy Masterson
votes = 152
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 11,012
percentage = 48.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 22,514
percentage = 41.6
change = -14.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester