Manchester Moss Side (UK Parliament constituency)

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Manchester Moss Side
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seatsone
Created from Manchester North West and Manchester East
Replaced by Stretford, Manchester Withington, Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton [1]

Manchester Moss Side was a parliamentary constituency in the Moss Side area of the city of Manchester. 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 system.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

Manchester Moss Side in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83 ManchesterMossSide1974Constituency.svg
Manchester Moss Side in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83

1918–1950: The County Borough of Manchester wards of All Saints, Moss Side East, and St. Luke's. [2]

1950–1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Moss Side East, and Moss Side West. [3]

1974–1983: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Alexandra, Chorlton, Hulme, Lloyd Street, and Moss Side. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Gerald Hurst Conservative
1923 Thomas Ackroyd Liberal
1924 Sir Gerald Hurst Conservative
1935 William Duckworth Conservative
1945 William Griffiths Labour
1950 Florence Horsbrugh Conservative
1959 James Watts Conservative
1961 by-election Frank Taylor Conservative
Feb 1974 Frank Hatton Labour
1978 by-election George Morton Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Gerald Hurst 10,621 65.0
Liberal Tom Stott5,70835.0
Majority 4,91330.0
Turnout 16,329
Unionist win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Gerald Hurst 11,932 51.2 −13.8
Liberal Thomas Ackroyd 6,74328.9−6.1
Labour Co-op Thomas William Mercer 4,64119.9New
Majority 5,18922.3−7.7
Turnout 23,31670.4
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Ackroyd 12,210 54.9 +26.0
Unionist Gerald Hurst 9,09740.9−10.3
Independent James Charles Daniel Bustard9494.3New
Majority 3,11314.0N/A
Turnout 22,25666.4−4.0
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +18.1
General election 1924: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Gerald Hurst 14,035 58.3 +17.4
Liberal Thomas Ackroyd 10,02641.7−13.2
Majority 4,00916.6N/A
Turnout 24,06169.3+2.9
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +15.3
General election 1929: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Gerald Hurst 11,625 39.6 −18.7
Labour A. A. Purcell 9,52232.5New
Liberal Thomas Ackroyd 8,19127.9−13.8
Majority 2,1037.1−9.5
Turnout 29,33868.3−1.0
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Hurst 23,274 74.4 +34.8
Labour Albert Emil Davies 8,01225.6−6.9
Majority 15,26248.8+41.7
Turnout 31,28668.2−0.1
Conservative hold Swing +20.9
General election 1935: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Duckworth 15,199 58.7 −15.7
Labour Leslie Lever 10,69441.3+15.7
Majority 4,50517.4−31.4
Turnout 25,89363.2−5.0
Conservative hold Swing −15.7

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Griffiths 10,201 49.5 +8.2
Conservative William Duckworth 7,42336.0−22.7
Liberal Henry Donald Moore2,52512.3New
Independent A.R. Edwards4462.2New
Majority 2,77813.5N/A
Turnout 20,59559.4−3.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +15.5

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 25,347 56.7 +20.7
Labour Roland Casasola 16,76937.5−12.0
Liberal Eric Percy Atkin2,6075.8−6.5
Majority 8,57819.2+5.7
Turnout 44,72378.7+19.3
Conservative hold Swing +16.4
General election 1951: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 27,697 62.2 +5.5
Labour Frank Allaun 16,81937.8+0.3
Majority 10,87824.4+5.2
Turnout 44,51677.6−1.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
General election 1955: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Florence Horsbrugh 23,631 64.3 +2.1
Labour Kenneth Marks 13,10335.7−2.1
Majority 10,52828.7+4.3
Turnout 36,73469.1−8.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
General election 1959: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Watts 22,090 62.3 −2.0
Labour Norman Morris13,37137.7+2.0
Majority 8,71924.6+5.0
Turnout 35,46169.2+0.1
Conservative hold Swing −2.0

Elections in the 1960s

1961 Manchester Moss Side by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Taylor 9,533 41.1 −21.2
Liberal Ruslyn Hargreaves6,44727.8New
Labour Gordon Oakes 5,98025.8−11.9
Union Movement Walter Hesketh1,2125.2New
Majority 3,08613.3−11.3
Turnout 23,172
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Taylor 14,875 45.3 −17.0
Labour Peter W. Michelson10,64732.4−5.3
Liberal Ruslyn Hargreaves7,29722.2N/A
Majority 4,22812.9−11.7
Turnout 32,81965.5−4.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Taylor 13,436 45.4 +0.1
Labour Rex Church12,35341.8+9.4
Liberal David F. Prusmann3,80112.9−9.3
Majority 1,0833.6−9.7
Turnout 29,59065.4−0.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Taylor 15,546 52.9 +7.5
Labour Frank Hatton 13,83347.1+5.3
Majority 1,7135.8+2.2
Turnout 29,37964.4−1.0
Conservative hold Swing

Note: This constituency underwent boundary changes after the 1970 election, so was notionally a Labour seat.

General election February 1974: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Hatton 14,715 41.8 −8.5
Conservative Frank Taylor 12,32335.0−14.7
Liberal William Wallace 7,97922.7New
Marxist-Leninist (England) Ruth Pushkin2060.6New
Majority 2,3926.8+1.0
Turnout 35,22369.1+4.7
Labour hold Swing +11.6
General election October 1974: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Hatton 15,212 47.1 +5.3
Conservative John Lee 11,10134.3−0.7
Liberal William Wallace 5,68617.6−5.1
Irish Civil RightsNeil Boyle2380.7New
More Prosperous Britain Harold Smith960.3New
Majority 4,11112.8+6.0
Turnout 32,33362.9−6.2
Labour hold Swing +2.9
1978 Manchester Moss Side by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Morton 12,556 46.38 −0.7
Conservative Thomas E. Murphy10,99840.6+6.3
Liberal Peter Thomson2,5029.2−8.4
National Front Herbert Andrew6232.3New
Workers Revolutionary Vanessa Redgrave 3941.5New
Majority 1,5585.8−6.9
Turnout 27,073
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Manchester Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Morton 17,765 51.9 +4.8
Conservative Thomas E. Murphy13,23438.7+4.4
Liberal John Commons2,9818.7−8.9
Workers Revolutionary Vanessa Redgrave 2250.7New
Majority 4,53113.2+7.4
Turnout 34,20571.5+8.6
Labour hold Swing

References

Notes
  1. ↑ "'Manchester Moss Side', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the People Act, 1918: with explanatory notes. London: Sweet and Maxwell.
  3. ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch.1), retrieved 27 February 2023
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1973/606, retrieved 26 February 2023
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