Manchester Platting (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Platting
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of members one

Manchester Platting was a parliamentary constituency in 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.

History

The constituency was created as a result of the Report of the Boundary Commission in 1917, when it was recommended to be called "Manchester Collyhurst".[1] However, when the Representation of the People Bill to give effect to the Commission's recommendations was debated in Parliament, the Government accepted an amendment to change the name to Platting.[2] The new constituency came into effect at the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Although Parliament changed the name proposed by the Boundary Commission, they kept the boundaries as recommended. The constituency was defined as the Collyhurst, Harpurhey and Miles Platting municipal wards of the County Borough of Manchester, together with the part of the St Michael's municipal ward which was not included in the Exchange division. The St Michael's ward was divided along the Rochdale Road, the small area to the south-west including the High Street area being excluded.[1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 John Robert Clynes Labour
1931 Alan Chorlton Conservative
1935 John Robert Clynes Labour
1945 Hugh Delargy Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Manchester Platting [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rt Hon. John Robert Clynes 17,078 54.8
Unionist Frank Henry Holmes 14,099 45.2
Majority 2,979 9.6
Turnout 78.1
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1929: Manchester Platting [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rt Hon. John Robert Clynes 22,969 57.9
Unionist Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton 16,323 41.1
Communist Joseph James Vaughan 401 1.0
Majority 6,646 16.8
Turnout 39,693
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Manchester, Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton 23,588 57.0
Labour Rt Hon. John Robert Clynes 17,798 43.0
Majority 5,790 14.0
General Election 1935: Manchester, Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rt Hon. John Robert Clynes 18,352 51.9
Conservative JW Stansfield 17,015 48.1
Majority 1,337 3.8

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Manchester, Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Hugh James Delargy 16,427
Conservative Wilfrid Hart Sugden 9,262
Majority

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 "Parliamentary Borough of Manchester" in Schedule part II of "Report of the Boundary Commission (England and Wales), 1917", Cd. 8756.
  2. ↑ "Parliament", The Times, 30 November 1917, p. 12.
  3. 1 2 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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