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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885, 1997–2010 and 2024 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
 |name        = Salford
 |parliament  = uk
 |year       = 2024
 |abolished   = 
 |type  = Borough
 |previous   = [[Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford and Eccles]]
 |region      = England
 |county      = [[Greater Manchester]]
 |electorate = 72,169 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-north-west/#lg_salford-bc-72169
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West
 |publisher=Boundary Commission for England 
 |access-date=21 July 2024
 |df=dmy 
}}</ref>
 |mp           = [[Rebecca Long-Bailey]]
 |party       = Independent politician
 |elects_howmany = One
 |next =
 |year2        = 1997
 |abolished2   = 2010
 |type2        = Borough
 |previous2    = [[Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford East]], [[Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Eccles]]
 |year3       = 1832
 |abolished3  = 1885
 |previous3   = [[Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)|Lancashire]]
 |next3       = [[Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford North]], [[Salford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford South]] and [[Salford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford West]]
|image2=[[File:North West England - Salford constituency.svg|215px|alt=Map of constituency]]|caption2=Boundary of Salford in North West England}}

'''Salford''' is a [[borough constituency]] in Greater Manchester represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election. The constituency was re-established for the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] and is represented by [[Rebecca Long-Bailey]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] until she was suspended and had the [[Whip (politics)|whip]] removed on 23 July 2024, as a result of voting to scrap the [[two child benefit cap]]. 

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.<ref name="youngs">{{Cite book |last=Youngs |first=Frederic A Jr. |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.2: Northern England |publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] |year=1991 |isbn=0-86193-127-0 |location=London}}</ref> It was abolished by the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]], when it was replaced by three single member ([[Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)|North]], [[Salford South (UK Parliament constituency)|South]] and [[Salford West (UK Parliament constituency)|West]]).

The borough constituency was created for the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], primarily from the abolished [[Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford East]] seat. This was abolished and absorbed into the new [[Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford and Eccles]] constituency for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 election]]. Further to the completion of the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], the seat was re-established for the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], replacing the now abolished [[Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford and Eccles]] seat once again.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North West {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/north-west/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref>

==Boundaries==
===1832–1885===
In 1832 the constituency was formed from the [[township (England)|townships]] of [[Broughton, Greater Manchester|Broughton]], [[Pendleton, Greater Manchester|Pendleton]] and Salford, with part of the township of [[Pendlebury]]. The exact boundaries were defined in the [[Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832]]:<ref>1832 c.64, schedule "O"</ref>
<blockquote>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.</blockquote>

In 1883 the detached portion of Pendlebury was absorbed by Pendleton.<ref name=youngs/>

===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 [[ward (politics)|wards]] of the [[City of Salford]]: Blackfriars, Broughton, Claremont, Kersal, Langworthy, Ordsall, Pendleton, and Weaste & Seedley.<ref>{{Cite web| title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1626)| url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951626_en_2.htm | publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]] | date=1995 | access-date=2009-04-12}}</ref>

A very safe Labour seat which had some of the UK's most deprived areas, typified by council estates like [[Ordsall, Greater Manchester|Ordsall]], [[Pendleton, Greater Manchester|Pendleton]] and [[Langworthy, Salford|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===
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2011}}
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 (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackley and Broughton]], a cross-border constituency formed with wards in the current [[Manchester Blackley (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Blackley]] seat.
*[[Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford and Eccles]] took the existing Salford seat and married it with central electoral wards of [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]]
*[[Worsley and Eccles South (UK Parliament constituency)|Worsley and Eccles South]] brought [[Walkden]], [[Worsley]] and Eccles together in a new seat following the removal of the [[Wigan]]-Salford link

===Current===
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Salford (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=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):

* Blackfriars & Trinity; Broughton; Claremont; Ordsall; Pendlebury & Clifton; Pendleton & Charlestown; Quays; Swinton Park; Weaste & Seedley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region}}</ref>

''The constituency comprises the majority of, and replaces, the constituency of [[Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford and Eccles]] - excluding the towns of [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]] and [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]], which formed part of the new constituency of [[Worsley and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Worsley and Eccles]]. It also includes [[Broughton, Salford|Broughton]], previously part of the abolished constituency of [[Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)|Blackley and Broughton]].''

==Members of Parliament==
===MPs 1832–1868===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member <ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|r|2|date=March 2012}}</ref>
!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" |
| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]
| [[Joseph Brotherton]]
| [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000156/18321219/003/0001 |access-date=7 July 2018 |work=Bury and Norwich Post |date=19 December 1832 |page=1 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=General Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18321215/005/0002 |access-date=7 July 2018 |work=Morning Post |date=15 December 1832 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Paz |first1=Denis G. |title=Popular Anti-Catholicism in Mid-Victorian England |date=1992 |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |location=[[Stanford]] |isbn=9780804719841 |page=204 |edition=Illustrated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I1AuTbAg3j4C&pg=PA204 |access-date=7 July 2018 |via = [[Google Books]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Garrard |first1=John |title=Leadership and Power in Victorian Industrial Towns, 1830–80 |date=1983 |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |location=[[Manchester]] |isbn=0-7190-0897-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/leadershippoweri0000garr/page/213 213] |url=https://archive.org/details/leadershippoweri0000garr |url-access=registration |lccn=82-62260 |access-date=7 July 2018 |via = [[Internet Archive]] }}</ref>
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Whig}}" |
| [[1857 Salford by-election|1857 by-election]]
| [[Edward Ryley Langworthy]]
| Independent Whig<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000270/18570207/008/0003 |access-date=7 July 2018 |work=Bucks Herald |date=7 February 1857 |page=3}}</ref>
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" |
| [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857]]
|rowspan="2" | [[William Nathaniel Massey]]
| [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref name="hampshire1852">{{cite news |title=Newport Borough Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000494/18520710/040/0007 |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Hampshire Advertiser |date=10 July 1852 |page=7 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="shipping1852">{{cite news |title=Shipping and Mercantile Gazette |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001702/18520709/123/0008 |access-date=10 June 2018 |date=9 July 1852 |page=8 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865]]
| [[John Cheetham (manufacturer)|John Cheetham]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| colspan="4"| ''Representation increased to two members 1868''
|}

===MPs 1868–1885===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election!!colspan="2"|1st Member <ref name="rayment" />
!1st Party!!colspan="2"|2nd Member<ref name="rayment"/>!!2nd Party
|-
| [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]
|rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="1"| [[Charles Edward Cawley]]
|rowspan="1"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[William Thomas Charley]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| [[1877 Salford by-election|1877 by-election]]
|rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="1"| [[Oliver Ormerod Walker]]
|rowspan="1"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| [[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880]]
|rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="1"| [[Benjamin Armitage]]
|rowspan="1"| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="1"| [[Arthur Arnold]]
|rowspan="1"| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
|colspan="6"| ''Parliamentary borough split into three single-member divisions: see [[Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford North]], [[Salford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford South]], [[Salford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford West]]''
|}

===MPs 1997–2010===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member <ref name="rayment" />
!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
| [[Hazel Blears]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]
| colspan="2" | ''Constituency abolished; see [[Salford and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)|Salford and Eccles]]''
|}

===MPs 2024–present===

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Rebecca Long-Bailey]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|''2024''
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|}

==Elections==
===Elections in the 2020s===

{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Salford<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/election-results/ |title=Election Results |publisher=Salford City Council |date=5 July 2024 |access-date=9 July 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Rebecca Long-Bailey]]|votes=21,132|percentage=53.2|change=-4.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Keith Whalley|votes=6,031|percentage=15.2|change=+6.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Wendy Olsen|votes=5,188|percentage=13.1|change=+8.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Hilary Scott|votes=3,583|percentage=9.0|change=-14.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jake Austin|votes=2,752|percentage=6.9|change=+0.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Mustafa Abdullah|votes=791|percentage=2.0|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Stephen Lewthwaite|votes=227|percentage=0.6|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=15,101|percentage=38.0|change=+3.6}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=39,889|percentage=47.7|change=-10.2}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=83,633}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing      = −5.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 2010s===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|notional result]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 23,977 ||align=right| 57.4
|-
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] ||align=right| 9,729 ||align=right| 23.3
|-
| {{party color cell|Brexit Party}}
| [[Brexit Party]] ||align=right| 3,703 ||align=right| 8.9
|-
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 2,571 ||align=right| 6.2
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] ||align=right| 1,783 ||align=right| 4.3
|-
|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Turnout'''
|align=right|41,763
|align=right|57.9
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Electorate'''
|align=right|72,169
|}

===Elections in the 2000s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Salford<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]] |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party      = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate  = [[Hazel Blears]]
|votes      = 13,007
|percentage = 57.6
|change     = &minus;7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate  = Norman Owen
|votes      = 5,062
|percentage = 22.4
|change     = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate  = Laetitia Cash
|votes      = 3,440
|percentage = 15.2
|change     = &minus;0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = UK Independence Party
|candidate  = [[Lisa Duffy (politician)|Lisa Duffy]]
|votes      = 1,091
|percentage = 4.8
|change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes      = 7,945
|percentage = 35.2
|change     = -13.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 22,600
 |percentage = 42.4
 |change     = +0.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
  |swing      = &minus;6.9
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Salford<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]] |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Hazel Blears]]
  |votes      = 14,649
  |percentage = 65.1
  |change     = &minus;3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK) 
  |candidate  = Norman Owen
  |votes      = 3,637
  |percentage = 16.2
  |change     = +5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Christopher King
  |votes      = 3,446
  |percentage = 15.3
  |change     = &minus;2.2
}}
{{Election 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  =  Sheilah 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     = -2.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 22,514
  |percentage = 41.6
  |change     = &minus;14.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1990s===
{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Salford<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]] |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Hazel Blears]]
  |votes      = 22,848
  |percentage = 69.0
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Elliot Bishop
  |votes      = 5,779
  |percentage = 17.5
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Norman J. Owen
  |votes      = 3,407
  |percentage = 10.3
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Referendum Party
  |candidate  = Robert W. Cumpsty
  |votes      = 926
  |percentage = 2.8
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Natural Law Party
  |candidate  = Susan Herman
  |votes      = 162
  |percentage = 0.5
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 17,069
  |percentage = 51.5
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 33,122
  |percentage = 56.3
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
  |swing      = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1880s===
{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: Salford (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|pages=264–265}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Benjamin Armitage]]
  |votes      = 11,116
  |percentage = 28.6
  |change     = +3.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Arthur Arnold]]
  |votes      = 11,110
  |percentage = 28.5
  |change     = +4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[William Thomas Charley]]
  |votes      = 8,400
  |percentage = 21.6
  |change     = &minus;3.8
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Oliver Ormerod Walker]]
  |votes      = 8,302
  |percentage = 21.3
  |change     = &minus;4.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 2,710
  |percentage = 7.0
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes       = 2,808
 |percentage  = 7.2
 |change      = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 19,464 (est)
  |percentage = 87.1 (est)
  |change     = +15.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 22,334
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
  |loser     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = +3.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
  |loser     = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = +4.1
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===
{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1877 Salford by-election]] (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Oliver Ormerod Walker]]
  |votes      = 8,642
  |percentage = 50.8
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Joseph Kay<ref name="kay">{{cite news|title=The Candidates for Salford|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18770410/049/0003|access-date=19 January 2018|work=[[Evening Telegraph (Dundee)|Dundee Evening Telegraph]]|date=10 April 1877|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
  |votes      = 8,372
  |percentage = 49.2
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 270
  |percentage = 1.6
  |change     = +1.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 17,014
  |percentage = 77.2
  |change     = +5.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 22,041
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = +0.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Cawley's death.

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Salford (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Charles Edward Cawley]]
  |votes      = 7,003
  |percentage = 25.4
  |change     = &minus;0.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[William Thomas Charley]]
  |votes      = 6,987
  |percentage = 25.4
  |change     = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Joseph Kay<ref name="kay"/>
  |votes      = 6,827
  |percentage = 24.8
  |change     = &minus;0.1
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Henry Lee (Southampton MP)|Henry Lee]]
  |votes      = 6,709
  |percentage = 24.4
  |change     = +0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 160
  |percentage = 0.6
  |change     = +0.4
}} 
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 13,763 (est)
  |percentage = 71.8 (est)
  |change     = -5.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 19,177
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = -0.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
  |swing      = +0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: Salford (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Charles Edward Cawley]]
  |votes      = 6,312
  |percentage = 25.6
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[William Thomas Charley]]
  |votes      = 6,181
  |percentage = 25.1
  |change     = ''N/A''
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[John Cheetham (manufacturer)|John Cheetham]]
  |votes      = 6,141
  |percentage = 24.9
  |change     = ''N/A''
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Henry Rawson<ref>{{cite news|title=The Representation of Salford|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000504/18680215/013/0003|access-date=17 March 2018|work=[[Manchester Times]]|date=15 February 1868|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
  |votes      = 6,018
  |percentage = 24.4
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 40
  |percentage = 0.2
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 12,326 (est)
  |percentage = 77.7 (est)
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 15,862
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
  |loser = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing      = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
  |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Seat increased to two members

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[John Cheetham (manufacturer)|John Cheetham]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 5,397
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1865 Salford by-election|By-election, 13 February 1865]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[John Cheetham (manufacturer)|John Cheetham]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Massey's resignation after his appointment as a member of the [[Council of India]].

===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[William Nathaniel Massey]]
  |votes = 1,919
  |percentage = 51.8
  |change = &minus;8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Henry Ashworth<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001293/18590416/023/0003 |access-date=7 July 2018 |work=Bolton Chronicle |date=16 April 1859 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
  |votes = 1,787
  |percentage = 48.2
  |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes = 132
  |percentage = 3.6
  |change = &minus;16.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes = 3,706
  |percentage = 87.8
  |change = +9.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,222
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner = Liberal Party (UK)
  |swing = &minus;8.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Radicals (UK)
  |candidate  = [[William Nathaniel Massey]]
  |votes = 1,880
  |percentage = 59.8
  |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Radicals (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Elkanah Armitage]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Borough Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18570406/003/0001 |access-date=7 July 2018 |work=Yorkshire Gazette |date=6 April 1857 |page=1 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
  |votes = 1,264
  |percentage = 40.2
  |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes = 616
  |percentage = 19.6
  |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes = 3,144
  |percentage = 78.1
  |change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 4,028
}}
{{Election box gain no swing|
  |winner = Radicals (UK)
  |loser = Independent Whig
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1857 Salford by-election|By-election, 2 February 1857]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed minor party|
  |color = {{party color|Independent Whig}}
  |party      = Independent Whig
  |candidate  = [[Edward Ryley Langworthy]]
}}
{{Election box gain no swing|
  |color = {{party color|Independent Whig}}
  |winner = Independent Whig
  |loser = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Brotherton's death

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
  |party      = Radicals (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Joseph Brotherton]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,950
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
  |party      = Radicals (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Joseph Brotherton]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,605
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book
 |last=Stooks Smith
 |first=Henry.
 |editor=Craig, F. W. S.
 |editor-link=F. W. S. Craig
 |title=The Parliaments of England
 |orig-year=1844-1850
 |edition=2nd
 |year=1973
 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services
 |location=Chichester
 |isbn=0-900178-13-2
 |page=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/187 187]
 |url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/187
 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Radicals (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Joseph Brotherton]]
  |votes = 991
  |percentage = 53.2
  |change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = William Garnett
  |votes = 873
  |percentage = 46.8
  |change = &minus;3.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes = 118
  |percentage = 6.4
  |change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes = 1,864
  |percentage = 76.3
  |change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,443
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner = Radicals (UK)
  |swing = +3.1
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Radicals (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Joseph Brotherton]]
  |votes = 890
  |percentage = 50.1
  |change = &minus;8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = William Garnett
  |votes = 888
  |percentage = 49.9
  |change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes = 2
  |percentage = 0.2
  |change = &minus;16.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes = 1,778
  |percentage = 67.7
  |change = +9.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,628
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner = Radicals (UK)
  |swing = &minus;8.1
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
  |title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Radicals (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Joseph Brotherton]]
  |votes = 795
  |percentage = 58.2
  |change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = John Dugdale
  |votes = 572
  |percentage = 41.8
  |change = &minus;0.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes = 223
  |percentage = 16.4
  |change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes = 1,367
  |percentage = 58.5
  |change = &minus;24.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 2,336
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner = Radicals (UK)
  |swing = +0.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
  |title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: Salford (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Radicals (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Joseph Brotherton]]
  |votes = 712
  |percentage = 57.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
  |party      = Tories (British political party)
  |candidate  = William Garnett
  |votes = 518
  |percentage = 42.1
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
  |votes = 194
  |percentage = 15.8
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
  |votes = 1,230
  |percentage = 82.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
 |reg. electors = 1,497
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
  |winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester]]

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist|1}}

==External links==
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13335.html Salford UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168651.html Salford UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

{{Constituencies in North West England}}

[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024]]
[[Category:Politics of Salford]]