Salford South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Salford South
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Robert Owen Jones (1885) Salford Parliamentary Borough.png
1885 map by Robert Owen Jones
18851950
Seatsone
Created from Salford
Replaced by Salford East and Salford West

Salford South 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 constituency of Salford, South Division was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the following wards of the Borough of Salford: Crescent, Islington, Ordsall, St. Stephen's, and the part of Regent Ward east of the centre of Trafford Road. [2]

1918–1950

The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Salford South was redefined as consisting of seven wards of the county borough of Salford: Crescent, Islington, Ordsall, Regent, Trafford, Trinity and Weaste. [3]

Abolition

The next redistribution of parliamentary constituencies took place under the Representation of the People Act 1948, and this led to the abolition of the Salford South constituency. Its area was divided between the borough constituencies of Salford East and Salford West.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 William Mather Liberal
1886 Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth Conservative
1900 James Grimble Groves Conservative
1906 Hilaire Belloc Liberal
1910 Sir Anderson Barlow Conservative
1923 Joseph Toole Labour
1924 Edmund Ashworth Radford Conservative
1929 Joseph Toole Labour
1931 John Stourton Conservative
1945 Edward Arthur Hardy Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Salford South [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Mather 3,761 50.4
Conservative Thomas Gibson Bowles 3,70649.6
Majority550.8
Turnout 7,46785.7
Registered electors 8,717
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Salford South [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Howorth 3,615 50.9 +1.3
Liberal William Mather 3,48949.1−1.3
Majority1261.8N/A
Turnout 7,10481.5−4.2
Registered electors 8,717
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Salford South [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Howorth 3,406 46.5 −4.4
Liberal Alexander Forrest3,36946.0−3.1
Social Democratic Federation William Knight Hall 5537.5New
Majority370.5−1.3
Turnout 7,32880.9−0.6
Registered electors 9,060
Conservative hold Swing −0.7
General election 1895: Salford South [4] [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Howorth 3,384 45.1 −1.4
Liberal Alexander Forrest3,31044.1−1.9
Social Democratic Federation H. W. Hobart 81310.8+3.3
Majority741.0+0.5
Turnout 7,50781.5+0.6
Registered electors 9,215
Conservative hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 1900s

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Mond
General election 1900: Salford South [4] [5] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Grimble Groves 4,207 58.5 +13.4
Liberal Alfred Mond 2,98041.5−2.6
Majority1,22717.0+16.0
Turnout 7,18778.9−2.6
Registered electors 9,109
Conservative hold Swing +8.0
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Belloc
General election 1906: Salford South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hilaire Belloc 4,230 55.6 +14.1
Conservative James Grimble Groves 3,37844.4−14.1
Majority85211.2N/A
Turnout 7,60888.0+9.1
Registered electors 8,645
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +14.1

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Salford South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hilaire Belloc 3,952 52.1 −3.5
Conservative Anderson Barlow 3,63647.9+3.5
Majority3164.2−7.0
Turnout 7,58890.9+2.9
Registered electors 8,344
Liberal hold Swing −3.5
General election December 1910: Salford South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anderson Barlow 3,664 51.6 +3.7
Liberal C. Russell3,43948.4−3.7
Majority3163.2N/A
Turnout 7,10385.1−5.8
Registered electors 8,344
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.7

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;

General election 1918: Salford South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Anderson Barlow 14,26571.1+19.5
Labour James Gorman 3,80719.0New
Liberal Francis Benedict Vincent Norris1,9949.9−38.5
Majority10,45852.1+48.9
Turnout 20,06653.8−31.3
Unionist hold Swing +29.0
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Salford South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Anderson Barlow Unopposed N/AN/A
Unionist hold
General election 1923: Salford South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Toole 12,097 46.0 New
Unionist Anderson Barlow 9,36635.6N/A
Liberal Edgar Rees Jones 4,85118.4New
Majority2,73110.4N/A
Turnout 26,31472.2N/A
Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A
General election 1924: Salford South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Edmund Radford 15,163 51.2 +15.6
Labour Joseph Toole 14,45548.8+2.8
Majority7083.4N/A
Turnout 29,61879.6+7.4
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Salford South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Toole 20,100 54.4 +5.6
Unionist Edmund Radford 16,84645.6−5.6
Majority3,2548.8N/A
Turnout 36,94678.7−0.9
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Salford South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stourton 22,140 59.1 +13.5
Labour Joseph Toole 15,30240.9−13.5
Majority6,83818.2N/A
Turnout 37,442
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Salford South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stourton 16,236 50.5 −8.6
Labour Joseph Toole 15,93249.5+8.6
Majority3041.0−17.2
Turnout 32,16873.4
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Salford South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Arthur Hardy 13,941 60.4 +10.9
Conservative Murrough Richard O'Brien9,15039.6−10.9
Majority4,79120.8N/A
Turnout 23,09172.6−0.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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  2. Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs: Number, Names, Contents, And Boundaries Of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (C.23)
  3. Ninth Schedule, Redistribution of Seats, Part I, Parliamentary Boroughs, Representation of the People Act 1918 (C.64)
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