Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Salford North
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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1885 map by Robert Owen Jones
18851950
Seatsone
Created from Salford
Replaced by Salford East and Salford West

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 (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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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 Holland Liberal
1895 Frederick Platt-Higgins Conservative
1906 Sir William Pollard Byles Liberal
1917 by-election Benjamin Tillett Ind. 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

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Arnold
General election 1885: Salford North [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Hardcastle 3,519 51.3
Liberal Arthur Arnold 3,34348.7
Majority1762.6
Turnout 6,86288.8
Registered electors 7,728
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Salford North [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Hardcastle 3,326 51.2 0.1
Liberal Arthur Arnold 3,16948.8+0.1
Majority1572.40.2
Turnout 6,49584.04.8
Registered electors 7,728
Conservative hold Swing 0.1

Elections in the 1890s

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Holland
General election 1892: Salford North [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Holland 3,686 52.0 +3.2
Conservative Arthur Baumann 3,39948.03.2
Majority2874.0N/A
Turnout 7,08586.0+2.0
Registered electors 8,238
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.2
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Platt-Higgins
General election 1895: Salford North [2] [3] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Platt-Higgins 3,787 50.0 +2.0
Liberal William Holland 3,78150.02.0
Majority60.0N/A
Turnout 7,56885.70.3
Registered electors 8,828
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.0

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Salford North [2] [3] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Platt-Higgins 4,370 55.5 +5.5
Liberal John Edward Lawton3,49744.55.5
Majority87311.0+11.0
Turnout 7,86783.42.3
Registered electors 9,432
Conservative hold Swing +5.5
General election 1906: Salford North [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab William Pollard Byles 4,915 56.9 +12.4
Conservative Frederick Platt-Higgins 3,72843.112.4
Majority1,18713.8N/A
Turnout 8,64390.8+7.4
Registered electors 9,517
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative Swing +12.4

Elections in the 1910s

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Byles
General election January 1910: Salford North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab William Pollard Byles 4,980 54.7 2.2
Conservative Ian Malcolm 4,12345.3+2.2
Majority8579.44.8
Turnout 9,10392.4+1.6
Registered electors 9,850
Lib-Lab hold Swing 2.2
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Potter
General election December 1910: Salford North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab William Pollard Byles 4,402 51.4 3.3
Conservative Cyril Charlie Hamilton Potter4,16348.6+3.3
Majority2392.86.6
Turnout 8,56587.05.4
Registered electors 9,850
Lib-Lab hold Swing 3.3
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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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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Mallet
1917 Salford North by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour Ben Tillett 2,822 64.6 New
Liberal Charles Mallet 1,54535.416.0
Majority1,27729.2N/A
Turnout 4,36741.145.9
Registered electors 10,623
Independent Labour gain from Lib-Lab Swing
General election 1918: Salford North [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Tillett 12,079 74.4 N/A
Liberal Frederick William Roe Rycroft4,15525.625.8
Majority7,92448.8N/A
Turnout 16,23447.139.9
Registered electors 34,490
Labour gain from Independent Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Salford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Tillett 11,368 41.5 33.9
Unionist Samuel Finburgh 11,34941.5New
Liberal John Catterall Jolly [10] 4,66017.08.6
Majority190.048.8
Turnout 27,37778.7+31.6
Registered electors 34,780
Labour hold Swing
General election 1923: Salford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Tillett 13,377 51.1 +9.6
Unionist Samuel Finburgh 12,81048.9+7.4
Majority5672.2+2.2
Turnout 26,18773.94.8
Registered electors 35,441
Labour hold Swing +1.1
General election 1924: Salford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Samuel Finburgh 14,250 45.7 3.2
Labour Ben Tillett 13,11442.19.0
Liberal John Rothwell3,81812.2New
Majority1,1363.6N/A
Turnout 31,18285.8+11.9
Registered electors 36,332
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +2.9
General election 1929: Salford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Tillett 17,333 46.2 +4.1
Unionist Leslie Haden-Guest 13,60736.2−9.5
Liberal John Rothwell6,60917.6+5.4
Majority3,72610.0N/A
Turnout 37,54980.05.8
Registered electors 46,938
Labour gain from Unionist Swing 6.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Salford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Patrick Morris 25,151 65.5 +29.3
Labour Ben Tillett 13,27134.511.7
Majority11,88031.0N/A
Turnout 38,42278.91.1
Registered electors 48,675
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +20.5
General election 1935: Salford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Patrick Morris 19,904 56.6 8.9
Labour William McAdam 15,27243.4+8.9
Majority4,63213.217.8
Turnout 35,17674.04.9
Registered electors 47,557
Conservative hold Swing 8.9

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Salford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William McAdam 18,327 60.5 +17.1
Conservative J.E. Fitzsimons11,97739.517.1
Majority6,35021.0N/A
Turnout 30,30472.51.5
Registered electors 41,811
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +17.1

References

Notes
  1. "Salford North 1885–1950". Millbank Systems. Retrieved 22 July 2008.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 178. ISBN   9781349022984.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  5. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. Manchester Evening News 21 Feb 1914
  7. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1918
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  419. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
  9. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
  10. ‘JOLLY, John Catterall’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 13 Oct 2017

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