Manchester Ardwick (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester Ardwick | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1918–1983 | |
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.
Contents
Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, New Cross, and St Mark's.
1950-1955: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Longsight, New Cross, and St Mark's.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Luke's, and St Mark's.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme, St Luke's, and St Mark's.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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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
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Election in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Lowth | 20,041 | 60.3 | ||
Unionist | Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones | 13,177 | 39.7 | ||
Majority | 6,864 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 33,218 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | AEG Fuller | 21,630 | 58 | ||
Labour | Joseph Henderson | 15,664 | 42 | ||
Majority | 5,966 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 37,294 | 78.25 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Henderson | 16,364 | 52.92 | ||
Conservative | AG Fuller | 14,556 | 47.08 | ||
Majority | 1,808 | 5.85 | |||
Turnout | 71.39 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Henderson | 14,360 | 63.96 | ||
Conservative | N Beer | 8,093 | 36.04 | ||
Majority | 6,267 | 27.91 | |||
Turnout | 22,453 | 68.41 | {{{change}}} |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gerald Kaufman | 16,110 | 50.48 | -5.66 | |
Conservative | Ruslun Harold Hargreaves | 11,215 | 35.14 | -8.72 | |
Liberal | Anthony Maffia | 4,590 | 14.38 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,895 | 15.34 | +3.06 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gerald Kaufman | 15,632 | 55.52 | +5.04 | |
Conservative | Ruslun Harold Hargreaves | 8,849 | 31.43 | -3.71 | |
Liberal | Gordon Willmott | 3,675 | 13.05 | -1.33 | |
Majority | 6,783 | 24.09 | +8.75 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gerald Kaufman | 17,235 | 56.66 | +1.14 | |
Conservative | William R. Swan | 9,963 | 32.75 | +1.32 | |
Liberal | Peter Thomson | 2,934 | 9.65 | -3.40 | |
Socialist Unity | Jeff 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
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- Articles using small message boxes
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983