Manchester South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester South West | |
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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.
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 | |
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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 Needham | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Decades: |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Spencer Hamilton | 3,929 | 53.9 | ||
Liberal | Jacob Bright | 3,362 | 46.1 | ||
Majority | 567 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,291 | 82.0 | |||
Registered electors | 8,890 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Jacob_Bright_MP_002.jpg/120px-Jacob_Bright_MP_002.jpg)
Bright
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jacob Bright | 3,570 | 50.8 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Frederick Spencer Hamilton | 3,459 | 49.2 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 111 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,029 | 79.1 | -2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,890 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.7 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Alfred_Hopkinson_%281851-1939%29.jpg/120px-Alfred_Hopkinson_%281851-1939%29.jpg)
Hopkinson
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jacob Bright | 3,924 | 51.0 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Alfred Hopkinson | 3,776 | 49.0 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 148 | 2.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,700 | 79.6 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 9,674 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/John_Astbury.jpg/120px-John_Astbury.jpg)
Astbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Johnson Galloway | 3,994 | 53.3 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | John Meir Astbury | 3,496 | 46.7 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 498 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,490 | 78.9 | -0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,496 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Johnson Galloway | 4,017 | 62.6 | +9.3 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Fred Brocklehurst | 2,398 | 37.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,619 | 25.2 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,415 | 70.5 | −8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,102 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Kelley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Repr. Cmte. | George Davy Kelley | 4,101 | 58.8 | +21.4 | |
Conservative | William Johnson Galloway | 2,875 | 41.2 | −21.4 | |
Majority | 1,226 | 17.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,976 | 81.6 | +11.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,551 | ||||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.4 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/J_M_McLauchlan.jpg/120px-J_M_McLauchlan.jpg)
McLachlan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Arthur Colefax | 3,111 | 42.4 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Christopher Needham | 3,004 | 41.0 | New | |
Labour | J. M. McLachlan | 1,218 | 16.6 | -42.2 | |
Majority | 107 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,333 | 89.6 | +8.0 | ||
Liberal Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | N/A |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Christopher_Needham.jpg/120px-Christopher_Needham.jpg)
Needham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Christopher Needham | 3,590 | 51.9 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Colefax | 3,331 | 48.1 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 259 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,921 | 84.6 | -5.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +2.6 |
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Christopher Needham
- Unionist:
References[]
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918