Manchester South (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1885-1895 Henry Enfield Roscoe
• 1895-1900 Marquis of Lorne
• 1900-1906 William Wellesley Peel
• 1906-1912 Arthur Haworth
• 1912-1918 Philip Kirkland Glazebrook
• 1918 Robert Burdon Stoker

[edit] Elections

26 November 1885: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Enfield Roscoe	3791	55
	Conservative	P Royle	3121	45
Majority			670	10

2 July 1886: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Enfield Roscoe	3407	53
	Conservative	T Sowler	3072	47
Majority			335	5

6 July 1892: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Enfield Roscoe	4245	51
	Conservative	Viscount Emlyn	4064	49
Majority			181	2

13 July 1895: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Marquis of Lorne	4457	50
	Liberal	Henry Enfield Roscoe	4379	50
Majority			78	1

25 May 1900: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Wellesley Peel	5497	61
	Liberal	Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones	3458	39
Majority			2039	23

2 October 1900: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Wellesley Peel	5122	57
	Liberal	Edwyn Holt	3850	43
Majority			1272	14

13 January 1906: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Adlington Haworth	8002	68
	Conservative	L E Smith	3770	32
Majority			4232	36

15 January 1910: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Adlington Haworth	8121	59
	Conservative	Charles Lionel Atkins Ward-Jackson	5669	41
Majority			2452	18

3 December 1910: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Adlington Haworth	Unopposed
Majority

• At the December 1910 election the Conservative candidate was Philip Glazebrook. However due to a mistake by his agent, his nomination papers were not handed in on time and Arthur Haworth was elected unopposed. ^[1]

5 March 1912: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Kirkland Glazebrook	7051	52
	Liberal	Arthur Adlington Haworth	6472	48

22 March 1918: Manchester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Burdon Stoker	Unopposed
Majority

[edit] References

Election Results:

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

Viscount Emlyn:

• http://yba.llgc.org.uk/AnaServer?ybawbo+1281713+aview.anv+v=av&l=e&show=1

Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones:

• Became Baron Rhayader; [1], [2]