Manchester South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Manchester South
Borough constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons

Manchester South was one of several Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 from the former Manchester constituency. It was abolished in 1918.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Elections

26 November 1885: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Enfield Roscoe 3791 55
Conservative P Royle 3121 45
Majority 670 10
2 July 1886: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Enfield Roscoe 3407 53
Conservative T Sowler 3072 47
Majority 335 5
6 July 1892: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Enfield Roscoe 4245 51
Conservative Viscount Emlyn 4064 49
Majority 181 2
13 July 1895: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Marquis of Lorne 4457 50
Liberal Henry Enfield Roscoe 4379 50
Majority 78 1
25 May 1900: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Wellesley Peel 5497 61
Liberal Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones 3458 39
Majority 2039 23
2 October 1900: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Wellesley Peel 5122 57
Liberal Edwyn Holt 3850 43
Majority 1272 14
13 January 1906: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Adlington Haworth 8002 68
Conservative L E Smith 3770 32
Majority 4232 36
15 January 1910: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Adlington Haworth 8121 59
Conservative Charles Lionel Atkins Ward-Jackson 5669 41
Majority 2452 18

3 December 1910 Arthur Adlington Haworth unopposed

5 March 1912: Manchester South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Kirkland Glazebrook 7051 52
Liberal Arthur Adlington Haworth 6472 48

[edit] References

Election Results:

Viscount Emlyn:

Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones:

  • Became Baron Rhayader; [1], [2]