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.
| Manchester Rusholme | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Manchester South and Stretford |
| Replaced by | Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Gorton and Manchester Withington |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election.[1]
Contents of re-established seat edit
The re-established seat will comprise the City of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Fallowfield, Hulme, Moss Side, Rusholme and Whalley Range,[2] transferred in approximately equal parts from Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton (to be abolished, with remaining parts included in the new constituency of Gorton and Denton).
History edit
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries edit
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.[3]
The division consisted of areas that had been included with Manchester's municipal boundaries in 1890 and 1909.[4] Since the previous redistribution 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.[5]
Members of Parliament edit
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Robert Burdon Stoker | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1919 | John Henry Thorpe | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1923 | Charles Masterman | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Boyd Merriman | Conservative | |
| 1933 | Edmund Ashworth Radford | Conservative | |
| 1944 | Frederick Cundiff | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Lester Hutchinson | Labour | |
| 1949 | Labour Independent Group | ||
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results edit
Elections in the 2020s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Seb Bate[6] | ||||
| Labour | Afzal Khan[7] | ||||
Elections in the 1940s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lester Hutchinson | 15,408 | 43.4 | +14.0 | |
| Conservative | Frederick Cundiff | 15,398 | 43.4 | -19.2 | |
| Liberal | Charles Gordon Chappell | 4,673 | 13.2 | New | |
| Majority | 10 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,486 | 74.7 | +4.9 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frederick Cundiff | 8,430 | 53.3 | -9.3 | |
| Common Wealth | Harold William Blomerley | 6,670 | 42.1 | New | |
| Independent Labour | C.J. Taylor | 734 | 4.6 | New | |
| Majority | 1,760 | 11.2 | -22.0 | ||
| Turnout | 15,834 | 34.7 | -35.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1940: Another election was due to take place by 1940 but did not take place due to the outbreak of war. The following candidates had already been selected to fight this election:
- Conservative: Edmund Ashworth Radford
- Labour: Lester Hutchinson
- Liberal: Hilda Buckmaster[8]
Elections in the 1930s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edmund Ashworth Radford | 19,678 | 62.6 | -6.7 | |
| Labour | Albert Knight | 9,258 | 29.4 | +11.8 | |
| Independent Liberal | Percy McDougall | 2,525 | 8.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,420 | 33.2 | -18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 31,461 | 69.8 | -10.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edmund Ashworth Radford | 13,904 | 50.8 | -18.5 | |
| Labour | George Woods | 11,005 | 40.1 | +22.5 | |
| Independent Liberal | Percy McDougall | 2,503 | 9.1 | -3.9 | |
| Majority | 2,899 | 10.7 | -41.0 | ||
| Turnout | 27,412 | 60.8 | -19.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Boyd Merriman | 24,817 | 69.3 | +26.5 | |
| Labour | Jerrold Adshead | 6,319 | 17.6 | -6.7 | |
| Liberal | Frank Thornborough | 4,658 | 13.0 | -19.9 | |
| Majority | 18,498 | 51.7 | +41.8 | ||
| Turnout | 35,794 | 80.0 | +1.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Boyd Merriman | 14,230 | 42.8 | −7.6 | |
| Liberal | Philip Guedalla | 10,958 | 32.9 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Jerrold Adshead | 8,080 | 24.3 | New | |
| Majority | 3,272 | 9.9 | −11.1 | ||
| Turnout | 33,268 | 78.7 | −1.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 42,289 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −5.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Boyd Merriman | 13,341 | 50.4 | +15.1 | |
| Liberal | Charles Masterman | 7,772 | 29.4 | −14.0 | |
| Communist | William Paul | 5,328 | 20.2 | New | |
| Majority | 5,569 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,441 | 79.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 33,147 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Masterman | 10,901 | 43.4 | +17.3 | |
| Unionist | John Henry Thorpe | 8,876 | 35.3 | −12.6 | |
| Labour | William Paul | 5,366 | 21.3 | −4.7 | |
| Majority | 2,025 | 8.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 25,143 | 78.0 | +0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 32,253 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +15.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | John Henry Thorpe | 11,765 | 47.9 | −17.2 | |
| Liberal | Ernest Frederick Martin Sutton | 6,421 | 26.1 | +6.8 | |
| Labour | Albert E. Wood | 6,397 | 26.0 | +10.4 | |
| Majority | 5,344 | 21.8 | −24.0 | ||
| Turnout | 25,583 | 77.8 | +14.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 31,582 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −12.0 | |||
Elections in the 1910s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | John Henry Thorpe | 9,394 | 45.7 | −19.4 |
| Labour | Robert Dunstan | 6,412 | 31.2 | +15.6 | |
| Liberal | William Pringle | 3,923 | 19.1 | −0.2 | |
| National | Roger Bowan Crewdson | 815 | 4.0 | New | |
| Majority | 2,982 | 14.5 | −31.3 | ||
| Turnout | 20,544 | 67.5 | +4.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 30,421 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +17.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Robert Burdon Stoker | 12,447 | 65.1 | |
| Liberal | Walter Butterworth | 3,699 | 19.3 | ||
| Labour | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | 2,985 | 15.6 | ||
| Majority | 8,748 | 45.8 | |||
| Turnout | 19,131 | 62.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 30,421 | ||||
| Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
References edit
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Afzal Khan [@Afzal4Gorton] (7 March 2022). "I'm delighted to have been unanimously re-selected by all eligible constituency branches, affiliated trade unions and affiliated organisations to stand as the Labour candidate for Manchester Gorton at the next General Election 🌹 Thank you!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ The Liberal Magazine 1939
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- 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 "R" (part 2)