Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Eccles
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
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Salford and Eccles, Worsley and Eccles South
Created from	South East Lancashire

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. 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:

• 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

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	+4.9
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	+3.9
Majority			21,916	48.0	+20.5
Turnout			45,690
	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	+12.1
	Green	Richard C. Duriez	521	1.1	+1.1
	Natural Law	Joan A. Garner	270	0.6	+0.6
Majority			13,226	27.5
Turnout			48,114	74.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Eccles[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lestor	25,346	50.8	+5.0
	Conservative	Joy Packalow	15,647	31.3	-1.9
	SDP	Paul Beatty	8,924	17.9	N/A
Majority			9,699	19.4
Turnout			49,917	74.5
	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
	Labour hold

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
	Labour hold

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	N/A
	Communist	Terry Keenan	404	0.9	-0.6
Majority			7,786	17.1	+4.4
	Labour hold

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
	Labour hold

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	N/A
Majority			9,257	22.0	+7.3
	Labour hold

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	14.7	+10.7
	Labour hold

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
	Labour hold

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	-0.1
	Labour hold

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	4.9	-4.8
	Labour hold

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	-6.9
	Labour hold

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	n/a
	Independent Progressive	Aubrey Bernard Brocklehurst	211	0.5	n/a
Majority			7,446	16.6	21.9
Turnout
	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	5.3	-18.3
	Conservative hold

General election 1931: Eccles[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Potter	26,049	61.8	+31.9
	Labour	David Mort	16,101	38.2	-11.8
Majority			9,948	23.6
	Conservative gain from Labour

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	N/A
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	N/A
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	N/A
	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	+2.5
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	-1.7
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	N/A
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	N/A
	Liberal	Vernor Kirk Armitage	4,312	48.6	N/A
Majority			247	2.8	N/A
Turnout			8,871	90.7	N/A
Registered electors			9,781
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Notes and references

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