Manchester South (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Manchester South

|parliament = uk

|map1 =

|map2 =

|map_entity =

|map_year =

|year = 1885

|abolished = 1918

|type = Borough

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = Manchester

|next = Moss Side
Rusholme

|region = England

|county =

|towns = Manchester

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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:Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 c.23, Schedule 6: Divisions of Boroughs

The part of the civil parish of Chorlton upon Medlock south of the centres of the following roads: Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street, Upper Brook Street, Dover Street, St. Leonards Street. (The remainder of the parish was included in the Manchester East constituency.)
The Local Government district of Moss Side
The Local Government District of Rusholme
The detached part of the parish of Gorton included within the former parliamentary borough.
The Hamlet of Kirkmanshulme (a detached part of the parish of Newton).

=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.Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Schedule 9: Redistribution of Seats

Members of Parliament

colspan="2" \| Election	Member{{Rayment-hc\|m\|1\|date=March 2012}} !Party{{cite book \|last=Craig \|first=F. W. S. \|author-link= F. W. S. Craig \|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 \|orig-year=1974 \|edition= 2nd \|year=1989 \|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services \|location=Chichester \|isbn= 0-900178-27-2 \|page=152 }}
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1885	Sir Henry Roscoe	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Unionist Party}}" \| \| 1895 \| John Campbell	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Unionist Party}}" \| \| 1900 by-election \| William Peel	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1906	Arthur Haworth	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1912 by-election	Philip Glazebrook	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 1918 by-election \| Robert Burdon Stoker	Conservative
\| 1918 \|colspan="2" \| constituency abolished

Election results

{{Compact ToC election decades|

|decade1 = 1880s

|decade2 = 1890s

|decade3 = 1900s

|decade4 = 1910s

}}

=Elections in the 1880s=

File:Henry Enfield Roscoe.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Manchester SouthBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigThe Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Sir Henry Roscoe

|votes=3,791

|percentage=54.8

|change=

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Peter Royle

|votes=3,121

|percentage=45.2

|change=

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=670

|percentage=9.6

|change=

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=6,912

|percentage=81.0

|change=

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,534

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=

}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Manchester South

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Sir Henry Roscoe

|votes=3,407

|percentage=52.6

|change=-2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Sowler{{cite journal|title=Manchester Worthies: Sir Thomas Sowler (1818-1891)|journal=Manchester Faces & Places|date=10 February 1890|volume=1|issue=5|url=http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/worthies/sowler.php|access-date=3 December 2017}}{{cite news|title=To the electors of South Manx|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18860701/130/0006|access-date=3 December 2017|work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|date=1 July 1886|page=6|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes=3,072

|percentage=47.4

|change=+2.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=335

|percentage=5.2

|change=-4.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=6,479

|percentage=75.9

|change=-5.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,534

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-2.2

}}

=Elections in the 1890s=

File:3rdEarlOfCawdor.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Manchester South

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Sir Henry Roscoe

|votes=4,245

|percentage=51.1

|change=-1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Frederick Campbell

|votes=4,064

|percentage=48.9

|change=+1.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=181

|percentage=2.2

|change=-3.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 9,309

|percentage=81.2

|change=+5.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,228

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-1.5

}}

File:John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Manchester SouthDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=John Campbell

|votes=4,457

|percentage=50.4

|change=+1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Sir Henry Roscoe

|votes=4,379

|percentage=49.6

|change=-1.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=78

|percentage=0.8

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,836

|percentage=80.7

|change=-0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,945

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+1.5

}}

=Elections in the 1900s=

File:William_Wellesley_Peel.jpg

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=William Peel

|votes=5,497

|percentage=61.4

|change=+11.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Leifchild Jones

|votes=3,458

|percentage=38.6

|change=−11.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=2,039

|percentage=22.8

|change=+22.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,955

|percentage=76.0

|change=−4.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,788

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing=+11.0

}}

File:1905 Leif Jones (Elliott & Fry).jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Manchester SouthDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=William Peel

|votes=5,122

|percentage=57.1

|change= +6.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Edwyn Holt

|votes=3,850

|percentage=42.9

|change= −6.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=1,272

|percentage=14.2

|change= +13.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,972

|percentage=76.1

|change=−4.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,788

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing= +6.7

}}

File:Arthur_Haworth.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Manchester South

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Haworth

|votes=8,002

|percentage=68.0

|change=+25.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=L Eaton Smith

|votes=3,770

|percentage=32.0

|change=−25.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=4,232

|percentage=36.0

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=11,772

|percentage=82.8

|change=+6.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,221

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing=+25.1

}}

=Elections in the 1910s=

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: Manchester SouthDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Haworth

|votes=8,121

|percentage=58.9

|change=-9.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Ward-Jackson

|votes=5,669

|percentage=41.1

|change=+9.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=2,452

|percentage=17.8

|change=-18.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 13,790

|percentage=88.4

|change=+5.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=-9.1

}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election December 1910: Manchester SouthDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Haworth

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

}}

File:Philip Kirkland Glazebrook MP 1.png

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Philip Glazebrook

|votes=7,051

|percentage=52.1

|change=New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Haworth

|votes=6,472

|percentage=47.9

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=579

|percentage=4.2

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=13,523

|percentage=

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Unionist Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|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;

Unionist: Philip Glazebrook
Liberal:

{{Election box begin|

|title=1918 Manchester South by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Burdon Stoker

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

}}

References

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

Viscount Emlyn:

http://yba.llgc.org.uk/AnaServer?ybawbo+1281713+aview.anv+v=av&l=e&show=1

Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones:

South

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