Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950 (1950)–1997 (1997)
Number of members one
Replaced by Salford
Created from Salford North and Salford South

Salford East was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new Salford constituency.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1950 Edward Arthur Hardy Labour
1955 Frank Allaun Labour
1983 Stanley Orme Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Salford

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Salford East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stanley Orme 20,327 60.0 +1.2
Conservative David A. Berens 9,092 26.8 −0.5
Liberal Democrat Norman J. Owen 3,836 11.3 −2.0
Green Mark T. Stanley 463 1.4 N/A
Natural Law Christopher C.B. Craig 150 0.4 N/A
Majority 11,235 33.2 +1.7
Turnout 33,868 64.4 −1.7
Labour hold Swing +0.9

Notes and references

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  2. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i17.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.