European Parliament constituency North West England Number of members 1 | Electorate 76,863 (December 2010) | |
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Salford and Eccles is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Rebecca Long-Bailey, a member of the Labour Party.
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History
As Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies (ended 2008) which created this constituency for the General Election 2010 Greater Manchester sustained the net loss of one seat before the 2010 election, the Salford and Eccles seat covers smaller versions of the predecessor seats.
The last MP for Salford was Hazel Blears, whereas the last 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. Following Blears's retirement, Labour member Rebecca Long-Bailey was elected to replace her in 2015.
Boundaries
The constituency has electoral wards:
Claremont, Eccles, Irwell Riverside, Langworthy, Ordsall, Pendlebury, Swinton North, Swinton South and Weaste and Seedley in the City of Salford.
Eccles was approximately bisected following the recommendations of the review; for its southern areas see Worsley and Eccles South.
Constituency profile
In an effort to reignite business development after the wholesale essentials textiles manufacturing industry declined, at the heart of the City of Salford this constituency is springing modern industries and services. Salford Quays became Britain's Media City as the home of the BBC in the North of England and the University of Salford commenced a £150 million redevelopment in 2008.
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of the City of Salford: a working population whose income is below the national average and higher than average reliance upon social housing. At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 5.0% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.2%. The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a high 44.5% of its population without a car, a close-to-average 23.1% of the population without qualifications and a high 28.9% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure only 37.8% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the City.