Manchester East was one of six single-member parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member
Parliamentary Borough of ManchesterManchester was a Parliamentary borough constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Reform Act of 1832, it was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1868 this was increased to three Members of Parliament...
. It was abolished in 1918.
The constituency was created by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally-populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalize representation across...
, and was defined as consisting of the following areas:
- The Parish of Bradford
Bradford is a district and electoral ward in the city of Manchester, England. It is two miles north-east from Manchester city centre. Recently the area has sometimes been known as Eastlands...
,
- The Parish of Ardwick
Ardwick is a district of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It is approximately one mile south-east of Manchester City Centre.By the early 19th century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a pleasant and wealthy suburb of Manchester, but by the end of that century it had become...
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- The Parish of Beswick
Beswick is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. The River Medlock and the Ashton Canal both run through it. It neighbours the larger district of Bradford to the east and the two areas are sometimes referred to as Bradford-with-Beswick....
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- The part of the Parish of Chorlton-upon-Medlock north of the centres of Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street, Upper Brook Street, Dover Street, St.
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Manchester East was one of six single-member parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member
Parliamentary Borough of ManchesterManchester was a Parliamentary borough constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Reform Act of 1832, it was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1868 this was increased to three Members of Parliament...
. It was abolished in 1918.
Boundaries
The constituency was created by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally-populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalize representation across...
, and was defined as consisting of the following areas:
- The Parish of Bradford
Bradford is a district and electoral ward in the city of Manchester, England. It is two miles north-east from Manchester city centre. Recently the area has sometimes been known as Eastlands...
,
- The Parish of Ardwick
Ardwick is a district of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It is approximately one mile south-east of Manchester City Centre.By the early 19th century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a pleasant and wealthy suburb of Manchester, but by the end of that century it had become...
,
- The Parish of Beswick
Beswick is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. The River Medlock and the Ashton Canal both run through it. It neighbours the larger district of Bradford to the east and the two areas are sometimes referred to as Bradford-with-Beswick....
,
- The part of the Parish of Chorlton-upon-Medlock north of the centres of Cavendish Street, Grosvenor Street, Upper Brook Street, Dover Street, St. Leonards Street, and Cheltenham Street.
The next redistribution took place under the terms of the
Representation of the People Act 1918The Representation of the People Act 1918 was an Act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in the United Kingdom. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act...
. The Manchester East seat was divided between the two new constituencies of
Manchester ArdwickManchester Ardwick was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held by the first past the post voting system....
and
Manchester ClaytonManchester Clayton was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
.
Members of Parliament
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1885 The 1885 UK general election was from 24 November to 18 December 1885. This was the first general election after an extension of the franchise and redistribution of seats. For the first time a majority of adult males could vote and most constituencies returned a single-member to Parliament. It saw...
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Arthur James BalfourArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and statesman...
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ConservativeThe Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservatives, the Conservative Party, or Tory Party is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom...
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1906The United Kingdom general election of 1906 was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906.The Liberals, led by sitting minority Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman, won a large majority in the election...
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Thomas Gardner Horridge Sir Thomas Gardner Horridge was a British High Court judge and Liberal politician.He was the only son of John Horridge, chemist, of Tonge with Haulgh, and Margaret Barlow of Bolton, Lancashire. He was educated in Barnes, Surrey before becoming a solicitor in Southport in 1879...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the mid 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become...
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John Edward Sutton John Edward Sutton was a British trades unionist and Labour politician.At the age of 14, Sutton took up employment at Bradford Colliery, Manchester. He became a check-weighman and secretary of the Bradford branch of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners Federation...
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...
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Elections
- 11 August 1886: Arthur James Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and statesman...
unopposed
- 1 July 1895 Arthur James Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and statesman...
unopposed