Salford North (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Salford East and Salford West
Created from	Salford

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 to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Edward Hardcastle	Conservative
	1892	William Henry Holland	Liberal
	1895	Frederick Platt-Higgins	Conservative
	1906	Sir William Pollard Byles	Liberal
	1917 by-election	Benjamin Tillett	Labour
	1924	Samuel Finburgh	Conservative
	1929	Benjamin Tillett	Labour
	1931	John Patrick Morris	Conservative
	1945	William McAdam	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

General Election January 1906: Salford North[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Pollard Byles	4,915	56.9	+12.4
	Conservative	Frederick Platt-Higgins	3,728	43.1	-12.4
Majority			1,187	13.8	+24.8
Turnout				90.8	+7.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.4

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Salford North [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Pollard Byles	4,980	54.7
	Conservative	Ian Zachary Malcolm	4,123	45.3
Majority			857	9.4
Turnout				92.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sir William Byles

General Election December 1910: Salford North [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	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				87.0	-5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.3

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Salford North [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Tillett	13,377	51.1	+9.6
	Unionist	Samuel Finburgh	12,810	48.9	+7.4
Majority			567	2.2	+2.2
Turnout				73.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

General Election 1929: Salford North [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Benjamin Tillett	17,333	46.2
	Unionist	Leslie Haden-Guest	13,607	36.2
	Liberal	John Rothwell	6,609	17.6
Majority			3,726	10.0
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

References

Notes

1. "Salford North 1885–1950". Millbank Systems. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
2. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
3. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
4. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
5. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

Further reading

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)