Manchester Moss Side (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Manchester Moss Side | |
---|---|
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Manchester North West and Manchester East |
Replaced by | Stretford, Manchester Withington, Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton[1] |
Manchester Moss Side was a parliamentary constituency in the Moss Side area of 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 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Gerald Hurst | Conservative | |
1923 | Thomas Ackroyd | Liberal | |
1924 | Sir Gerald Hurst | Conservative | |
1935 | William Duckworth | Conservative | |
1945 | William Griffiths | Labour | |
1950 | Florence Horsbrugh | Conservative | |
1959 | James Watts | Conservative | |
1961 by-election | Frank Taylor | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Frank Hatton | Labour | |
1978 by-election | George Morton | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 10,621 | 65.0 | ||
Liberal | Tom Stott | 5,708 | 35.0 | ||
Majority | 4,913 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 16,329 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 11,932 | 51.2 | −13.8 | |
Liberal | Thomas Ackroyd | 6,743 | 28.9 | −6.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Thomas William Mercer | 4,641 | 19.9 | New | |
Majority | 5,189 | 22.3 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 23,316 | 70.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Ackroyd | 12,210 | 54.9 | +26.0 | |
Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 9,097 | 40.9 | −10.3 | |
Independent | James Charles Daniel Bustard | 949 | 4.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,113 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,256 | 66.4 | −4.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 14,035 | 58.3 | +17.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas Ackroyd | 10,026 | 41.7 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 4,009 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,061 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Gerald Hurst | 11,625 | 39.6 | −18.7 | |
Labour | A. A. Purcell | 9,522 | 32.5 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Ackroyd | 8,191 | 27.9 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 2,103 | 7.1 | −9.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,338 | 68.3 | −1.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Hurst | 23,274 | 74.4 | +34.8 | |
Labour | Albert Emil Davies | 8,012 | 25.6 | −6.9 | |
Majority | 15,262 | 48.8 | +41.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,286 | 68.2 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +20.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Duckworth | 15,199 | 58.7 | −15.7 | |
Labour | Leslie Lever | 10,694 | 41.3 | +15.7 | |
Majority | 4,505 | 17.4 | −31.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,893 | 63.2 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.7 |
Elections in the 1940s
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;
- Conservative: William Duckworth
- Labour: William Griffiths
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Griffiths | 10,201 | 49.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | William Duckworth | 7,423 | 36.0 | −22.7 | |
Liberal | Henry Donald Moore | 2,525 | 12.3 | New | |
Independent | A.R. Edwards | 446 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,778 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,595 | 59.4 | −3.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.5 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Florence Horsbrugh | 25,347 | 56.7 | +20.7 | |
Labour | Roland Casasola | 16,769 | 37.5 | −12.0 | |
Liberal | Eric Percy Atkin | 2,607 | 5.8 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 8,578 | 19.2 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,723 | 78.7 | +19.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +16.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Florence Horsbrugh | 27,697 | 62.2 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Frank Allaun | 16,819 | 37.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 10,878 | 24.4 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,516 | 77.6 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Florence Horsbrugh | 23,631 | 64.3 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Kenneth Marks | 13,103 | 35.7 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 8,042 | 19.6 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 36,734 | 69.1 | −8.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Watts | 22,090 | 62.3 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Norman Morris | 13,371 | 37.7 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 8,719 | 24.6 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,461 | 69.2 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Taylor | 9,533 | 41.1 | −21.2 | |
Liberal | Ruslyn Hargreaves | 6,447 | 27.8 | New | |
Labour | Gordon Oakes | 5,980 | 25.8 | −11.9 | |
Union Movement | Walter Hesketh | 1,212 | 5.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,086 | 13.3 | −11.3 | ||
Turnout | 23,172 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Taylor | 14,875 | 45.3 | −17.0 | |
Labour | Peter W. Michelson | 10,647 | 32.4 | −5.3 | |
Liberal | Ruslyn Hargreaves | 7,297 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,228 | 12.9 | −11.7 | ||
Turnout | 32,819 | 65.5 | −4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Taylor | 13,436 | 45.4 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Rex Church | 12,353 | 41.8 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | David F. Prusmann | 3,801 | 12.9 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 1,083 | 3.6 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,590 | 65.4 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Taylor | 15,546 | 52.9 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Frank Hatton | 13,833 | 47.1 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 1,713 | 5.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,379 | 64.4 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Note: This constituency underwent boundary changes after the 1970 election, so was notionally a Labour seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hatton | 14,715 | 41.8 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Frank Taylor | 12,323 | 35.0 | −14.7 | |
Liberal | William Wallace | 7,979 | 22.7 | New | |
Marxist-Leninist (England) | Ruth Pushkin | 206 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,392 | 6.8 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,223 | 69.1 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Hatton | 15,212 | 47.1 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | John Lee | 11,101 | 34.3 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | William Wallace | 5,686 | 17.6 | −5.1 | |
Irish Civil Rights | Neil Boyle | 238 | 0.7 | New | |
More Prosperous Britain | Harold Smith | 96 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,111 | 12.8 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,333 | 62.9 | −6.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Morton | 12,556 | 46.38 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Thomas E. Murphy | 10,998 | 40.6 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | Peter Thomson | 2,502 | 9.2 | −8.4 | |
National Front | Herbert Andrew | 623 | 2.3 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Vanessa Redgrave | 394 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,558 | 5.8 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 27,073 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Morton | 17,765 | 51.9 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas E. Murphy | 13,234 | 38.7 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | John Commons | 2,981 | 8.7 | −8.9 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Vanessa Redgrave | 225 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 4,531 | 13.2 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,205 | 71.5 | +8.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- Notes
- ^ "'Manchester Moss Side', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- Bibliography
- 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 "M" (part 3)