- Manchester Rusholme (UK Parliament constituency)
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Manchester Rusholme Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1918–1950 Number of members one Replaced by Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Gorton and Manchester Withington Created from Manchester South and Stretford Manchester Rusholme was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rusholme district of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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History
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
The constituency was created as Manchester, Rusholme Division by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and was defined as consisting of three wards of the county borough of Manchester, namely Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme.[1]
The division consisted of areas that had been included with Manchester's municipal boundaries in 1890 and 1909.[2] Since the previous redstribution of seats in 1885, they had formed part of the Stretford Division of Lancashire.
The seat was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948, with its area being redistributed between Manchester Ardwick (Longsight), Manchester Gorton (Levenshulme) and Manchester Withington (Rusholme) borough constituencies.[3]
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Robert Burdon Stoker Coalition Conservative 1919 John Henry Thorpe Coalition Conservative 1923 Charles Masterman Liberal 1924 Sir Frank Boyd Merriman Conservative 1933 Edmund Ashworth Radford Conservative 1944 Frederick William Cundiff Conservative 1945 Hugh Lester Hutchinson Labour 1949 Labour Independent Group 1950 constituency abolished Election results
Election in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Manchester, Rusholme
Manchester County Borough wards of Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Hugh Lester Hutchinson 15,408 43.4% Conservative Frederick William Cundiff 15,398 43.4% Liberal G. Chappell 4,673 13.2% Majority 10 0.0% Turnout 47,486 74.7 References
- ^ Ninth Schedule, Part I: Parliamentary Boroughs, 1918 c.64 sch.9
- ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991
- ^ First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies, 1948 c.65 sch.1
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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