Manchester Clayton | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1955 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Manchester Cheetham and Manchester Openshaw |
Created from | Manchester East, Manchester North and Manchester North East |
Manchester Clayton was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1955 general election.
The constituency was created as a result of the Report of the Boundary Commission in 1917, when it was recommended to be called "Manchester Newton Heath". [1] However, when the Representation of the People Bill to give effect to the commission's recommendations was debated in Parliament, the Government accepted an amendment to change the name to Clayton. [2] The new constituency came into effect at the 1918 general election. Although Parliament had altered the recommended name, it retained the recommended boundaries, and was defined as consisting of three municipal wards of the county borough of Manchester, namely Beswick, Bradford and Newton Heath. [3]
Constituencies throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland were reorganised by the Representation of the People Act 1948, which introduced the term "borough constituency". Manchester, Clayton Borough Constituency was redefined to comprise four wards: Beswick, Bradford, Miles Platting and Newton Heath. Miles Platting had previously formed part of the Manchester Platting seat. [4] The revised boundaries were first used in the 1950 general election.
Following a report by the boundary commissioners appointed under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949, constituencies in the Manchester area were reorganised in 1955. The Clayton constituency was abolished, with its area divided between the Manchester Cheetham and Manchester Openshaw seats. [5]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Edward Hopkinson | Conservative | |
1922 by-election | John Edward Sutton | Labour | |
1922 | William Flanagan | Conservative | |
1923 | John Edward Sutton | Labour | |
1931 | William Flanagan | Conservative | |
1935 | John Jagger | Labour | |
1942 by-election | Harry Thorneycroft | Labour | |
1955 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edward Hopkinson | 12,285 | 61.6 | ||
Labour | John Sutton | 7,654 | 38.4 | ||
Majority | 4,631 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 19,939 | 57.5 | |||
Registered electors | 34,659 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Sutton | 14,662 | 57.1 | +18.7 | |
Unionist | William Flanagan | 11,038 | 42.9 | −18.7 | |
Majority | 3,624 | 14.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,700 | 73.7 | +16.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,851 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +18.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Flanagan | 14,800 | 50.0 | −11.6 | |
Labour | John Sutton | 14,789 | 50.0 | +11.6 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.0 | −23.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,589 | 82.9 | +25.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,681 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −11.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Sutton | 17,255 | 56.7 | +6.7 | |
Unionist | William Flanagan | 13,164 | 43.3 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 4,091 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,419 | 83.5 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 36,430 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Sutton | 17,338 | 54.2 | −2.5 | |
Unionist | T.E. Thorpe | 14,634 | 45.8 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 2,704 | 8.4 | −5.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,972 | 84.7 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 37,729 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Sutton | 21,103 | 55.0 | +0.8 | |
Unionist | William Flanagan | 14,062 | 36.6 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | Charles Harold Travis | 3,207 | 8.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,041 | 18.4 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 38,372 | 83.1 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 47,308 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Flanagan | 22,072 | 56.2 | +15.6 | |
Labour | John Sutton | 17,169 | 43.8 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 4,903 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,241 | 83.4 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 47,038 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Jagger | 19,225 | 53.7 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Thomas Hewlett | 16,557 | 46.3 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 2,668 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,782 | 77.0 | −7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 46,475 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Thorneycroft | 8,892 | 93.3 | +39.6 | |
Independent | E. H. Foot | 636 | 6.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,256 | 86.6 | +79.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,528 | 20.8 | −56.2 | ||
Registered electors | 45,720 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Thorneycroft | 22,401 | 69.4 | +15.7 | |
National Liberal | Philip Smith | 9,883 | 30.6 | -15.7 | |
Majority | 12,518 | 38.8 | +31.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,284 | 69.6 | −7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 46,394 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Thorneycroft | 29,128 | 63.0 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | D H Broome | 14,800 | 32.0 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Herbert Walls | 2,295 | 5.0 | New | |
Majority | 14,328 | 31.0 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 46,223 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Thorneycroft | 27,985 | 63.5 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Marjorie S Grant | 16,122 | 36.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 11,863 | 27.0 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,107 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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