| Manchester Rusholme Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Manchester Rusholme was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rusholme district of Manchester. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly Rusholme is a part of Manchester, in North West England, about two miles south of Manchester city centre. 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. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories The plurality voting system is a Single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member
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History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c 23 was a piece of British Electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom Results |} Total votes cast 28771124 All parties shown Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists Votes summary Seats summary
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Robert Burdon Stoker | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1919 | John Henry Thorpe | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1923 | Charles Masterman | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Frank Boyd Merriman | Conservative | |
| 1933 | Edmund Ashworth Radford | Conservative | |
| 1944 | Frederick William Cundiff | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Hugh Lester Hutchinson | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. John Henry Thorpe OBE ( 7 August 1887 &ndash 31 October 1944) was a British Conservative politician The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The UK general election of 1923 was held on 6 December 1923 The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats but Labour, led by Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman PC ( 24 October 1873 &ndash 17 November 1927) was a British Liberal Party politician The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party The 1924 UK general election was held on 29 October 1924 The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin performed dramatically better in electoral terms than in The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Results |} Total votes cast 24073025 All parties shown Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists Reason for Labour victory The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Results |} Total votes cast 28771124 All parties shown Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists Votes summary Seats summary Frederick Walter Scott Craig ( December 10, 1929 - March 23, 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of reference British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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