Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1997
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Salford
Created from	Salford North and Salford South

Salford East was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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.

Boundaries

1950-1983: The County Borough of Salford wards of Albert Park, Crescent, Kersal, Mandley Park, Ordsall Park, Regent, St Matthias, and Trinity.

1983-1997: The City of Salford wards of Blackfriars, Broughton, Claremont, Kersal, Langworthy, Ordsall, and Pendleton.

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Arthur Hardy	26,783	54.2	N/A
	Conservative	W. Sinclair	18,625	37.6	N/A
	Liberal	Sydney Needoff	4,057	8.2	N/A
Majority			8,158	16.5	N/A
Turnout			49,465	81.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1951: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Arthur Hardy	27,729	57.0	+2.9
	Conservative	J.E. Parkinson	20,951	43.0	+5.4
Majority			6,778	13.9
Turnout			48,680	79.7	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.3

General Election 1955: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Julian Allaun	20,351	52.2	−4.8
	Conservative	J. Whiteley	18,623	47.8	+4.8
Majority			1,728	4.4
Turnout			38,974	69.8	−9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.8

General Election 1959: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Julian Allaun	20,639	54.6	+2.4
	Conservative	J.H. Franks	17,171	45.4	−2.4
Majority			3,468	9.2
Turnout			37,810	73.8	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Julian Allaun	19,641	61.1	+6.5
	Conservative	J.H. Franks	12,498	38.9	−6.5
Majority			7,143	22.2
Turnout			32,139	66.8	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.5

General Election 1966: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Julian Allaun	18,409	67.2	+6.1
	Conservative	Gerald W.G. FitzSimons	9,000	32.8	−6.1
Majority			9,409	34.3
Turnout			27,409	61.1	−5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Julian Allaun	15,853	55.8	−11.4
	Conservative	J.B. Lack	9,583	33.7	+0.9
	Liberal	Allan Stewart Bell	3,000	10.6	N/A
Majority			6,270	22.1
Turnout			28,436	62.2	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.2

General Election February 1974: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Julian Allaun	14,426	54.5	−1.3
	Conservative	Mrs. Betty Knightly	7,495	28.3	−5.4
	Liberal	Howard Watkin	4,536	17.1	+6.5
Majority			6,931	26.2
Turnout			26,457	66.4	+4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

General Election October 1974: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Julian 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
Turnout			23,876	59.5	−6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

General Election 1979: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Julian Allaun	13,453	63.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Stephen Reid Latimer	7,597	36.1	+9.1
Majority			5,856	27.8
Turnout			21,050	64.3	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Orme	21,373	53.7	−9.3
	Conservative	Simon Cole	11,832	29.7	−6.7
	Social Democratic	Adrian C. Williams	6,190	15.6	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	S.M. Carter	417	1.1	N/A
Majority			9,541	24.0
Turnout			39,812	62.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Note: This constituency underwent major boundary changes for the 1983 election and so changes are based on notional figures.

General Election 1987: Salford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Orme	22,555	58.8	+5.1
	Conservative	Charles William Hamish McFall	10,499	27.4	−2.3
	Social Democratic	Patrick Keaveney	5,105	13.3	−2.3
	Workers Revolutionary	Stephen Graham Murray	201	0.5	−0.6
Majority			12,056	31.4
Turnout			38,360	66.0	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Salford East[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Orme	20,327	60.0	+1.2
	Conservative	David A. Berens	9,092	26.8	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Norman J. Owen	3,836	11.3	−2.0
	Green	Mark T. Stanley	463	1.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Christopher C.B. Craig	150	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,235	33.2	+1.7
Turnout			33,868	64.4	−1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
2. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.