Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°25′59″N 2°14′02″W / 53.433°N 2.234°W / 53.433; -2.234

Manchester, Withington
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Manchester, Withington in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	73,656 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Jeff Smith (Labour Party)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Manchester Withington is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Jeff Smith of Labour.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury, and Withington.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Rusholme and Withington.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Barlow Moor, Burnage, Levenshulme, Old Moat, and Withington.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Barlow Moor, Burnage, Didsbury, Old Moat, and Withington.

1983–2010: The City of Manchester wards of Barlow Moor, Burnage, Chorlton, Didsbury, Old Moat, and Withington.

2010–present: The City of Manchester wards of Burnage, Chorlton, Chorlton Park, Didsbury East, Didsbury West, Old Moat, and Withington.

Members of Parliament

Jeff Smith is the current Labour MP for the constituency. He was elected at the 2015 general election, defeating the Liberal Democrat incumbent John Leech who had held the seat since 2005.

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Alfred Deakin Carter	Conservative
1922	Dr. Thomas Watts	Conservative
1923	Ernest Darwin Simon	Liberal
1924	Sir Thomas Watts	Conservative
1929	Ernest Darwin Simon	Liberal
1931	Edward Fleming	Conservative
1950	Frederick Cundiff	Conservative
1951	Sir Robert Cary, Bt	Conservative
Feb 1974	Fred Silvester	Conservative
1987	Keith Bradley	Labour
2005	John Leech	Liberal Democrat
2015	Jeff Smith	Labour

History

Manchester Withington was mostly before 1987 (with three years of Liberal Party representation near its 1918 inception) Conservative. With this designation of MP, it even resisted being gained by Labour in its massive landslide victories in 1945 and 1966. However, in 1987 the seat turned red for the first time and remained so until 2005 when it was gained by a Liberal Democrat.

Constituency profile

This constituency contains the medium-to-high income average areas of Chorlton and Didsbury, as well as mixed^[3] Old Moat and Withington neighbourhoods.^[4] A seat south of Manchester's city centre with a large student population,^[3] the seat had in 2005 a strong reaction by many voters including students, opposing Labour's policy of top-up fees. The Conservatives have, bucking the national and regional results in both 2010 and 2015, faced a significant fall in their share of the vote, dropping into third place both times. In 2015, facing the electoral opposition to the Liberal Democrat involvement in the First Cameron ministry, Leech, who had held the seat for ten years and was a well respected local MP, lost the seat to Labour.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Manchester Withington^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Smith	26,843	53.7	+13.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Leech	11,970	24.0	−20.7
	Conservative	Robert Manning	4,872	9.8	−1.4
	Green	Lucy Bannister	4,048	8.1	+6.3
	UKIP	Mark Davies	2,172	4.3	+2.8
	Independent	Marcus Farmer	61	0.1	0.0
Majority			14,873	29.8
Turnout			49,966	67.5	+5.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+17.0

General Election 2010: Manchester Withington^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Leech	20,110	44.6	+2.4
	Labour	Lucy Powell	18,260	40.5	−0.4
	Conservative	Chris Green	5,005	11.1	+0.7
	Green	Brian A. Candeland	798	1.8	−2.5
	UKIP	Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	698	1.5	+0.4
	Independent	Yasmin Zalzala	147	0.3	−0.1
	Independent	Marcus Farmer	57	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,850	4.1
Turnout			45,075	62.2	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Manchester Withington^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Leech	15,872	42.4	+20.4
	Labour	Keith Bradley	15,205	40.6	−14.3
	Conservative	Karen Bradley	3,919	10.5	−4.8
	Green	Brian A. Candeland	1,595	4.3	−0.1
	UKIP	Robert Gutfreund-Walmsley	424	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Ivan Benett	243	0.6	N/A
	Independent	Yasmin Zalzala	152	0.4	N/A
	Their Party	Richard Reed	47	0.1	N/A
Majority			667	1.8
Turnout			37,459	55.3	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+17.3

General Election 2001: Manchester Withington^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Bradley	19,239	54.9
	Liberal Democrat	Yasmin Zalzala	7,715	22.0
	Conservative	Julian Samways	5,349	15.3
	Green	Michelle Valentine	1,539	4.4	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	John Clegg	1,208	3.4	N/A
Majority			11,524	32.9
Turnout			35,050	51.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Manchester Withington^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Bradley	27,103	61.56	+8.9
	Conservative	Jonathan M. Smith	8,522	19.4	−11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Yasmin Zalzala	6,000	13.6	−0.6
	Referendum	Mark B.B. Sheppard	1,079	2.5	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Simon P. Caldwell	614	1.4	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Julie White	376	0.9	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Stephen Kingston	181	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Mark E.J. Gaskell	152	0.4	+0.1
Majority			18,581	42.2
Turnout			44,027	65.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.4

General Election 1992: Manchester Withington^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Bradley	23,962	52.7	+9.7
	Conservative	Eric N. Farthing	14,227	31.3	−5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Hennell	6,457	14.2	−5.6
	Green	Brian A. Candeland	725	1.6	+0.6
	Natural Law	Clive E. Menhinick	128	0.3	N/A
Majority			9,735	21.4	+14.7
Turnout			45,499	71.3	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Manchester Withington^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Bradley	21,650	42.9	+8.7
	Conservative	Fred Silvester	18,259	36.2	−3.0
	Liberal	Audrey Jones	9,978	19.8	−6.4
	Green	Michael Terence Abberton	524	1.0	N/A
Majority			3,391	6.7
Turnout			50,411	77.1	+4.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.9

General Election 1983: Manchester Withington^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Silvester	18,329	39.2	−8.1
	Labour	Frances Done	15,956	34.2	−4.7
	Social Democratic	Bernard L. Lever	12,231	26.2
	Independent	Michael George Gibson	184	0.4	+0.0
Majority			2,373	5.1
Turnout			46,700	72.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.4

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Silvester	18,862	47.3	+4.3
	Labour	Geoff M. Hodgson	15,510	38.9	+1.1
	Liberal	John T. Mitchell	5,387	13.5	−5.7
	Independent	Michael George Gibson	157	0.4	N/A
Majority			3,352	8.4
Turnout			39,916	74.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

General Election October 1974: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Silvester	16,937	43.0
	Labour	Peter J. Hildrew	14,936	37.8
	Liberal	Mrs. Nan Davies	7,555	19.2
Majority			2,001	5.1
Turnout			39,428	67.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Silvester	17,997	42.4
	Labour	Sholto N.M. Moxley	13,584	32.0
	Liberal	Ian McWilliam-Fowler	10,877	25.6
Majority			4,413	10.39
Turnout				73.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cary	18,854	48.64
	Labour	Michael Noble	13,365	39.64
	Liberal	J. Clarney	4,540	11.71
Majority			3,489	9.00
Turnout				67.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cary	16,676	42.92
	Labour	David Clark	16,029	41.25
	Liberal	G.V. Davies	6,150	15.83
Majority			647	1.67
Turnout				71.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cary	18,259	44.28
	Labour	K. Openshaw	13,117	31.18
	Liberal	G.V. Davies	9,860	23.91
Majority			5,142	12.47
Turnout				72.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cary	23,170	52.28
	Labour	Robert Sheldon	13,476	30.41
	Liberal	Geoffrey Vaughan Davies	7,675	17.32
Majority			9,694	21.84
Turnout				74.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cary	25,707	58.64
	Labour	J.B. Hayes	13,054	29.78
	Liberal	Geoffrey Vaughan Davies	5,077	11.58
Majority			12,653	28.86
Turnout				71.94
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Cary	26,804	64.73
	Labour	J. Clough	14,604	35.27
Majority			12,200	29.46
Turnout				80.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Cundiff	22,817	52.32
	Labour	Lewis Wright	14,206	32.57
	Liberal	Leonard Behrens	6,591	15.11
Majority			8,611	19.74
Turnout				85.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Manchester, Withington^[17] Manchester County Borough wards of Chorlton cum Hardy, Didsbury, Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Fleming	30,881	46.4
	Labour	R. Edwards	22,634	34.0
	Liberal	Leonard Behrens	13,107	19.7
Majority			8,247	12.4
Turnout				74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Fleming	35,564	62.27
	Labour	D.S. Morton	12,248	21.45
	Liberal	William C. Ross	9,298	16.28
Majority			23,316	40.83
Turnout				70.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Manchester Withington^[18] Electorate 75,782
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Fleming	36,097	62.8	+23.0
	Liberal	Philip Guedalla	21,379	37.2	-6.6
Majority			5,562	11.5	15.5
Turnout			48,168	75.8	-2.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.8

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	20,948	43.8	+4.8
	Unionist	Sir Thomas Watts	19,063	39.8	-11.1
	Labour	Joseph Robinson	7,853	16.4	+7.2
Majority			1,885	4.0	15.9
Turnout				77.8	-4.0
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.0

General Election 1924: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Thomas Watts	13,633	50.9
	Liberal	Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	10,435	39.0
	Labour	Edgar Whiteley	2,467	9.2	n/a
	Independent	Kenneth Burke	236	0.9	n/a
Majority			3,198	11.9
Turnout				81.8
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	13,944	58.2	+9.7
	Unionist	Thomas Watts	10,026	41.8	-9.7
Majority			3,918	16.4	19.4
Turnout				78.0	+0.6
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+9.7

General Election 1922: Manchester Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Thomas Watts	11,678	51.5	-17.8
	Liberal	Ernest Emil Darwin Simon	11,008	48.5	+17.8
Majority			670	3.0	-35.6
Turnout				77.4	+16.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-17.8

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Electorate 27,601
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Alfred Deakin Carter	11,677
	Liberal	George Frederick Burditt	5,166
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
1 2 2001 Census
↑ Constituency Profile The Guardian
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Manchester Withington". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Parliamentary Election Results 2005". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results May 1997". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ UK General Election results: July 1945
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918–1949 by FWS Craig

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