The electoral ward of Weaste & Seedley is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP for Salford and Eccles.

Seedley experienced long-term population decline in the 1990s with high levels of crime and poverty and empty in the area.

These plans continued under the controversial Housing Market Renewal Initiative scheme introduced later by the national government.

[9] The building was at the corner of Derby Road and White Street, a junction that no longer exists due to the construction of the M602.

The following bus routes run through the area: Alistair Cooke, the broadcaster, lived on Newport Street, and went to the primary school, as did the artist Harold Riley.