Manchester North West (UK Parliament constituency)




















Manchester North West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

1885–1918
Number of members one
Replaced by
Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Exchange, Manchester Moss Side
Created from Manchester

Manchester North West was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its first MP, William Houldsworth, had previously sat for Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.


Winston Churchill won the seat at the 1906 General Election, but lost it at the 1908 by-election required at that time on his promotion to the Cabinet (he instead returned to Parliament for Dundee). In 1910, Bonar Law challenged Churchill to run against him here, and promised "he would welcome him and they would have a lively time". Bonar Law suggested that the loser should stay out of the next parliament (The Times). Churchill declined. In the event Bonar Law lost to the sitting MP, Sir George Kemp.


Kemp resigned the seat in July 1912, ostensibly to concentrate on his business interests, but he was known to disagree with the Home Rule Bill (The Times).




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Members of Parliament


  • 3 Elections


    • 3.1 Elections in the 1880s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 1890s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1900s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1910s




  • 4 References


  • 5 Sources





Boundaries


The Municipal Borough of Manchester wards of Collegiate, Exchange, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, St James's, and St John's, and the civil parish of Cheetham.



Members of Parliament











































Election Member [1]
 Party


1885
William Houldsworth
Conservative


1906
Winston Churchill
Liberal


1908 by-election
William Joynson-Hicks
Conservative


1910
Sir George Kemp
Liberal


1912 by-election
Sir John Randles
Conservative


1918
Constituency abolished


Elections






Decades:

  • 1880s

  • 1890s

  • 1900s

  • 1910s


Elections in the 1880s




Houldsworth




















































General Election 1885: Manchester North West [2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
William Houldsworth
 5,834
 53.3
N/A


Liberal
John Slagg
 5,111
 46.7
N/A
Majority
 723
 6.6
N/A

Turnout
 10,945
 86.3
N/A

Registered electors
 12,685



Conservative win (new seat)






















































General Election 1886: Manchester North West [2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
William Houldsworth
 5,489
 55.2
 +1.9


Liberal
 Henry Lee[3]
 4,453
 44.8
 -1.9
Majority
 1,036
 10.4
 +2.8

Turnout
 9,942
 78.4
 -7.9

Registered electors
 12,685



Conservative hold
Swing
 +1.9


Elections in the 1890s
























General Election 1892: Manchester North West [2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
William Houldsworth
Unopposed


Conservative hold



















































General Election 1895: Manchester North West [2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
William Houldsworth
 4,997
 58.6
N/A


Liberal
 Thomas Francis Byrne
 3,526
 41.4
N/A
Majority
 1,471
 17.2
N/A

Turnout
 8,523
 72.6
N/A

Registered electors
 11,741



Conservative hold


Elections in the 1900s
























General Election 1900: Manchester North West [2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
William Houldsworth
Unopposed


Conservative hold



Churchill























































General Election 1906: Manchester North West [2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
Winston Churchill
 5,639
 56.2
N/A


Conservative
William Joynson-Hicks
 4,398
 43.8
N/A
Majority
 1,241
 12.4
N/A

Turnout
 10,037
 88.0
N/A

Registered electors
 11,411



Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
N/A






























































Manchester North West by-election, 1908[2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
William Joynson-Hicks
 5,417
 50.7
 +6.9


Liberal
Winston Churchill
 4,988
 46.7
 −9.5


Social Democratic Federation
Dan Irving
 276
 2.6
N/A
Majority
 429
 4.0
N/A

Turnout
 10,681
 89.7
 +1.7

Registered electors
 11,914



Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
 +8.2


Elections in the 1910s




Kemp

















































General Election January 1910: Manchester North West [2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
George Kemp
 5,930
 53.5
 +6.8


Conservative
William Joynson-Hicks
 5,147
 46.5
 -4.2
Majority
 783
 7.0
 11.0

Turnout
92.6
 +2.9


Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
 +5.5



Law

















































General Election December 1910: Manchester North West [2]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal
George Kemp
 5,559
 52.1
 -1.4


Conservative
Bonar Law
 5,114
 47.9
 +1.4
Majority
 445
 4.2
 -2.8

Turnout
89.2
 -3.4


Liberal hold
Swing
 -1.4






















































Manchester North West by-election, 1912
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
John Scurrah Randles
 5,573
 56.0
 +8.1


Liberal
Gordon Hewart
 4,371
 44.0
 -8.1
Majority
 1,202
 12.0
 16.2

Turnout
 9,944
 81.9
 -7.3

Registered electors
 12,143



Unionist gain from Liberal
Swing
 +8.1

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: John Scurrah Randles


  • Liberal: John Simon



References





  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)


  2. ^ abcdefghi British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig


  3. ^ "Manchester (North West)". Evening Star. 3 July 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help))..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




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


Dan Irving:



  • http://debs.indstate.edu/s6883s63_1911.pdf

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20040828173431/http://www.modjourn.brown.edu/mjp/NAVall/Nav2/NAV0226.pdf


Bonar Law versus Churchill:


  • "The Manchester Contest", The Times, 29 November 1910. Retrieved online 21 March 2006.

Resgnation of Kemp:


  • "Another by-election", The Times, 26 July 1912. Retrieved online 22 March 2006.








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