Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)
Eccles | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Eccles in Greater Manchester for the 2005 general election | |
![]() Location of Greater Manchester within England | |
County | Greater Manchester |
1885–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Salford and Eccles, Worsley and Eccles South |
Eccles was a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was established under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished at the 2010 general election.
Boundaries
1885–1918
The constituency, known as South East Lancashire, Eccles Division, was defined as consisting of the civil parishes of Barton upon Irwell, Clifton, Flixton, Urmston, Worsley and the part of the parish of Pendlebury not in the Parliamentary Borough of Salford.[1]
1918–1983
The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew all constituencies in Great Britain. The Parliamentary Borough of Eccles consisted of two local government districts: the Municipal Borough of Eccles and the Urban District of Swinton and Pendlebury (later incorporated as a borough). The seat was renamed Eccles Borough Constituency by the Representation of the People Act 1948.[1]
1983–1997
In 1983 constituency boundaries were altered to align with the new administrative geography introduced by the Local Government Act 1972. Eccles became a borough constituency in the parliamentary county of Greater Manchester, consisting of seven wards of the City of Salford: Barton, Eccles, Pendlebury, Swinton North, Swinton South, Weaste and Seedley, and Winton.[2]
1997–2010
The boundaries of the constituency were altered for 1997 general election, reflecting a change in ward boundaries. It was defined as consisting of the following wards: Barton, Cadishead, Eccles, Irlam, Pendlebury, Swinton North, Swinton South and Winton.[3]
Abolition
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Eccles be split between two new constituencies:
- Salford and Eccles, from the existing Salford constituency and the central/eastern part of Eccles.
- Worsley and Eccles South, from the existing Worsley constituency and the southern/western part of Eccles.
These constituencies were used from the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Stewart | 19,702 | 56.9 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Thelma Matuk | 6,816 | 19.7 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Brophy | 6,429 | 18.6 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Reeve | 1,685 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 12,886 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 34.632 | 50.2 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Stewart | 21,395 | 64.5 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Caillard | 6,867 | 20.7 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Boyd | 4,920 | 14.8 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 14,528 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | 33,182 | 48.3 | −17.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Stewart | 30,468 | 66.7 | ||
Conservative | Gregory Barker | 8,552 | 18.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Boyd | 4,905 | 10.7 | ||
Referendum | John de Roeck | 1,765 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 21,916 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,690 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Lestor | 27,357 | 56.9 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Gary J. Ling | 14,131 | 29.4 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rev. Geoff C. Reid | 5,835 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
Green | Richard C. Duriez | 521 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Natural Law | Miss Joan A. Garner | 270 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 13,226 | ||||
Turnout | 48,114 | 74.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Lestor | 25,346 | 50.8 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Joy Packalow | 15,647 | 31.3 | −1.9 | |
SDP | Paul Charles William Beatty | 8,924 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 9, 699 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 49, 917 | 74.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 21, 644 | 45.9 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | David H. Philp | 15, 639 | 33.2 | −2.6 | |
Liberal | Kenneth A. Hemsley | 9,392 | 19.9 | +10.1 | |
Communist | Bert Cottam | 485 | 1.0 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 6, 005 | 12.7 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 47, 160 | 70.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 24,280 | 53.6 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | J Reid | 16,221 | 35.8 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | G Knight | 4,448 | 9.8 | −4.9 | |
Communist | Terry Keenan | 368 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 8,059 | 17.8 | −4.3 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 22,328 | 53.3 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Robert John Dunn | 13,062 | 31.2 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | A M Collier | 6,170 | 14.7 | −2.8 | |
Communist | Terry Keenan | 348 | 0.8 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 9,266 | 22.1 | +5.0 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 22,538 | 49.4 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Robert John Dunn | 14,752 | 32.3 | −10.6 | |
Liberal | A M Collier | 7,966 | 17.5 | N/A | |
Communist | Terry Keenan | 404 | 0.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 7,786 | 17.1 | +4.4 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 23,913 | 55.6 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Rhodes Boyson | 18,458 | 42.9 | +5.4 | |
Communist | Terry Keenan | 643 | 1.5 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 5,455 | 12.7 | −9.3 | ||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 25,033 | 59.5 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | H P Holland | 15,776 | 37.5 | −5.2 | |
Communist | Michael R. Bennett | 1,239 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,257 | 22.0 | +7.3 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 25,915 | 57.3 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | J J Hodgson | 19,277 | 42.7 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 6,638 | 14.7 | +10.7 | ||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Proctor | 25,566 | 52.0 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | BRO Bell | 23,580 | 48.0 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,986 | 4.0 | −0.8 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Proctor | 25,351 | 52.4 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | C P Lawson | 23,025 | 47.6 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 2,326 | 4.8 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Proctor | 27,941 | 52.5 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | J Whitely | 25,330 | 47.6 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 2,611 | 4.9 | −4.8 | ||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Proctor | 27,409 | 50.7 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | H Sharp | 22,186 | 41.0 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | J H Jones | 4,477 | 8.3 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 5,223 | 9.7 | −6.9 | ||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Thomas Proctor | 23,008 | 51.1 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative | Robert Archibald Cary | 15,562 | 34.6 | −18.1 | ||
Liberal | Cllr. Arthur Gerald Pollitt | 6,215 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Independent | A B Brocklehurst | 211 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Majority | 7,446 | 16.6 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Archibald Cary | 22,310 | 52.7 | −9.1 | |
Labour | J Grierson | 20,055 | 47.3 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 2,255 | 5.3 | −18.3 | ||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Potter | 26,049 | 61.8 | +31.9 | ||
Labour | David Llewelyn Mort | 16,101 | 38.2 | −11.8 | ||
Majority | 9,948 | 23.6 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Llewelyn Mort | 20,489 | 50.0 | +3.2 | ||
Unionist | Albert Bethel | 12,252 | 29.9 | −23.3 | ||
Liberal | Handel Wilde | 8,237 | 20.1 | n/a | ||
Majority | 8,374 | 20.1 | 26.5 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Bethel | 16,823 | 53.2 | +7.0 | ||
Labour | John Buckle | 14,798 | 46.8 | +4.1 | ||
Majority | 2,025 | 6.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Buckle | 12,267 | 42.7 | −8.7 | |
Unionist | Marshall Stevens | 10,364 | 36.2 | −12.4 | |
Liberal | William Sandiford Ashton | 6,011 | 21.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,863 | 6.5 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Buckle | 14,354 | 51.4 | |||
Conservative | Marshall Stevens | 13,551 | 48.6 | |||
Majority | 1,803 | 2.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 15,821 | 82.3 | N/A | |||
Liberal | Richard Durning Holt | 3,408 | 17.7 | −34.7 | ||
Majority | 12,413 | 64.6 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal |
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir George Herbert Pollard | 8,467 | 52.4 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | J G D Campbell | 7,676 | 47.6 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 791 | 4.9 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir George Herbert Pollard | 7,093 | 41.0 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | G F Assinder | 6,682 | 38.7 | +3.9 | |
Labour | George Henry Stuart-Bunning | 3,511 | 20.3 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 411 | 2.4 | −1.5 | ||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dr George Herbert Pollard | 5,841 | 38.8 | −10.3 | ||
Conservative | T Stuttard | 5,246 | 34.8 | −16.1 | ||
Social Democratic Federation | Ben Tillett | 3,985 | 26.4 | N/A | ||
Majority | 595 | 3.9 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Leigh Leigh-Clare | 6,153 | 50.9 | −1 | |
Liberal | John Pease Fry | 5,934 | 49.1 | +1 | |
Majority | 219 | 1.8 | −2 | ||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Leigh Leigh-Clare | 5,722 | 51.9 | +3.2 | ||
Liberal | Henry John Roby | 5,302 | 48.1 | −3.2 | ||
Majority | 420 | 3.8 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry John Roby | 5,340 | 51.3 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Octavius Leigh Leigh-Clare | 5,071 | 48.7 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 269 | 2.6 | +0.5 | ||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry John Roby | 4,901 | 51.1 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative | Hon. Algernon Egerton | 4,696 | 48.9 | −2.9 | ||
Majority | 205 | 2.1 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hon. Alfred John Francis Egerton | 4,277 | 51.8 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Ellis Duncombe Gosling | 3,985 | 48.2 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 292 | 3.5 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hon. Alfred John Francis Egerton | 4,559 | 51.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Vernor Kirk Armitage | 4,312 | 48.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 247 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
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- ^ "UK General Election results, February 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
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- ^ "The General Election. First Returns". The Times. 20 October 1931. p. 6.
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- ^ "The General Election. First Returns". The Times. 30 October 1924. p. 6.
- ^ "The General Election. First Returns". The Times. 7 December 1923. p. 6.
- ^ "The General Election. First Returns". The Times. 16 November 1922. p. 7.
- ^ "General Election, 1918 - The Polls". The Times. 30 December 1918. p. 16.
- ^ "Progress of the General Election". The Times. 8 December 1910. p. 7.
- ^ "Progress of the General Election". The Times. 22 January 1910. p. 6.
- ^ "Progress of the General Election". The Times. 25 January 1906. p. 10.
- ^ "Progress of the General Election". The Times. 11 October 1900. p. 8.
- ^ "The General Election. Unionist Gains in the Counties and in Wales". The Times. 19 July 1895. p. 6.
- ^ "The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 15 July 1892. p. 4.
- ^ "Election Intelligence Lancashire (Eccles Division)". The Times. 23 October 1890. p. 5.
- ^ "The New Parliament". The Times. 7 July 1886. p. 6.
- ^ "The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 1 December 1885. p. 11.