Manchester Openshaw (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester Openshaw | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1955–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Manchester Central and Oldham West[1] |
Created from | Manchester Gorton and Droylsden[2] |
Manchester Openshaw was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Openshaw district of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | William Williams | Labour | |
1963 by-election | Charles Morris | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Williams | 24,638 | 59.7 | ||
Conservative | Harold Day | 16,596 | 40.3 | ||
Majority | 8,042 | 19.5 | |||
Turnout | 72.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Williams | 24,975 | 60.2 | ||
Conservative | Michael Schofield | 16,537 | 39.8 | ||
Majority | 8,438 | 20.3 | |||
Turnout | 76.0 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 16,101 | 65.9 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Gerald Fitzsimmons | 7,139 | 29.2 | -10.6 | |
Communist | Eddie Marsden | 1,185 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 8,962 | 36.7 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,425 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 22,589 | 59.6 | ||
Conservative | Gerald Fitzsimmons | 13,387 | 35.3 | ||
Communist | Eddie Marsden | 1,947 | 5.1 | ||
Majority | 9,202 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 71.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 22,103 | 64.9 | ||
Conservative | Robert Chronnell | 10,465 | 30.7 | ||
Communist | Eddie Marsden | 1,479 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | 11,638 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 65.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 19,397 | 60.2 | ||
Conservative | BM Allanson | 12,296 | 38.1 | ||
Communist | Bernard Panter | 552 | 1.7 | ||
Majority | 7,101 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 63.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 16,478 | 53.5 | ||
Conservative | Aubrey Rosen | 9,021 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Wood | 4,467 | 14.5 | ||
National Front | John Hulse | 541 | 1.8 | ||
Communist | Phillip Widdall | 312 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 7,457 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 73.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 16,109 | 57.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Green | 7,596 | 27.1 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Wood | 3,980 | 14.2 | −0.3 | |
Communist | Phillip Widdall | 300 | 1.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 8,513 | 30.4 | |||
Turnout | 65.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 17,099 | 62.1 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Hilton | 9,955 | 36.2 | +9.1 | |
National Front | Alfred Coles | 296 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Communist | Phillip Widdall | 174 | 0.6 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 7,144 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 27,524 | 72.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ "'Manchester Openshaw', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ The Parliamentary Constituencies (Manchester, Oldham and Ashton under Lyne) Order, 1955 (S.I. 1955 No.16)
- ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
- ↑
- ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
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