Eccles
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Eccles in Greater Manchester for the 2005 general election
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Location of Greater Manchester within England
CountyGreater Manchester
1885–2010
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth East Lancashire
Replaced bySalford 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

Eccles in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83

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]

1918–83

The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew all constituencies in Great Britain and Ireland. 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]

1983–97

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:

These constituencies were used from the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [4] Party
1885 Alfred Egerton Conservative
1890 by-election Henry Roby Liberal
1895 Octavius Leigh-Clare Conservative
1906 Sir George Pollard Liberal
1918 Marshall Stevens Coalition Conservative
1922 John Buckle Labour
1924 Albert Bethel Conservative
1929 David Mort Labour
1931 John Potter Conservative
1935 Robert Cary Conservative
1945 William Proctor Labour
1964 Lewis Carter-Jones Labour
1987 Joan Lestor Labour
1997 Ian Stewart Labour
2010 constituency abolished: see Salford and Eccles and Worsley and Eccles South

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Eccles[5]
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 New
Majority 12,886 37.2 -6.6
Turnout 34.632 50.2 +1.9
Labour hold Swing −3.3
General election 2001: Eccles[6]
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 -4.2
Turnout 33,182 48.3 −17.3
Labour hold Swing -2.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Eccles[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Stewart 30,468 66.7 +9.8
Conservative Gregory Barker 8,552 18.7 -10.7
Liberal Democrats Bob Boyd 4,905 10.7 -1.4
Referendum John de Roeck 1,765 3.9 New
Majority 21,916 48.0 +20.5
Turnout 45,690 65.6 -8.5
Labour hold Swing +10.2
General election 1992: Eccles[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Lestor 27,357 56.9 +6.1
Conservative Gary J. Ling 14,131 29.4 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Geoff C. Reid 5,835 12.1 -5.8
Green Richard C. Duriez 521 1.1 New
Natural Law Joan A. Garner 270 0.6 New
Majority 13,226 27.5 +8.0
Turnout 48,114 74.1 -0.4
Labour hold Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Eccles[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Lestor 25,346 50.8 +4.9
Conservative Joy Packalow 15,647 31.3 -1.9
SDP Paul Beatty 8,924 17.9 New
Majority 9,699 19.5 +6.8
Turnout 49,917 74.5 +4.4
Labour hold Swing +3.5
General election 1983: Eccles[10]
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

General election 1979: Eccles[11]
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
Turnout 45,317
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Eccles[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 22,328 53.3 +3.9
Conservative Bob 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
Turnout 41,908
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Eccles[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 22,538 49.4 −6.2
Conservative Bob Dunn 14,752 32.3 -10.6
Liberal A M Collier 7,966 17.5 New
Communist Terry Keenan 404 0.9 -0.6
Majority 7,786 17.1 +4.4
Turnout 45,660
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Eccles[14]
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
Turnout 43,014
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Eccles[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 25,033 59.5 +2.2
Conservative Hugh P Holland 15,776 37.5 −5.2
Communist Michael R. Bennett 1,239 3.0 New
Majority 9,257 22.0 +7.4
Turnout 42,048
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Eccles[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 25,915 57.3 +5.3
Conservative John J Hodgson 19,277 42.7 -5.3
Majority 6,638 14.6 +10.6
Turnout 45,192
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Eccles[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Proctor 25,566 52.0 -0.4
Conservative Brian Robert Osborne Bell 23,580 48.0 +0.4
Majority 1,986 4.0 -0.8
Turnout 49,146
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Eccles[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Proctor 25,351 52.4 -0.1
Conservative Charles P Lawson 23,025 47.6 0.0
Majority 2,326 4.8 0.0
Turnout 48,376
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Eccles[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Proctor 27,941 52.5 +1.8
Conservative John Whiteley 25,330 47.6 +6.6
Majority 2,611 4.8 -4.9
Turnout 53,271
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Eccles[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Proctor 27,409 50.7 -0.4
Conservative Harry Sharp 22,186 41.0 +6.4
Liberal J H Jones 4,477 8.3 -5.5
Majority 5,223 9.7 -6.8
Turnout 54,072
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Eccles[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Proctor 23,008 51.1 +3.8
Conservative Robert Cary 15,562 34.6 -18.1
Liberal Arthur Gerald Pollitt 6,215 13.8 New
Independent Progressive Aubrey Bernard Brocklehurst 211 0.5 New
Majority 7,446 16.5 N/A
Turnout 44,996
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Eccles[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Cary 22,310 52.7 -9.1
Labour J Grierson 20,055 47.3 +9.1
Majority 2,255 5.4 -18.2
Turnout 42,365
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Eccles[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Potter 26,049 61.8 +32.0
Labour David Mort 16,101 38.2 -11.6
Majority 9,948 23.6 N/A
Turnout 42,150
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Eccles[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Mort 20,489 49.8 +3.0
Unionist Albert Bethel 12,232 29.8 −23.4
Liberal Handel Wilde 8,374 20.4 New
Majority 8,257 20.0 N/A
Turnout 41,095 81.9 −0.8
Registered electors 50,203
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +13.2
General election 1924: Eccles[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert Bethel 16,833 53.2 +17.0
Labour John Buckle 14,798 46.8 +4.0
Majority 2,035 6.4 N/A
Turnout 31,631 82.7 +4.5
Registered electors 38,257
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +6.5
General election 1923: Eccles [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Buckle 12,227 42.8 −8.6
Unionist Marshall Stevens 10,364 36.2 −12.4
Liberal William Sandiford Ashton 6,011 21.0 New
Majority 1,863 6.6 +3.8
Turnout 28,602 78.2 +0.5
Registered electors 36,585
Labour hold Swing +1.9
General election 1922: Eccles [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Buckle 14,354 51.4 New
Unionist Marshall Stevens 13,551 48.6 −33.7
Majority 1,803 2.8 N/A
Turnout 27,905 77.7 +22.3
Registered electors 35,912
Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

Marshall Stevens
General election 1918: Eccles[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Marshall Stevens 15,821 82.3 +34.7
Liberal Richard Durning Holt 3,408 17.7 −34.7
Majority 12,413 64.6 N/A
Turnout 19,229 55.4 −30.5
Registered electors 34,702
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +34.7
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election December 1910: S.E. Lancashire (Eccles)[29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Pollard 8,467 52.4 +11.4
Conservative John Campbell 7,676 47.6 +8.9
Majority 791 4.8 +2.4
Turnout 16,143 85.9 −6.1
Registered electors 18,786
Liberal hold Swing +1.3
General election January 1910: S.E. Lancashire (Eccles)[31][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Pollard 7,093 41.0 +2.2
Conservative G F Assinder 6,682 38.7 +3.9
Labour G. H. Stuart-Bunning 3,511 20.3 -6.1
Majority 411 2.4 -1.6
Turnout 17,286 92.0 +2.5
Registered electors 18,786
Liberal hold Swing −0.9

Elections in the 1900s

Pollard
General election 1906: S.E. Lancashire (Eccles)[32][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Pollard 5,841 38.8 −10.3
Conservative T Stuttard 5,246 34.8 −16.1
Labour Repr. Cmte. Ben Tillett 3,985 26.4 New
Majority 595 4.0 N/A
Turnout 15,072 89.5 +7.1
Registered electors 16,832
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.9
Fry
General election 1900: S.E. Lancashire (Eccles)[33][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Octavius Leigh-Clare 6,153 50.9 -1.0
Liberal John Fry 5,934 49.1 +1.0
Majority 219 1.8 -2.0
Turnout 12,087 82.4 −2.9
Registered electors 14,674
Conservative hold Swing −1.0

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: S.E. Lancashire (Eccles)[34][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Octavius Leigh-Clare 5,722 51.9 +3.2
Liberal Henry John Roby 5,302 48.1 -3.2
Majority 420 3.8 N/A
Turnout 11,024 85.3 −1.2
Registered electors 12,917
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.2
General election 1892: S.E. Lancashire (Eccles)[35][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry John Roby 5,340 51.3 +3.1
Conservative Octavius Leigh-Clare 5,071 48.7 −3.1
Majority 269 2.6 N/A
Turnout 10,411 86.5 +2.0
Registered electors 12,040
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.1
1890 Eccles by-election[36][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry John Roby 4,901 51.1 +2.9
Conservative Algernon Egerton 4,696 48.9 -2.9
Majority 205 2.2 N/A
Turnout 9,597 86.2 +1.7
Registered electors 11,136
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: S.E. Lancashire (Eccles)[37][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Egerton 4,277 51.8 +0.4
Liberal Ellis Duncombe Gosling 3,985 48.2 -0.4
Majority 292 3.6 +0.8
Turnout 8,262 84.5 −6.2
Registered electors 9,781
Conservative hold Swing +0.4
General election 1885: S.E. Lancashire (Eccles)[38][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Egerton 4,559 51.4
Liberal Vernor Kirk Armitage 4,312 48.6
Majority 247 2.8
Turnout 8,871 90.7
Registered electors 9,781
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

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  17. ^ "UK General Election results, October 1959". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
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  21. ^ "UK General Election results, July 1945". Political Science Resources. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
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  23. ^ "The General Election. First Returns". The Times. 20 October 1931. p. 6.
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  25. ^ "The General Election. First Returns". The Times. 30 October 1924. p. 6.
  26. ^ "The General Election. First Returns". The Times. 7 December 1923. p. 6.
  27. ^ "The General Election. First Returns". The Times. 16 November 1922. p. 7.
  28. ^ "General Election, 1918 - The Polls". The Times. 30 December 1918. p. 16.
  29. ^ "Progress of the General Election". The Times. 8 December 1910. p. 7.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
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  32. ^ "Progress of the General Election". The Times. 25 January 1906. p. 10.
  33. ^ "Progress of the General Election". The Times. 11 October 1900. p. 8.
  34. ^ "The General Election. Unionist Gains in the Counties and in Wales". The Times. 19 July 1895. p. 6.
  35. ^ "The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 15 July 1892. p. 4.
  36. ^ "Election Intelligence Lancashire (Eccles Division)". The Times. 23 October 1890. p. 5.
  37. ^ "The New Parliament". The Times. 7 July 1886. p. 6.
  38. ^ "The General Election. The Polls". The Times. 1 December 1885. p. 11.

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