| Manchester Moss Side | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1983 | |
| Seats | one |
| 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.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.
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]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 10,621 | 65.0 | ||
| Liberal | Tom Stott | 5,708 | 35.0 | ||
| Majority | 4,913 | 30.0 | |||
| Turnout | 16,329 | ||||
| Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 11,932 | 51.2 | −13.8 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Ackroyd | 6,743 | 28.9 | −6.1 | |
| Labour Co-op | Thomas William Mercer | 4,641 | 19.9 | New | |
| Majority | 5,189 | 22.3 | -7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 23,316 | 70.4 | |||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Thomas Ackroyd | 12,210 | 54.9 | +26.0 | |
| Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 9,097 | 40.9 | −10.3 | |
| Independent | James Charles Daniel Bustard | 949 | 4.3 | New | |
| Majority | 3,113 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 22,256 | 66.4 | -4.0 | ||
| Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +18.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 14,035 | 58.3 | +17.4 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Ackroyd | 10,026 | 41.7 | −13.2 | |
| Majority | 4,009 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 24,061 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 11,625 | 39.6 | −18.7 | |
| Labour | A. A. Purcell | 9,522 | 32.5 | New | |
| Liberal | Thomas Ackroyd | 8,191 | 27.9 | −13.8 | |
| Majority | 2,103 | 7.1 | -9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 29,338 | 68.3 | -1.0 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gerald Hurst | 23,274 | 74.4 | +34.8 | |
| Labour | Albert Emil Davies | 8,012 | 25.6 | −6.9 | |
| Majority | 15,262 | 48.8 | +41.7 | ||
| Turnout | 31,286 | 68.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +20.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Duckworth | 15,199 | 58.7 | −15.7 | |
| Labour | Leslie Lever | 10,694 | 41.3 | +15.7 | |
| Majority | 4,505 | 17.4 | -31.4 | ||
| Turnout | 25,893 | 63.2 | −5.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −15.7 | |||
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;
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Griffiths | 10,201 | 49.5 | +8.2 | |
| Conservative | William Duckworth | 7,423 | 36.0 | −22.7 | |
| Liberal | Henry Donald Moore | 2,525 | 12.3 | New | |
| Independent | A.R. Edwards | 446 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 2,778 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 20,595 | 59.4 | −3.8 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Florence Horsbrugh | 25,347 | 56.7 | +20.7 | |
| Labour | Roland Casasola | 16,769 | 37.5 | −12.0 | |
| Liberal | Eric Percy Atkin | 2,607 | 5.8 | −6.5 | |
| Majority | 8,578 | 19.2 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 44,723 | 78.7 | +19.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +16.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Florence Horsbrugh | 27,697 | 62.2 | +5.5 | |
| Labour | Frank Allaun | 16,819 | 37.8 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 10,878 | 24.4 | +5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 44,516 | 77.6 | −1.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Florence Horsbrugh | 23,631 | 64.3 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Kenneth Marks | 13,103 | 35.7 | −2.1 | |
| Majority | 8,042 | 19.6 | -4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 36,734 | 69.1 | −8.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Watts | 22,090 | 62.3 | −2.0 | |
| Labour | Norman Morris | 13,371 | 37.7 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 8,719 | 24.6 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 35,461 | 69.2 | +0.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frank Taylor | 9,533 | 41.1 | −21.2 | |
| Liberal | Ruslyn Hargreaves | 6,447 | 27.8 | New | |
| Labour | Gordon Oakes | 5,980 | 25.8 | −11.9 | |
| Union Movement | Walter Hesketh | 1,212 | 5.2 | New | |
| Majority | 3,086 | 13.3 | -11.3 | ||
| Turnout | 23,172 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frank Taylor | 14,875 | 45.3 | −17.0 | |
| Labour | Peter W. Michelson | 10,647 | 32.4 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal | Ruslyn Hargreaves | 7,297 | 22.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,228 | 12.9 | -11.7 | ||
| Turnout | 32,819 | 65.5 | −4.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frank Taylor | 13,436 | 45.4 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | Rex Church | 12,353 | 41.8 | +9.4 | |
| Liberal | David F. Prusmann | 3,801 | 12.9 | −9.3 | |
| Majority | 1,083 | 3.6 | -9.7 | ||
| Turnout | 29,590 | 65.4 | −0.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frank Taylor | 15,546 | 52.9 | +7.5 | |
| Labour | Frank Hatton | 13,833 | 47.1 | +5.3 | |
| Majority | 1,713 | 5.8 | +2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 29,379 | 64.4 | −1.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Note: This constituency underwent boundary changes after the 1970 election, so was notionally a Labour seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Hatton | 14,715 | 41.8 | −8.5 | |
| Conservative | Frank Taylor | 12,323 | 35.0 | −14.7 | |
| Liberal | William Wallace | 7,979 | 22.7 | New | |
| Marxist-Leninist (England) | Ruth Pushkin | 206 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 2,392 | 6.8 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 35,223 | 69.1 | +4.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +11.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Hatton | 15,212 | 47.1 | +5.3 | |
| Conservative | John Lee | 11,101 | 34.3 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal | William Wallace | 5,686 | 17.6 | −5.1 | |
| Irish Civil Rights | Neil Boyle | 238 | 0.7 | New | |
| More Prosperous Britain | Harold Smith | 96 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 4,111 | 12.8 | +6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 32,333 | 62.9 | −6.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Morton | 12,556 | 46.38 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Thomas E. Murphy | 10,998 | 40.6 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal | Peter Thomson | 2,502 | 9.2 | −8.4 | |
| National Front | Herbert Andrew | 623 | 2.3 | New | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Vanessa Redgrave | 394 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 1,558 | 5.8 | -6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 27,073 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Morton | 17,765 | 51.9 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | Thomas E. Murphy | 13,234 | 38.7 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal | John Commons | 2,981 | 8.7 | −8.9 | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Vanessa Redgrave | 225 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 4,531 | 13.2 | +7.4 | ||
| Turnout | 34,205 | 71.5 | +8.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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