Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Salford East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
SalfordEast1983Constituency.svg
Salford East in Greater Manchester, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997
1950–1997
Seatsone
Created from Salford North and Salford South
Replaced by Salford

Salford East was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new Salford constituency.

Boundaries

Salford East in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-1983 SalfordEast1974Constituency.svg
Salford East in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974–1983

1950–1983: The County Borough of Salford wards of Albert Park, Crescent, Kersal, Mandley Park, Ordsall Park, Regent, St Matthias, and Trinity.

1983–1997: The City of Salford wards of Blackfriars, Broughton, Claremont, Kersal, Langworthy, Ordsall, and Pendleton.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
1950 Edward Hardy Labour
1955 Frank Allaun Labour
1983 Stan Orme Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Salford

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Hardy 26,783 54.2
Conservative W. Sinclair18,62537.6
Liberal Sydney Needoff4,0578.2
Majority8,15816.6
Turnout 49,46581.1
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1951: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Hardy 27,729 57.0 +2.8
Conservative John E Parkinson20,95143.0+5.4
Majority6,77814.0−2.6
Turnout 48,68079.7−1.4
Labour hold Swing −1.3
General election 1955: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Allaun 20,351 52.2 −4.8
Conservative John Whiteley18,62347.8+4.8
Majority1,7284.4−9.6
Turnout 38,97469.8−9.9
Labour hold Swing −4.8
General election 1959: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Allaun 20,639 54.6 +2.4
Conservative John Higham Franks17,17145.4−2.4
Majority3,4689.2+4.8
Turnout 37,81073.8+4.0
Labour hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Allaun 19,641 61.1 +6.5
Conservative John H. Franks12,49838.9−6.5
Majority7,14322.2+13.0
Turnout 32,13966.8−7.0
Labour hold Swing +6.5
General election 1966: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Allaun 18,409 67.2 +6.1
Conservative Gerald W.G. FitzSimons9,00032.8−6.1
Majority9,40934.4+12.2
Turnout 27,40961.1−5.7
Labour hold Swing +6.1

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Allaun 15,853 55.8 −11.4
Conservative John Bryan Leck9,58333.7+0.9
Liberal Allan Stewart Bell3,00010.6New
Majority6,27022.1−12.3
Turnout 28,43662.2+1.1
Labour hold Swing −6.2
General election February 1974: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Allaun 14,426 54.5 −1.3
Conservative Betty Knightly7,49528.3−5.4
Liberal Howard Watkin4,53617.1+6.5
Majority6,93126.2+4.1
Turnout 26,45766.4+4.2
Labour hold Swing +2.1
General election October 1974: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Allaun 14,276 59.8 +5.3
Conservative Stephen Reid Latimer6,44027.0−1.3
Liberal Allan Stewart Bell3,16013.2−3.9
Majority7,83632.8+6.6
Turnout 23,87659.5−6.9
Labour hold Swing +3.3
General election 1979: Salford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Allaun 13,453 63.9 +4.1
Conservative Stephen Reid Latimer7,59736.1+9.1
Majority5,85627.8−5.0
Turnout 21,05064.3+4.8
Labour hold Swing −2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Salford East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Orme 21,373 53.7 −9.3
Conservative Simon Cole11,83229.7−6.7
SDP Adrian C. Williams6,19015.6New
Workers Revolutionary Stuart Carter4171.1New
Majority9,54124.0
Turnout 39,81262.3
Labour hold Swing

Note: This constituency underwent major boundary changes for the 1983 election and so changes are based on notional figures.

General election 1987: Salford East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Orme 22,555 58.8 +5.1
Conservative Charles McFall10,49927.4−2.3
SDP Patrick Keaveney5,10513.3−2.3
Workers Revolutionary Stephen Murray2010.5−0.6
Majority12,05631.4+7.4
Turnout 38,36066.0+3.7
Labour hold Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Salford East [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stan Orme 20,327 60.0 +1.2
Conservative David A. Berens9,09226.8−0.6
Liberal Democrats Norman J. Owen3,83611.3−2.0
Green Mark T. Stanley4631.4New
Natural Law Christopher C.B. Craig1500.4New
Majority11,23533.2+1.8
Turnout 33,86864.4−1.6
Labour hold Swing +0.9

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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