Manchester North (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester North
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Replaced by	Manchester Clayton, Manchester Exchange and Manchester Platting
Created from	Manchester

Manchester North was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was defined as consisting of the following areas:

• St. Michael's Ward,
• The Parish of Harpurhey,
• and "so much of the Parish of Newton as lies to the north-west of a line drawn along the centre of the Oldham Road".^[1]

The next redistribution took place under the terms of the Representation of the People Act 1918. The bulk of the seat became part of the new constituency of Manchester Platting, with parts passing to Manchester Exchange and Manchester Clayton.^[2]

Members of Parliament

	Election	Member [3]	Party	Notes
	1885	James Frederick Hutton	Conservative
	1886	Sir Charles Ernest Schwann	Liberal	Schwann changed his name to Swann in 1913
	1918	constituency abolished

Elections

26 November 1885: Manchester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Frederick Hutton	4,093	54	n/a
	Liberal	Charles Ernest Schwann	3,443	46	n/a
Majority			650	9	n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Conservative win

2 July 1886: Manchester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Ernest Schwann	3,476	51
	Conservative	James Frederick Hutton	3,380	49
Majority			96	1
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

6 July 1892: Manchester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Ernest Schwann	4255	52
	Conservative	Joseph Maghull Yates	3953	48
Majority			302	4
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

13 July 1895: Manchester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Ernest Schwann	4,327	60
	Conservative	Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton	2,872	40
Majority			1,455	20
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

2 October 1900: Manchester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Ernest Schwann	4,258	50
	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	4,232	50
Majority			26	0
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

13 January 1906: Manchester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Ernest Schwann	5,716	64
	Conservative	Harry Sowler	3,262	36
Majority			2454	27
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

Sir Charles Schwann

15 January 1910: Manchester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Charles Ernest Schwann	5,210	57
	Conservative	H E Howell	3,951	43
Majority			1,259	14
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

3 December 1910: Manchester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Charles Ernest Schwann	4,601	54
	Conservative	H E Howell	3,936	46
Majority			665	8
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

1. Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs: Number, Names, Contents, And Boundaries Of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (C.23)
2. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II: Northern England, London, 1991
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)

Sources

Election Results:

• http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm
• http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm
• Entry for Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton in 'Who Was Who' accessed via http://www.knowuk.co.uk

Schwann:

• Namechange http://homepage.eircom.net/~lawedd/TITLESM-Z.htm
• Image and biography http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/bookbrowse.php?irn=2450&sub=&theme=home&crumb=

Coordinates: 53°31′N 2°13′W / 53.51°N 2.21°W