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

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Arnold

General Election 1885: Salford North ^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Hardcastle	3,519	51.3	n/a
	Liberal	Robert Arthur Arnold	3,343	48.7	n/a
Majority			176	2.6	n/a
Turnout				88.8	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Salford North ^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Hardcastle	3,326	51.2	-0.1
	Liberal	Robert Arthur Arnold	3,169	48.8	+0.1
Majority			157	2.4	-0.2
Turnout				84.0	-4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.1

Elections in the 1890s

Holland

General Election 1892: Salford North ^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Henry Holland	3,686	52.0
	Conservative	Arthur Anthony Baumann	3,399	48.0
Majority			287	4.0
Turnout				86.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Platt-Higgins

General Election 1895: Salford North ^[2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frederick Platt-Higgins	3,787	50.0	+2.0
	Liberal	William Henry Holland	3,781	50.0	-2.0
Majority			6	0.0	+4.0
Turnout				85.7	-0.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Salford North ^[2][3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frederick Platt-Higgins	4,370
	Liberal	John Edward Lawson	3,497
Majority			873
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Salford North ^[2][3]

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

Byles

General Election January 1910: Salford North ^[7]

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

Potter

General Election December 1910: Salford North ^[8]

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

Tillett

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Sir William Pollard Byles
• Unionist: Cyril Charlie Hamilton Potter^[9]
• Labour: Benjamin Tillett

Mallet

Salford North by-election, 1917 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Labour	Benjamin Tillett	2,822
	Liberal	Charles Edward Mallet	1,545
Majority
Turnout
	Independent Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Salford North ^[11]

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 ^[12]

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, FWS Craig
3. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
7. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
8. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
9. Manchester Evening News 21 Feb 1914
10. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1918
11. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
12. 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)