Manchester North West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Manchester |
Replaced by | Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Exchange, Manchester Moss Side |
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 stand 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).
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.
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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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 |
Decades: |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Houldsworth | 5,834 | 53.3 | ||
Liberal | John Slagg | 5,111 | 46.7 | ||
Majority | 723 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 10,945 | 86.3 | |||
Registered electors | 12,685 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Houldsworth | 5,489 | 55.2 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Henry Lee [3] | 4,453 | 44.8 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 1,036 | 10.4 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,942 | 78.4 | -7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,685 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Houldsworth | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Houldsworth | 4,997 | 58.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Francis Byrne | 3,526 | 41.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,471 | 17.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,523 | 72.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,741 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Houldsworth | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Winston Churchill | 5,639 | 56.2 | New | |
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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
Majority | 429 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,681 | 89.7 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,914 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Kemp | 5,930 | 53.5 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | William Joynson-Hicks | 5,147 | 46.5 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 783 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,077 | 92.6 | +2.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 10,673 | 89.2 | -3.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Randles | 5,573 | 56.0 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Gordon Hewart | 4,371 | 44.0 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 1,202 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,944 | 81.9 | -7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,143 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.1 | |||
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Election Results:
Dan Irving:
Bonar Law versus Churchill:
Resignation of Kemp: