Manchester North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester North East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one

Manchester North East was one of several Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 from the former Manchester constituency. It was abolished in 1918.

C. P. Scott, the editor and then part-owner of the Manchester Guardian stood unsuccessfully in 1886, 1891 and 1892. John Robert Clynes (1906–1918) later became leader of the Labour Party.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1885	Sir James Fergusson	Conservative
style="background: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1906	John Robert Clynes	Labour
	1918	constituency abolished

Election results

26 November 1885: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir James Fergusson	4341	60
	Liberal	R P Blennerhassett	2893	40
Majority			1448	20

2 July 1886: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir James Fergusson	3680	52
	Liberal	Charles Prestwich Scott	3353	48
Majority			327	5

8 October 1891: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir James Fergusson	4058	51
	Liberal	Charles Prestwich Scott	3968	49
Majority			90	1

6 July 1892: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir James Fergusson	4239	51
	Liberal	Charles Prestwich Scott	4129	49
Majority			110	1

13 July 1895: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir James Fergusson	3961	48
	Liberal	Edwyn Holt	3720	45
	Ind. Labour Party	James Johnston	546	7
Majority			241	3

2 October 1900: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir James Fergusson	4326	55
	Liberal	Augustine Birrell	3610	45
Majority			716	9

13 January 1906: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Robert Clynes	5386	65
	Conservative	Sir James Fergusson	2954	35
Majority			2432	29

15 January 1910: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Robert Clynes	5157	58
	Conservative	Sir William Henry Vaudrey	3679	42
Majority			1478	17

3 December 1910: Manchester North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Robert Clynes	4313	51
	Conservative	Arthur Taylor	4108	49
Majority			205	2

Sources

Election Results:

• http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm
• http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm

Vaudrey:

• http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/bookbrowse.php?page=47&book=F920.04273T1&size=292x400