Salford West (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford West was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester from 1885 until 1983.[2] It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Salford West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 map by Robert Owen Jones
1885–1983
Seatsone
Created fromSalford
Replaced byEccles and Salford East[1]

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 1983 general election.

Boundaries
Salford West in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Salford wards of St Thomas's and Seedley, and part of Regent ward.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Salford wards of Hope, St Paul's, St Thomas's, and Seedley.

1950–1983: The County Borough of Salford wards of Charlestown, Claremont, Docks, Langworthy, St Paul's, St Thomas's, Seedley, and Weaste.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1885 Benjamin Armitage Liberal
1886 Lees Knowles Conservative
1906 George Agnew Liberal
1918 Frederick Astbury Conservative
1923 Alexander Haycock Labour
1924 Frederick Astbury Conservative
1929 Alexander Haycock Labour
1931 Frederick Astbury Conservative
1935 James Emery Conservative
1945 Charles Royle Labour
1964 Stan Orme Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s
Armitage
General election 1885: Salford West [3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Benjamin Armitage 3,755 51.9
Conservative William Cayley Worsley 3,481 48.1
Majority 274 3.8
Turnout 7,236 88.3
Registered electors 8,197
Liberal win (new seat)
Knowles
General election 1886: Salford West [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lees Knowles 3,399 50.9 +2.8
Liberal Benjamin Armitage 3,283 49.1 -2.8
Majority 116 1.8 N/A
Turnout 6,682 81.5 -6.8
Registered electors 8,197
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1890s
General election 1892: Salford West [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lees Knowles 4,152 50.2 −0.7
Liberal Benjamin Armitage 4,112 49.8 +0.7
Majority 40 0.4 −1.4
Turnout 8,264 85.8 +4.3
Registered electors 9,635
Conservative hold Swing −0.7
General election 1895: Salford West [3][4][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lees Knowles 4,354 50.6 +0.4
Liberal Vernon Kirk Armitage 4,254 49.4 -0.4
Majority 100 1.2 +0.8
Turnout 8,608 82.5 -3.3
Registered electors 10,439
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1900s
Mallet
General election 1900: Salford West [3][4][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lees Knowles 5,503 55.9 +5.3
Liberal Charles Mallet 4,341 44.1 −5.3
Majority 1,162 11.8 +10.6
Turnout 9,844 80.6 −1.9
Registered electors 12,213
Conservative hold Swing +5.3
General election 1906: Salford West [3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Agnew 7,329 58.9 +14.8
Conservative Lees Knowles 5,119 41.1 -14.8
Majority 2,210 17.8 N/A
Turnout 12,448 90.1 +9.5
Registered electors 13,814
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +14.8

Elections in the 1910s
General election January 1910: Salford West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Agnew 6,216 44.9 −14.0
Liberal Unionist Carlyon Bellairs 5,238 37.8 −3.3
Independent Labour A. A. Purcell 2,396 17.3 New
Majority 978 7.1 −10.7
Turnout 13,850 91.8 +1.7
Registered electors 15,083
Liberal hold Swing −5.4
Sir Geo. Agnew
General election December 1910: Salford West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Agnew 6,633 53.3 +8.4
Conservative George Edward Raine 5,802 46.7 +8.9
Majority 831 6.6 −0.5
Turnout 12,435 82.4 −9.4
Registered electors 15,083
Liberal hold Swing −0.3

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: William Stephens
  • Unionist:
General election 1918: Salford West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frederick Astbury 9,478 48.5 +1.8
C Liberal William Stephens (mayor) 5,554 28.4 -24.9
Labour Rhys Davies 4,503 23.1 New
Majority 3,924 20.1 N/A
Turnout 19,535 59.1 -23.3
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +13.3
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Salford West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frederick Astbury 12,130 44.9 -3.6
Labour Arthur Law 8,724 32.3 +9.2
Liberal William Milligan 6,174 22.8 -5.6
Majority 3,406 12.6 -7.5
Turnout 27,028
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Salford West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Haycock 9,868 38.4 +6.1
Unionist Frederick Astbury 9,752 37.9 -7.0
Liberal George Hay Morgan 6,097 23.7 +0.9
Majority 116 0.5 N/A
Turnout 25,717 76.5
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +6.5
General election 1924: Salford West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frederick Astbury 16,719 57.5 +19.6
Labour Alexander Haycock 12,369 42.5 +4.1
Majority 4,350 15.0 N/A
Turnout 29,088 84.7 +8.2
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
Mary Grant
General election 1929: Salford West [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Haycock 15,647 42.8 +0.3
Unionist Frederick Astbury 15,289 41.8 -15.7
Liberal Mary Pollock Grant 5,614 15.4 New
Majority 358 1.0 N/A
Turnout 36.550 83.4 -1.3
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +8.0

Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: Salford West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Astbury 24,083 66.2 +24.2
Labour Alexander Haycock 12,320 33.8 -9.0
Majority 11,763 32.4 N/A
Turnout 36,403
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Salford West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Emery 19,245 52.8 -13.4
Labour Alexander Haycock 14,732 40.4 +7.6
Liberal Frank Kenyon 2,492 6.8 New
Majority 4,513 12.4 -20.0
Turnout 36,649
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;

Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Salford West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Royle 17,010 50.7 +10.3
Conservative James Emery 13,321 39.7 -13.1
Liberal Richard Pugh 3,180 9.6 +2.8
Majority 3,869 11.0 N/A
Turnout 33,511
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Salford West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Royle 26,885 51.1 +0.4
Conservative S Bell 21,593 41.0 +1.3
Liberal Leslie Hall Storey 4,124 7.8 -1.8
Majority 5,292 10.1 -0.9
Turnout 52,602
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Salford West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Royle 27,542 53.4 +2.3
Conservative G William Sinclair 24,055 46.6 +5.6
Majority 3,487 6.8 -3.3
Turnout 51,597
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Salford West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Royle 22,413 51.0 -2.4
Conservative Henry Donald Moore 21,554 49.0 +2.4
Majority 859 2.0 -4.8
Turnout 43,967
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Salford West[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Royle 23,167 53.3 +2.3
Conservative Herbert Henry Davies 20,306 46.7 -2.3
Majority 2,861 6.6 +4.6
Turnout 43,473
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Salford West[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Orme 20,490 55.5 +2.2
Conservative Albert Edwin Clark 16,446 44.5 -2.2
Majority 4,044 11.0 +3.4
Turnout 36,936
Labour hold Swing +2.2
General election 1966: Salford West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Orme 19,237 59.2 +3.7
Conservative Albert Edwin Clark 13,257 40.8 −3.7
Majority 5,980 18.4 +7.4
Turnout 32,494
Labour hold Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Salford West[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Orme 16,986 54.3 −4.9
Conservative Albert Edwin Clark 14,310 45.7 +4.9
Majority 2,676 8.6 -9.8
Turnout 31,296 65.5
Labour hold Swing −4.9
General election February 1974: Salford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Orme 16,808 51.3 −3.0
Conservative Jeffery Nicholas Lewis Tillett 10,346 31.6 −14.1
Liberal Albert Edward Arstall 5,591 17.1 New
Majority 6,462 19.7 +11.1
Turnout 32,745
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Salford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Orme 17,112 57.2 +5.9
Conservative Jeffery Nicholas Lewis Tillett 8,540 28.6 −3.0
Liberal Albert Edward Arstall 4,237 14.2 −2.9
Majority 8,572 28.6 +8.9
Turnout 29,889 65.2
Labour hold Swing +4.5
General election 1979: Salford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stan Orme 18,411 61.5 +4.3
Conservative James Markwick 11,157 37.2 +8.6
Workers Revolutionary Stuart Carter 383 1.3 New
Majority 7,254 24.3 -4.3
Turnout 29,951 68.7 +3.5
Labour hold Swing −2.2

References
Notes
  1. "'Salford West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. "Salford West 1885–1983". Millbank Systems. Retrieved 22 July 2008. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 180. ISBN 9781349022984.
  4. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
  8. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  9. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  10. The Liberal Magazine, 1939
  11. British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig
  12. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973

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.
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