Manchester Ardwick (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

The constituency was established for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Manchester Ardwick Electorate 32,821, Turnout 68.41%, Voters 22,453 Manchester County Borough wards of Ardwick, New Cross and St Marks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Henderson	14,360	63.96
	Conservative	N Beer	8,093	36.04
Majority			6,267	27.91

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, New Cross and St Marks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	22,628	55.84	-8.12
	Conservative	E Hodson	17,895	44.16	+8.12
Majority			4,733	11.68	-16.23

General Election 1951: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, New Cross and St Marks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	22,150	55.54	-0.30
	Conservative	E Hodson	17,732	44.46	+0.30
Majority			4,418	11.08	-0.60

General Election 1955: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	22,822	52.39	-3.15
	Conservative	G Hampson	20,740	47.61	+3.15
Majority			2,082	4.78	-6.30

General Election 1959: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	24,134	58.12	+5.73
	Conservative	H Sharp	17,392	41.88	-5.73
Majority			6,742	16.24	+11.46

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	20,248	61.21	+3.09
	Conservative	W A Panser	12,834	38.79	-3.09
Majority			7,414	22.41	+6.17

General Election 1966: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	17,274	63.23	+2.02
	Conservative	J G Cluff	9,251	33.86	-4.93
	Union Movement	F T Hamley	796	2.91	N/A
Majority			8,023	29.37	+6.96

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Kaufman	13,728	56.14	-7.09
	Conservative	I K Paley	10,726	43.86	+10.00
Majority			3,002	12.28	+9.37

General Election Feb 1974: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Kaufman	16,110	50.48	-5.66
	Conservative	R H Hargreaves	11,215	35.14	-8.72
	Liberal	A Maffia	4,590	14.38	N/A
Majority			4,895	15.34	+3.06

General Election Oct 1974: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Kaufman	15,632	55.52	+5.04
	Conservative	R H Hargreaves	8,849	31.43	-3.71
	Liberal	G Willmott	3,675	13.05	-1.33
Majority			6,783	24.09	+8.75

General Election 1979: Manchester Ardwick Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Kaufman	17,235	56.66	+1.14
	Conservative	W R Swan	9,963	32.75	+1.32
	Liberal	P Thomson	2,934	9.65	-3.40
	Socialist Unity	J S West	287	0.94	N/A
Majority			7,272	23.91	-0.18

Constituency was abolished in the boundary changes prior to 1983 election.

References

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