Salford | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 72,169 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Rebecca Long-Bailey (Independent) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Salford and Eccles |
1997–2010 | |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Salford East, Eccles |
1832–1885 | |
Created from | Lancashire |
Replaced by | Salford North, Salford South and Salford West |
Salford is a borough constituency in Greater Manchester 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. The constituency was re-established for the 2024 general election and is represented by Rebecca Long-Bailey of the Labour Party until she was suspended and had the 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.