Salford South was a
parliamentary constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
in the
City of Salford in
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
from 1885 until 1950. It returned one
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
(MP) to the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
History
The constituency was created for the
1885 general election by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equal ...
, 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 constituency of Salford, South Division was created by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equal ...
, and consisted of the following
wards of the
Borough of Salford: Crescent, Islington,
Ordsall,
St. Stephen's, and the part of Regent Ward east of the centre of Trafford Road.
1918–1950
The
Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies throughout
Great Britain and Ireland. Salford South was redefined as consisting of seven wards of the
county borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent te ...
of Salford: Crescent, Islington, Ordsall, Regent, Trafford, Trinity and Weaste.
Abolition
The next redistribution of parliamentary constituencies took place under the
Representation of the People Act 1948
The Representation of the People Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections. It is noteworthy for abolishing plural voting for parliamentary elections, including ...
, and this led to the abolition of the Salford South constituency. Its area was divided between the
borough constituencies
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons.
Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
of
Salford East and
Salford West.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
*Unionist:
Anderson Barlow
*Liberal: Francis Benedict Vincent Norris
[Monitor and New Era 8 Nov 1913]
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
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:
John Stourton
*Labour:
Elections in the 1940s
References
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*{{Rayment-hc, s, 1, date=March 2012
Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
Politics of Salford