Manchester Openshaw | |
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Former
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1955– 1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Manchester Gorton and Droylsden [1] |
Replaced by | Manchester Central and Oldham West [2] |
Manchester Openshaw was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Openshaw district of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
1955–1974: The county borough of Manchester wards of Bradford, Newton Heath and Openshaw, and the urban district of Failsworth. [3]
1974–1983: The county borough of Manchester wards of Bradford and Newton Heath, and the urban district of Failsworth. [4]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1955 | William Williams | Labour | |
1963 by-election | Charles Morris | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Williams | 24,638 | 59.7 | ||
Conservative | Harold Day | 16,596 | 40.3 | ||
Majority | 8,042 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 41,234 | 72.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Williams | 24,975 | 60.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Michael Schofield | 16,537 | 39.8 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 8,438 | 20.4 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,512 | 76.0 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 16,101 | 65.9 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Gerald Fitzsimmons | 7,139 | 29.2 | -10.6 | |
Communist | Eddie Marsden | 1,185 | 4.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,962 | 36.7 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 24,425 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Morris | 22,589 | 59.6 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Gerald Fitzsimmons | 13,387 | 35.3 | -4.5 | |
Communist | Eddie Marsden | 1,947 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,202 | 24.3 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,923 | 71.3 | -4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Morris | 22,103 | 64.9 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Chronnell | 10,465 | 30.7 | -4.6 | |
Communist | Eddie Marsden | 1,479 | 4.3 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 11,638 | 34.2 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,047 | 65.9 | -5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 19,397 | 60.2 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | BM Allanson | 12,296 | 38.1 | +7.4 | |
Communist | Bernard Panter | 552 | 1.7 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 7,101 | 22.1 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,245 | 63.9 | -2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 16,478 | 53.5 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Aubrey Rosen | 9,021 | 29.3 | -8.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Wood | 4,467 | 14.5 | New | |
National Front | John Hulse | 541 | 1.8 | New | |
Communist | Phillip Widdall | 312 | 1.0 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 7,457 | 24.2 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 30,819 | 73.0 | +9.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Morris | 16,109 | 57.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Green | 7,596 | 27.1 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Wood | 3,980 | 14.2 | −0.3 | |
Communist | Phillip Widdall | 300 | 1.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 8,513 | 30.4 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,985 | 65.7 | -7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Morris | 17,099 | 62.1 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Hilton | 9,955 | 36.2 | +9.1 | |
National Front | Alfred Coles | 296 | 1.1 | New | |
Communist | Phillip Widdall | 174 | 0.6 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 7,144 | 26.0 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,524 | 72.8 | +7.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |