Manchester North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Manchester North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Replaced by Manchester Clayton, Manchester Exchange and Manchester Platting
Created from Manchester

Manchester North was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was defined as consisting of the following areas:

  • St. Michael's Ward,
  • The Parish of Harpurhey,
  • and "so much of the Parish of Newton as lies to the north-west of a line drawn along the centre of the Oldham Road".[1]

The next redistribution took place under the terms of the Representation of the People Act 1918. The bulk of the seat became part of the new constituency of Manchester Platting, with parts passing to Manchester Exchange and Manchester Clayton.[2]

Members of Parliament

Election Member [3] Party Notes
1885 James Frederick Hutton Conservative
1886 Sir Charles Ernest Schwann Liberal Schwann changed his name to Swann in 1913
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

26 November 1885: Manchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James F Hutton 4093 54 n/a
Liberal Charles Ernest Schwann 3443 46 n/a
Majority 650 9 n/a
2 July 1886: Manchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Ernest Schwann 3476 51
Conservative James F Hutton 3380 49
Majority 96 1
6 July 1892: Manchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Ernest Schwann 4255 52
Conservative Joseph Maghull Yates 3953 48
Majority 302 4
13 July 1895: Manchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Ernest Schwann 4327 60
Conservative Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton 2872 40
Majority 1455 20
2 October 1900: Manchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Ernest Schwann 4258 50
Conservative William Joynson-Hicks 4232 50
Majority 26 0
13 January 1906: Manchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Ernest Schwann 5716 64
Conservative Harry Sowler 3262 36
Majority 2454 27

Elections in the 1910s

File:Sir Charles Schwann.jpg
Sir Charles Schwann
15 January 1910: Manchester North Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Charles Ernest Schwann 5,210 57
Conservative H E Howell 3,951 43
Majority 1,259 14
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
3 December 1910: Manchester North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Charles Ernest Schwann 4601 54
Conservative H E Howell 3936 46
Majority 665 8
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs: Number, Names, Contents, And Boundaries Of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (C.23)
  2. ↑ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II: Northern England, London, 1991
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]

Sources

Election Results:

Schwann:

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