Manchester Rusholme
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created fromManchester South and Stretford
Replaced byManchester Ardwick, Manchester Gorton and Manchester Withington

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.

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

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

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

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

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

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Manchester Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Seb Bate[6]
Labour Afzal Khan[7]

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Manchester Rusholme
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
1944 Manchester Rusholme by-election
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:

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Manchester Rusholme
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
1933 Manchester Rusholme by-election
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
General election 1931: Manchester Rusholme
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

General election 1929: Manchester Rusholme [9]
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
General election 1924: Manchester Rusholme
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
CFG Masterman
General election 1923: Manchester Rusholme
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
General election 1922: Manchester Rusholme
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

William Pringle
1919 Manchester Rusholme by-election
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
General election 1918: Manchester Rusholme
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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  3. ^ Ninth Schedule, Part I: Parliamentary Boroughs, 1918 c.64 sch.9
  4. ^ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991
  5. ^ First Schedule: Parliamentary Constituencies, 1948 c.65 sch.1
  6. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ The Liberal Magazine 1939
  9. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
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