Manchester North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Manchester North Eastern (Jamaica Parliament constituency).

Manchester North East was one of several Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 from the former Manchester constituency. It was abolished in 1918.

Manchester North East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Manchester
Replaced by	Manchester Ardwick, Manchester Clayton

C. P. Scott, the editor and then part-owner of the Manchester Guardian stood unsuccessfully in 1886, 1891 and 1892. John Robert Clynes (1906–1918) later became leader of the Labour Party.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1885	Sir James Fergusson	Conservative
	1906	J. R. Clynes	Labour
	1918	constituency abolished

Election results

Decades:

1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s

Elections in the 1880s

Fergusson

General election 1885: Manchester North East^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fergusson	4,341	60.0
	Liberal	Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett	2,893	40.0
Majority			1,448	20.0
Turnout			7,234	84.3
Registered electors			8,579
	Conservative win (new seat)

Scott

General election 1886: Manchester North East ^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fergusson	3,680	52.3	−7.7
	Liberal	C. P. Scott	3,353	47.7	+7.7
Majority			327	4.6	−15.4
Turnout			7,033	82.0	−2.3
Registered electors			8,579
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.7

Elections in the 1890s

1891 Manchester North East by-election^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fergusson	4,058	50.9	−1.4
	Liberal	C. P. Scott	3,908	49.1	+1.4
Majority			150	1.8	−2.8
Turnout			7,966	85.8	+3.8
Registered electors			9,288
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

• Caused by Ferguson's appointment as Postmaster General

General election 1892: Manchester North East ^[2][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fergusson	4,239	50.7	−1.6
	Liberal	C. P. Scott	4,129	49.3	+1.6
Majority			110	1.4	−3.2
Turnout			8,368	88.6	+6.6
Registered electors			9,449
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.6

General election 1895: Manchester North East ^[2][3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fergusson	3,961	48.2	−2.5
	Liberal	Edwyn Holt	3,720	45.2	−4.1
	Ind. Labour Party	James Johnston	546	6.6	New
Majority			241	3.0	+1.6
Turnout			8,227	83.2	−4.6
Registered electors			9,893
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Birrell

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Manchester North East ^[2][3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fergusson	4,316	54.5	+6.3
	Liberal	Augustine Birrell	3,610	45.5	+0.3
Majority			706	9.0	+6.0
Turnout			7,926	79.7	−3.5
Registered electors			9,947
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

General election 1906: Manchester North East ^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	J. R. Clynes	5,386	64.6	New
	Conservative	James Fergusson	2,954	35.4	−19.1
Majority			2,432	29.2	N/A
Turnout			8,340	86.0	+6.3
Registered electors			9,701
	Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Manchester North East ^[2][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	5,157	58.4	−6.2
	Conservative	William Vaudrey	3,679	41.6	+6.2
Majority			1,478	16.8	−12.4
Turnout			8,836	89.0	+3.0
Registered electors			9,925
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.2

General election December 1910: Manchester North East ^[2][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	4,313	51.2	−7.2
	Conservative	Arthur Taylor	4,108	48.8	+7.2
Majority			205	2.4	−14.4
Turnout			8,421	84.8	−4.2
Registered electors			9,925
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

By-election, 1918: Manchester North East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	Unopposed
	Labour hold