Manchester Platting (UK Parliament constituency)

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Manchester Platting Borough constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Manchester Platting was a parliamentary constituency in 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	John Robert Clynes	Labour
	1931	Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton	Labour
	1935	John Robert Clynes	Labour
	1945	Hugh James Delargy	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

• 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.