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Salford North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Salford North was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester from 1885 until 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. History The constituency was created for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which split the two-member Salford (UK Parliament constituency), Salford constituency into three divisions: Salford North, Salford South (UK Parliament constituency), Salford South and Salford West (UK Parliament constituency), Salford West. It was abolished for the 1950 United Kingdom general election, 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Owen Jones (1885) Salford Parliamentary Borough
Major-General Robert Owen Jones (24 November 1837 in Bala – 1926) was a British Army officer and cartographer. He produced maps for the ''Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales 1885''. Robert was the son of William and Ann Jones. He married Harriet Elizabeth Isabella Deane daughter of James Parker Deane and sister of Henry Bargrave Deane. The Boundary Commission had been established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 following the Representation of the People Act 1884 In the United Kingdom under the premiership of William Gladstone, the Representation of the People Act 1884 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 3, also known informally as the Third Reform Act) and the Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which f ..., with a view to implementing constituencies of more or less equal population. It consisted of six commissioners, two tory government officials, two liberal government officials and two army officers whose expertise was needed to create the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 United Kingdom General Election
The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury again win the greatest number of seats, but no longer a majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won 80 more seats than in the 1886 general election. The Liberal Unionists who had previously supported the Conservative government saw their vote and seat numbers go down. Despite being split between Parnellite and anti-Parnellite factions, the Irish Nationalist vote held up well. As the Liberals did not have a majority on their own, Salisbury refused to resign on hearing the election results and waited to be defeated in a vote of no confidence on 11 August. Gladstone formed a minority government dependent on Irish Nationalist support. The Liberals had engaged in failed attempts at reunification between 1886 and 1887. Gladstone however was able to retain control of much of the Liberal party machinery, particularly the National Liberal Federation. Gladst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 United Kingdom General Election
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1929 United Kingdom General Election
The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 30 May 1929 and resulted in a hung parliament. It stands as the fourth of six instances under the secret ballot, and the first of three under universal suffrage, in which a party has lost on the popular vote but won the highest number (known as "a plurality") of seats versus all other parties (the others are 1874, January 1910, December 1910, 1951 and February 1974). In 1929, Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party won the most seats in the House of Commons for the first time. The Liberal Party led again by former Prime Minister David Lloyd George regained some ground lost in the 1924 general election and held the balance of power. Parliament was dissolved on 10 May. The election was often referred to as the "Flapper Election", because it was the first in which women aged 21–29 had the right to vote (owing to the Representation of the People Act 1928). (Women over 30 had been able to vote since the 1918 general ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Finburgh
Samuel Finburgh, JP (1867 – 26 April 1935) was Conservative MP for Salford North. A calico printer and cotton manufacturer with mills in Parliament Street, Burnley, he contested the seat in 1922 and 1923, won it in 1924, but stood down in 1929. He was Mayor of Salford in 1929. Finsburgh was Jewish. During his time in Parliament, in 1925, he challenged the Home Secretary William Joynson-Hicks about his treatment of the Jewish community, alleging that Jewish applicants for naturalisation were facing undue obstacles. Cesarani, David, ''The Anti-Jewish Career of Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Cabinet Minister'' in Journal of Contemporary History Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul. 1989) Sources *Craig, F.W.S. ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949'' *''Whitaker's Almanack ''Whitaker's'' is a reference book, published annually in the United Kingdom. The book was originally published by J Whitaker & Sons from 1868 to 1997, then by The Stationery Office until 2003, and then by A & C Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 United Kingdom General Election
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Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Tillett
Benjamin Tillett (11 September 1860 – 27 January 1943) was a British socialist, trade union leader and politician. He was a leader of the "new unionism" of 1889 that focused on organizing unskilled workers. He played a major role in founding the Dockers Union, and played a prominent role as a strike leader in dock strikes in 1911 and 1912. He enthusiastically supported the war effort in the First World War. He was pushed aside by Ernest Bevin during the consolidation that created the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1922, who gave Tillett a subordinate position. Scholars stress his evangelical dedication to the labour cause, while noting his administrative weaknesses. Clegg Fox and Thompson described him as a demagogue and agitator grasping for fleeting popularity. Early career Tillett was born in Bristol. He started work in a brickyard at eight years of age and was a "Risley" boy for two years. At 12 years of age, he served for six months on a fishing smack, was afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Salford North By-election
The 1917 Salford North (UK Parliament constituency), Salford North by-election was held on 2 November 1917. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Liberal Party (UK), Liberal MP, Sir William Byles. It was won by the Independent Labour Party candidate Ben Tillett. References 1917 elections in the United Kingdom 1917 in England 1910s in Lancashire Politics of Salford By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Greater Manchester constituencies By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pollard Byles
Sir William Pollard Byles (13 February 1839 – 15 October 1917) was a British newspaper owner and radical Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Background Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, in 1839, W P Byles was the son of William Byles, proprietor of the ''Bradford Observer'' and Anna Holden of Halifax.TDod's Parliamentary Companion, 1907 He eventually succeeded his father as owner of the newspaper, which had been renamed the ''Yorkshire Observer''. He married Sarah Anne Unwin of Colchester in 1865. They had no children. He was knight bachelor, knighted in 1911. Political career In 1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 he was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Shipley (UK Parliament constituency), Shipley. Upon election he became a member of the Interparliamentary Union for Peace and Arbitration. He lost his seat 1895 United Kingdom general election, three years later to Fortescue Flannery, his Conservative Party (UK), Conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 United Kingdom General Election
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Platt-Higgins
Frederick Platt-Higgins (1840 – 6 November 1910) was a British businessman and Conservative MP for Salford North. Early life Born as Frederick Higgins, he was the son of James Higgins of Salford, Lancashire and Elizabeth Meban of Dumfries.''Obituary: Mr F. Platt-Higgins'', The Times, 8 November 1910, p.13 He went into business as a cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ... spinner and married Mary Emily Mottram of Manchester in 1864.''Wills and Bequests'', The Times, 30 December 1910, p.8 In 1888 his aunt, Margaret Platt of Stalybridge, widow of Robert Platt of Dunham Hall, died. As part of the conditions of her will she required that her nephews adopt the surname Platt-Higgins and quarter the Platt and Higgins coat of arms, coats of arms. This was carried in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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