- Manchester Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)
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Manchester Exchange Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1918–February 1974 Number of members one Manchester Exchange was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Contents
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Sir John Scurrah Randles Coalition Conservative 1922 Sir Edwin Forsyth Stockton Conservative 1923 Robert Noton Barclay Liberal 1924 Edward Brocklehurst Fielden Conservative 1935 Peter Eckersley Conservative 1940 by-election Thomas Hewlett Conservative 1945 Harold Lever Labour 1950 William Griffiths Labour 1973 by-election Frank Hatton Labour Feb 1974 constituency abolished Politics and history of the constituency
Election results
Election in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Manchester, Exchange
Manchester County Borough wards of Cheetham, Collegiate Church, Exchange, Oxford, St Anns, St Clements, St Johns, St Michaels(part)
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour N H Lever 11,067 54.96 Conservative T Hewlett 7,050 35.01 Liberal H Kenyon 2,018 10.02 Majority 4,017 19.95 Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour W Griffiths 18,335 54.14 -0.82 Conservative R S Harper 13,716 40.50 +5.49 Liberal J Cooper 1,812 5.35 -4.67 Majority 4,619 13.64 -6.31 General Election 1951: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour W Griffiths 18,745 55.4 +1.3 Conservative I W Owen 14,881 44.6 +4.1 Majority 3,594 16.0 General Election 1955: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Labour Majority General Election 1959: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Labour Liberal Majority Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Conservative Liberal Majority General Election 1966: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Conservative Liberal Majority Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Conservative Majority General Election Feb 1974: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Conservative Liberal Majority 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 "E" (part 2)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Manchester (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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