Altrincham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Altrincham
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1945
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Altrincham was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1945. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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The constituency was defined in 1885, and redefined in 1918, to cover the urban districts of Altrincham, Ashton upon Mersey, Bowdon, Cheadle and Gatley, Hale, Handforth, Lymm and Sale, and part of the rural district of Bucklow, all in Cheshire.

In 1945, the constituency was redistributed, as its electorate exceeded 100,000 and was officially deemed overlarge. The Boundary Commission for England was instructed by Parliament to divide the larger seats (which sometimes affected neighbouring constituencies). This was an interim measure before the Boundary Commission reviewed the whole country later in the decade in the first general review. In the case of the Altrincham area two seats, this one and Knutsford were re-arranged into three seats. In addition to a modified Knutsford, the towns of Altrincham and Sale became a new borough constituency of Altrincham and Sale, with the remainder of the old division largely forming the new Bucklow county constituency.

  • Constituency created (1885)
Election Member Party
1885 John Baguley Brooks Conservative
1886 Sir William Cunliffe Brooks Conservative
1892 Coningsby Ralph Disraeli Conservative
1906 Sir William John Crossley Liberal
1910, December John Robert Kebty-Fletcher Conservative
1913 by-election George Clement Hamilton Conservative
1922 Sir George Clement Hamilton
1923 Robert Alstead Liberal
1924 Cyril Atkinson Conservative
1933 by-election Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg Conservative
1945 constituency abolished

General election, 1918: Altrincham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Clement Hamilton 20,421 72.7
Labour G. Middleton 7,685 27.3
Majority 12,736 45.4
Turnout 28,106 68.5
Conservative hold Swing

General election, 1931: Altrincham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Atkinson (unopposed)
Majority N/A
Turnout N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Altrincham by-election, 14th June 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Edward Grigg 25,392 51.2
Liberal Philip Oliver 15,892 32.0
Labour James Hindle Hudson 8,333 16.8
Majority 9,500 19.2
Turnout 63.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election, 1935: Altrincham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Edward Grigg 50,719 70.2 +19.0
Labour A. Moss 21,493 29.8 +13.0
Majority 29,226 40.4 +21.2
Turnout 72,212 72.0 +8.6
Conservative hold Swing


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