Manchester Ardwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Ardwick
Manchester Ardwick
Former Borough constituency ; for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Created from	Manchester East, Manchester North West and Manchester North East
Replaced by	Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton

Last updated February 27, 2023

Manchester Ardwick was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held by the first past the post voting system.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, New Cross, and St Mark's.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Longsight, New Cross, and St Mark's.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Luke's, and St Mark's.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight, and Rusholme.^[1]

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Augustine Hailwood	Coalition Conservative
1922	Thomas Lowth	Labour
1931 by-election	Joseph Henderson	Labour
1931	Albert Fuller	Conservative
1935	Joseph Henderson	Labour
1950	Leslie Lever, later Baron Lever	Labour
1970	Gerald Kaufman	Labour
1983	constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Manchester Ardwick^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
C	Unionist	Augustine Hailwood	8,641	48.5
	Labour	Thomas Lowth	5,670	31.8
	National	H.M. Stephenson	3,510	19.7
Majority			2,971	16.7
Turnout			17,821	47.9
Registered electors			37,214
	Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Manchester Ardwick ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lowth	14,031	52.3	+20.5
	Unionist	Augustine Hailwood	12,777	47.7	−0.8
Majority			1,254	4.6	N/A
Turnout			26,808	71.4	+23.5
Registered electors			37,572
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+10.7

General election 1923: Manchester Ardwick ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lowth	15,673	60.4	+8.1
	Unionist	Augustine Hailwood	10,266	39.6	−8.1
Majority			5,407	20.8	+16.2
Turnout			25,939	69.3	−2.1
Registered electors			37,404
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

General election 1924: Manchester Ardwick ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lowth	15,941	54.9	−5.5
	Unionist	Mary Kingsmill Jones	13,115	45.1	+5.5
Majority			2,826	9.8	−11.0
Turnout			29,056	76.1	+6.8
Registered electors			38,188
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

General election 1929: Manchester Ardwick ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lowth	20,041	60.3	+5.4
	Unionist	Mary Kingsmill Jones	13,177	39.7	−5.4
Majority			6,864	20.6	+10.8
Turnout			33,218	72.0	−4.1
Registered electors			46,158
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.4

Election in the 1930s

1931 Manchester Ardwick by-election ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Henderson	15,294	50.5	−9.8
	Conservative	Sidney Lipscomb Elborne	14,980	49.5	+9.8
Majority			314	1.0	−19.6
Turnout			30,274	64.1	−7.9
Registered electors			47,252
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.8

General election 1931: Manchester Ardwick^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Fuller	21,630	58.0	+18.3
	Labour	Joseph Henderson	15,664	42.0	−18.3
Majority			5,966	16.0	N/A
Turnout			37,294	78.3	+6.3
Registered electors			47,658
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.3

General election 1935: Manchester Ardwick^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Henderson	16,364	52.9	+10.9
	Conservative	Albert Fuller	14,556	47.1	−10.9
Majority			1,808	5.8	N/A
Turnout			30,920	71.4	−6.9
Registered electors			43,314
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.9

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Manchester Ardwick^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Henderson	14,360	64.0	+11.1
	Conservative	Nellie Beer	8,093	36.0	−11.1
Majority			6,267	28.0	+22.2
Turnout			22,453	68.2	−3.2
Registered electors			32,899
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.1

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Lever	22,628	55.84	-8.12
	Conservative	Edwin Hodson	17,895	44.16	+8.12
Majority			4,733	11.68	-16.23
Turnout			40,523
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.12

General election 1951: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Lever	22,150	55.54	-0.30
	Conservative	Edwin Hodson	17,732	44.46	+0.30
Majority			4,418	11.08	-0.60
Turnout			39,882
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.30

General election 1955: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Lever	22,822	52.39	-3.15
	Conservative	George Hampson	20,740	47.61	+3.15
Majority			2,082	4.78	-6.30
Turnout			43,562
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.15

General election 1959: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Lever	24,134	58.12	+5.73
	Conservative	Harry Sharp	17,392	41.88	-5.73
Majority			6,742	16.24	+11.46
Turnout			41,526
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.73

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Lever	20,248	61.21	+3.09
	Conservative	William Arthur Peete Manser	12,834	38.79	-3.09
Majority			7,414	22.42	+6.18
Turnout			33,082
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.09

General election 1966: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Lever	17,274	63.23	+2.02
	Conservative	John Gordon Cluff	9,251	33.86	-4.93
	Union Movement	Frank T Hamley	796	2.91	New
Majority			8,023	29.37	+6.95
Turnout			27,321	59.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.48

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Kaufman	13,728	56.1	−7.1
	Conservative	Ian Keith Paley	10,726	43.9	+10.0
Majority			3,002	12.2	−17.2
Turnout			24,454	59.9	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.6

General election February 1974: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Kaufman	16,110	50.48	-5.66
	Conservative	Ruslyn Hargreaves	11,215	35.14	-8.72
	Liberal	Anthony Maffia	4,590	14.38	New
Majority			4,895	15.34	+3.06
Turnout			31,915
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

General election October 1974: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Kaufman	15,632	55.52	+5.04
	Conservative	Ruslyn Hargreaves	8,849	31.43	-3.71
	Liberal	Gordon M. R. Willmott	3,675	13.05	-1.33
Majority			6,783	24.09	+8.75
Turnout			28,156
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.37

General election 1979: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Kaufman	17,235	56.7	+1.2
	Conservative	William R. Swan	9,963	32.8	+1.4
	Liberal	Peter Thomson	2,934	9.7	−3.3
	Socialist Unity	Jeff S. West	287	0.94	New
Majority			7,272	23.9	−0.2
Turnout			30,419
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.09

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References

↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1973/606, retrieved 26 February 2023
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 184.

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)

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[1] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1973/606, retrieved 26 February 2023

[craig1918-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 184.

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Current	Blackley and Broughton Manchester Central Manchester Gorton Manchester Withington Wythenshawe and Sale East
Historic	Manchester (1832–1885) Manchester East (1885–1918) Manchester North (1885-1918) Manchester North East (1885-1918) Manchester North West (1885-1918) Manchester South (1885-1918) Manchester South West (1885-1918) Manchester Ardwick (1918-1983) Manchester Blackley (1918-2010) Manchester Clayton (1918-1955) Manchester Exchange (1918-February 1974) Manchester Hulme (1918-1950) Manchester Moss Side (1918-1983) Manchester Platting (1918-1950) Manchester Cheetham (1950-February 1974) Manchester Wythenshawe (1950-1997) Manchester Openshaw (1955-1983) Stretford (1885-1918, 1983-1997)
See also	South Lancashire South East Lancashire

Manchester Ardwick
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Created from	Manchester East, Manchester North West and Manchester North East
Replaced by	Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton