# Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)

Salford East was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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.

## Boundaries

1950–1983: The County Borough of Salford wards of Albert Park, Crescent, Kersal, Mandley Park, Ordsall Park, Regent, St Matthias, and Trinity.
1983–1997: The City of Salford wards of Blackfriars, Broughton, Claremont, Kersal, Langworthy, Ordsall, and Pendleton.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1950 | Edward Hardy | Labour |
| 1955 | Frank Allaun | Labour |
| 1983 | Stan Orme | Labour |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Salford | constituency abolished: see Salford |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Hardy | 26,783 | 54.2 | |
| | Conservative | W. Sinclair | 18,625 | 37.6 | |
| | Liberal | Sydney Needoff | 4,057 | 8.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,158 | 16.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,465 | 81.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
General election 1951: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Hardy | 27,729 | 57.0 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | John E Parkinson | 20,951 | 43.0 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,778 | 14.0 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,680 | 79.7 | −1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −1.3 | |
General election 1955: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Allaun | 20,351 | 52.2 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | John Whiteley | 18,623 | 47.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,728 | 4.4 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,974 | 69.8 | −9.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −4.8 | |
General election 1959: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Allaun | 20,639 | 54.6 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | John Higham Franks | 17,171 | 45.4 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,468 | 9.2 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,810 | 73.8 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Allaun | 19,641 | 61.1 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | John H. Franks | 12,498 | 38.9 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,143 | 22.2 | +13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,139 | 66.8 | −7.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 | |
General election 1966: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Allaun | 18,409 | 67.2 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Gerald W.G. FitzSimons | 9,000 | 32.8 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,409 | 34.4 | +12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,409 | 61.1 | −5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.1 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Allaun | 15,853 | 55.8 | −11.4 |
| | Conservative | John Bryan Leck | 9,583 | 33.7 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal | Allan Stewart Bell | 3,000 | 10.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,270 | 22.1 | −12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,436 | 62.2 | +1.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −6.2 | |
General election February 1974: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Allaun | 14,426 | 54.5 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Betty Knightly | 7,495 | 28.3 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal | Howard Watkin | 4,536 | 17.1 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,931 | 26.2 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,457 | 66.4 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |
General election October 1974: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Allaun | 14,276 | 59.8 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Reid Latimer | 6,440 | 27.0 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal | Allan Stewart Bell | 3,160 | 13.2 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,836 | 32.8 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,876 | 59.5 | −6.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
General election 1979: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Allaun | 13,453 | 63.9 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Reid Latimer | 7,597 | 36.1 | +9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,856 | 27.8 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,050 | 64.3 | +4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −2.5 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stan Orme | 21,373 | 53.7 | −9.3 |
| | Conservative | Simon Cole | 11,832 | 29.7 | −6.7 |
| | SDP | Adrian C. Williams | 6,190 | 15.6 | New |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Stuart Carter | 417 | 1.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,541 | 24.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,812 | 62.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Note: This constituency underwent major boundary changes for the 1983 election and so changes are based on notional figures.
General election 1987: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stan Orme | 22,555 | 58.8 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Charles McFall | 10,499 | 27.4 | −2.3 |
| | SDP | Patrick Keaveney | 5,105 | 13.3 | −2.3 |
| | Workers Revolutionary | Stephen Murray | 201 | 0.5 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,056 | 31.4 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,360 | 66.0 | +3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Salford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stan Orme | 20,327 | 60.0 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | David A. Berens | 9,092 | 26.8 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman J. Owen | 3,836 | 11.3 | −2.0 |
| | Green | Mark T. Stanley | 463 | 1.4 | New |
| | Natural Law | Christopher C.B. Craig | 150 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,235 | 33.2 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,868 | 64.4 | −1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |