Manchester Rusholme was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rusholme district of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election.^[1]

Contents of re-established seat

The re-established seat will comprise the City of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Fallowfield, Hulme, Moss Side, Rusholme and Whalley Range,^[2] transferred in approximately equal parts from Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton (to be abolished, with remaining parts included in the new constituency of Gorton and Denton).

History

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was created as Manchester, Rusholme Division by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and was defined as consisting of three wards of the county borough of Manchester, namely Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme.^[3]

The division consisted of areas that had been included with Manchester's municipal boundaries in 1890 and 1909.^[4] Since the previous redistribution of seats in 1885, they had formed part of the Stretford Division of Lancashire.

The seat was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948, with its area being redistributed between Manchester Ardwick (Longsight), Manchester Gorton (Levenshulme) and Manchester Withington (Rusholme) borough constituencies.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Manchester Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Robert Burdon Stoker	12,447	65.1
	Liberal	Walter Butterworth	3,699	19.3
	Labour	Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence	2,985	15.6
Majority			8,748	45.8
Turnout			19,131	62.9
Registered electors			30,421
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

William Pringle

1919 Manchester Rusholme by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	John Henry Thorpe	9,394	45.7	−19.4
	Labour	Robert Dunstan	6,412	31.2	+15.6
	Liberal	William Pringle	3,923	19.1	−0.2
	National	Roger Bowan Crewdson	815	4.0	New
Majority			2,982	14.5	−31.3
Turnout			19,729	67.5	+4.6
Registered electors			30,421
	Unionist hold		Swing	+17.5
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1920s

General election 1922: Manchester Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Henry Thorpe	11,765	47.9	−17.2
	Liberal	Ernest Frederick Martin Sutton	6,421	26.1	+6.8
	Labour	Albert E. Wood	6,397	26.0	+10.4
Majority			5,344	21.8	−24.0
Turnout			25,583	77.8	+14.9
Registered electors			31,582
	Unionist hold		Swing	−12.0

CFG Masterman

General election 1923: Manchester Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Masterman	10,901	43.4	+17.3
	Unionist	John Henry Thorpe	8,876	35.3	−12.6
	Labour	William Paul	5,366	21.3	−4.7
Majority			2,025	8.1	N/A
Turnout			25,143	78.0	+0.2
Registered electors			32,253
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+15.0

General election 1924: Manchester Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Boyd Merriman	13,341	50.4	+15.1
	Liberal	Charles Masterman	7,772	29.4	−14.0
	Communist	William Paul	5,328	20.2	N/A
Majority			5,569	21.0	N/A
Turnout			26,441	79.8	+1.8
Registered electors			33,147
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.6

General election 1929: Manchester Rusholme ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Boyd Merriman	14,230	42.8	−7.6
	Liberal	Philip Guedalla	10,958	32.9	+3.5
	Labour	Jerrold Adshead	8,080	24.3	New
Majority			3,272	9.9	−11.1
Turnout			33,268	78.7	−1.1
Registered electors			42,289
	Unionist hold		Swing	−5.6

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)