Skip to content

North West · Former constituency (1918–1945)

Manchester Platting

Every general election in Manchester Platting since 1918 (until 1945). Latest: Labour, majority 7,165.

1945 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Labour Won16,42764.0%
Conservative9,26236.1%
Valid votes25,689
Majority7,16527.9%

Turnout 72.6% of 35,403 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181922192319241929193119351945Labour, 1922: 48.5%Labour, 1923: 54.8%Labour, 1924: 49.2%Labour, 1929: 57.9%Labour, 1931: 43.0%Labour, 1935: 51.9%Labour, 1945: 64.0%Conservative, 1922: 45.8%Conservative, 1923: 45.2%Conservative, 1924: 46.4%Conservative, 1929: 41.1%Conservative, 1931: 57.0%Conservative, 1935: 48.1%Conservative, 1945: 36.1%
Vote share in Manchester Platting at each general election Lab Con

Every result

Download CSV
ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
1945LabCon7,16527.972.6%
1935LabCon1,3373.876.5%Lab gain from Con
1931ConLab5,79014.082.6%Con gain from Lab
1929LabCon6,64616.780.8%Lab hold
1924LabCon1,0052.986.1%Lab hold
1923LabCon2,9799.678.1%Lab hold
1922LabCon8692.781.8%Lab hold
1918Lab—unopposed——

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Manchester Platting?

Labour won Manchester Platting at the 1945 general election with a majority of 7,165.

Which parties have won Manchester Platting?

At the 8 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 7, Conservative 1.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

Report an error on this page