Aston Manor (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1918–1974 constituency, see Birmingham Aston (UK Parliament constituency).

Aston Manor was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It existed from 1885 until 1918, and elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Aston Manor
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Warwickshire
Major settlements	Aston
1885–1918
Seats	1
Created from	North Warwickshire
Replaced by	Birmingham Aston, Birmingham Duddeston and Birmingham Erdington

Boundaries

1885–1918: The local government district of Aston Manor.^[1]

The constituency was created, as a borough constituency in Warwickshire, for the 1885 general election. In 1885 the area was to the north of the Birmingham parliamentary borough. Birmingham, which from 1889 was a county borough with city status, gradually expanded into adjacent areas.

The constituency bordered to the west Handsworth; to the north and east Tamworth and to the south Birmingham East and Birmingham North.

By 1918 the Aston area had been incorporated within the growing city of Birmingham. For the 1918 general election, the Aston Manor constituency was abolished, and parts of its territory were incorporated in a new borough constituency known as Birmingham Aston. The new seat comprised parts of the then County Borough of Birmingham wards of All Saints, Aston, Lozells and St. Mary's. The seat was smaller and more the northern part of central Birmingham than Aston Manor had been.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Hugh Reid	Liberal
	1886	George Kynoch	Conservative
	1891 by-election	George Grice-Hutchinson
	1900	Sir Evelyn Cecil
	1918	constituency abolished. See Birmingham Aston

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Aston Manor^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Reid	4,241	57.9
	Conservative	Robert Perks Yates	3,088	42.1
Majority			1,153	15.8
Turnout			7,329	85.5
Registered electors			8,571
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Aston Manor^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Kynoch	3,495	56.3	+14.2
	Liberal	Hugh Reid	2,713	43.7	−14.2
Majority			782	12.6	N/A
Turnout			6,208	72.4	−13.1
Registered electors			8,571
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.2

Elections in the 1890s

1891 Aston Manor by-election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Grice-Hutchinson	5,310	69.5	+13.2
	Liberal	William Beale	2,332	30.5	−13.2
Majority			2,978	39.0	+26.4
Turnout			7,642	76.8	+4.4
Registered electors			9,950
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.2

General election 1892: Aston Manor^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Grice-Hutchinson	5,300	80.1	+23.8
	Independent Labour	I. Ward	1,313	19.9	New
Majority			3,987	60.2	+47.6
Turnout			6,613	63.4	−9.0
Registered electors			10,431
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1895: Aston Manor^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Grice-Hutchinson	5,353	76.2	−3.9
	Lib-Lab	John Lawson	1,675	23.8	New
Majority			3,678	52.4	−7.8
Turnout			7,028	64.2	+0.8
Registered electors			10,952
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General election 29 September 1900: Aston Manor^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Cecil	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Aston Manor^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Cecil	7,134	74.6	N/A
	Liberal	John A. Richardson	2,431	25.4	New
Majority			4,703	49.2	N/A
Turnout			9,565	78.7	N/A
Registered electors			12,149
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Aston Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Cecil	7,369	79.3	+4.7
	Liberal	Joseph H. Allen	1,928	20.7	−4.7
Majority			5,441	58.6	+9.4
Turnout			11,894	78.2	−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election December 1910: Aston Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evelyn Cecil	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

See also

• Aston Manor
• List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

References

1. "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
2. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918; Macmillan, 1974
• Vincent and Stenton (eds.), McCalmont’s Parliamentary Poll Book of Election Results 1832-1918; Harvester Press, 1971