Manchester North West (UK Parliament constituency)
{{short description|Former UK parliamentary constituency}}
{{Distinguish|Manchester North Western (Jamaica Parliament constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Manchester North West
|type = Borough
|parliament = uk
|year = 1885
|abolished = 1918
|elects_howmany = one
|previous = Manchester
|next = Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Exchange, Manchester Moss Side
|}}
Manchester North West was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its first MP, William Houldsworth, had previously sat for Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.
Winston Churchill won the seat at the 1906 general election, but lost it at the 1908 by-election required at that time on his promotion to the Cabinet (he instead returned to Parliament for Dundee). In 1910, Bonar Law challenged Churchill to stand against him here, and promised "he would welcome him and they would have a lively time". Bonar Law suggested that the loser should stay out of the next parliament (The Times). Churchill declined. In the event Bonar Law lost to the sitting MP, Sir George Kemp.
Kemp resigned the seat in July 1912, ostensibly to concentrate on his business interests, but he was known to disagree with the Home Rule Bill (The Times).
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Manchester wards of Collegiate, Exchange, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, St James's, and St John's, and the civil parish of Cheetham.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan="2"|Election | Member {{Rayment-hc|m|1|date=March 2012}}
!Party |
|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1885 | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1906 | Liberal | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1910 | Liberal | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | |
| | 1918
|colspan="2" | Constituency abolished |
Elections
{{Compact ToC election decades|
|decade1 = 1880s
|decade2 = 1890s
|decade3 = 1900s
|decade4 = 1910s
}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Manchester North West British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=William Houldsworth
|votes=5,834
|percentage=53.3
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=John Slagg
|votes=5,111
|percentage=46.7
|change=
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=723
|percentage=6.6
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=10,945
|percentage=86.3
|change=
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 12,685
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
|swing=N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Manchester North West
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=William Houldsworth
|votes=5,489
|percentage=55.2
|change=+1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Henry Lee{{cite news|title=Manchester (North West)|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001707/18860703/020/0003|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=Evening Star|date=3 July 1886|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes=4,453
|percentage=44.8
|change=-1.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=1,036
|percentage=10.4
|change=+3.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=9,942
|percentage=78.4
|change=-7.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 12,685
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
|swing=+1.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1890s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Manchester North West
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=William Houldsworth
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Manchester North West
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=William Houldsworth
|votes=4,997
|percentage=58.6
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Thomas Francis Byrne
|votes=3,526
|percentage=41.4
|change=New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=1,471
|percentage=17.2
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=8,523
|percentage=72.6
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,741
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1900s=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Manchester North West
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=William Houldsworth
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
File:Churchill 1904 Q 42037.jpg
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Manchester North West
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Winston Churchill
|votes=5,639
|percentage=56.2
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=William Joynson-Hicks
|votes=4,398
|percentage=43.8
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=1,241
|percentage=12.4
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=10,037
|percentage=88.0
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,411
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|loser=Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=1908 Manchester North West by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=William Joynson-Hicks
|votes=5,417
|percentage=50.7
|change=+6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Winston Churchill
|votes=4,988
|percentage=46.7
|change=−9.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Social Democratic Federation
|candidate=Dan Irving
|votes=276
|percentage=2.6
|change=New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=429
|percentage=4.0
|change=N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=10,681
|percentage=89.7
|change=+1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,914
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
|loser=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing=+8.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1910s=
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election January 1910: Manchester North West
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Kemp
|votes=5,930
|percentage=53.5
|change=+6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=William Joynson-Hicks
|votes=5,147
|percentage=46.5
|change=-4.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=783
|percentage=7.0
|change= N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes= 11,077
|percentage=92.6
|change=+2.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|loser=Conservative Party (UK)
|swing=+5.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election December 1910: Manchester North West
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Kemp
|votes=5,559
|percentage=52.1
|change=-1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Bonar Law
|votes=5,114
|percentage=47.9
|change=+1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=445
|percentage=4.2
|change=-2.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes= 10,673
|percentage=89.2
|change=-3.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing=-1.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=1912 Manchester North West by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=John Randles
|votes=5,573
|percentage=56.0
|change=+8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=Gordon Hewart
|votes=4,371
|percentage=44.0
|change=-8.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=1,202
|percentage=12.0
|change= N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=9,944
|percentage=81.9
|change=-7.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors=12,143
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner=Unionist Party (UK)
|loser=Liberal Party (UK)
|swing=+8.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
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;
- Unionist: John Randles
- Liberal: John Simon
References
{{reflist}}
Sources
Election Results:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060520143104/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060520143047/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm
Dan Irving:
- http://debs.indstate.edu/s6883s63_1911.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040828173431/http://www.modjourn.brown.edu/mjp/NAVall/Nav2/NAV0226.pdf
Bonar Law versus Churchill:
- "The Manchester Contest", The Times, 29 November 1910. Retrieved online 21 March 2006.
Resignation of Kemp:
- "Another by-election", The Times, 26 July 1912. Retrieved online 22 March 2006.
{{Manchester Constituencies}}
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