UK Explained

Salford

Represented in Parliament by Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Rebecca Long Bailey, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Salford compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 563 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £671£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 538 areas and lower than 110.

UK 3.9%This area 5.1%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Salford£6715.1%
Doncaster Central£6685.2%
Northampton North£6785.1%
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes£6565.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Salford

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people120,59059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over10%19%8 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher38%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home36%62%27 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association28%17%10 points higher
Households renting privately36%20%16 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Rebecca Long-Bailey

Labour

MAJORITY
15,101

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
47%

of people who could vote did

Rebecca Long-Bailey won with 53% of the votes, and Keith Whalley (Reform UK) came second with 15%. The seat has a different MP now: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour).

Votes for each party

Labour53% · 21,132
Reform UK15% · 6,031
Green Party13% · 5,188
Conservative9% · 3,583
Liberal Democrat7% · 2,752
Workers Party of Britain2% · 791
Everyone else1% · 227
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rebecca Long-BaileyLabour21,13253.2%
Keith WhalleyReform UK6,03115.2%
Wendy OlsenGreen Party5,18813.1%
Hilary ScottConservative3,5839.0%
Jake AustinLiberal Democrat2,7526.9%
Mustafa AbdullahWorkers Party of Britain7912.0%
Stephen LewthwaiteSocial Democratic Party2270.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£671 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026