Manchester East (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Replaced by	Manchester Ardwick and Manchester Clayton
Created from	Manchester

Manchester East 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.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was defined as consisting of the following areas:

• The Parish of Bradford,
• The Parish of Ardwick,
• The Parish of Beswick,
• The part of the Parish of Chorlton-upon-Medlock north of the centres of Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street, Upper Brook Street, Dover Street, St. Leonards Street, and Cheltenham Street.^[1]

The next redistribution took place under the terms of the Representation of the People Act 1918. The Manchester East seat was divided between the two new constituencies of Manchester Ardwick and Manchester Clayton.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [3]	Party
	1885	Arthur James Balfour	Conservative
	1906	Thomas Gardner Horridge	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	John Edward Sutton	Labour
	1918	constituency abolished

Elections

26 November 1885: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	4536	55
	Liberal	A Hopkinson	3712	45
Majority			824	10

2 July 1886: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	4160	54
	Liberal	J H Crosfield	3516	46
Majority			644	8

• 11 August 1886: Arthur James Balfour unopposed

6 July 1892: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	5147	52
	Liberal	J E C Munro	4749	48
Majority			398	4

• 1 July 1895 Arthur James Balfour unopposed

13 July 1895: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	5386	54
	Liberal	J E C Munro	4610	46
Majority			776	8

2 October 1900: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	5803	63
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Scott	3350	37
Majority			2453	27

13 January 1906: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Gardner Horridge	6403	59
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	4423	41
Majority			1980	18

15 January 1910: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Edward Sutton	6110	55
	Conservative	E Elvy Robb	5091	45
Majority			1019	9

3 December 1910: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Edward Sutton	5524	54
	Conservative	Richard Gregory Proby	4653	46
Majority			871	9

References

1. ^ Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs: Number, Names, Contents, And Boundaries Of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (C.23)
2. ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II: Northern England, London, 1991
3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)

Sources

Election Results:

• http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm
• http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm

Horridge:

• List of Privy Counsellors (1936–1952)
• http://politics.guardian.co.uk/electionspast/story/0,15867,1450577,00.html
• http://www.aoqc42.dsl.pipex.com/majauto/autogra01.shtml

Sutton:

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by vacant. Last was Midlothian in 1894	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1902–1905	Succeeded by Stirling Burghs