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 of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
| Manchester South | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Major settlements | Manchester |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Manchester |
| Replaced by | Moss Side Rusholme |
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 and Ireland. 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 results
| Decades: |
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sir Henry Roscoe | 3,791 | 54.8 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Royle | 3,121 | 45.2 | ||
| Majority | 670 | 9.6 | |||
| Turnout | 6,912 | 81.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,534 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sir Henry Roscoe | 3,407 | 52.6 | -2.2 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Sowler[8][9] | 3,072 | 47.4 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 335 | 5.2 | -4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,479 | 75.9 | -5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,534 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.2 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sir Henry Roscoe | 4,245 | 51.1 | -1.5 | |
| Conservative | Frederick Campbell | 4,064 | 48.9 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 181 | 2.2 | -3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 9,309 | 81.2 | +5.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,228 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | John Campbell | 4,457 | 50.4 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal | Sir Henry Roscoe | 4,379 | 49.6 | -1.5 | |
| Majority | 78 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,836 | 80.7 | -0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,945 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | William Peel | 5,497 | 61.4 | +11.0 | |
| Liberal | Leifchild Jones | 3,458 | 38.6 | −11.0 | |
| Majority | 2,039 | 22.8 | +22.0 | ||
| Turnout | 8,955 | 76.0 | −4.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,788 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +11.0 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | William Peel | 5,122 | 57.1 | +6.7 | |
| Liberal | Edwyn Holt | 3,850 | 42.9 | −6.7 | |
| Majority | 1,272 | 14.2 | +13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 8,972 | 76.1 | −4.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,788 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arthur Haworth | 8,002 | 68.0 | +25.1 | |
| Conservative | L Eaton Smith | 3,770 | 32.0 | −25.1 | |
| Majority | 4,232 | 36.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 11,772 | 82.8 | +6.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,221 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +25.1 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arthur Haworth | 8,121 | 58.9 | -9.1 | |
| Conservative | Charles Ward-Jackson | 5,669 | 41.1 | +9.1 | |
| Majority | 2,452 | 17.8 | -18.2 | ||
| Turnout | 13,790 | 88.4 | +5.6 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arthur Haworth | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Philip Glazebrook | 7,051 | 52.1 | New | |
| Liberal | Arthur Haworth | 6,472 | 47.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 579 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 13,523 | N/A | |||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Philip Glazebrook
- Liberal:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Robert Burdon Stoker | Unopposed | |||
| Unionist hold | |||||
References
Sources
Election Results:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060520143104/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060520143047/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm
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