Manchester Platting (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Platting
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one

Manchester Platting was a parliamentary constituency in 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.

History

The constituency was created as a result of the Report of the Boundary Commission in 1917, when it was recommended to be called "Manchester Collyhurst". However, when the Representation of the People Bill to give effect to the Commission's recommendations was debated in Parliament, the Government accepted an amendment to change the name to Platting. The new constituency came into effect at the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Although Parliament changed the name proposed by the Boundary Commission, they kept the boundaries as recommended. The constituency was defined as the Collyhurst, Harpurhey and Miles Platting municipal wards of the County Borough of Manchester, together with the part of the St Michael's municipal ward which was not included in the Exchange division. The St Michael's ward was divided along the Rochdale Road, the small area to the south-west including the High Street area being excluded.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1918	John Robert Clynes	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1931	Alan Chorlton	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1935	John Robert Clynes	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1945	Hugh Delargy	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Manchester Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. John Robert Clynes	17,078	54.8
	Unionist	Frank Henry Holmes	14,099	45.2
Majority			2,979	9.6
Turnout				78.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Manchester Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. John Robert Clynes	22,969	57.9
	Unionist	Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton	16,323	41.1
	Communist	Joseph James Vaughan	401	1.0
Majority			6,646	16.8
Turnout			39,693
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Manchester, Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton	23,588	57.0
	Labour	Rt Hon. John Robert Clynes	17,798	43.0
Majority				5,790	14.0

General Election 1935: Manchester, Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. John Robert Clynes	18,352	51.9
	Conservative	JW Stansfield	17,015	48.1
Majority			1,337	3.8

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Manchester, Platting)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh James Delargy	16,427
	Conservative	Wilfrid Hart Sugden	9,262
Majority

Sources

• 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 "P" (part 1)