Manchester | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) |
Major settlements | Manchester |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | 1832–1868: Two 1868–1885: Three |
Created from | Lancashire |
Replaced by | Manchester East Manchester North Manchester North East Manchester North West Manchester South Manchester South West |
1654–1660 | |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Manchester was a Parliamentary borough constituency in the county of Lancashire which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its territory consisted of the city of Manchester.
Manchester had first been represented in Parliament in 1654, when it was granted one seat in the First Protectorate Parliament. However, as with other boroughs enfranchised during the Commonwealth, it was disenfranchised at the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
The subsequent growth of Manchester into a major industrial city left its lack of representation a major anomaly, and demands for a seat in Parliament led to a mass public meeting in August 1819. This peaceful rally of 60,000 pro-democracy reformers, men, women and children, was attacked by armed cavalry resulting in 15 deaths and over 600 injuries, [1] and became known as the Peterloo Massacre.
Reform was attempted unsuccessfully by Lord John Russell, whose bills in 1828 and 1830 were rejected by the Commons. The city was finally enfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832, and at the 1832 general election, Manchester returned two Members of Parliament (MPs). The Reform Act 1867 increased this in 1868 to three Members of Parliament.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished with effect from the 1885 general election, when the city was split into six new single-member divisions: East, North, North East, North West, South, and South West.
Election | 1st Member | |
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1654 | Charles Worsley | |
1656 | Richard Radcliffe |
Election | 1st Member [2] | 1st Party [3] | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | 3rd Member | 3rd Party | ||||
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1832 | Mark Philips | Whig [4] [5] [6] | Charles Poulett-Thomson | Whig [4] [5] [6] | 2 seats until 1868 3 seats from 1868 to 1885 | |||||
1839 by-election | Robert Hyde Greg | Whig [4] [7] [8] | ||||||||
1841 | Thomas Milner Gibson | Radical [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] | ||||||||
1847 | John Bright | Radical | ||||||||
1857 | John Potter | Whig [14] [15] | James Aspinall Turner | Whig [14] [15] | ||||||
1858 by-election | Thomas Bazley | Whig [16] | ||||||||
1859 | Liberal | Liberal | ||||||||
1865 | Edward James | Liberal | ||||||||
1867 by-election | Jacob Bright | Liberal | ||||||||
1868 | Hugh Birley | Conservative | ||||||||
1874 | William Romaine Callender | Conservative | ||||||||
1876 by-election | Jacob Bright | Liberal | ||||||||
1880 | John Slagg | Liberal | ||||||||
1883 by-election | William Houldsworth | Conservative | ||||||||
1885 | Constituency abolished (1885) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Houldsworth | 18,188 | 74.5 | +29.4 | |
Liberal | Richard Pankhurst | 6,216 | 25.5 | −29.4 | |
Majority | 11,972 | 49.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,404 | 46.2 | −27.8 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 52,831 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +29.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Slagg | 24,959 | 27.5 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Jacob Bright | 24,789 | 27.4 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Hugh Birley | 20,594 | 22.7 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | William Houldsworth | 20,268 | 22.4 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 4,521 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,305 (est) | 74.0 (est) | +9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 61,234 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jacob Bright | 22,770 | 52.0 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Francis Powell [18] | 20,985 | 48.0 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 1,785 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,755 | 70.5 | +6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 62,074 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Birley | 19,984 | 25.7 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | William Romaine Callender | 19,649 | 25.3 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Thomas Bazley | 19,325 | 24.9 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Jacob Bright | 18,727 | 24.1 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 922 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,843 (est) | 64.5 (est) | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 60,222 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugh Birley | 15,486 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Bazley | 14,192 | 19.8 | −12.6 | |
Liberal | Jacob Bright | 13,154 | 18.3 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Joseph Hoare | 12,684 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Ernest Charles Jones | 10,662 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Mitchell Henry | 5,236 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 28,620 (est) | 59.3 (est) | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 48,256 | ||||
Majority | 4,824 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Majority | 1,508 | 2.1 | −2.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jacob Bright | 8,160 | 53.6 | +30.8 | |
Conservative | John Marsland Bennett [19] | 6,420 | 42.2 | New | |
Liberal | Mitchell Henry [20] | 643 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,740 | 11.4 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 15,223 | 70.7 | +14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 21,542 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Bazley | 7,909 | 32.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Edward James | 6,698 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Jacob Bright | 5,562 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Abel Heywood | 4,242 | 17.4 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 1,136 | 4.6 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 12,206 (est) | 56.7 (est) | −12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 21,542 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Bazley | 7,545 | 29.6 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | James Aspinall Turner | 7,300 | 28.6 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Abel Heywood | 5,448 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joseph Denman [22] [23] | 5,201 | 20.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,852 | 7.2 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,747 (est) | 69.5 (est) | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 18,334 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Bazley | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | John Potter | 8,368 | 30.7 | ||
Whig | James Aspinall Turner | 7,854 | 28.8 | ||
Radical | Thomas Milner Gibson | 5,588 | 20.5 | −8.9 | |
Radical | John Bright | 5,458 | 20.0 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 2,266 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,634 (est) | 75.6 (est) | +5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 18,044 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Milner Gibson | 5,762 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Radical | John Bright | 5,475 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Loch | 4,364 | 22.3 | New | |
Conservative | Joseph Denman | 3,969 | 20.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,111 | 5.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,785 (est) | 70.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,921 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | John Bright | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Thomas Milner Gibson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 12,841 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Thomas Milner Gibson | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Mark Philips | 3,695 | 28.3 | −49.3 | |
Radical | Thomas Milner Gibson | 3,575 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Murray | 3,115 | 23.8 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | William Entwisle | 2,692 | 20.6 | +9.4 | |
Turnout | 6,539 (est) | 60.4 (est) | c. +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,818 | ||||
Majority | 120 | 1.0 | −13.4 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −31.0 | |||
Majority | 460 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Hyde Greg | 3,096 | 50.5 | −27.1 | |
Conservative | George Murray | 2,969 | 48.4 | +26.0 | |
Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | 63 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 127 | 2.1 | −12.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,128 | 54.8 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,185 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −26.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Charles Poulett-Thomson | 4,158 | 40.8 | +6.0 | |
Whig | Mark Philips | 3,750 | 36.8 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | William Ewart Gladstone | 2,281 | 22.4 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 1,469 | 14.4 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,146 | 54.9 | −11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,185 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Charles Poulett-Thomson | 3,183 | 63.4 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Braidley | 1,837 | 36.6 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 1,346 | 26.8 | +20.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,020 | 59.5 | −6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,432 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −4.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Charles Poulett-Thomson | 3,355 | 34.8 | +13.5 | |
Whig | Mark Philips | 3,163 | 32.8 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Braidley | 2,535 | 26.3 | +10.2 | |
Radical | Charles Wolseley | 583 | 6.1 | −7.4 | |
Majority | 628 | 6.5 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,595 | 66.4 | −11.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,432 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Mark Philips | 2,923 | 30.2 | ||
Whig | Charles Poulett-Thomson | 2,068 | 21.3 | ||
Whig | Samuel Jones-Loyd | 1,832 | 18.9 | ||
Tory | John Thomas Hope | 1,560 | 16.1 | ||
Radical | William Cobbett | 1,305 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 236 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,267 | 78.3 | |||
Registered electors | 6,726 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
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