Manchester North West (UK Parliament constituency) (original) (raw)

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Former UK parliamentary constituency

Manchester North West
Former borough constituencyfor the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats one
Created from Manchester
Replaced by Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Exchange, Manchester Moss Side

Manchester North West was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its first MP, William Houldsworth, had previously sat for Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.

Winston Churchill won the seat at the 1906 general election, but lost it at the 1908 by-election required at that time on his promotion to the Cabinet (he instead returned to Parliament for Dundee). In 1910, Bonar Law challenged Churchill to stand against him here, and promised "he would welcome him and they would have a lively time". Bonar Law suggested that the loser should stay out of the next parliament (The Times). Churchill declined. In the event Bonar Law lost to the sitting MP, Sir George Kemp.

Kemp resigned the seat in July 1912, ostensibly to concentrate on his business interests, but he was known to disagree with the Home Rule Bill (The Times).

The Municipal Borough of Manchester wards of Collegiate, Exchange, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, St James's, and St John's, and the civil parish of Cheetham.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member [1] Party
1885 William Houldsworth
1906 Winston Churchill
1908 by-election William Joynson-Hicks
1910 Sir George Kemp
1912 by-election Sir John Randles
1918 Constituency abolished
Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s

Elections in the 1880s

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Houldsworth

Elections in the 1890s

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Elections in the 1900s

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Churchill

Elections in the 1910s

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Kemp

Law

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;

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  3. ^ "Manchester (North West)". Evening Star. 3 July 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Election Results:

Dan Irving:

Bonar Law versus Churchill:

Resignation of Kemp: