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Not to be confused with Manchester North Western (Jamaica Parliament constituency).Former UK parliamentary constituency

Manchester North West
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Manchester
Replaced by	Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Blackley, Manchester Exchange, Manchester Moss Side

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, 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).

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Manchester wards of Collegiate, Exchange, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, St James's, and St John's, and the civil parish of Cheetham.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	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

Decades:

1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Manchester North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Houldsworth	5,834	53.3
	Liberal	John Slagg	5,111	46.7
Majority			723	6.6
Turnout			10,945	86.3
Registered electors			12,685
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Manchester North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Houldsworth	5,489	55.2	+1.9
	Liberal	Henry Lee	4,453	44.8	−1.9
Majority			1,036	10.4	+2.8
Turnout			9,942	78.4	−7.9
Registered electors			12,685
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Manchester North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Houldsworth	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1895: Manchester North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Houldsworth	4,997	58.6	*N/A*
	Liberal	Thomas Francis Byrne	3,526	41.4	New
Majority			1,471	17.2	N/A
Turnout			8,523	72.6	N/A
Registered electors			11,741
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Manchester North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Houldsworth	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Manchester North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston 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			10,037	88.0	N/A
Registered electors			11,411
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

1908 Manchester North West by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	5,417	50.7	+6.9
	Liberal	Winston Churchill	4,988	46.7	−9.5
	Social Democratic Federation	Dan Irving	276	2.6	N/A
Majority			429	4.0	N/A
Turnout			10,681	89.7	+1.7
Registered electors			11,914
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Manchester North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	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	+2.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.5

General election December 1910: Manchester North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Kemp	5,559	52.1	−1.4
	Conservative	Bonar Law	5,114	47.9	+1.4
Majority			445	4.2	−2.8
Turnout				89.2	−3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

1912 Manchester North West by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Randles	5,573	56.0	+8.1
	Liberal	Gordon Hewart	4,371	44.0	−8.1
Majority			1,202	12.0	16.2
Turnout			9,944	81.9	−7.3
Registered electors			12,143
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.1

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: John Randles
Liberal: John Simon

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
"Manchester (North West)". Evening Star. 3 July 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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.

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