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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Salford North | |
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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 |
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.
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.
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 |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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;
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Tillett | 12,079 | 74.4 | N/A | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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