Manchester South
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlementsManchester
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Created fromManchester
Replaced byMoss Side
Rusholme

Manchester South was one of six parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester, England. 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 voting system. The constituency was abolished in 1918.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the following areas:[1]

Redistribution

The seat was abolished in 1918, when the Representation of the People Act redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Manchester's representation was increased to ten members of parliament, and the former Manchester South was divided between the areas of the new Moss Side and Rusholme constituencies.[2]

Members of Parliament

Election Member[3] Party[4]
1885 Sir Henry Roscoe Liberal
1895 John Campbell Liberal Unionist
1900 by-election William Peel Liberal Unionist
1906 Arthur Haworth Liberal
1912 by-election Philip Glazebrook Conservative
1918 by-election Robert Burdon Stoker Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

Roscoe
General election 1885: Manchester South[5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Henry Roscoe 3,791 54.8
Conservative Peter Royle 3,121 45.2
Majority 670 9.6
Turnout 6,912 81.0
Registered electors 8,534
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Manchester South[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Henry Roscoe 3,407 52.6 -2.2
Conservative Thomas Sowler[8][9] 3,072 47.4 +2.2
Majority 335 5.2 -4.4
Turnout 6,479 75.9 -5.1
Registered electors 8,534
Liberal hold Swing -2.2

Elections in the 1890s

Emlyn
General election 1892: Manchester South[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Henry Roscoe 4,245 51.1 -1.5
Conservative Frederick Campbell 4,064 48.9 +1.5
Majority 181 2.2 -3.0
Turnout 9,309 81.2 +5.3
Registered electors 10,228
Liberal hold Swing -1.5
Lorne
General election 1895: Manchester South[5][6][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist John Campbell 4,457 50.4 +1.5
Liberal Sir Henry Roscoe 4,379 49.6 -1.5
Majority 78 0.8 N/A
Turnout 8,836 80.7 -0.5
Registered electors 10,945
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1900s

Peel
1900 Manchester South by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Peel 5,497 61.4 +11.0
Liberal Leifchild Jones 3,458 38.6 −11.0
Majority 2,039 22.8 +22.0
Turnout 8,955 76.0 −4.7
Registered electors 11,788
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +11.0
Jones
General election 1900: Manchester South[5][6][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Peel 5,122 57.1 +6.7
Liberal Edwyn Holt 3,850 42.9 −6.7
Majority 1,272 14.2 +13.4
Turnout 8,972 76.1 −4.6
Registered electors 11,788
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +6.7
Haworth
General election 1906: Manchester South[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Haworth 8,002 68.0 +25.1
Conservative L Eaton Smith 3,770 32.0 −25.1
Majority 4,232 36.0 N/A
Turnout 11,772 82.8 +6.7
Registered electors 14,221
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +25.1

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Manchester South[5][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Haworth 8,121 58.9 -9.1
Conservative Charles Ward-Jackson 5,669 41.1 +9.1
Majority 2,452 17.8 -18.2
Turnout 13,790 88.4 +5.6
Liberal hold Swing -9.1
General election December 1910: Manchester South[5][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Haworth Unopposed
Liberal hold
Glazebrook
1912 Manchester South by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Glazebrook 7,051 52.1 New
Liberal Arthur Haworth 6,472 47.9 N/A
Majority 579 4.2 N/A
Turnout 13,523 N/A
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing N/A

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

1918 Manchester South by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Robert Burdon Stoker Unopposed
Unionist hold

References

  1. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 c.23, Schedule 6: Divisions of Boroughs
  2. ^ Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Schedule 9: Redistribution of Seats
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 152. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  6. ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  7. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  8. ^ "Manchester Worthies: Sir Thomas Sowler (1818-1891)". Manchester Faces & Places. 1 (5). 10 February 1890. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. ^ "To the electors of South Manx". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 1 July 1886. p. 6. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  11. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

Sources

Election Results:

Viscount Emlyn:

Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones:

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