Salford_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Salford East
Salford East
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Salford East in Greater Manchester, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997
1950–1997
Seats	one
Created from	Salford North and Salford South
Replaced by	Salford

Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1997

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.

Quick Facts 1950–1997, Seats ...

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.

Elections

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Hardy	26,783	54.2
	Conservative	W. Sinclair	18,625	37.6
	Liberal	Sydney Needoff	4,057	8.2
Majority			8,158	16.6
Turnout			49,465	81.1
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Hardy	27,729	57.0	+2.8
	Conservative	John E Parkinson	20,951	43.0	+5.4
Majority			6,778	14.0	-2.6
Turnout			48,680	79.7	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Allaun	20,351	52.2	−4.8
	Conservative	John Whiteley	18,623	47.8	+4.8
Majority			1,728	4.4	-9.6
Turnout			38,974	69.8	−9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Allaun	20,639	54.6	+2.4
	Conservative	John Higham Franks	17,171	45.4	−2.4
Majority			3,468	9.2	+4.8
Turnout			37,810	73.8	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Salford East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Salford East in Greater Manchester, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997
1950–1997
Seats	one
Created from	Salford North and Salford South
Replaced by	Salford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Allaun	19,641	61.1	+6.5
	Conservative	John H. Franks	12,498	38.9	−6.5
Majority			7,143	22.2	+13.0
Turnout			32,139	66.8	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Allaun	18,409	67.2	+6.1
	Conservative	Gerald W.G. FitzSimons	9,000	32.8	−6.1
Majority			9,409	34.4	+12.2
Turnout			27,409	61.1	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Allaun	15,853	55.8	−11.4
	Conservative	John Bryan Leck	9,583	33.7	+0.9
	Liberal	Allan Stewart Bell	3,000	10.6	New
Majority			6,270	22.1	-12.3
Turnout			28,436	62.2	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Allaun	14,426	54.5	−1.3
	Conservative	Betty Knightly	7,495	28.3	−5.4
	Liberal	Howard Watkin	4,536	17.1	+6.5
Majority			6,931	26.2	+4.1
Turnout			26,457	66.4	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Allaun	14,276	59.8	+5.3
	Conservative	Stephen Reid Latimer	6,440	27.0	−1.3
	Liberal	Allan Stewart Bell	3,160	13.2	−3.9
Majority			7,836	32.8	+6.6
Turnout			23,876	59.5	−6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Allaun	13,453	63.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Stephen Reid Latimer	7,597	36.1	+9.1
Majority			5,856	27.8	-5.0
Turnout			21,050	64.3	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Orme	21,373	53.7	−9.3
	Conservative	Simon Cole	11,832	29.7	−6.7
	SDP	Adrian C. Williams	6,190	15.6	New
	Workers Revolutionary	Stuart Carter	417	1.1	New
Majority			9,541	24.0
Turnout			39,812	62.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Orme	22,555	58.8	+5.1
	Conservative	Charles McFall	10,499	27.4	−2.3
	SDP	Patrick Keaveney	5,105	13.3	−2.3
	Workers Revolutionary	Stephen Murray	201	0.5	−0.6
Majority			12,056	31.4	+7.4
Turnout			38,360	66.0	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stan Orme	20,327	60.0	+1.2
	Conservative	David A. Berens	9,092	26.8	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Norman J. Owen	3,836	11.3	−2.0
	Green	Mark T. Stanley	463	1.4	New
	Natural Law	Christopher C.B. Craig	150	0.4	New
Majority			11,235	33.2	+1.8
Turnout			33,868	64.4	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9