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Manchester Exchange (UK Parliament Constituency)
Manchester Exchange 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 February 1974 general election. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Cheetham, Collegiate Church, Exchange, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, and St John's, and part of St Michael's ward. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Manchester wards of All Saints, Exchange, Medlock Street, Oxford, St Ann's, St Clement's, St George's, St John's, and St Luke's. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of All Saints, Beswick, New Cross, St George's, and St Peter's. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s Election in the 1930s Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester North West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Manchester North West was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its first MP, William Houldsworth, had previously sat for Manchester. It was abolished in 1918. Winston Churchill 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 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''). Boundar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two Major party, major List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beginning as an alliance of Whigs (British political party), Whigs, free trade–supporting Peelites and reformist Radicals (UK), Radicals in the 1850s, by the end of the 19th century it had formed four governments under William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone. Despite being divided over the issue of Irish Home Rule Movement, Irish Home Rule, the party returned to government in 1905 and won a landslide victory in the 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 general election. Under Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime ministers Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905–1908) and H. H. Asquith (1908–1916), the Liberal Party passed Liberal welfare reforms, reforms that created a basic welfare state. Although Asquith was the Leader of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hatton (UK Politician)
Frank Hatton (25 September 1921 – 16 May 1978) was a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Hatton was a personnel officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1951 to 1973. He unsuccessfully fought Manchester Moss Side (UK Parliament constituency), Manchester Moss Side in 1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970, but was elected as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Exchange (UK Parliament constituency), Manchester Exchange at 1973 Manchester Exchange by-election, a 1973 by-election. When the seat was abolished in boundary changes for the February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 general election, Hatton was returned to the British House of Commons, House of Commons as MP for Moss Side. In 1949, Hatton married Olive Kelly, and they had two sons. While in office, he died in Manchester on 16 May 1978, aged 56, following a long illness. His successor in 1978 Manchester Moss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Manchester Exchange By-election
The Manchester Exchange by-election of 27 June 1973 was held after the death of William Griffiths on 14 April of the same year. The Labour Party won the by-election in what had traditionally been a safe seat. Due to an administrative oversight, the by-election was held on a Wednesday, rather than the Thursday which had been usual since the mid-1960s. Only one by-election since has been held on a day other than a Thursday, the 1978 Hamilton by-election. Results References {{By-elections to the 45th UK Parliament Manchester Exchange by-election Exchange Exchange may refer to: Physics *Gas exchange is the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Places United States * Exchange, Indiana, an unincorporated community * ... Manchester Exchange by-election Manchester Exchange by-election 1970s in Manchester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Griffiths (politician)
William Griffiths (7 April 1912 – 14 April 1973) was a British Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Born in Manchester, Griffiths became an ophthalmic optician, and a Fellow of the British Optical Association. During World War II, he served with the Eighth Army. He was Member of Parliament for Moss Side from 1945 until 1950 and for Manchester Exchange from 1950 until his death at a hospital in Roehampton Roehampton is an area in southwest London, in the Putney SW15 postal district, and takes up a far western strip running north to south of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It contains a number of large council house estates and is home to the U ... on 14 April 1973, one week after his 61st birthday. References * External links * 1912 births 1973 deaths British Army personnel of World War II British optometrists Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Lancash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 United Kingdom General Election
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first ever to be held after a full term of Labour government. The election was held on Thursday 23 February 1950, and was the first held following the abolition of plural voting and university constituencies. The government's 1945 lead over the Conservative Party shrank dramatically, and Labour was returned to power but with an overall majority reduced from 146 to just 5. There was a 2.8% national swing towards the Conservatives, who gained 90 seats. Labour called another general election in 1951, which the Conservative Party won. Turnout increased to 83.9%, the highest turnout in a UK general election under universal suffrage, and representing an increase of more than 11% in comparison to 1945. It was also the first general election to be covered on television, although the footage was not recorded. Richard Dimbleby hosted the BBC coverage of the election, which he would later do again for the 1951, 1955, 1959 and the 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Lever, Baron Lever Of Manchester
Norman Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester, PC (15 January 19146 August 1995) was a British barrister and Labour Party politician. Early life He was born in Manchester, the son of a Jewish textile merchant from Lithuania, and was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University. He was called to the Bar of the Middle Temple in 1935. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force. His brother was Leslie Lever, Baron Lever. Career Lever was elected Member of Parliament for Manchester Exchange at the 1945 general election, then Manchester, Cheetham from 1950 to 1974. His brother, Leslie Lever, was elected MP for the neighbouring Manchester Ardwick seat. He promoted the Private Member's Bill that became the Defamation Act 1952. He was Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in 1967; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, September 1967–69; Paymaster General, 1969–70, a Member of the Shadow Cabinet from 1970 to 1974 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 United Kingdom General Election
The 1945 United Kingdom general election was a national election held on 5 July 1945, but polling in some constituencies was delayed by some days, and the counting of votes was delayed until 26 July to provide time for overseas votes to be brought to Britain. The governing Conservative Party sought to maintain its position in Parliament but faced challenges from public opinion about the future of the United Kingdom in the post-war period. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill proposed to call for a general election in Parliament, which passed with a majority vote less than two months after the conclusion of the Second World War in Europe. The election's campaigning was focused on leadership of the country and its postwar future. Churchill sought to use his wartime popularity as part of his campaign to keep the Conservatives in power after a wartime coalition had been in place since 1940 with the other political parties, but he faced questions from public opinion surrounding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hewlett
Thomas Henry Hewlett (23 November 1882 – 25 May 1956) was a British Conservative Party politician and industrialist. He unsuccessfully contested the 1935 general election in Manchester Clayton, but after the death in 1940 of Peter Eckersley, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Exchange, Hewlett was elected unopposed in the resulting by-election. He lost the seat in the Labour Party's landslide victory at the 1945 general election. In addition to his political interests, Hewlett was the chairman and managing director of the Anchor Chemical Company which is based in Clayton, Manchester and is now a subsidiary of the Air Products and Chemicals. His children included Thomas Clyde Hewlett, who became Baron Hewlett of Swettenham in the County of Chester in 1972 and the actor Donald Hewlett Donald Marland Hewlett (30 August 1920 – 4 June 2011) was a British actor who was best known for his sitcom roles as Colonel Charles Reynolds in ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Manchester Exchange By-election
The 1940 Manchester Exchange by-election was held on 21 September 1940. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Peter Eckersley. It was won by the Conservative candidate Thomas Hewlett. References Manchester Exchange by-election Manchester Exchange by-election 1940s in Manchester Manchester Exchange by-election Exchange Exchange may refer to: Physics *Gas exchange is the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Places United States * Exchange, Indiana, an unincorporated community * ... Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation) {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Eckersley (cricketer)
Peter Thorp Eckersley (2 July 1904 – 13 August 1940) was the captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1929 to 1935, who retired for a career as a Conservative Party politician. Early life Eckersley was born on 2 July 1904 to William Eckersley CBE and Eva Mary Eclersley (née Thorp) at Lowton in the north west of England. For his education he attended Rugby School, where he played for the first XI at cricket. Cricket career Lancashire He began playing cricket at Leigh Cricket Club before joining Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1923. Eckersley went up to Trinity College Cambridge but made his debut for Lancashire against his university on 9 May 1923. Over the course of his first-class cricket career he made 5,629 runs (his record score being 102), scoring 25 fifties, took 141 catches and took seven wickets for 348 runs conceded. His final first-class match took place on 31 August 1938 when he appeared for an England XI against a touring Australian team. Exhibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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