Manchester Exchange | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Manchester North West |
Replaced by | Manchester Central |
Manchester Exchange was a parliamentary constituency in 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 February 1974 general election.
1918–1950: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Cheetham, Collegiate Church, Exchange, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, and St John's, and part of St Michael's ward.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Manchester wards of All Saints, Exchange, Medlock Street, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, St George's, St John's, and St Luke's.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of All Saints, Beswick, New Cross, St George's, and St Peter's.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir John Randles | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Sir Edwin Stockton | Conservative | |
1923 | Robert Noton Barclay | Liberal | |
1924 | Edward Fielden | Conservative | |
1935 | Peter Eckersley | Conservative | |
1940 by-election | Thomas Hewlett | Conservative | |
1945 | Harold Lever | Labour | |
1950 | William Griffiths | Labour | |
1973 by-election | Frank Hatton | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | John Randles | 12,290 | 69.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Haworth | 5,326 | 30.2 | ||
Majority | 6,984 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 17,616 | 51.0 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edwin Stockton | 13,919 | 57.8 | −12.0 | |
Liberal | William Barton | 10,148 | 42.2 | +12.0 | |
Majority | 3,771 | 15.6 | -24.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,067 | 61.2 | +10.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −12.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert Barclay | 12,248 | 54.0 | +11.8 | |
Unionist | Edwin Stockton | 10,449 | 46.0 | −11.8 | |
Majority | 1,799 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,697 | 59.4 | −1.8 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edward Fielden | 13,200 | 55.2 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Barclay | 10,693 | 44.8 | −9.2 | |
Majority | 2,507 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,893 | 59.0 | −0.4 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edward Fielden | 13,691 | 39.9 | −15.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Barclay | 11,112 | 32.4 | −12.4 | |
Labour | Abraham Moss | 9,500 | 27.7 | New | |
Majority | 2,579 | 7.5 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,303 | 70.2 | +11.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Fielden | 24,261 | 73.5 | +33.6 | |
Labour | E.A. Gower | 8,727 | 26.5 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 15,534 | 47.0 | +39.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,497 | 66.2 | −4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Eckersley | 15,956 | 54.1 | −19.4 | |
Labour | Eric L. Mendel | 8,313 | 28.2 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | George Paish | 5,228 | 17.7 | New | |
Majority | 7,643 | 25.9 | -21.1 | ||
Turnout | 29,497 | 63.3 | −2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Hewlett | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harold Lever | 11,067 | 55.0 | +26.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Hewlett | 7,050 | 35.0 | -18.9 | |
Liberal | Heric Kenyon | 2,018 | 10.0 | -7.7 | |
Majority | 4,017 | 20.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,135 | 70.3 | +7.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Griffiths | 18,335 | 54.1 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | R.S. Harper | 13,716 | 40.5 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | John Cooper | 1,812 | 5.4 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 4,619 | 13.6 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,863 | 74.8 | −8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Griffiths | 18,475 | 55.4 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Idris W. Owen | 14,881 | 44.6 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 3,594 | 10.8 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,356 | 72.4 | −8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Griffiths | 20,203 | 61.0 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Basil de Ferranti | 12,922 | 39.0 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 7,281 | 22.0 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,125 | 63.2 | −8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Griffiths | 19,328 | 64.6 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Leonard Smith | 10,604 | 35.4 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 8,724 | 29.2 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,932 | 63.6 | −8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Griffiths | 13,952 | 69.1 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Beata Brookes | 6,242 | 30.9 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 7,710 | 38.2 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,194 | 55.8 | −7.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Griffiths | 10,425 | 73.5 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | John Stuart-Mills | 3,761 | 26.5 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 6,664 | 47.0 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,186 | 53.7 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Griffiths | 8,234 | 68.5 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | William J. Loftus | 3,341 | 27.8 | +1.3 | |
Independent | G.E. Spencer | 440 | 3.7 | New | |
Majority | 4,893 | 40.7 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,015 | 57.0 | −4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Hatton | 5,348 | 55.33 | -13.20 | |
Liberal | Michael Steed | 3,525 | 36.47 | New | |
Conservative | William J. Loftus | 683 | 7.07 | -20.74 | |
Marxist-Leninist (England) | Ruth Pushkin | 109 | 1.13 | New | |
Majority | 1,823 | 18.86 | -21.86 | ||
Turnout | 9,665 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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