Manchester South was one of six

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created in 1885 by the division of the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester, England. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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, elected by the

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voting system. The constituency was abolished in 1918.

Boundaries

The constituency was created by the

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, and consisted of the following areas: *The part of the

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Chorlton upon Medlock Chorlton-on-Medlock or Chorlton-upon-Medlock is an inner city area of Manchester, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, Chorlton-on-Medlock is bordered to the north by the River Medlock, which runs immediately south ...

south of the centres of the following roads: Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street, Upper Brook Street, Dover Street, St. Leonards Street. (The remainder of the parish was included in the Manchester East constituency.) *The

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Moss Side Moss Side is an inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the city centre, It had a population of 20,745 at the 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Rusholme and Fallowfield to the east, W ...

*The Local Government District of

Rusholme Rusholme () is an area of Manchester, England, two miles south of the city centre. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,643. Rusholme is bounded by Chorlton-on-Medlock to the north, Victoria Park and Longsight to the east, F ...

*The detached part of the parish of Gorton included within the former parliamentary borough. *The Hamlet of Kirkmanshulme (a detached part of the parish of Newton).

Redistribution

The seat was abolished in 1918, when the

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redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Manchester's representation was increased to ten members of parliament, and the former Manchester South was divided between the areas of the new

and

constituencies.Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Schedule 9: Redistribution of Seats

Members of Parliament

Election results

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *Unionist: Philip Glazebrook *Liberal:

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 Viscount Emlyn: *http://yba.llgc.org.uk/AnaServer?ybawbo+1281713+aview.anv+v=av&l=e&show=1 Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones: {{Manchester Constituencies South Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918