Manchester Platting (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Platting was a parliamentary constituency in 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.

Manchester Platting
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Manchester North
Replaced by	Manchester Cheetham and Manchester Clayton

History

The constituency was created as a result of the Report of the Boundary Commission in 1917, when it was recommended to be called "Manchester Collyhurst". However, when the Representation of the People Bill to give effect to the commission's recommendations was debated in Parliament, the Government accepted an amendment to change the name to Platting. The new constituency came into effect at the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Although Parliament changed the name proposed by the Boundary Commission, they kept the boundaries as recommended. The constituency was defined as the Collyhurst, Harpurhey and Miles Platting municipal wards of the County Borough of Manchester, together with the part of the St Michael's municipal ward which was not included in the Exchange division. The St Michael's ward was divided along the Rochdale Road, the small area to the south-west including the High Street area being excluded.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	J. R. Clynes	Labour
	1931	Alan Chorlton	Conservative
	1935	J. R. Clynes	Labour
	1945	Hugh Delargy	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

Election results

Election in the 1910s

General election 1918: Manchester Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Manchester Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	15,683	48.5	N/A
	Unionist	Frank Henry Holmes	14,814	45.8	New
	Liberal	William Ramage	1,847	5.7	New
Majority			869	2.7	N/A
Turnout			32,344	81.8	N/A
Registered electors			39,559
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Manchester Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	17,078	54.8	+6.3
	Unionist	Frank Henry Holmes	14,099	45.2	−0.6
Majority			2,979	9.6	+6.9
Turnout			31,178	78.1	−3.7
Registered electors			39,898
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

General election 1924: Manchester Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	17,233	49.2	−5.6
	Unionist	Frank Henry Holmes	16,228	46.4	+1.2
	Liberal	E Baker	1,538	4.4	New
Majority			1,005	2.8	−6.8
Turnout			34,999	86.1	+8.0
Registered electors			40,629
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.4

General election 1929: Manchester Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	22,969	57.9	+8.7
	Unionist	Alan Chorlton	16,323	41.1	−5.3
	Communist	Joe Vaughan	401	1.0	New
Majority			6,646	16.8	+14.0
Turnout			39,693	80.8	−5.3
Registered electors			49,153
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Manchester, Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Chorlton	23,588	57.0	+15.9
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	17,798	43.0	−14.9
Majority			5,790	14.0	N/A
Turnout			41,386	82.6	+1.8
Registered electors			50,081
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+15.5

General election 1935: Manchester, Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. R. Clynes	18,352	51.9	+8.9
	Conservative	James Warden Stansfield	17,015	48.1	−8.9
Majority			1,337	3.8	N/A
Turnout			35,367	76.5	−6.1
Registered electors			46,234
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.9

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Manchester, Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Delargy	16,427	63.9	+12.0
	Conservative	Wilfrid Sugden	9,262	36.1	−12.0
Majority			7,165	27.8	+24.0
Turnout			25,689	72.6	−2.9
Registered electors			35,403
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.0

Sources

• 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 "P" (part 1)