Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Number of members one
Replaced by Salford East and Salford West
Created from Salford

Salford North was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester from 1885 until 1950.[1] It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which split the two-member Salford constituency into three divisions: Salford North, Salford South and Salford West. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Salford wards of Greenage, Kersal, St John's, St Matthias, and Trinity.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Salford wards of Albert Park, Charlestown, Grosvenor, Kersal, and St Matthias.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Edward Hardcastle Conservative
1892 William Henry Holland Liberal
1895 Frederick Platt-Higgins Conservative
1906 Sir William Pollard Byles Liberal
1917 by-election Benjamin Tillett Labour
1924 Samuel Finburgh Conservative
1929 Benjamin Tillett Labour
1931 John Patrick Morris Conservative
1945 William McAdam Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Arnold
General Election 1885: Salford North [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Hardcastle 3,519 51.3 n/a
Liberal Robert Arthur Arnold 3,343 48.7 n/a
Majority 176 2.6 n/a
Turnout 88.8 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Salford North [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Hardcastle 3,326 51.2 -0.1
Liberal Robert Arthur Arnold 3,169 48.8 +0.1
Majority 157 2.4 -0.2
Turnout 84.0 -4.8
Conservative hold Swing -0.1

Elections in the 1890s

Holland
General Election 1892: Salford North [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Henry Holland 3,686 52.0
Conservative Arthur Anthony Baumann 3,399 48.0
Majority 287 4.0
Turnout 86.0
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Platt-Higgins
General Election 1895: Salford North [2][3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frederick Platt-Higgins 3,787 50.0 +2.0
Liberal William Henry Holland 3,781 50.0 -2.0
Majority 6 0.0 +4.0
Turnout 85.7 -0.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.0

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Salford North [2][3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frederick Platt-Higgins 4,370
Liberal John Edward Lawson 3,497
Majority 873
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1906: Salford North [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Pollard Byles 4,915 56.9 +12.4
Conservative Frederick Platt-Higgins 3,728 43.1 -12.4
Majority 1,187 13.8 +24.8
Turnout 90.8 +7.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.4

Elections in the 1910s

Byles
General Election January 1910: Salford North [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Pollard Byles 4,980 54.7
Conservative Ian Zachary Malcolm 4,123 45.3
Majority 857 9.4
Turnout 92.4
Liberal hold Swing
Potter
General Election December 1910: Salford North [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Pollard Byles 4,402 51.4 -3.3
Conservative Cyril Charlie Hamilton Potter 4,163 48.6 +3.3
Majority 239 2.8 -6.6
Turnout 87.0 -5.4
Liberal hold Swing -3.3
Tillett

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Mallet
Salford North by-election, 1917 [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Labour Benjamin Tillett 2,822
Liberal Charles Edward Mallet 1,545
Majority
Turnout
Independent Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Salford North [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Benjamin Tillett 13,377 51.1 +9.6
Unionist Samuel Finburgh 12,810 48.9 +7.4
Majority 567 2.2 +2.2
Turnout 73.9
Labour hold Swing +1.1
General Election 1929: Salford North [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Benjamin Tillett 17,333 46.2
Unionist Leslie Haden-Guest 13,607 36.2
Liberal John Rothwell 6,609 17.6
Majority 3,726 10.0
Turnout
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

References

Notes
  1. ↑ "Salford North 1885–1950". Millbank Systems. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
  9. ↑ Manchester Evening News 21 Feb 1914
  10. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1918
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

Further reading

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.