Altrincham (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Altrincham
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1945
members = one

Altrincham was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1945. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency was defined in 1885, and redefined in 1918, to cover the urban districts of Altrincham, Ashton upon Mersey, Bowdon, Cheadle and Gatley, Hale, Handforth, Lymm and Sale, and part of the rural district of Bucklow, all in Cheshire.

In 1945, the constituency was redistributed, as its electorate exceeded 100,000 and was officially deemed overlarge. The Boundary Commission for England was instructed by Parliament to divide the larger seats (which sometimes affected neighbouring constituencies). This was an interim measure before the Boundary Commission reviewed the whole country later in the decade in the first general review. In the case of the Altrincham area two seats, this one and Knutsford were re-arranged into three seats. In addition to a modified Knutsford, the towns of Altrincham and Sale became a new borough constituency of Altrincham and Sale, with the remainder of the old division largely forming the new Bucklow county constituency.

Members of Parliament

*"Constituency created" (1885)

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George C Hamilton
votes = 9,409
percentage = 53.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. L Kay-Shuttleworth
votes = 8,147
percentage = 46.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,262
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General election, 1918: Altrincham Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Clement Hamilton
votes = 20,421
percentage = 72.7
change = +19.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = G. Middleton
votes = 7,685
percentage = 27.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 12,736
percentage = 45.4
change = +38.5Election box turnout
votes = 28,106
percentage = 68.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Election box begin
title=General election, 1931: Altrincham Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cyril Atkinson
votes = (unopposed)
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = N/A
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = N/A
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = N/AElection box begin
title=Altrincham by-election, 14th June 1933Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Edward Grigg
votes = 25,392
percentage = 51.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Oliver
votes = 15,892
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Hindle Hudson
votes = 8,333
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 9,500
percentage = 19.2
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 63.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box begin
title=General election, 1935: Altrincham Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Edward Grigg
votes = 50,719
percentage = 70.2
change = +19.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A. Moss
votes = 21,493
percentage = 29.8
change = +13.0Election box majority
votes = 29,226
percentage = 40.4
change = +21.2Election box turnout
votes = 72,212
percentage = 72.0
change = +8.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

See also

* Altrincham by-election, 1913
* Altrincham by-election, 1933

References

*Rayment