Manchester South was one of six parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester, England. 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 voting system. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
Boundaries The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the following areas:Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 c.23, Schedule 6: Divisions of Boroughs The part of the civil parish of Chorlton upon Medlock south of the centres of the following roads: Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street, Upper Brook Street, Dover Street, St. Leonards Street. (The remainder of the parish was included in the Manchester East constituency.) The Local Government district of Moss Side The Local Government District of Rusholme The detached part of the parish of Gorton included within the former parliamentary borough. The Hamlet of Kirkmanshulme (a detached part of the parish of Newton).
Redistribution The seat was abolished in 1918, when the Representation of the People Act redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Manchester's representation was increased to ten members of parliament, and the former Manchester South was divided between the areas of the new Moss Side and Rusholme constituencies.Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Schedule 9: Redistribution of Seats
Members of Parliament Election MemberParty 1885 Sir Henry Roscoe Liberal 1895 John Campbell Liberal Unionist 1900 by-election William Peel Liberal Unionist 1906 Arthur Haworth Liberal 1912 by-election Philip Glazebrook Conservative 1918 by-election Robert Burdon Stoker Conservative 1918 constituency abolished
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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: Philip Glazebrook Liberal:
References
Sources Election Results: https://web.archive.org/web/20060520143104/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20060520143047/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm Viscount Emlyn: http://yba.llgc.org.uk/AnaServer?ybawbo+1281713+aview.anv+v=av&l=e&show=1 Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones: