Manchester Cheetham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Manchester Cheetham was a parliamentary constituency in the city 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.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
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