Manchester South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester South West
Manchester South West
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Created from	Manchester
Replaced by	Manchester Hulme

Manchester South West was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.

Boundaries

The constituency, which was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, consisted of the civil parish of Hulme.^[1]

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[2]	Party
1885	Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton	Conservative
1886	Jacob Bright	Liberal
1895	William Johnson Galloway	Conservative
1906	George Davy Kelley	Labour
1910 (Jan)	Arthur Colefax	Liberal Unionist
1910 (Dec)	Christopher Needham	Liberal
1918	constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Manchester South West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Spencer Hamilton	3,929	53.9
	Liberal	Jacob Bright	3,362	46.1
Majority			567	7.8
Turnout			7,291	82.0
Registered electors			8,890
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Manchester South West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Bright	3,570	50.8	+4.7
	Conservative	Frederick Spencer Hamilton	3,459	49.2	-4.7
Majority			111	1.6	N/A
Turnout			7,029	79.1	-2.9
Registered electors			8,890
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Manchester South West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Bright	3,924	51.0	+0.2
	Liberal Unionist	Alfred Hopkinson	3,776	49.0	-0.2
Majority			148	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			7,700	79.6	+0.5
Registered electors			9,674
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

General election 1895: Manchester South West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Johnson Galloway	3,994	53.3	+4.3
	Liberal	John Meir Astbury	3,496	46.7	-4.3
Majority			498	6.6	N/A
Turnout			7,490	78.9	-0.7
Registered electors			9,496
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Manchester South West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Johnson Galloway	4,017	62.6	+9.3
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Fred Brocklehurst	2,398	37.4	New
Majority			1,619	25.2	+18.6
Turnout			6,415	70.5	−8.4
Registered electors			9,102
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1906: Manchester South West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	George Davy Kelley	4,101	58.8	+21.4
	Conservative	William Johnson Galloway	2,875	41.2	−21.4
Majority			1,226	17.6	N/A
Turnout			6,976	81.6	+11.1
Registered electors			8,551
	Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Manchester South West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Colefax	3,111	42.4	+1.2
	Liberal	Christopher Needham	3,004	41.0	New
	Labour	J. M. McLachlan	1,218	16.6	-42.2
Majority			107	1.4	N/A
Turnout			7,333	89.6	+8.0
	Liberal Unionist gain from Labour		Swing

General election December 1910: Manchester South West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Needham	3,590	51.9	+10.9
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Colefax	3,331	48.1	+5.7
Majority			259	3.8	N/A
Turnout			6,921	84.6	-5.0
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+2.6

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: Christopher Needham
Unionist:

References

^ Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs: Number, Names, Contents, And Boundaries Of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (C.23)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig