Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885 map by Robert Owen Jones
1885–1950
Seats	one
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.

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

Election		Member	Party
	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

Arnold

General election 1885: Salford North ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Hardcastle	3,519	51.3
	Liberal	Arthur Arnold	3,343	48.7
Majority			176	2.6
Turnout			6,862	88.8
Registered electors			7,728
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Salford North ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Hardcastle	3,326	51.2	−0.1
	Liberal	Arthur Arnold	3,169	48.8	+0.1
Majority			157	2.4	−0.2
Turnout			6,495	84.0	−4.8
Registered electors			7,728
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.1

Elections in the 1890s

Holland

General election 1892: Salford North ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Holland	3,686	52.0	+3.2
	Conservative	Arthur Baumann	3,399	48.0	−3.2
Majority			287	4.0	N/A
Turnout			7,085	86.0	+2.0
Registered electors			8,238
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.2

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 Holland	3,781	50.0	−2.0
Majority			6	0.0	N/A
Turnout			7,568	85.7	−0.3
Registered electors			8,828
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Salford North ^{[2] [3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Platt-Higgins	4,370	55.5	+5.5
	Liberal	John Edward Lawton	3,497	44.5	−5.5
Majority			873	11.0	+11.0
Turnout			7,867	83.4	−2.3
Registered electors			9,432
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

General election 1906: Salford North ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	William Pollard Byles	4,915	56.9	+12.4
	Conservative	Frederick Platt-Higgins	3,728	43.1	−12.4
Majority			1,187	13.8	N/A
Turnout			8,643	90.8	+7.4
Registered electors			9,517
	Lib-Lab gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.4

Elections in the 1910s

Byles

General election January 1910: Salford North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	William Pollard Byles	4,980	54.7	−2.2
	Conservative	Ian Malcolm	4,123	45.3	+2.2
Majority			857	9.4	−4.8
Turnout			9,103	92.4	+1.6
Registered electors			9,850
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	−2.2

Potter

General election December 1910: Salford North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	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			8,565	87.0	−5.4
Registered electors			9,850
	Lib-Lab 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;

• Liberal: William Pollard Byles
• Unionist: Cyril Charlie Hamilton Potter ^[6]
• Labour: Benjamin Tillett

Mallet

1917 Salford North by-election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Ben Tillett	2,822	64.6	New
	Liberal	Charles Mallet	1,545	35.4	−16.0
Majority			1,277	29.2	N/A
Turnout			4,367	41.1	−45.9
Registered electors			10,623
	Independent Labour gain from Lib-Lab		Swing	N/A

General election 1918: Salford North ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Tillett	12,079	74.4	New
	Liberal	Frederick William Roe Rycroft	4,155	25.6	−25.8
Majority			7,924	48.8	N/A
Turnout			16,234	47.1	−39.9
Registered electors			34,490
	Labour gain from Independent Labour		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Salford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Tillett	11,368	41.5	−33.9
	Unionist	Samuel Finburgh	11,349	41.5	New
	Liberal	John Catterall Jolly [10]	4,660	17.0	−8.6
Majority			19	0.0	−48.8
Turnout			27,377	78.7	+31.6
Registered electors			34,780
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1923: Salford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Tillett	13,377	51.1	+9.6
	Unionist	Samuel Finburgh	12,810	48.9	+7.4
Majority			567	2.2	+2.2
Turnout			26,187	73.9	−4.8
Registered electors			35,441
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

General election 1924: Salford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Samuel Finburgh	14,250	45.7	−3.2
	Labour	Ben Tillett	13,114	42.1	−9.0
	Liberal	John Rothwell	3,818	12.2	New
Majority			1,136	3.6	N/A
Turnout			31,182	85.8	+11.9
Registered electors			36,332
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+2.9

General election 1929: Salford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Tillett	17,333	46.2	+4.1
	Unionist	Leslie Haden-Guest	13,607	36.2	-9.5
	Liberal	John Rothwell	6,609	17.6	+5.4
Majority			3,726	10.0	N/A
Turnout			37,549	80.0	−5.8
Registered electors			46,938
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	−6.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Salford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Patrick Morris	25,151	65.5	+29.3
	Labour	Ben Tillett	13,271	34.5	−11.7
Majority			11,880	31.0	N/A
Turnout			38,422	78.9	−1.1
Registered electors			48,675
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+20.5

General election 1935: Salford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Patrick Morris	19,904	56.6	−8.9
	Labour	William McAdam	15,272	43.4	+8.9
Majority			4,632	13.2	−17.8
Turnout			35,176	74.0	−4.9
Registered electors			47,557
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.9

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Salford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William McAdam	18,327	60.5	+17.1
	Conservative	J.E. Fitzsimons	11,977	39.5	−17.1
Majority			6,350	21.0	N/A
Turnout			30,304	72.5	−1.5
Registered electors			41,811
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+17.1

References

Notes

1. "Salford North 1885–1950". Millbank Systems. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
2. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 178. ISBN   9781349022984.
3. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
5. 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. 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

Further reading

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.

External links

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)