Manchester South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

Jacob Bright was one of the MPs sitting for the Manchester constituency prior to its abolition. He was a brother of John Bright and an active supporter of women's suffrage. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1894.

Former MP Arthur Colefax was the husband of interior designer Sibyl Colefax. Colefax was once described by Kenneth Clark as being: 'a heavy man with a very large face, who was thought by those who had never visited the provinces to be the biggest bore in England'.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1885-1886 Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
• 1886-1895 Jacob Bright
• 1895-1906 William Johnson Galloway
• 1906-1910 G D Kelley
• 1910-1910 Sir H Arthur Colefax
• 1910-1918 Sir Christopher Thomas Needham

[edit] Elections

26 November1885: Manchester South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton	3929	54
	Liberal	Jacob Bright	3362	46
Majority			567	8

2 July 1886: Manchester South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Bright	3670	52
	Conservative	Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton	3450	48
Majority			220	3

6 July 1892: Manchester South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Bright	3924	51
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Alfred Hopkinson	3776	49
Majority			148	2

13 July 1895: Manchester South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Johnson Galloway	3994	53
	Liberal	J M Astbury	3496	47

2 October 1900: Manchester South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Johnson Galloway	4017	63
	Labour	F Brocklehurst	2398	37
Majority			1619	25

13 January 1906: Manchester South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G D Kelley	4101	59
	Conservative	William Johnson Galloway	2875	41
Majority			1226	18

15 January 1910: Manchester South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir H Arthur Colefax	3111	42
	Liberal	Sir Christopher Thomas Needham	3004	41
	Social Democratic Federation	J M McLachlan	1218	17
Majority			107	1

3 December 1910: Manchester South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Christopher Thomas Needham	3590	52
	Conservative	Sir H Arthur Colefax	3331	48
Majority			259	4

[edit] References

Election Results:

• http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm
• http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm

Lord Hamilton:

• Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton in James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn

Jacob Bright:

• List of Privy Counsellors (1837–1901)

Arthur Colefax:

• Kenneth Clark, Another part of the wood, J Murray, 1974