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. From 1997-2010 this was 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 were due for apparent redevelopment.
Higher Broughton has a considerable Jewish population and has some very decent residential housing, but during this period Labour were usually in the lead at local level; the Conservatives, like all the other neighbouring Manchester seats, tended to be in third place in General Elections before the decline of the Liberal Democrats in 2015.
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: •
Blackley and Broughton, a cross-border constituency formed with wards in the to-be-abolished
Manchester Blackley seat. •
Salford and Eccles took the existing Salford seat and married it with central electoral wards of
Eccles •
Worsley and Eccles South brought
Walkden,
Worsley and Eccles together in a new seat following the removal of the
Wigan-Salford link
Current The re-established constituency is composed of the following wards of the City of Salford (as they existed on 1 December 2020): • Blackfriars & Trinity; Broughton; Claremont; Ordsall; Pendlebury & Clifton; Pendleton & Charlestown; Quays; Swinton Park; Weaste & Seedley.
The constituency now comprises the majority of, and replaces, the constituency of Salford and Eccles - excluding the town of Eccles and Swinton town centre, which formed part of the new constituency of Worsley and Eccles. The town of Swinton was split, with residential areas in the Swinton Park ward instead joining this constituency. It also includes Broughton, previously part of the abolished constituency of Blackley and Broughton. The ward of Kersal and Broughton Park, the other Salford City ward of that constituency, joined Bury South. The new constituency varies from its 1997 version by inclusion of the Salford suburbs of Swinton and Pendlebury (which were in the now-defunct
Eccles constituency), and exclusion of Kersal and Broughton Park which was annexed to Bury South for the first time. An economically diverse area that has seen much regeneration over the past 25 years through slum clearance and flagship developments such as
MediaCityUK, home of BBC and ITV in the north, and
The Lowry at
Salford Quays, though some areas are relatively deprived. The constituency stretches from the Blackfriars and Trinity areas, on the border of Manchester City Centre, featuring new high-rise apartments with high levels of graduates and professional workers, similarly Salford Quays, along with relatively working class areas of inner-city Salford such as Weaste and Seedley with higher proportions of social housing, through to the residential suburbs of Swinton, Clifton and Pendlebury in the Irwell Valley. The presence of the
University of Salford also means there is a sizeable proportion of students in the constituency. In addition to the
MediaCityUK and
The Lowry development which attracts millions of visitors annually, other points of interest in the area include
Clifton Country Park,
Peel Park, and
Ordsall Hall. ==Members of Parliament==