Batley and Morley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Batley and Morley
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seatsone
Created from Morley
Replaced by Batley and Spen and Morley and Leeds South

Batley and Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Batley and Morley in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then replaced by the seats of Batley and Spen & Morley and Leeds South.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Batley, Morley, and Ossett.

1950–1983: The Boroughs of Batley and Morley.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Gerald France Coalition Liberal
1922 Ben Turner Labour
1924 Walter Forrest Liberal
1929 Sir Ben Turner Labour
1931 Wilfrid Wills Conservative
1935 Willie Brooke Labour
1939 by-election Hubert Beaumont Labour
1949 by-election Sir Alfred Broughton Labour
1979 Ken Woolmer Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Batley and Morley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Gerald France 13,51952.9
Labour Ben Turner 12,05147.1
Majority1,4685.8
Turnout 25,57066.9
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

J.A. Compston John Albert Compston.jpg
J.A. Compston
General election 1922: Batley and Morley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Turner 15,005 46.1 −1.0
Liberal John Albert Compston9,44329.1−23.8
Unionist John Potter 8,05424.8N/A
Majority5,56217.0+11.2
Turnout 33,00285.2+18.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1923: Batley and Morley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Turner 14,964 52.6 +6.5
Liberal Walter Forrest 13,48047.4+18.3
Majority1,4845.2−11.8
Turnout 28,44473.8−11.4
Labour hold Swing −5.9
Walter Forrest Walter Forrest.jpg
Walter Forrest
General election 1924: Batley and Morley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter Forrest 16,369 50.6 +3.2
Labour Ben Turner 15,96649.4−3.2
Majority4031.2N/A
Turnout 32,33583.3+9.5
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General election 1929: Batley and Morley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Turner 24,621 58.3 +8.9
Liberal Walter Forrest 17,64141.7−8.9
Majority6,98016.6N/A
Turnout 42,26284.1+0.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +8.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Batley and Morley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wilfrid Wills 26,378 61.2 New
Labour Ben Turner 16,70038.8−19.5
Majority9,67822.4N/A
Turnout 43,07885.9+1.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Batley and Morley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Willie Brooke 21,182 53.6 +14.8
Conservative Wilfrid Wills 18,35446.4−14.8
Majority2,8287.2N/A
Turnout 39,53679.3−6.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1939 Batley and Morley by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hubert Beaumont 20,020 55.4 +1.8
Conservative Wilfrid Wills 16,12444.6−1.8
Majority3,89610.8+3.6
Turnout 36,14472.6−6.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Batley and Morley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hubert Beaumont 22,682 58.1 +4.5
Conservative G W Hirst11,09028.4−18.0
Liberal Ashley Mitchell 5,25613.5New
Majority11,59229.7+22.5
Turnout 39,02880.9+1.6
Labour hold Swing
1949 Batley and Morley by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 24,514 59.3 +1.2
Conservative Arthur Maxwell Ramsden16,82840.7+12.3
Majority7,68618.6−11.1
Turnout 41,342
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Batley and Morley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 29,776 59.95 +1.83
Conservative Winefriede Carmen Glynne Bremner19,89140.05+11.63
Majority9,88519.90−9.80
Turnout 49,66787.03+6.15
Registered electors 57,066
Labour hold Swing −4.90
General election 1951: Batley and Morley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 29,326 59.68 −0.27
Conservative Reginald Northam19,81140.32+0.27
Majority9,51519.36−0.54
Turnout 49,13785.53−1.50
Registered electors 57,453
Labour hold Swing −0.27
General election 1955: Batley and Morley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 27,178 60.20 +0.52
Conservative Harry Watson17,97039.80−0.52
Majority9,20820.40+1.04
Turnout 45,14879.89−5.64
Registered electors 56,513
Labour hold Swing +0.52
General election 1959: Batley and Morley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 26,781 58.35 −1.85
Conservative Barbara M Garden19,11541.65+1.85
Majority7,66616.70−3.70
Turnout 45,89681.91+2.02
Registered electors 56,031
Labour hold Swing −1.85

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Batley and Morley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 23,362 52.61 −5.74
Conservative Peter JD Marshall13,47730.35−11.30
Liberal Ivan Harvey Lester7,56417.03New
Majority9,88522.26+5.56
Turnout 44,40378.68−3.23
Registered electors 56,436
Labour hold Swing +2.78
General election 1966: Batley and Morley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 24,086 56.16 +3.55
Conservative Peter JD Marshall12,43528.99−1.36
Liberal EA Berry6,36614.84−2.19
Majority11,65127.17+4.91
Turnout 42,88778.68−3.36
Registered electors 56,936
Labour hold Swing +2.46

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Batley and Morley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 23,024 50.4 −5.8
Conservative Donald Thompson 15,75334.53+5.5
Liberal Peter Wrigley6,89315.09+0.25
Majority7,27115.92−11.25
Turnout 45,67072.39
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Batley and Morley [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 21,495 44.60 −5.81
Conservative George Neill Alexander Crone14,40429.89−4.60
Liberal Peter Wrigley11,47023.80+8.71
Independent Democratic AllianceGerald Jarratt8281.72New
Majority7,09114.71−1.21
Turnout 48,19778.34
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Batley and Morley [9] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Broughton 21,179 49.21 +4.61
Conservative George Neill Alexander Crone12,93130.05+0.16
Liberal Ivan Harvey Lester8,92820.74−3.05
Majority8,24819.16
Turnout 43,03869.55
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Batley and Morley [9] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Woolmer 22,984 49.04 −0.17
Conservative George Neill Alexander Crone17,63237.62+7.58
Liberal Christopher Julian Cawood4,94310.55−10.20
Independent Labour Douglas Parkin8481.81New
Ecology Clive Lord 4600.98New
Majority5,35211.42
Turnout 46,86774.54
Labour hold Swing

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