Manchester South (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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

Boundaries

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

  • 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.[2]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember [3] Party[4]
1885Sir Henry RoscoeLiberal
1895 John CampbellLiberal Unionist
1900 by-election William PeelLiberal Unionist
1906Arthur HaworthLiberal
1912 by-electionPhilip GlazebrookConservative
1918 by-election Robert Burdon StokerConservative
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 Leif-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 the 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. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  6. 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. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  11. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

Sources

Election Results:

Viscount Emlyn:

Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones:

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