Aston Manor (UK Parliament constituency)

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Aston Manor
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Warwickshire
Major settlements Aston
1885–1918
Seats1
Created from North Warwickshire
Replaced by Birmingham Aston, Birmingham Duddeston and Birmingham Erdington

Aston Manor was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It existed from 1885 until 1918, and elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

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Boundaries

1885–1918: The local government district of Aston Manor. [1]

The constituency was created, as a borough constituency in Warwickshire, for the 1885 general election. In 1885 the area was to the north of the Birmingham parliamentary borough. Birmingham, which from 1889 was a county borough with city status, gradually expanded into adjacent areas.

The constituency bordered to the west Handsworth; to the north and east Tamworth and to the south Birmingham East and Birmingham North.

By 1918 the Aston area had been incorporated within the growing city of Birmingham. For the 1918 general election, the Aston Manor constituency was abolished, and parts of its territory were incorporated in a new borough constituency known as Birmingham Aston. The new seat comprised parts of the then County Borough of Birmingham wards of All Saints, Aston, Lozells and St. Mary's. The seat was smaller and more the northern part of central Birmingham than Aston Manor had been.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Hugh Reid Liberal
1886 George Kynoch Conservative
1891 by-election George Grice-Hutchinson
1900 Sir Evelyn Cecil
1918 constituency abolished. See Birmingham Aston

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Aston Manor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hugh Reid 4,241 57.9
Conservative Robert Perks Yates3,08842.1
Majority1,15315.8
Turnout 7,32985.5
Registered electors 8,571
Liberal win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Aston Manor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Kynoch 3,495 56.3 +14.2
Liberal Hugh Reid 2,71343.7−14.2
Majority78212.6N/A
Turnout 6,20872.4−13.1
Registered electors 8,571
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.2

Elections in the 1890s

1891 Aston Manor by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Grice-Hutchinson 5,310 69.5 +13.2
Liberal William Beale 2,33230.5−13.2
Majority2,97839.0+26.4
Turnout 7,64276.8+4.4
Registered electors 9,950
Conservative hold Swing +13.2
General election 1892: Aston Manor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Grice-Hutchinson 5,300 80.1 +23.8
Independent Labour I. Ward1,31319.9New
Majority3,98760.2+47.6
Turnout 6,61363.4−9.0
Registered electors 10,431
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: Aston Manor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Grice-Hutchinson 5,353 76.2 −3.9
Lib-Lab John Lawson1,67523.8New
Majority3,67852.4−7.8
Turnout 7,02864.2+0.8
Registered electors 10,952
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General election 29 September 1900: Aston Manor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evelyn Cecil Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1906: Aston Manor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evelyn Cecil 7,134 74.6 N/A
Liberal John A. Richardson2,43125.4New
Majority4,70349.2N/A
Turnout 9,56578.7N/A
Registered electors 12,149
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Aston Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evelyn Cecil 7,369 79.3 +4.7
Liberal J.H. Allen1,92820.7−4.7
Majority5,44158.6+9.4
Turnout 11,89478.2−0.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election December 1910: Aston Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evelyn Cecil Unopposed
Conservative hold

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
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