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Manchester Moss Side (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
one

Replaced by
  
Stretford, Manchester Withington, Manchester Central, Manchester Gorton

Manchester Moss Side was a parliamentary constituency in the Moss Side area of the city 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.

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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election and abolished for the 1983 general election.

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Conservative: William Duckworth
  • Labour: William Griffiths

    • Elections in the 1970s

    Note: This constituency underwent boundary changes after the 1970 election, so was notionally a Labour seat.

    References

    Manchester Moss Side (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia
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