Manchester East (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Replaced by	Manchester Ardwick and Manchester Clayton
Created from	Manchester

Manchester East was one of six single-member parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester. It was abolished in 1918.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was defined as consisting of the following areas:

The Parish of Bradford,
The Parish of Ardwick,
The Parish of Beswick,
The part of the Parish of Chorlton-upon-Medlock north of the centres of Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street, Upper Brook Street, Dover Street, St. Leonards Street, and Cheltenham Street.^[1]

The next redistribution took place under the terms of the Representation of the People Act 1918. The Manchester East seat was divided between the two new constituencies of Manchester Ardwick and Manchester Clayton.^[2]

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[3]	Party
1885	Arthur James Balfour	Conservative
1906	Thomas Gardner Horridge	Liberal
Jan. 1910	John Edward Sutton	Labour
1918	constituency abolished

Elections

Alfred Hopkinson

26 November 1885: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	4,536	55	n/a
	Liberal	Alfred Hopkinson	3,712	45	n/a
Majority			824	10	n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Conservative win

Arthur Balfour

2 July 1886: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	4,160	54
	Liberal	J H Crosfield	3,516	46
Majority			644	8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

11 August 1886: Arthur James Balfour unopposed

6 July 1892: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	5,147	52
	Liberal	Joseph Edwin Crawford Munro	4,749	48
Majority			398	4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

1 July 1895 Arthur James Balfour unopposed

13 July 1895: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	5,386	54
	Liberal	Joseph Edwin Crawford Munro	4,610	46
Majority			776	8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

A.H. Scott

2 October 1900: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Arthur James Balfour	5,803	63.4
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Scott	3,350	36.6
Majority			2,453	26.8
Turnout				71.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thomas Horridge

13 January 1906: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Gardner Horridge	6,403	59	+22.4
	Conservative	Arthur James Balfour	4,423	41	-22.4
Majority			1,980	18
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	22.4

Notable result as Arthur Balfour had led the Conservative Party into the 1906 General Election as leader. He therefore became the first leader of the opposition to lose his seat.

15 January 1910: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Edward Sutton	6,110	55	n/a
	Conservative	Edward Elvy Robb	5,091	45
Majority			1,019	9
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

3 December 1910: Manchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Edward Sutton	5,524	54
	Conservative	Richard Gregory Proby	4,653	46
Majority			871	9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ Sixth Schedule. Divisions Of Boroughs: Number, Names, Contents, And Boundaries Of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (C.23)
↑ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II: Northern England, London, 1991
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)

Sources

Election Results:

Horridge:

Sutton:

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by vacant. Last was Midlothian in 1894	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1902–1905	Succeeded by Stirling Burghs

Manchester Constituencies

Current	Blackley and Broughton Manchester Central Manchester Gorton Manchester Withington Wythenshawe and Sale East

Historic	Manchester (1832–1885) Manchester East (1885–1918) Manchester North (1885-1918) Manchester North East (1885-1918) Manchester North West (1885-1918) Manchester South (1885-1918) Manchester South West (1885-1918) Manchester Ardwick (1918-1983) Manchester Blackley (1918-2010) Manchester Clayton (1918-1955) Manchester Exchange (1918-February 1974) Manchester Hulme (1918-1950) Manchester Moss Side (1918-1983) Manchester Platting (1918-1950) Manchester Cheetham (1950-February 1974) Manchester Wythenshawe (1950-1997) Manchester Openshaw (1955-1983)

See also	South Lancashire South East Lancashire

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