Manchester North West was one of six single-member

Parliamentary constituencies An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polit ...

created in 1885 by the division of the three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester under the

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equal ...

. Its first MP,

William Houldsworth Sir William Henry Houldsworth, 1st Baronet (20 August 1834 – 18 April 1917) was a British mill-owner in Reddish, Lancashire. He was Conservative MP for Manchester North West from 1883 to 1906, and sometime chairman of the Fine Cotton Sp ...

, had previously sat for Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...

won the seat at the 1906 general election, but lost it at the 1908 by-election required at that time on his promotion to the Cabinet (he instead returned to Parliament for Dundee). In 1910,

Bonar Law Andrew Bonar Law ( ; 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Law was born in the British colony of New Brunswick (now ...

challenged Churchill to run against him here, and promised ''"he would welcome him and they would have a lively time"''. Bonar Law suggested that the loser should stay out of the next parliament (''The Times''). Churchill declined. In the event Bonar Law lost to the sitting MP, Sir George Kemp. Kemp resigned the seat in July 1912, ostensibly to concentrate on his business interests, but he was known to disagree with the Home Rule Bill (''The Times'').

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Manchester wards of Collegiate, Exchange, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, St James's, and St John's, and the civil parish of Cheetham.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *Unionist:

John Randles Sir John Scurrah Randles (25 December 1857 – 11 February 1945) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Biography John Scurrah Randles was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1857 in Boston, Lincolnshire, the son of a Wesleyan mi ...

*Liberal: John Simon

References

Sources

Election Results: *https://web.archive.org/web/20060520143104/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1900.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20060520143047/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/archive/gen1945.htm Dan Irving: *http://debs.indstate.edu/s6883s63_1911.pdf *https://web.archive.org/web/20040828173431/http://www.modjourn.brown.edu/mjp/NAVall/Nav2/NAV0226.pdf Bonar Law versus Churchill: *"The Manchester Contest", ''

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'', 29 November 1910. Retrieved online 21 March 2006. Resgnation of Kemp: *"Another by-election", ''

'', 26 July 1912. Retrieved online 22 March 2006. {{Manchester Constituencies Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918