Manchester Hulme was a parliamentary constituency in Manchester which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
Manchester Hulme | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Manchester South West |
Replaced by | Manchester Exchange and Manchester Moss Side |
The County Borough of Manchester wards of Medlock Street, Moss Side West, and St George's.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Joseph Nall | Conservative | |
1929 | Andrew McElwee | Labour | |
1931 | Sir Joseph Nall | Conservative | |
1945 | Frederick Lee | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Joseph Nall | 10,895 | 54.0 | ||
Liberal | Christopher Needham | 5,969 | 29.6 | ||
Independent Labour | Alfred Hilton[note 1] | 2,572 | 12.8 | ||
Independent | George Milner[note 2] | 729 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 4,926 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 20,165 | 52.9 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Joseph Nall | 15,692 | 57.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Walter Davies | 11,639 | 42.6 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 4,053 | 14.8 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,331 | 70.1 | +17.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Joseph Nall | 10,035 | 35.8 | −21.6 | |
Liberal | Walter Davies | 9,603 | 34.2 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Andrew McElwee | 8,433 | 30.0 | New | |
Majority | 432 | 1.6 | −13.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,071 | 71.5 | +1.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Joseph Nall | 15,374 | 48.5 | +12.7 | |
Labour | Andrew McElwee | 13,070 | 41.2 | +11.2 | |
Liberal | Felix Brunner | 3,277 | 10.3 | −23.9 | |
Majority | 2,294 | 7.3 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,721 | 77.5 | +6.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew McElwee | 15,053 | 43.8 | +2.6 | |
Unionist | Joseph Nall | 12,588 | 36.6 | −11.9 | |
Liberal | Harry Allan | 6,728 | 19.6 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 2,465 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,369 | 72.6 | −4.9 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Nall | 25,185 | 70.0 | +26.4 | |
Labour | Andrew McElwee | 9,219 | 25.6 | −18.2 | |
New Party | John Pratt | 1,565 | 4.4 | New | |
Majority | 15,966 | 44.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,969 | 73.0 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +22.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Nall | 17,072 | 60.3 | −9.7 | |
Labour | Barbara Ayrton-Gould | 11,221 | 39.7 | +14.1 | |
Majority | 5,851 | 20.6 | −23.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,293 | 66.7 | −6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.9 |
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frederick Lee | 12,034 | 55.6 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | J.C. Currie | 9,600 | 44.4 | −15.9 | |
Majority | 2,434 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,634 | 64.7 | −2.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.9 |