Manchester North was one of six single-member

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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

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, and was defined as consisting of the following areas: *St. Michael's Ward, *The Parish of

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, *and ''"so much of the Parish of

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as lies to the north-west of a line drawn along the centre of the Oldham Road"''. The next redistribution took place under the terms of the

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. The bulk of the seat became part of the new constituency of Manchester Platting, with parts passing to Manchester Exchange and Manchester Clayton.F A Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England'', Vol. II: Northern England, London, 1991

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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 *Entry for Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton in 'Who Was Who' accessed via http://www.knowuk.co.uk Schwann: *Namechange http://homepage.eircom.net/~lawedd/TITLESM-Z.htm *Image and biography http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/bookbrowse.php?irn=2450&sub=&theme=home&crumb= {{Manchester Constituencies

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Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918