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Election results

General Election results in the city of Salford

The general election took place on Thursday 4 July 2024.

Salford constituency

Rebecca Long-Bailey has been elected

Electorate: 83,633

Total number of votes cast: 39,889

Turnout: 47.7 per cent

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

  • Want of official mark: 0
  • Voting for more than one candidate: 30
  • Writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 13
  • Unmarked or void for uncertainty: 142

Total number of rejected ballot papers: 185

Candidate Party Votes cast
ABDULLAH, Mustafa Workers Party - For Britain, For Gaza 791
AUSTIN, Jake Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal 2,752
LEWTHWAITE, Stephen James Social Democratic Party 227
LONG-BAILEY, Rebecca Labour Party 21,132
OLSEN, Wendy Green Party 5,188
SCOTT, Hilary Conservative Party 3,583
WHALLEY, Keith Reform UK 6,031

Worsley and Eccles constituency

Michael Joseph Wheeler has been elected

Electorate: 78,643

NB This is made up of 67,597 voters in Salford wards and 11,046 voters in districts from Wigan Borough’s Astley Mosley Common area that form part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Total number of votes cast: 42,707

Turnout: 54.3 per cent

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

  • Want of official mark: 0
  • Voting for more than one candidate: 15
  • Writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 0
  • Unmarked or void for uncertainty: 149

Total number of rejected ballot papers: 164

Candidate Party Votes cast
BARGHOUTI, Nas Workers Party 466
BIRTWISTLE, Craig Thomas Reform UK 9,186
DE VINCENZO, Jemma Louise Liberal Democrats - For a fair deal 1,851
GRIFFITHS, Sally Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 241
JONES, David Green Party 3,283
MITCHELL, Bradley Curtis Conservative Party 6,791
MOLONEY, Danny Independent 448
WHEELER, Michael Joseph Labour Party 20,277

Four Salford City Council wards are now included in two other parliamentary constituencies:

  • Kersal and Broughton Park is under the jurisdiction of Bury South constituency
  • Little Hulton, Walkden North and Walkden South is under the jurisdiction of the Bolton South and Walkden constituency.

The verification, count and declaration for these constituencies was facilitated by Bury and Bolton councils respectively. These results are on their websites:

Watch the live stream of the count from 10pm on Thursday 4 July

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