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Encyclopedia > Salford (UK Parliament constituency)

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. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

  • Hazel Blears, Labour (1997 - Present)

Hazel Anne Blears MP (born May 14, 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Salford. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Salford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hazel Blears 13,007 57.6 -7.5
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Hazel Anne Blears MP (born May 14, 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Salford. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... Hazel Anne Blears MP (born May 14, 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Salford. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Salford township and part of Broughton township received the charter of incorporation in 1844.
Salford reached its population peak of 234,000 in 1921.
Salford was the birthplace of the scientist James Prescott Joule and the novelist Walter Greenwood.
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