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
Seats	one
Created from	Salford
Replaced by	Eccles 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 1974–1983

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

Election		Member	Party
	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	+24.4
	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;

• Conservative: James Emery
• Labour: Charles Royle^[9]
• Liberal: Richard Pugh^[10]

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	72.0	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

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	−6.8
	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