Manchester Rusholme (UK Parliament constituency)
| Manchester Rusholme | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Gorton and Manchester Withington |
| Created from | Manchester South and Stretford |
Manchester Rusholme was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rusholme district 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.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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.[1]
The division consisted of areas that had been included with Manchester's municipal boundaries in 1890 and 1909.[2] Since the previous redstribution 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.[3]
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Robert Burdon Stoker | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1919 | John Henry Thorpe | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1923 | Charles Masterman | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Frank Boyd Merriman | Conservative | |
| 1933 | Edmund Ashworth Radford | Conservative | |
| 1944 | Frederick William Cundiff | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Hugh Lester Hutchinson | Labour | |
| 1949 | Labour Independent Group | ||
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Election in the 1940s
| General Election 1945: Manchester, Rusholme Manchester County Borough wards of Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hugh Lester Hutchinson | 15,408 | 43.4% | ||
| Conservative | Frederick William Cundiff | 15,398 | 43.4% | ||
| Liberal | G. Chappell | 4,673 | 13.2% | ||
| Majority | 10 | 0.0% | |||
| Turnout | 47,486 | 74.7 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Ninth Schedule, Part I: Parliamentary Boroughs, 1918 c.64 sch.9
- ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991
- ^ First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies, 1948 c.65 sch.1
- 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 "R" (part 2)
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