Manchester South (UK Parliament constituency)

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 of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and consisted of the following areas:[1] The seat was abolished in 1918, when the Representation of the People Act redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland.

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.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Election Results: Viscount Emlyn: Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones: