Salford and Eccles is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP)

Member of Parliament

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 by the first past the post system of election. It is the successor seat to the previous Salford (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The borough constituency dated from 1997 and was abolished in 2010.A parliamentary borough of the same...

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The last MP for Salford was Hazel Blears

Hazel Blears

Hazel Anne Blears is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Salford and Eccles since 2010 and was previously the MP for Salford since 1997...

, and the MP for Eccles was Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart (Labour politician)

Ian Stewart is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Eccles from 1997 until 2010.-Early life:...

. Hazel Blears was chosen as the Labour Party candidate to represent the new constituency at the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

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, the Boundary Commission for England formed the Salford and Eccles constituency from the following electoral wards:

Claremont, Eccles

Eccles, Greater Manchester

Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...

, Irwell Riverside

River Irwell

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, Langworthy, Ordsall

Ordsall, Greater Manchester

Ordsall is an inner city area of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated chiefly to the south of the A57 road and close to the River Irwell, the main boundary with the city of Manchester...

, Pendlebury

Pendlebury

Pendlebury is a suburban town in the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies to the northwest of Manchester city centre, northwest of Salford, and southeast of Bolton....

, Swinton

Swinton, Greater Manchester

Swinton is a town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. Located on the A6 road it stands on gently sloping ground on the southwest side of the River Irwell, and within the bounds of the orbital M60 motorway. It is west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester...

 North, Swinton South, and Weaste

Weaste

Weaste is an inner city area of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It is an industrial area, with many industrial estates. The A57 road passes through Weaste, which lies close to the M602 motorway...

 and Seedley

Seedley

Seedley is an inner city area of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies west of Pendleton and north of Weaste.The area is mostly made up of terraced housing, dating from the late 19th century and early 20th century...

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Eccles was split between two constituencies following the review; for the other, see Worsley and Eccles South

Worsley and Eccles South (UK Parliament constituency)

Worsley and Eccles South is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

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Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2010	Hazel Blears Hazel Blears Hazel Anne Blears is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Salford and Eccles since 2010 and was previously the MP for Salford since 1997...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

Elections in the 2010s

* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament