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.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Joseph Nall	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	Andrew McElwee	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Sir Joseph Nall	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Frederick Lee	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

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Needham

General election 1918: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Nall	Template:Replace	54.0
		Christopher Needham	5,969	29.6
		Alfred Hilton	2,572	12.8
		George Milner	729	3.6
Majority			4,926	24.4
Turnout			20,165	52.9
	win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Nall	Template:Replace	57.4
		Walter Davies	11,639	42.6
Majority			4,053	14.8
Turnout			27,331	70.1
	hold		Swing	−4.8

General election 1923: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Nall	Template:Replace	35.8
		Walter Davies	9,603	34.2
		Andrew McElwee	8,433	30.0
Majority			432	1.6
Turnout			28,071	71.5
	hold		Swing	−6.7

General election 1924: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Nall	Template:Replace	48.5
		Andrew McElwee	13,070	41.2
		Felix Brunner	3,277	10.3
Majority			2,294	7.3
Turnout			31,721	77.5
	hold		Swing	+0.8

General election 1929: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrew McElwee	Template:Replace	43.8
		Joseph Nall	12,588	36.6
		Harry Allan	6,728	19.6
Majority			2,465	7.2
Turnout			34,369	72.6
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+7.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Nall	Template:Replace	70.0
		Andrew McElwee	9,219	25.6
		John Pratt	1,565	4.4
Majority			15,966	44.4
Turnout			35,969	73.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+22.2

General election 1935: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Nall	Template:Replace	60.3
		Barbara Ayrton-Gould	11,221	39.7
Majority			5,851	20.6
Turnout			28,293	66.7
	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
• British Union: B T Parkyn

General election 1945: Manchester Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Lee	Template:Replace	55.6
		J.C. Currie	9,600	44.4
Majority			2,434	11.2
Turnout			21,634	64.7
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+15.9

Notes

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