Major settlements Manchester Major settlement Manchester | Created from Manchester Number of members 1 | |
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Replaced by Manchester, Manchester Moss Side, Manchester Rusholme | ||
Manchester South was one of six parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
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Boundaries
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the following areas:
Redistribution
The seat was abolished in 1918, when the Representation of the People Act redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain. Manchester's representation was increased to ten members of parliament, and the former Manchester South was divided between the areas of the new Moss Side and Rusholme constituencies.
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;