Manchester Ardwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Ardwick
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Replaced by	Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton
Created from	Manchester East

Manchester Ardwick was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was established for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, New Cross, and St Mark's.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Longsight, New Cross, and St Mark's.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Longsight, Rusholme, St Luke's, and St Mark's.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme, St Luke's, and St Mark's.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Augustine Hailwood	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Thomas Lowth	Labour
	1931 by-election	Joseph Henderson	Labour
	1931	Albert George Hubert Fuller	Conservative
	1935	Joseph Henderson	Labour
	1950	Leslie Maurice Lever, later Baron Lever	Labour
	1970	Gerald Kaufman	Labour
	1983	constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Manchester Ardwick [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lowth	15,673	60.4	++8.1
	Unionist	Augustine Hailwood	10,266	39.6	-8.1
Majority			5,407	20.8	+16.2
Turnout				69.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

General Election 1929: Manchester Ardwick [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lowth	20,041	60.3
	Unionist	Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones	13,177	39.7
Majority			6,864	20.6
Turnout			33,218
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert George Hubert Fuller	21,630	58
	Labour	Joseph Henderson	15,664	42
Majority			5,966	16.0
Turnout			37,294	78.25
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Henderson	16,364	52.92
	Conservative	Albert George Hubert Fuller	14,556	47.08
Majority			1,808	5.85
Turnout				71.39
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Henderson	14,360	63.96
	Conservative	Nellie Beer	8,093	36.04
Majority			6,267	27.91
Turnout			22,453	68.41

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	22,628	55.84	-8.12
	Conservative	Edwin Hodson	17,895	44.16	+8.12
Majority			4,733	11.68	-16.23

General Election 1951: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	22,150	55.54	-0.30
	Conservative	Edwin Hodson	17,732	44.46	+0.30
Majority			4,418	11.08	-0.60

General Election 1955: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	22,822	52.39	-3.15
	Conservative	George Hampson	20,740	47.61	+3.15
Majority			2,082	4.78	-6.30

General Election 1959: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	24,134	58.12	+5.73
	Conservative	Harry Sharp	17,392	41.88	-5.73
Majority			6,742	16.24	+11.46

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	20,248	61.21	+3.09
	Conservative	William Arthur Peete Manser	12,834	38.79	-3.09
Majority			7,414	22.41	+6.17

General Election 1966: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Maurice Lever	17,274	63.23	+2.02
	Conservative	John Gordon Cluff	9,251	33.86	-4.93
	Union Movement	Frank T Hamley	796	2.91	N/A
Majority			8,023	29.37	+6.96

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Bernard Kaufman	13,728	56.14	-7.09
	Conservative	Ian Keith Paley	10,726	43.86	+10.00
Majority			3,002	12.28	+9.37

General Election February 1974: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Bernard Kaufman	16,110	50.48	-5.66
	Conservative	Ruslyn Harold Hargreaves	11,215	35.14	-8.72
	Liberal	Anthony Maffia	4,590	14.38	N/A
Majority			4,895	15.34	+3.06

General Election October 1974: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Bernard Kaufman	15,632	55.52	+5.04
	Conservative	Ruslyn Harold Hargreaves	8,849	31.43	-3.71
	Liberal	Gordon Willmott	3,675	13.05	-1.33
Majority			6,783	24.09	+8.75

General Election 1979: Manchester Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Bernard Kaufman	17,235	56.66	+1.14
	Conservative	William R. Swan	9,963	32.75	+1.32
	Liberal	Peter Thomson	2,934	9.65	-3.40
	Socialist Unity	Jeff S. West	287	0.94	N/A
Majority			7,272	23.91	-0.18

Constituency was abolished in the boundary changes prior to 1983 election.

References

1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)