Manchester Hulme (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Hulme was a parliamentary constituency in Manchester which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Manchester Hulme
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Manchester South West
Replaced by	Manchester Exchange and Manchester Moss Side

Boundaries

The County Borough of Manchester wards of Medlock Street, Moss Side West, and St George's.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Joseph Nall	Conservative
	1929	Andrew McElwee	Labour
	1931	Sir Joseph Nall	Conservative
	1945	Frederick Lee	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

 

Needham

General election 1918: Manchester Hulme ^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Joseph Nall	10,895	54.0
	Liberal	Christopher Needham	5,969	29.6
	Independent Labour	Alfred Hilton^[note 1]	2,572	12.8
	Independent	George Milner^[note 2]	729	3.6
Majority			4,926	24.4
Turnout			20,165	52.9
	Unionist win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Manchester Hulme ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Joseph Nall	15,692	57.4	+3.4
	Liberal	Walter Davies	11,639	42.6	+13.0
Majority			4,053	14.8	−9.6
Turnout			27,331	70.1	+17.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.8

General election 1923: Manchester Hulme ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Joseph Nall	10,035	35.8	−21.6
	Liberal	Walter Davies	9,603	34.2	−8.4
	Labour	Andrew McElwee	8,433	30.0	New
Majority			432	1.6	−13.2
Turnout			28,071	71.5	+1.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	−6.7

General election 1924: Manchester Hulme ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Joseph Nall	15,374	48.5	+12.7
	Labour	Andrew McElwee	13,070	41.2	+11.2
	Liberal	Felix Brunner	3,277	10.3	−23.9
Majority			2,294	7.3	+5.7
Turnout			31,721	77.5	+6.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	+0.8

General election 1929: Manchester Hulme ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew McElwee	15,053	43.8	+2.6
	Unionist	Joseph Nall	12,588	36.6	−11.9
	Liberal	Harry Allan	6,728	19.6	+9.3
Majority			2,465	7.2	N/A
Turnout			34,369	72.6	−4.9
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Nall	25,185	70.0	+26.4
	Labour	Andrew McElwee	9,219	25.6	−18.2
	New Party	John Pratt	1,565	4.4	New
Majority			15,966	44.4	N/A
Turnout			35,969	73.0	+0.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+22.2

General election 1935: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Nall	17,072	60.3	−9.7
	Labour	Barbara Ayrton-Gould	11,221	39.7	+14.1
Majority			5,851	20.6	−23.8
Turnout			28,293	66.7	−6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.9

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Joseph Nall
• Labour: G W Dillon^[3]
• British Union: B T Parkyn^[4]

General election 1945: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Lee	12,034	55.6	+15.9
	Conservative	J.C. Currie	9,600	44.4	−15.9
Majority			2,434	11.2	N/A
Turnout			21,634	64.7	−2.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.9

References

1. Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 419. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
2. Debrett's House of Commons, 1922
3. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
4. The Liberal Magazine, 1939

Notes

1. Nominee of the United Carters' and Motormen's Association
2. Supported by and possibly the nominee of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers