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Manchester North West
Manchester North West
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1918
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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, Andrew Bonar Law challenged Churchill to run 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).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1885	William Houldsworth	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1906	Winston Churchill	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1908 by-election	William Joynson-Hicks	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1910	Sir George Kemp	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1912 by-election	Sir John Randles	Conservative
	1918	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Manchester North West ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Houldsworth	5,834	53.3	n/a
	Liberal	John Slagg	5,111	46.7	n/a
Majority			723	6.6	n/a
Turnout				86.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Manchester North West ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Houldsworth	5,489	55.2	+1.9
	Liberal	H. Lee	4,453	44.8	-1.9
Majority			1,036	10.4	+2.8
Turnout				78.4	-7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Manchester North West ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Henry Houldsworth	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1895: Manchester North West ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Henry Houldsworth	4,997	58.6	n/a
	Liberal	Thomas Francis Byrne	3,526	41.4	n/a
Majority			1,471	17.2	n/a
Turnout				72.6	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Manchester North West ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Henry Houldsworth	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1906: Manchester North West ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill	5,639	56.2	n/a
	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	4,398	43.8	n/a
Majority			1,241	12.4	n/a
Turnout				88.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Manchester North West by-election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	5,417	50.7	+6.9
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill	4,988	46.7	-9.5
	Social Democratic Federation	David Daniel Irving	276	2.6	n/a
Majority			429	4.0
Turnout				89.7	+1.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.2

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Manchester North West ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir George Kemp	5,930	53.5	+6.8
	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	5,147	46.5	-4.2
Majority			783	7.0	11.0
Turnout				92.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.5

General Election December 1910: Manchester North West ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir George Kemp	5,559	52.1	-2
	Conservative	Andrew Bonar Law	5,114	47.9
Majority			445	4.2
Turnout				89.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Manchester North West by-election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir John Scurrah Randles	5,573	56
	Liberal	Gordon Hewart	4,371	44
Majority			1,202	12

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Sir John Scurrah Randles
Liberal: Rt Hon. Sir John Allsebrook Simon

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

Sources

Election Results:

Dan Irving:

Bonar Law versus Churchill:

"The Manchester Contest", The Times, 29 November 1910. Retrieved online 21 March 2006.

Resgnation of Kemp:

"Another by-election", The Times, 26 July 1912. Retrieved online 22 March 2006.

[rayment-1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)

[2] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[3] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[4] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[5] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[6] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[7] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[8] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[9] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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