Mossley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mossley
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Lancashire
(now Greater Manchester)
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Created from Gorton
Prestwich
Replaced by Droylsden
Ashton-under-Lyne

Mossley was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament.

Contents

It was created at the 1918 general election as a county division of Lancashire, taking areas formerly in the Gorton and Prestwich constituencies. The area consisted of small towns which were increasingly suburban to Manchester, such as Droylsden and Failsworth (now part of Oldham borough), together with some towns then further out such as Denton, and stretching out to the edge of Saddleworth Moor to take in Mossley.

This created a mixed area which declined in social status during its existence as Manchester expanded to the east and its industrial area expanded. The electorate also increased over time, and in a boundary change in 1950 the seat was divided with the areas adjacent to Manchester forming the new Droylsden constituency while the remainder including Mossley itself formed part of Ashton-under-Lyne.

Boundaries

The Borough of Mossley, the Rural District of Limehurst, and the Urban Districts of Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Failsworth, and Lees.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Austin Hopkinson Coalition Liberal
1922 Independent
1929 Herbert Gibson Labour
1931 Austin Hopkinson National Independent
1945 George Woods Labour Co-op
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

1910s election results

General election 1918: Mossley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C National Liberal 16,15875.6
Co-operative Party William Brown 5,22724.4
Majority10,93151.2
Turnout 21,38552.8
National Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

1920s election results

General election 1922: Mossley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Austin Hopkinson 15,953 58.4 -17.2
Liberal Miles Ewart Mitchell11,37641.6New
Majority4,57716.8-34.4
Turnout 27,32967.5+14.7
Independent hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Mossley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Austin Hopkinson 11,426 50.8 -7.6
Liberal George Jennison11,05149.2+7.6
Majority3751.6-15.2
Turnout 22,47754.5-13.0
Independent hold Swing -7.6
General election 1924: Mossley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Austin Hopkinson 15,435 49.2 -1.6
Labour Co-op Thomas Mercer 10,76934.3New
Liberal George Jennison5,16216.5-32.7
Majority4,66614.9+13.3
Turnout 31,36675.3+20.8
Independent hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Mossley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Herbert Gibson 19,296 46.0 +11.7
Independent Austin Hopkinson 14,26733.9-15.3
Liberal Harold Housley8,46720.1+3.6
Majority5,02912.1N/A
Turnout 42,03076.8+1.5
Labour Co-op gain from Independent Swing +13.5

1930s election results

General election 1931: Mossley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Austin Hopkinson 17,017 36.7 +2.8
Labour Co-op Herbert Gibson 15,58733.5-12.5
Conservative Ernest Barlow13,87329.8New
Majority1,4303.2N/A
Turnout 46,47784.2+7.4
National gain from Labour Co-op Swing +7.6
General election 1935: Mossley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Austin Hopkinson 24,569 52.3 +15.6
Labour Co-op Herbert Gibson 22,39947.7+14.2
Majority2,1704.6+1.4
Turnout 46,96875.3-8.9
National hold Swing +0.7

1940s election results

General election 1945: Mossley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op George Woods 27,435 47.5 -0.2
Conservative G.E. Rush18,45232.0New
Liberal Marjorie Jalland 7,12812.4New
National Austin Hopkinson 4,6718.1-44.2
Majority8,98315.5N/A
Turnout 54,66976.2+0.9
Labour Co-op gain from Independent Swing +22.0

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  402. ISBN   0-900178-01-9.
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