- Manchester Moss Side (UK Parliament constituency)
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Manchester Moss Side Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1918–1983 Number of members one Manchester Moss Side was a parliamentary constituency in the Moss Side area of 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 1983 general election.
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Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Gerald Berkeley Hurst Conservative 1923 Thomas Raven Ackroyd Liberal 1924 Sir Gerald Berkeley Hurst Conservative 1935 William Duckworth Conservative 1945 William Griffiths Labour 1950 Florence Horsbrugh Conservative 1959 James Watts Conservative 1961 by-election Frank Taylor Conservative Feb 1974 Frank Hatton Labour 1978 by-election George Morton Labour 1983 constituency abolished Politics and history of the constituency
Election results
Election in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Manchester, Moss Side
Manchester County Borough wards of All Saints, Moss Side East, St Lukes
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Conservative Liberal Majority Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Conservative Liberal Majority General Election 1951: Manchester, Exchange Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Conservative Majority 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 "M" (part 3)
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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