Manchester South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester South West was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.
Manchester South West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Replaced by | Manchester Hulme |
Created from | Manchester |
Boundaries
The constituency, which was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, consisted of the civil parish of Hulme.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton | Conservative | |
1886 | Jacob Bright | Liberal | |
1895 | William Johnson Galloway | Conservative | |
1906 | George Davy Kelley | Labour | |
1910 (Jan) | Arthur Colefax | Conservative | |
1910 (Dec) | Christopher Needham | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Decades: |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Spencer Hamilton | 3,929 | 53.9 | ||
Liberal | Jacob Bright | 3,362 | 46.1 | ||
Majority | 567 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,291 | 82.0 | |||
Registered electors | 8,890 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jacob Bright | 3,570 | 50.8 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Frederick Spencer Hamilton | 3,459 | 49.2 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 111 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,029 | 79.1 | -2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,890 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jacob Bright | 3,924 | 51.0 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Alfred Hopkinson | 3,776 | 49.0 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 148 | 2.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,700 | 79.6 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 9,674 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Johnson Galloway | 3,994 | 53.3 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | John Meir Astbury | 3,496 | 46.7 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 498 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,490 | 78.9 | -0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,496 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Johnson Galloway | 4,017 | 62.6 | +9.3 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Fred Brocklehurst | 2,398 | 37.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,619 | 25.2 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,415 | 70.5 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,102 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Repr. Cmte. | George Davy Kelley | 4,101 | 58.8 | +21.4 | |
Conservative | William Johnson Galloway | 2,875 | 41.2 | −21.4 | |
Majority | 1,226 | 17.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,976 | 81.6 | +11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,551 | ||||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.4 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Colefax | 3,111 | 42.4 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Christopher Needham | 3,004 | 41.0 | New | |
Labour | J. M. McLachlan | 1,218 | 16.6 | -42.2 | |
Majority | 107 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,333 | 89.6 | +8.0 | ||
Liberal Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Christopher Needham | 3,590 | 51.9 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Colefax | 3,331 | 48.1 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 259 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,921 | 84.6 | -5.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +2.6 | |||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Christopher Needham
- Unionist:
References
- Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs: Number, Names, Contents, And Boundaries Of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (C.23)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
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