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Manchester South Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons Major settlements Manchester 1885–1918 Number of members One Replaced by Moss Side
RusholmeCreated from Manchester Manchester South was one of six parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
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Boundaries
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the following areas:[1]
- The part of the civil parish of Chorlton upon Medlock south of the centres of the following roads: Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street, Upper Brook Street, Dover Street, St. Leonards Street. (The remainder of the parish was included in the Manchester East constituency.)
- The Local Government district of Moss Side
- The Local Government District of Rusholme
- The detached part of the parish of Gorton included within the former parliamentary borough.
- The Hamlet of Kirkmanshulme (a detached part of the parish of Newton).
Redistribution
The seat was abolished in 1918, when the Representation of the People Act redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain. Manchester's representation was increased to ten members of parliament, and the former Manchester South was divided between the areas of the new Moss Side and Rusholme constituencies.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election Member [3] Party[4] 1885 Henry Enfield Roscoe Liberal 1895 Marquess of Lorne Liberal Unionist 1900 by-election William Wellesley Peel Liberal Unionist 1906 Arthur Haworth Liberal 1912 by-election Philip Kirkland Glazebrook Conservative 1918 by-election Robert Burdon Stoker Conservative 1918 constituency abolished Elections
26 November 1885: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Henry Enfield Roscoe 3791 55 Conservative P Royle 3121 45 Majority 670 10 2 July 1886: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Henry Enfield Roscoe 3407 53 Conservative T Sowler 3072 47 Majority 335 5 6 July 1892: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Henry Enfield Roscoe 4245 51 Conservative Viscount Emlyn 4064 49 Majority 181 2 13 July 1895: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist Marquis of Lorne 4457 50 Liberal Henry Enfield Roscoe 4379 50 Majority 78 1 25 May 1900: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist William Wellesley Peel 5497 61 Liberal Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones 3458 39 Majority 2039 23 2 October 1900: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Unionist William Wellesley Peel 5122 57 Liberal Edwyn Holt 3850 43 Majority 1272 14 13 January 1906: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Arthur Adlington Haworth 8002 68 Conservative L E Smith 3770 32 Majority 4232 36 15 January 1910: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Arthur Adlington Haworth 8121 59 Conservative Charles Lionel Atkins Ward-Jackson 5669 41 Majority 2452 18 3 December 1910: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Arthur Adlington Haworth Unopposed Majority - At the December 1910 election the Conservative candidate was Philip Glazebrook. However due to a mistake by his agent, his nomination papers were not handed in on time and Arthur Haworth was elected unopposed.[5]
5 March 1912: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Philip Kirkland Glazebrook 7051 52 Liberal Arthur Adlington Haworth 6472 48 22 March 1918: Manchester South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Burdon Stoker Unopposed Majority References
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 c.23, Schedule 6: Divisions of Boroughs
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Schedule 9: Redistribution of Seats
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 152. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ The Times, Saturday, Dec 03, 1910; pg. 12
Sources
Election Results:
- http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm
- http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm
Viscount Emlyn:
Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones:
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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