- Manchester Ardwick (UK Parliament constituency)
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Manchester Ardwick Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1918–1983 Replaced by Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton Created from Manchester East Manchester Ardwick was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was established for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.
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Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Augustine Hailwood Coalition Conservative 1922 Thomas Lowth Labour 1931 by-election Joseph Henderson Labour 1931 Albert George Hubert Fuller Conservative 1935 Joseph Henderson Labour 1950 Leslie Maurice Lever, later Baron Lever Labour 1970 Gerald Kaufman Labour 1983 constituency abolished Election results
Election in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Manchester Ardwick
Electorate 32,821, Turnout 68.41%, Voters 22,453
Manchester County Borough wards of Ardwick, New Cross and St MarksParty Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Joseph Henderson 14,360 63.96 Conservative N Beer 8,093 36.04 Majority 6,267 27.91 Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, New Cross and St Marks
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Leslie Maurice Lever 22,628 55.84 -8.12 Conservative E Hodson 17,895 44.16 +8.12 Majority 4,733 11.68 -16.23 General Election 1951: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, New Cross and St Marks
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Leslie Maurice Lever 22,150 55.54 -0.30 Conservative E Hodson 17,732 44.46 +0.30 Majority 4,418 11.08 -0.60 General Election 1955: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Leslie Maurice Lever 22,822 52.39 -3.15 Conservative G Hampson 20,740 47.61 +3.15 Majority 2,082 4.78 -6.30 General Election 1959: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Leslie Maurice Lever 24,134 58.12 +5.73 Conservative H Sharp 17,392 41.88 -5.73 Majority 6,742 16.24 +11.46 Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Leslie Maurice Lever 20,248 61.21 +3.09 Conservative W A Panser 12,834 38.79 -3.09 Majority 7,414 22.41 +6.17 General Election 1966: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Leslie Maurice Lever 17,274 63.23 +2.02 Conservative J G Cluff 9,251 33.86 -4.93 Union Movement F T Hamley 796 2.91 N/A Majority 8,023 29.37 +6.96 Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Lukes and St Marks
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gerald Kaufman 13,728 56.14 -7.09 Conservative I K Paley 10,726 43.86 +10.00 Majority 3,002 12.28 +9.37 General Election Feb 1974: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gerald Kaufman 16,110 50.48 -5.66 Conservative R H Hargreaves 11,215 35.14 -8.72 Liberal A Maffia 4,590 14.38 N/A Majority 4,895 15.34 +3.06 General Election Oct 1974: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gerald Kaufman 15,632 55.52 +5.04 Conservative R H Hargreaves 8,849 31.43 -3.71 Liberal G Willmott 3,675 13.05 -1.33 Majority 6,783 24.09 +8.75 General Election 1979: Manchester Ardwick
Manchester County Boroughs of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gerald Kaufman 17,235 56.66 +1.14 Conservative W R Swan 9,963 32.75 +1.32 Liberal P Thomson 2,934 9.65 -3.40 Socialist Unity J S West 287 0.94 N/A Majority 7,272 23.91 -0.18 Constituency was abolished in the boundary changes prior to 1983 election.
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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