Manchester Rusholme (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Rusholme is a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rusholme district of 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.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election.

Contents of re-established seat
The re-established seat comprises the City of Manchester wards of Ardwick, Fallowfield, Hulme, Moss Side, Rusholme and Whalley Range, transferred in approximately equal parts from Manchester Central and Manchester Gorton (to be abolished, with remaining parts included in the new constituency of Gorton and Denton).

History
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries
The constituency was created as Manchester, Rusholme Division by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and was defined as consisting of three wards of the county borough of Manchester, namely Levenshulme, Longsight and Rusholme.

The division consisted of areas that had been included with Manchester's municipal boundaries in 1890 and 1909. Since the previous redistribution of seats in 1885, they had formed part of the Stretford Division of Lancashire.

The seat was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948, with its area being redistributed between Manchester Ardwick (Longsight), Manchester Gorton (Levenshulme) and Manchester Withington (Rusholme) borough constituencies.

Elections in the 2020s
Manchester Rusholme is one of only two constituencies in England or Wales (the other being, by convention to not stand against the Speaker) where the Liberal Democrats did not stand a candidate. This was due to the nomination paper being rejected after the close of nominations.

Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1940: Another election was due to take place by 1940 but did not take place due to the outbreak of war. The following candidates had already been selected to fight this election:
 * Conservative: Edmund Ashworth Radford
 * Labour: Lester Hutchinson
 * Liberal: Hilda Buckmaster