Manchester Wythenshawe (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°23′49″N 2°16′08″W / 53.397°N 2.269°W
Manchester Wythenshawe | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
1950–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Wythenshawe and Sale East, |
Created from | Manchester Withington |
Manchester Wythenshawe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wythenshawe suburb of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. It was then replaced by the new Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency which joined it with the eastern half of Sale from the Trafford Metropolitan Borough.
Boundaries[]
1950–1955: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Didsbury and Wythenshawe.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Baguley, Benchill, Didsbury, Northenden, and Woodhouse Park.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Baguley, Benchill, Northenden, and Woodhouse Park.
1983–1997: The City of Manchester wards of Baguley, Benchill, Brooklands, Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Eveline Hill | Conservative | |
1964 | Alf Morris | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Wythenshawe and Sale East |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eveline Hill | 22,775 | 49.3 | ||
Labour | Charles W Bridges | 17,191 | 37.2 | ||
Liberal | Eric Noble | 5,607 | 12.2 | ||
Communist | Frances Dean[3] | 588 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 5,584 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 46,161 | 84.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eveline Hill | 28,611 | 56.5 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Lewis L Hanbidge | 22,055 | 43.5 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 6,556 | 13.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,666 | 81.1 | -3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eveline Hill | 26,200 | 52.8 | -3.7 | |
Labour | Norman Atkinson | 23,378 | 47.2 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 2,882 | 5.6 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,578 | 76.3 | -4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eveline Hill | 28,934 | 51.2 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Alf Morris | 27,625 | 48.9 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,309 | 2.3 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,559 | 80.9 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 26,870 | 47.7 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Eveline Hill | 22,093 | 39.2 | -12.0 | |
Liberal | Thomas N Armstrong | 7,336 | 13.0 | New | |
Majority | 4,777 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,299 | 79.6 | -1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 27,485 | 53.1 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Frank Lofthouse | 18,548 | 35.8 | -3.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas N Armstrong | 5,717 | 11.1 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 8,937 | 17.3 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,750 | 74.8 | -4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 30,260 | 55.3 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Donald Moore | 24,505 | 44.8 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 5,755 | 10.5 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,765 | 70.2 | -4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 26,900 | 55.7 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Joyce Hill | 14,462 | 30.0 | -14.8 | |
Liberal | Anthony Blonde | 6,905 | 14.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,438 | 25.7 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,267 | 75.0 | +4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 26,448 | 59.1 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Joyce Hill | 12,269 | 27.4 | -2.6 | |
Liberal | RN Scott | 6,071 | 13.6 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 14,179 | 31.7 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,788 | 68.8 | -6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 26,860 | 59.1 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | David Sumberg | 14,747 | 32.4 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Lee Griffiths | 3,853 | 8.5 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 12,113 | 26.7 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,460 | 75.0 | +6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 23,172 | 54.6 | ||
Conservative | Joan Jacobs | 12,488 | 29.4 | ||
Liberal | David J. Sandiford | 6,766 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 10,684 | 25.2 | |||
Turnout | 42,426 | 69.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 23,881 | 56.8 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | David Sparrow | 12,026 | 28.6 | -0.8 | |
SDP | Joan Butterworth | 5,921 | 14.1 | -1.9 | |
Red Front | Susan Connelly | 216 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,855 | 28.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,044 | 72.1 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alf Morris | 22,591 | 60.5 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Kevin A. McKenna | 10,595 | 28.4 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Fenn | 3,633 | 9.7 | −4.4 | |
Green | Guy N. Otten | 362 | 1.0 | New | |
Natural Law | Elspeth Martin | 133 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 11,996 | 32.1 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,314 | 69.7 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
References[]
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- ^ "UK General Election results 1955". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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- ^ "UK General Election results 1970". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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- ^ "UK General Election results 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester (historic)
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- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
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