Manchester Openshaw

Manchester Openshaw
Manchester Openshaw
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Manchester Openshaw in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1955–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Manchester Gorton and Droylsden
Replaced by	Manchester Central and Oldham West

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.

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The constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

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	%	±%
	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

Boundaries

Manchester Openshaw
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Manchester Openshaw in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1955–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Manchester Gorton and Droylsden^[1]
Replaced by	Manchester Central and Oldham West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	%	±%
	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