Manchester Rusholme (UK Parliament constituency)

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Manchester Rusholme
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - Manchester Rusholme constituency.svg
Boundary of Manchester Rusholme in North West England
Electorate 70,692 (2023) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Afzal Khan (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Manchester Central & Manchester Gorton
1918–1950
Created from Manchester South and Stretford
Replaced by Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Gorton and Manchester Withington

Manchester Rusholme is a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rusholme district of Manchester. It returns 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. Since 2024, it has been represented by Labour's Afzal Khan, who was MP for Manchester Gorton from 2017 to 2024.

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History

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election. [2]

Boundaries

1918-1950

Manchester Rusholme (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency was created as Manchester, Rusholme Division by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and was defined as consisting of three wards of the county borough of Manchester, namely Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme. [3]

The division consisted of areas that had been included with Manchester's municipal boundaries in 1890 and 1909. [4] Since the previous redistribution of seats in 1885, they had formed part of the Stretford Division of Lancashire.

The seat was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948, with its area being redistributed between Manchester Ardwick (Longsight), Manchester Gorton (Levenshulme) and Manchester Withington (Rusholme) borough constituencies. [5]

Current

The re-established seat comprises the City of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Fallowfield, Hulme, Moss Side, Rusholme and Whalley Range, [6] transferred in approximately equal parts from Manchester Central and the abolished constituency of Manchester Gorton (remaining parts included in the new constituency of Gorton and Denton).

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Robert Burdon Stoker Coalition Conservative
1919 John Henry Thorpe Coalition Conservative
1923 Charles Masterman Liberal
1924 Sir Boyd Merriman Conservative
1933 Edmund Ashworth Radford Conservative
1944 Frederick Cundiff Conservative
1945 Lester Hutchinson Labour
1949 Labour Independent Group
1950 constituency abolished, replaced with
2024 constituency re-established
Afzal Khan Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Manchester Rusholme [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Afzal Khan [9] 15,054 51.9 Decrease2.svg26.7
Green Thirza Asanga-Rae [10] 6,81923.5Increase2.svg19.2
Workers Party Mohhamed Bilal [11] 3,66012.6N/A
Conservative Alexandra Marsanu1,6785.8Decrease2.svg3.3
Reform UK Joel McGuigan1,3134.5Increase2.svg0.5
Independent Faraz Bhatti3421.2N/A
Communist League Peter Clifford1670.6N/A
Majority8,23528.4Decrease2.svg40.1
Turnout 29,03340.0Decrease2.svg16.8
Registered electors 72,604
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg23.0

Manchester Rusholme is one of only two constituencies in England or Wales (the other being Chorley, by convention to not stand against the Speaker) where the Liberal Democrats did not stand a candidate. This was due to the nomination paper being rejected after the close of nominations. [12]

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [13]
PartyVote %
Labour 31,55478.6
Conservative 3,6539.1
Green 1,7094.3
Brexit Party 1,6214.0
Liberal Democrats 1,6124.0
Turnout40,14956.8
Electorate70,692

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Manchester Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lester Hutchinson 15,408 43.4 +14.0
Conservative Frederick Cundiff 15,39843.4−19.2
Liberal Charles Gordon Chappell4,67313.2New
Majority100.0N/A
Turnout 47,48674.7+4.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1944 Manchester Rusholme by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Cundiff 8,430 53.3 −9.3
Common Wealth Harold William Blomerley6,67042.1New
Independent Labour C.J. Taylor7344.6New
Majority1,76011.2−22.0
Turnout 15,83434.7−35.1
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1940: Another election was due to take place by 1940 but did not take place due to the outbreak of war. The following candidates had already been selected to fight this election:

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Manchester Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Ashworth Radford 19,678 62.6 −6.7
Labour Albert Knight9,25829.4+11.8
Independent Liberal Percy McDougall 2,5258.0N/A
Majority10,42033.2−18.5
Turnout 31,46169.8−10.2
Conservative hold Swing
1933 Manchester Rusholme by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Ashworth Radford 13,904 50.8 −18.5
Labour George Woods 11,00540.1+22.5
Independent Liberal Percy McDougall 2,5039.1−3.9
Majority2,89910.7−41.0
Turnout 27,41260.8−19.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Manchester Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Boyd Merriman 24,817 69.3 +26.5
Labour Jerrold Adshead6,31917.6−6.7
Liberal Frank Thornborough 4,65813.0−19.9
Majority18,49851.7+41.8
Turnout 35,79480.0+1.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Manchester Rusholme [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Boyd Merriman 14,230 42.8 −7.6
Liberal Philip Guedalla 10,95832.9+3.5
Labour Jerrold Adshead8,08024.3New
Majority3,2729.9−11.1
Turnout 33,26878.7−1.1
Registered electors 42,289
Unionist hold Swing −5.6
General election 1924: Manchester Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Boyd Merriman 13,341 50.4 +15.1
Liberal Charles Masterman 7,77229.4−14.0
Communist William Paul 5,32820.2New
Majority5,56921.0N/A
Turnout 26,44179.8+1.8
Registered electors 33,147
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +14.6
CFG Masterman 1923 CFG Masterman.jpg
CFG Masterman
General election 1923: Manchester Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Masterman 10,901 43.4 +17.3
Unionist John Henry Thorpe 8,87635.3−12.6
Labour William Paul 5,36621.3−4.7
Majority2,0258.1N/A
Turnout 25,14378.0+0.2
Registered electors 32,253
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +15.0
General election 1922: Manchester Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist John Henry Thorpe 11,765 47.9 −17.2
Liberal Ernest Frederick Martin Sutton6,42126.1+6.8
Labour Albert E. Wood 6,39726.0+10.4
Majority5,34421.8−24.0
Turnout 25,58377.8+14.9
Registered electors 31,582
Unionist hold Swing −12.0

Elections in the 1910s

William Pringle William Pringle card.jpg
William Pringle
1919 Manchester Rusholme by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist John Henry Thorpe 9,39445.7−19.4
Labour Robert Dunstan 6,41231.2+15.6
Liberal William Pringle 3,92319.1−0.2
National Roger Bowan Crewdson8154.0New
Majority2,98214.5−31.3
Turnout 20,54467.5+4.6
Registered electors 30,421
Unionist hold Swing +17.5
General election 1918: Manchester Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Robert Burdon Stoker 12,44765.1
Liberal Walter Butterworth3,69919.3
Labour Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence 2,98515.6
Majority8,74845.8
Turnout 19,13162.9
Registered electors 30,421
Unionist win (new seat)

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