Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)
| Salford and Eccles | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Salford and Eccles in Greater Manchester. |
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 Location of Greater Manchester within England. |
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| County | Greater Manchester |
| Electorate | 76,863 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Hazel Blears (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Salford, Eccles |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Salford and Eccles is a borough 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. It is the successor seat to the previous Salford (UK Parliament constituency).
The last MP for Salford was Hazel Blears, and the MP for Eccles was Ian Stewart. Hazel Blears was chosen as the Labour Party candidate to represent the new constituency at the 2010 general election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England formed the Salford and Eccles constituency from the following electoral wards:
Claremont, Eccles, Irwell Riverside, Langworthy, Ordsall, Pendlebury, Swinton North, Swinton South, and Weaste and Seedley.
Eccles was split between two constituencies following the review; for the other, see Worsley and Eccles South.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Hazel Blears | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Salford and Eccles[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hazel Blears* | 16,655 | 40.1 | −15.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Norman Owen | 10,930 | 26.3 | +3.5 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Sephton | 8,497 | 20.5 | +3.6 | |
| BNP | Tina Wingfield | 2,632 | 6.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Duran O'Dwyer | 1,084 | 2.6 | −2.3 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist | David Henry | 730 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| English Democrats | Stephen Morris | 621 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Richard Carvath | 384 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,725 | 13.8 | −18.9 | ||
| Turnout | 41,533 | 55.0 | +9.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −9.4 | |||
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ BBC - Election 2010 - Salford & Eccles
Coordinates: 53°31′N 2°20′W / 53.51°N 2.34°W
