- Manchester South West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Manchester South West Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1918 Replaced by Manchester Hulme Created from Manchester 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.
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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 Thomas Needham Liberal 1918 constituency abolished Elections
26 November1885: Manchester South West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton 3929 54 Liberal Jacob Bright 3362 46 Majority 567 8 2 July 1886: Manchester South West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Jacob Bright 3670 52 Conservative Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton 3450 48 Majority 220 3 6 July 1892: Manchester South West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Jacob Bright 3924 51 Liberal Unionist Sir Alfred Hopkinson 3776 49 Majority 148 2 13 July 1895: Manchester South West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Johnson Galloway 3994 53 Liberal J M Astbury 3496 47 2 October 1900: Manchester South West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Johnson Galloway 4017 63 Labour F Brocklehurst 2398 37 Majority 1619 25 13 January 1906: Manchester South West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Davy Kelley 4101 59 Conservative William Johnson Galloway 2875 41 Majority 1226 18 15 January 1910: Manchester South West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative H Arthur Colefax 3111 42 Liberal Christopher Needham 3004 41 Labour J. M. McLachlan 1218 17 Majority 107 1 3 December 1910: Manchester South East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Christopher Needham 3590 52 Conservative Arthur Colefax 3331 48 Majority 259 4 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)
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Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
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