Altrincham and Sale (UK Parliament constituency)

Altrincham and Sale
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	1945–1974: Cheshire 1974–1997: Greater Manchester
Major settlements	Altrincham and Sale
1945–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Altrincham & Sale West and Wythenshawe & Sale East
Created from	Altrincham

Altrincham and Sale was a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and existed between 1945 and 1997.

History

The constituency always elected a Conservative member. From 1945, it was represented by Frederick Erroll, a cabinet minister in Harold Macmillan's government, who was raised to the peerage in 1964. The ensuing by-election (held in 1965) was won by Anthony Barber, who served as Edward Heath's Chancellor of the Exchequer. Barber also entered the House of Lords, and at the October 1974 general election was succeeded by Fergus Montgomery, later Sir Fergus Montgomery. Montgomery held the seat until he retired in 1997.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford wards of Altrincham, Bowdon, Broadheath, Brooklands, Hale, Sale Moor, Timperley, and Village.

Altrincham and Sale was created in 1945 from the larger constituency of Altrincham. By the time of its abolition, the constituency consisted of the south-eastern area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, with the main town being Altrincham.

It was abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was split in a roughly three to one ratio between the new constituencies of Altrincham and Sale West and Wythenshawe and Sale East.^[1]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1945	Frederick Erroll	Conservative
1965 by-election	Anthony Barber	Conservative
Oct 1974	Sir Fergus Montgomery	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished: see Altrincham & Sale West and Wythenshawe & Sale East

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Altrincham and Sale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Fergus Montgomery	29,066	54.7	+1.2
	Labour	Mrs Mary E. Atherton	12,275	23.1	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	John Henry Mulholland	11,601	21.8	−4.2
	Natural Law	John C. Renwick	212	0.4	N/A
Majority			16,791	31.6	+4.2
Turnout			53,154	80.2	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Fergus Montgomery	27,746	53.48
	Liberal	John Henry Mulholland	13,518	26.06
	Labour	D Hinder	10,617	20.46
Majority			14,228	27.42
Turnout				76.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fergus Montgomery	25,321	52.54
	Liberal	B Clancy	14,410	29.90
	Labour	A Erwin	7,684	15.94
	Ecology	C Marsh	629	1.31
	Independent	IJ Wolstenholme	152	0.32
Majority			10,911	22.64
Turnout				73.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fergus Montgomery	29,873	51.58
	Labour	G Pratt	14,643	25.28
	Liberal	J Campbell	12,603	21.76
	Ecology	C Marsh	796	1.37
Majority			15,230	26.30
Turnout				77.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Fergus Montgomery	23,910	42.78
	Labour	E Wood	16,998	30.41
	Liberal	D Blackburn	14,980	26.80
Majority			6,912	12.37
Turnout				76.25
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber	26,434	44.26
	Liberal	D Blackburn	17,738	29.70
	Labour	D Rutherford	15,550	26.04
Majority			8,696	14.56
Turnout				82.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber	27,904	53.20
	Labour	BE Jones	16,671	31.79
	Liberal	Lawrence Gordon Bayley	7,875	15.01
Majority			11,233	21.42
Turnout				74.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber	24,736	48.01
	Labour	J Cope	17,899	34.74
	Liberal	Alan Cooper	8,891	17.26
Majority			6,837	13.27
Turnout				77.97
	Conservative hold		Swing

Altrincham and Sale by-election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber	20,380
	Labour	Roy Delville Roebuck	11,837
	Liberal	Donald Fletcher Burden	7,898
	Independent	GO Symes	634
Majority			8,543
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Erroll	24,982	46.82
	Labour	Roy Delville Roebuck	14,945	28.01
	Liberal	Donald Fletcher Burden	13,429	25.17
Majority			10,037	18.81
Turnout				81.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Erroll	29,992	56.01
	Labour	Norman Atkinson	14,141	26.41
	Liberal	Donald Fletcher Burden	9,415	17.58
Majority			15,851	29.60
Turnout				82.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Erroll	30,586	62.17
	Labour	T. Park	12,174	24.75
	Liberal	Donald Fletcher Burden	6,436	13.08
Majority			18,412	37.43
Turnout				79.96
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Erroll	33,987	66.06
	Labour	J.B. O'Hara	17,465	33.94
Majority			16,522	32.11
Turnout				83.96
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Erroll	30,843	57.41
	Labour	F. Bibby	16,544	30.79
	Liberal	Lawrence Gordon Bayley	6,340	11.80
Majority			14,299	26.61
Turnout				88.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Altrincham and Sale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Erroll	26,656	55.61
	Labour	M.C. Joseph	21,275	44.39
Majority			5,381	11.23
Turnout				80.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.187 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.