Manchester Hulme (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Hulme was a parliamentary constituency in Manchester which returned one Member of Parliament 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
	1918	Joseph Nall	Conservative
	1929	Andrew McElwee	Labour
	1931	Sir Joseph Nall	Conservative
	1945	Frederick Lee	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Manchester Hulme ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Joseph Nall	10,035	35.8	-21.6
	Liberal	Walter Davies	9,603	34.2	-8.4
	Labour	Andrew McElwee	8,433	30.0	n/a
Majority			432	1.6	-13.2
Turnout				71.5	+1.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.6

General Election 1929: Manchester Hulme ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew McElwee	15,053	43.8
	Unionist	Sir Joseph Nall	12,588	36.6
	Liberal	Harry Allan	6,728	19.6
Majority			2,465	7.2
Turnout			34,369
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Manchester, Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Joseph Nall	25,185	70.0
	Labour	Andrew McElwee	9,219	25.6
	New Party	Sir John William Pratt	1,565	4.6
Majority			15,966	44.4
Turnout			35,969	73.02
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: Manchester, Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Joseph Nall	17,072	60.34
	Labour	Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould	11,221	39.66
Majority			5,851	20.68
Turnout			28,293	66.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Manchester, Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frederick Lee	12,034	55.63
	Conservative	J.C. Currie	9,600	44.37
Majority			2,434	11.25
Turnout				64.85
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)