Salford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Salford South (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950
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.
| Salford South | |
|---|---|
| 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_Parliamentary_Borough.png){kind=link}
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 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.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Mather | 3,761 | 50.4 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Gibson Bowles | 3,706 | 49.6 | ||
| Majority | 55 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 7,467 | 85.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,717 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Howorth | 3,615 | 50.9 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal | William Mather | 3,489 | 49.1 | -1.3 | |
| Majority | 126 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,104 | 81.5 | -4.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,717 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Howorth | 3,406 | 46.5 | −4.4 | |
| Liberal | Alexander Forrest | 3,369 | 46.0 | −3.1 | |
| Social Democratic Federation | William Knight Hall | 553 | 7.5 | New | |
| Majority | 37 | 0.5 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 7,328 | 80.9 | −0.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,060 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Howorth | 3,384 | 45.1 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal | Alexander Forrest | 3,310 | 44.1 | −1.9 | |
| Social Democratic Federation | H. W. Hobart | 813 | 10.8 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 74 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 7,507 | 81.5 | +0.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,215 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Grimble Groves | 4,207 | 58.5 | +13.4 | |
| Liberal | Alfred Mond | 2,980 | 41.5 | −2.6 | |
| Majority | 1,227 | 17.0 | +16.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,187 | 78.9 | −2.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,109 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
.jpg){kind=link}
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Hilaire Belloc | 4,230 | 55.6 | +14.1 | |
| Conservative | James Grimble Groves | 3,378 | 44.4 | −14.1 | |
| Majority | 852 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,608 | 88.0 | +9.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,645 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.1 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Hilaire Belloc | 3,952 | 52.1 | −3.5 | |
| Conservative | Anderson Barlow | 3,636 | 47.9 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 316 | 4.2 | −7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,588 | 90.9 | +2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,344 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anderson Barlow | 3,664 | 51.6 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal | C. Russell | 3,439 | 48.4 | −3.7 | |
| Majority | 316 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,103 | 85.1 | −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;
- Unionist: Anderson Barlow
- Liberal: Francis Benedict Vincent Norris[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Anderson Barlow | 14,265 | 71.1 | +19.5 |
| Labour | James Gorman | 3,807 | 19.0 | New | |
| Liberal | Francis Benedict Vincent Norris | 1,994 | 9.9 | −38.5 | |
| Majority | 10,458 | 52.1 | +48.9 | ||
| Turnout | 20,066 | 53.8 | −31.3 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +29.0 | |||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Anderson Barlow | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Unionist hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph Toole | 12,097 | 46.0 | New | |
| Unionist | Anderson Barlow | 9,366 | 35.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Edgar Rees Jones | 4,851 | 18.4 | New | |
| Majority | 2,731 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,314 | 72.2 | N/A | ||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Edmund Radford | 15,163 | 51.2 | +15.6 | |
| Labour | Joseph Toole | 14,455 | 48.8 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 708 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 29,618 | 79.6 | +7.4 | ||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph Toole | 20,100 | 54.4 | +5.6 | |
| Unionist | Edmund Radford | 16,846 | 45.6 | -5.6 | |
| Majority | 3,254 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 36,946 | 78.7 | -0.9 | ||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Stourton | 22,140 | 59.1 | +13.5 | |
| Labour | Joseph Toole | 15,302 | 40.9 | -13.5 | |
| Majority | 6,838 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 37,442 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Stourton | 16,236 | 50.5 | -8.6 | |
| Labour | Joseph Toole | 15,932 | 49.5 | +8.6 | |
| Majority | 304 | 1.0 | -17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 32,168 | 73.4 | |||
| 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;
- Conservative: John Stourton
- Labour:
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Edward Arthur Hardy | 13,941 | 60.4 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Murrough Richard O'Brien | 9,150 | 39.6 | -10.9 | |
| Majority | 4,791 | 20.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,091 | 72.6 | -0.8 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
- "Salford South 1885–1950". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Millbank Systems. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs: Number, Names, Contents, And Boundaries Of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (C.23)
- Ninth Schedule, Redistribution of Seats, Part I, Parliamentary Boroughs, Representation of the People Act 1918 (C.64)
- Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-349-02298-4.
- The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- "Administrative unit Salford South PBDivCon". A Vision of Britain Through Time.
- Monitor and New Era 8 Nov 1913
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)