Manchester Openshaw (UK Parliament constituency)

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Manchester Openshaw
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
ManchesterOpenshaw1974Constituency.svg
Manchester Openshaw in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1955–1983
Number of membersone
Replaced by Manchester Central and Oldham West [1]
Created from Manchester Gorton and Droylsden [2]

Manchester Openshaw was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Openshaw district of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1955–1974: The county borough of Manchester wards of Bradford, Newton Heath and Openshaw, and the urban district of Failsworth. [3]

1974–1983: The county borough of Manchester wards of Bradford and Newton Heath, and the urban district of Failsworth. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1955 William Williams Labour
1963 by-election Charles Morris Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Manchester Openshaw [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Williams 24,638 59.7
Conservative Harold Day16,59640.3
Majority8,04219.4
Turnout 41,23472.7
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1959: Manchester Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Williams 24,975 60.2 +0.5
Conservative Michael Schofield16,53739.8-0.5
Majority8,43820.4+1.0
Turnout 41,51276.0+3.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1963 Manchester Openshaw by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Morris 16,101 65.9 +5.7
Conservative Gerald Fitzsimmons7,13929.2-10.6
Communist Eddie Marsden 1,1854.9New
Majority8,96236.7+16.3
Turnout 24,425
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Manchester Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Morris 22,589 59.6 -0.6
Conservative Gerald Fitzsimmons13,38735.3-4.5
Communist Eddie Marsden 1,9475.1New
Majority9,20224.3+3.9
Turnout 37,92371.3-4.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Manchester Openshaw [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Morris 22,103 64.9 +5.3
Conservative Robert Chronnell10,46530.7-4.6
Communist Eddie Marsden 1,4794.3-0.8
Majority11,63834.2+9.9
Turnout 34,04765.9-5.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Manchester Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Morris 19,397 60.2 -4.7
Conservative BM Allanson12,29638.1+7.4
Communist Bernard Panter5521.7-2.6
Majority7,10122.1-12.1
Turnout 32,24563.9-2.0
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Manchester Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Morris 16,478 53.5 -6.7
Conservative Aubrey Rosen9,02129.3-8.8
Liberal Arthur Wood4,46714.5New
National Front John Hulse5411.8New
Communist Phillip Widdall3121.0-0.7
Majority7,45724.2+2.1
Turnout 30,81973.0+9.1
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Manchester Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Morris 16,109 57.6 +4.1
Conservative Geoffrey Green7,59627.1−2.2
Liberal Arthur Wood3,98014.2−0.3
Communist Phillip Widdall3001.1+0.1
Majority8,51330.4+6.2
Turnout 27,98565.7-7.3
Labour hold Swing +3.1
General election 1979: Manchester Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Morris 17,099 62.1 +4.5
Conservative Peter Hilton9,95536.2+9.1
National Front Alfred Coles2961.1New
Communist Phillip Widdall1740.6−0.5
Majority7,14426.0-4.4
Turnout 27,52472.8+7.1
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "'Manchester Openshaw', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester, Oldham and Ashton under Lyne) Order, 1955 (S.I. 1955 No.16)
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester, Oldham and Ashton under Lyne) Order, 1955", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 5 January 1955, SI 1955/16, retrieved 6 February 2022
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 29 March 1973, SI 1973/606, retrieved 6 February 2022
  5. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  6. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
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