Holmfirth (UK Parliament constituency)

Holmfirth
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by	Colne Valley and Penistone

Holmfirth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Holmfirth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. 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.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

Parts of the Sessional Divisions of Staincross and Upper Aggbrigg.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Wilson	Liberal
	1912	Sydney Arnold	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Henry Wilson

General election 1885: Holmfirth ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wilson	6,208	66.2
	Conservative	Heneage Legge	3,164	33.8
Majority			3,044	32.4
Turnout			9,372	87.0
Registered electors			10,770
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: Holmfirth ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wilson	5,322	65.7	−0.5
	Liberal Unionist	Walter Armitage [3]	2,780	34.3	+0.5
Majority			2,542	31.4	−1.0
Turnout			8,102	75.2	−11.8
Registered electors			10,770
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Holmfirth ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wilson	5,640	63.0	−2.7
	Conservative	Harold Thomas [4]	3,317	37.0	+2.7
Majority			2,323	26.0	−5.4
Turnout			8,957	73.4	−1.8
Registered electors			12,197
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.7

General election 1895: Holmfirth ^{[1] [5] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wilson	5,001	59.1	−3.9
	Conservative	George Edward Raine	3,459	40.9	+3.9
Majority			1,542	18.2	−7.8
Turnout			8,460	76.2	+2.8
Registered electors			11,103
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.9

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Holmfirth ^{[1] [5] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wilson	4,505	54.7	−4.4
	Conservative	Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley	3,738	45.3	+4.4
Majority			767	9.4	−8.8
Turnout			8,243	73.4	−2.8
Registered electors			11,223
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4

General election 1906: Holmfirth ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wilson	6,850	71.9	+17.2
	Conservative	SG Jebb	2,677	28.1	−17.2
Majority			4,173	43.8	+34.4
Turnout			9,527	78.0	+4.6
Registered electors			12,219
	Liberal hold		Swing	+17.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Holmfirth ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wilson	6,339	57.5	−14.4
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Ellis	3,043	27.6	−0.5
	Labour	William Pickles	1,643	14.9	New
Majority			3,296	29.9	−13.9
Turnout			11,025	86.2	+8.2
Registered electors			12,788
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.0

General election December 1910: Holmfirth ^{[6] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wilson	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Sydney Arnold

1912 Holmfirth by-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Arnold	4,749	42.0	N/A
	Unionist	Robert Ellis	3,379	29.8	New
	Labour	William Lunn	3,195	28.2	New
Majority			1,370	12.2	N/A
Turnout			11,323	86.9	N/A
Registered electors			13,035
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1914–15:

A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

• Liberal:Sydney Arnold
• Labour:William Lunn

References

1. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
2. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
3. "Yesterday's Nominations" . London Evening Standard . 7 July 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "The Licensed Victuallers and the Election". Huddersfield Daily Chronicle . 25 June 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)