Manchester Openshaw (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Openshaw
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1955–1983
Number of members one

Manchester Openshaw was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Openshaw district of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1955 W. R. Williams Labour
1963 by-election Charles Morris Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Election results in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Manchester Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Richard Williams 24,638 59.7
Conservative H Day 16,596 40.3
Majority 8,042 19.5
Turnout 72.7
General Election 1959: Manchester Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Richard Williams 24,975 60.2
Conservative MB Schofield 16,537 39.8
Majority 8,438 20.3
Turnout 76.0

Elections in the 1960s

Manchester Openshaw by-election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Morris 16,101 66
Conservative Gerald Fitzsimmons 7,139 29
Communist Edwin Marsden 1,185 4
Majority 8,962
General Election 1964: Manchester Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Morris 22,589 59.6
Conservative Gerald WG Fitzsimmons 13,387 35.3
Communist Edwin Marsden 1,947 5.1
Majority 9,202 24.3
Turnout 71.3
General Election 1966: Manchester Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Morris 22,103 64.9
Conservative RJ Chronnell 10,465 30.7
Communist Edwin Marsden 1,479 4.3
Majority 11,638 34.2
Turnout 65.9

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Manchester Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Morris 19,397 60.2
Conservative BM Allanson 12,296 38.1
Communist Bernard Panter 552 1.7
Majority 7,101 22.0
Turnout 63.9
Labour hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Manchester Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Morris 16,478 53.5
Conservative A Rosen 9,021 29.3
Liberal A Wood 4,467 14.5
National Front J Hulse 541 1.8
Communist Phillip Widdall 312 1.0
Majority 7,457 24.2
Turnout 73.0
Labour hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Manchester Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Morris 16,109 57.6
Conservative G Green 7,596 27.1
Liberal A Wood 3,980 14.2
Communist Phillip Widdall 300 1.1
Majority 8,513 30.4
Turnout 65.7
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1979: Manchester Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Morris 17,099 62.1
Conservative Peter Hilton 9,955 36.2
National Front Alfred Coles 296 1.1
Communist Phillip Widdall 174 0.6
Majority 7,144 26.0
Turnout 27,524 72.8
Labour hold Swing

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