Manchester Moss Side (UK Parliament constituency)

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Manchester Moss Side Borough constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Manchester Moss Side was a parliamentary constituency in the Moss Side area of the city of Manchester. 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 system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Politics and history of the constituency 4 Election results 5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Gerald Berkeley Hurst	Conservative
	1923	Thomas Raven Ackroyd	Liberal
	1924	Sir Gerald Berkeley Hurst	Conservative
	1935	William Rostron Duckworth	Conservative
	1945	William Griffiths	Labour
	1950	Florence Gertrude Horsbrugh	Conservative
	1959	James Watts	Conservative
	1961	Frank Henry Taylor	Conservative
	1974	Frank Hatton	Labour
	1978	George Martin Morton	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

[edit] Election results

[edit] Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.